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".
French Connection II (1975)
7.6/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Bernard Fresson, Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Cathleen Nesbitt
'French Connection II' (1975, 119 mins) - While tracking down a drug lord in Marseilles, "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman reprising his Oscar-winning role) is... Read more
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Andre Ovredal
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where f... Read more
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Andre Ovredal
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where f... Read more
Dirty Harry (Blu-ray) (1971)
7.7/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Andy Robinson, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, John L...
A riveting action film with Clint Eastwood as the cop determined to bring in a psychotic killer even if he has to break some rules. Eastwood's definin... Read more
'71 (Blu-ray) (2015)
7.7/10
Director: Yann Demange
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Adam Nagaitis, Paul Popplewell, Jack Lowden
Bomb-torn Belfast in 1971 must have been like nowhere else on Earth more like a rubble-strewn circle of hell. This is the apocalyptic vision laid ou... Read more
Hard Kill (Blu-ray) (2020)
4.1/10
Director: Matt Eskandari
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis
The work of billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Willis) is so valuable that he hires mercenaries to protect it, and a terrorist group kidnaps his d... Read more
Follow Me (2020)
5.5/10
A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Always pushing the limits and catering t... Read more
The Presidio (1988)
6/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Sean Connery, Meg Ryan, Mark Harmon, Jack Warden
A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter. Read more
Go With Me (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta, Alexander Ludwig, Hal Holbrook
An ex-logger comes to the aid of a woman who returns to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest and finds herself harassed and stalked by a former cop t... Read more
The Misfits (2021)
4.2/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon, Jamie Chung
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that pro... Read more