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".
A Good Day to Die Hard (Blu-ray) (2013)
5.3/10
Director: John Moore
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Sebastian Koch, Rasha Bukvic, Jai Courtney
Bruce Willis reprises his role as Detective John McClane in the fifth instalment of the enduring action franchise. This time around, McClane travels t... Read more
Inherit the Viper (2019)
5.1/10
Starring: Margarita Levieva
Crime thriller about three siblings in Appalachia getting by as local opioid dealers, trying not to get caught in the spiral of violence that comes wi... Read more
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
6.6/10
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis
A shocking revelation turns a teenage boy's world upside down in this chilling look at the evil that can lurk below even the most wholesome surface. T... Read more
Walkaway Joe (2020)
5.6/10
Starring: David Strathairn, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, David Jensen
The story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy searching for his father, and a wandering loner hiding from his past. Read more
Inception (4K) (2010)
8.8/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine, Tom Bereng...
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams... Read more
Body Heat (Blu-ray) (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke
Attorney Ned Racine's life coasts along in neutral - until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker. Ned knows Matty i... Read more
First Love (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Leo is a young boxer, successful but unable to show emotion. He has a fight scheduled and is sure that he will win. Instead, his opponent knocks him o... Read more
The Matrix Resurrections (4K) (2021)
5.7/10
Director: Lana Wachowski
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himse... Read more
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.9/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Elodie Yung, Richard E Grant, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Antonio B...
The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia. Read more
Aquarius (2015)
7.1/10
Starring: David Duchovny
A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and u... Read more