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".
The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957)
7.1/10
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended. Read more
Zero Dark Thirty ( Blu-ray ) (Copy) (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke
Controversial military thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") about the mission by American special operations forces to capture o... Read more
The Green Hornet (Blu-ray) (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou, Seth Rogen
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
Farewell My Lovely (1975)
7.1/10
Director: Dick Richards
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub. Read more
One Missed Call (blu-ray) (2003)
6.2/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kou Shibasaki, Renji Ishibashi, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi
From cult Japanese director Takashi Miike comes this typically stylish idiosyncratic horror-thriller. Yumi's friend has a missed call on her cell-pho... Read more
The Deceived (2020)
5.7/10
A young English student called Ophelia falls in love with her married lecturer, Michael. When their affair results in a shocking and tragic death, Oph... Read more
French Connection II (1975)
6.8/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Bernard Fresson, Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman is back as tough-as-nails New York cop "Popeye" Doyle, heading to France to track down the heroin dealer whose syndicate he busted in Ame... Read more
Hard Kill (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
Unhinged (Blu-ray) (2020)
6/10
Director: Derrick Borte
Starring: Russell Crowe, Gabriel Bateman
After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. Read more
The Visit (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.2/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn, Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan
When Becca and Tyler are sent to their grandparents' secluded Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with... Read more