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".
Trial By Jury (1994)
5.3/10
Director: Heywood Gould
Starring: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt
Juror Joanne Whalley-Kilmer is terrorized by the defendant in a murder case; meanwhile DA Gabriel Byrne tries to size up the jurors who'll be deciding... Read more
True Lies (1994)
7.2/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold
Arnie is Harry Tasker, a Bond-derived spy capable of knocking off entire armies of villains with a single, trusty Uzi 9mm, even though his wife Helen... Read more
Underneath (1994)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Pa...
Aka "The Underneath". A drifter returns home to attend his mother's wedding, and foolishly tries to pick up pieces of his life before he left town. So... Read more
The Shadow (1994)
6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonatha...
Lamont Cranston, having lived a life of moral degradation, is 'reborn' as a singleminded crimefighter with the ability to cloud men's minds. This adap... Read more
Night Train To Venice (1993)
2.2/10
Director: Carlo U Quinterio
Starring: Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell, Tahnee Welch
A young man on his way to Venice to deliver his book exposing the neo-Nazi movement is suddenly stalked by a stranger, trialed by a pack of wild dogs... Read more
Point of No Return (Blu-ray) (1993)
6.1/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Bridget Fonda
Drug addict Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top secret U.S. government Agent "Bo... Read more
Cliffhanger (Blu-Ray) (1993)
6.4/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Caroline Goodal...
Outdoor thriller in which a former mountain rescuer is pitted against a group of criminals who have lost their $100 million stash during a plane crash... Read more
Nowhere to Run (1993)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Harmon
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Joss Ackland, Ted Levine
An escaped convict, Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) travels to a farm to search for money from an earlier heist. While out on the property, he meet... Read more
Necronomicon: The Book of the Dead (1993)
Director: Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko
Starring: Belinda Bauer, Bruce Payne, David Warner, Dennis Christopher, Jeffrey Combs, Mil...
This anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead a... Read more
Carlito's Way ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
7.9/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Penn, Viggo Mortensen, Luis...
Al Pacino gives an electrifying performance as former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante, who is sprung from prison by his high-powered attorney (Sean Penn... Read more