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".
From the novel 'Red Dragon' by Thomas Harris ('The Silence of the Lambs', 'Hannibal') comes this thriller about a neurotic FBI agent specialising in s... Read more
Adapted from a graphic novel, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is a quiet man living a quiet life in Indiana. A quiet shattered when a pair of fugitives wa... Read more
An energized, action-packed story about a young FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) investigating a series of Southern California bank robberies. In order to get... Read more
From Shane Black, the man who wrote the book on buddy flicks - kicking off the "Lethal Weapon" series, comes this astonishing and hilarious directoria... Read more
Solid sequel to "The Bourne Identity", adapted from the second book of Robert Ludlum's 'Bourne' trilogy, finds ex-CIA assassin Matt Damon attempting t... Read more
A chance encounter on a London street corner draws American Heather Graham to handsome mountain climbing buff Joseph Fiennes, and she leaves her boyfr... Read more
Three mutilated bodies are found in a Moscow park, and its up to a Russian policeman (William Hurt) to find the maniacal killer. Based on the best-sel... Read more
One of Hitchcock's greatest films. Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, the suave ad man mistaken for a Federal Agent, trapped in a web of intrigue that... Read more
In his first film set in the UK, Woody Allen's slick romantic thriller follows an opportunistic tennis coach (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who ingratiates hi... Read more
Danny Boyle's feature film debut is a compelling and darkly humourous tale of three flatmates in a predicament after finding their newly acquired four... Read more