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".
Rapid Fire (Blu-ray) (1992)
6.2/10
Director: Dwight Little
Starring: Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso
When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only... Read more
Single White Female (Blu-Ray) (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Friedman, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobol...
Having recently split from fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber), Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh).... Read more
The Bodyguard ( Blu-ray ) (1992)
6.2/10
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Bill Cobbs, Gary Kemp, Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Ralph Waite
Smash hit starring Whitney Houston as a world-famous singer-actress who hires former Secret Service agent Kevin Costner as her personal protector afte... Read more
Poison Ivy (1992)
5.4/10
Director: Katt Shea Ruben
Starring: Cheryl Ladd, Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt
In this erotically-charged thriller, Drew Barrymore turns in a heated performance as a sly teenage seductress who befriends fellow troubled student Sa... Read more
Kuffs (1992)
5.9/10
Director: Bruce A Evans
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Tony Goldwyn
After his brother is killed by art thieves, an irresponsible Christian Slater inherits a private security business and teams up with a veteran officer... Read more
Sniper (1992)
6.1/10
Director: Luis Llosa
Starring: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh, Aden Young
Tom Berenger is a hard-as-nails, and possibly slightly crazy, government assassin. When his partner is killed during a hit, the higher-ups send in sha... Read more
Basic Instinct ( Blu-ray ) (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Controversial, sexually-charged suspenser stars Michael Douglas as a burned-out San Francisco police detective investigating a brutal ice-pick murder... Read more
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
6.6/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Matt McCoy, Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Ernie Hudson
A woman accuses her gynecologist of molesting her, and the publicity drives him to suicide. The doctor's unstable young wife, in search of revenge, ta... Read more
Benny's Video (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Angela Winkler, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch, Ingrid Stassner
Benny is a disaffected teen whose life has begun to revolve around the violent films he watches, but his obsession soon crosses the line between voyeu... Read more
The Crying Game (1992)
7.3/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson
Stephen Rea finds out that love is a strange game indeed when he flees to London, from a botched I.R.A. mission in Northern Ireland, and meets the dec... Read more