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".
Redirected (2014)
6.6/10
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams
Four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures and have to fi... Read more
Mojave (2015)
5.2/10
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Walton Goggins
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter. Read more
Rust Creek (2018)
5.9/10
An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest. Read more
The Disappointments Room (2016)
3.9/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido, Lucas Till, Michaela Conlin, Michael Landes, Celia W...
The architect Dana, her husband David and their son Lucas move to an isolated manor in the countryside seeking a restart of their lives after the deat... Read more
A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)
5/10
Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox, David Warner, Allan Corduner
Returning home from work, Mia witnesses an aged woman leap from a window. Scattered around the old woman's broken, lifeless body Mia discovers shredde... Read more
The Infiltrator (Blu-ray) (2016)
7/10
Director: Brad Furman
Starring: John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Diane Kruger, Bryan Cranston, Joseph Gilgun
Based on a true story, Federal agent ROBERT BOB MAZUR (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's drug trafficking scene pla... Read more
Alien Outpost (2014)
4.7/10
Starring: Adrian Paul
A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion. Read more
In The Eye Of The Hurricane (Blu-ray) (1971)
6.2/10
Director: José María Forqué
Starring: Jean Sorel, Rosanna Yanni
Ruth and Michel separate after Ruth finds another man, Paul. Ruth and Paul go to her sunny, idyllic beach side villa to spend summer. They are having... Read more
House Of Cards (Blu-ray) (1968)
5.8/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles, Keith Michell
In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order. Read more
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (Blu-ray) (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Andy Garcia, Bill Nunn, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Walken, Fairuza Balk, Gab...
When The Man With A Plan gives ex-gangster Jimmy The Saint one last job it all goes wrong, leaving him and his partners marked for death and just 48 h... Read more