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".
Fire of Conscience (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Dante Lam
Starring: Leon Lai, Richie Ren, Baoqiang Wang, Vivian Hsu
Leon Lai and Richie Jen headline this hardboiled crime actioner as opposing cops with dark pasts that build to even darker consequences. Ill-tempered,... Read more
The Guard (2011)
7.3/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, D...
Working a beat on the Irish coast, Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) experiences some culture shock when he is assigned a black American partner (Don... Read more
Cloak and Dagger (1984)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Franklin
Starring: Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas, Michael Murphy
Davey Osborne (Henry Thomas from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial") is an imaginative youngster who loves role-playing games and who often enlists the aid... Read more
Lovely Molly (2012)
5.3/10
Director: Eduardo Sanchez
Starring: Alexandra Holden, Johnny Lewis, Gretchen Lodge
When newlywed Molly Reynolds returns to her long-abandoned family home, frightful reminders of a nightmarish childhood begin seeping into her new life... Read more
Blood Punch (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Madellaine Paxson
Starring: Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, David Whaley
A young man breaks out of rehab to follow a mysterious bad girl into an easy drug score. But when she lures him to an isolated cabin with her psychoti... Read more
Before I Wake (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Annabeth Gish, Thomas Jane, Kate Bosworth, Dash Mihok, Jacob Tremblay
After a multi-year delay this well reviewed offering is finally available. Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) decide to take in a sweet and... Read more
Nowhere to Run (1993)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Harmon
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Joss Ackland, Ted Levine
An escaped convict, Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) travels to a farm to search for money from an earlier heist. While out on the property, he meet... Read more
Cold Lazarus (1996)
8.2/10
Starring: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E Grant, Ciaran Hinds, Frances de la Tour
Dr. Emma Porlock and her colleagues, attempting to unlock the secrets of human memory for the Masdon drug empire, get a cryogenically stored 400-year-... Read more
Domino (2019)
4.4/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Paprika Steen, Eriq Ebouaney, Guy Pearce
The main character in this movie is a policeman who recently lost his partner. For a long time they worked together and were friends. On the last task... Read more
Mortal Kombat (2021)
6.1/10
Starring: Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim
MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe... Read more