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".
Snowpiercer ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7/10
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer
Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For 17 years, the world's survivors are on a train hurtling around th... Read more
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
6.9/10
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin... Read more
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (Blu-ray) (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more
Stillwater (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.6/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Read more
The Lives of Others (2006)
8.4/10
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-U...
This skilfully-crafted thriller, deserving winner of the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, is an intelligent and potent blend of polit... Read more