Thrillers & Suspense
Thriller and Suspense Films promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension.
A genuine thriller is a film that relentlessly pursues a single-minded goal, to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging on the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. Plots of thrillers often involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy.
Below is a grand line-up of the best in contemporary Thrillers & Suspense made since 1965. Following a similar theme, with generally a darker look is the "Film Noir" feature, well worth checking out. The exploits of "James Bond 007" may also be accessed stage left.
Right: Frances McDormand makes an arrest in the Coen Bros "Fargo".
The Other (1972)
7/10
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Norma Connolly, Vic...
An eerie occult horror set on a an idyllic farm in 1930s New England, where twin brothers Holland and Niles live with their family. Niles is outgoing... Read more
The Resident (2010)
5.3/10
Director: Antti Jokinen
Starring: Christopher Lee, Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace
Resuscitated shock studio Hammer Film Productions offers up this fright-packed feature about a doctor (Hilary Swank) who leaves her husband and moves... Read more
Fear (2007)
1.6/10
Director: Vikram Bhatt
A supernatural horror/thriller that begins with a young girl being rescued from drowning. Dev, her saviour, takes her to hospital, and as she cannot... Read more
The Replacement Killers ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
6.1/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Jurgen Prochnow
Chow Yun-Fat follows the footsteps of Hong Kong action auteurs Jackie Chan and John Woo with his own bid to crossover into mainstream Hollywood fare.... Read more
Trauma (2004)
4.8/10
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Naomie Harris, Dorothy Duffy
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's (Colin Firth) world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks lat... Read more
Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
4/10
Director: Don Hulette
Starring: Chuck Norris, Terry O'Connor, George Murdock
When trucker Billy Dawes (Michael Augenstein) vanishes during his first solo run, his older brother, J.D. (Chuck Norris), sets out in search of answer... Read more
Maniac Cop (1988)
6/10
Director: William Lustig
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Sheree North, Richard Roundtree
A maniacal murderer has taken to the streets sporting the uniform of New York's finest and the police force is being torn apart. A taut and explicit h... Read more
The Hitcher (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Dave Meyers
Starring: Neal McDonough, Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton
The open road becomes a suspenseful, action-packed battleground of blood and metal as Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton), a... Read more
Subway ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
Portrait in Black (1960)
6.7/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Anna May Wong, Anthony Quinn, John Saxon, Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Ray Walston,...
Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn star as an adulterous couple who conspire to kill her tyrannical husband. Soon after the murder, the lovers in crime rec... Read more