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".
Scorching modern film noir starring Linda Fiorentino as sexy, manipulative Bridget Gregory, who persuades her physician husband to deal drugs. Bridget... Read more
Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin and Bill Pullman star in this suspense thriller that twists, turns and orbits around what has to be one of the most outlan... Read more
A sharp thriller with all the right elements: a nifty script about greed, corruption and sex; a grimy film noir feel that's tinged with a hallucinator... Read more
Bruce Willis fronts this thriller about a by-the-book cop whose demotion to river patrol comes in handy when his ex-girlfriends start turning up as fi... Read more
This Americanization of the 1988 Dutch classic is full of imbalances as the plot is spelt out leaving nothing to the imagination. However, the films t... Read more
US cop Harvey Keitel steps into the unfamiliar territory of London in an attempt to catch a drug runner (his longtime nemesis) which escalates into an... Read more
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
A sharp thriller with all the right elements: a nifty script about greed, corruption and sex; a grimy film noir feel that's tinged with a hallucinator... Read more
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. Read more
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker. Read more