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".
In France, the slang-word for "bounty hunter" is "alpagueur." When the police are working on cases where they do not want their presence officially kn... Read more
Writer/director Paul Schrader explores his passion for film noir with this modern-day crime story starring Joseph Fiennes as Manuel, a disfigured man... Read more
The Joyce Carol Oates story is turned into a provocative film centered on four affluent but troubled teenage girls who are liberated by Legs Sadovsky,... Read more
Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) finds himself trapped in a dangerous world of obsession, illusion and multiple murder when he meets the violently unhinged... Read more
In a bold coup, a Palestinian terrorist group hijacks the luxury yacht "Rosebud", the only passengers being five daughters of rich and influential int... Read more
'The Spider Woman' (1943) - Adrea Spedding (Gale Sondergaard) makes her social calls accompanied by an unnervingly unsmiling mute child. She is secret... Read more
Jason Robards takes a rare horror role in this, Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of mutant creatures and murderous intentions. Robards stars as Cesar Ch... Read more
This is not the perfect getaway.... To move four million dollars of stolen money past a police roadblock, the perpetrators of a deadly bank heist use... Read more
A.k.a. "Saluda al diablo de mi parte". Angel, a former guerilla rebel, is seeking a fresh start after turning in his arms and giving up his violent wa... Read more
Private eye Lew Harper is in deep this time. Hired by an old flame to unravel a seemingly routine blackmail case, he's so far down he may never come u... Read more