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".
Irreversible (2002)
7.4/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a s... Read more
Training Day ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, C...
Rookie cop Ethan Hawke, newly transferred to undercover duty in the narcotics department, is partnered with top veteran detective Denzel Washington fo... Read more
[ Rec ] 2 (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza
Starring: Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco, Oscar Zafra, Ariel Casas
Picking up from where the previous movie finished, only a few minutes have passed since the authorities lost contact with the people trapped inside th... Read more
The Punisher (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Mark Goldblatt
Starring: Barry Otto, Bryan Marshall, Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbe, Kim Miyori, Louis Gos...
Inspired by the infamous Marvel Comic Book anti-hero, The Punisher is a dark and brooding action packed trip into the violent underworld of crime. Whe... Read more
You Only Live Twice (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi
The talented novelist Roald Dahl adapted the Ian Fleming original in this expansive and colourful James Bond entry. Sean Connery is the British spy wo... Read more
Into the Forest (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood
Set in the near future, this riveting and suspenseful apocalyptic drama follows two sisters, Nell (Ellen Page) and Eva (Evan Rachel Wood) who live in... Read more
Archenemy (2020)
5/10
Director: Adam Mortimer
Starring: Joe Manganiello
Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories exce... Read more
Hangman (2017)
5.2/10
Starring: Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow
A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman. Read more
Becky (2020)
5.8/10
Starring: Kevin James, Joel McHale
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives. Read more
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Olsen, Louisa Kr...
Elizabeth Olsen (in her feature film debut) stars as Martha, a young girl living in a dangerous cult under the oppression of a sadistic leader. She ev... Read more