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".
Thunderheart (1992)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Fred Ward, Graham Greene, Sam Shepard, Val Kilmer
An engrossing thriller about a part-Sioux FBI agent sent to investigate a murder on an Indian reservation. Especially notable for its keen attention t... Read more
The Bodyguard (1992)
6.2/10
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, 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
Basic Instinct (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Michael Douglas, George Dzundza, Sharon Stone, 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
Body of Evidence (1992)
4.4/10
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Madonna , Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer
Madonna and Willem Dafoe star in this lethargic psycho-sexual mystery thas makes 'Basic Instinct' look like the 'Citizen Kane' of the whodunnit-in-the... Read more
Consenting Adults (1992)
5.7/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
A seductive murder mystery about an unholy linking between two yuppie couples. A composer and his young wife attempt to inject some life into their du... Read more
Deep Cover (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Bill Duke
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Charles Martin Smith
An unrelenting noirish thriller about a cop (Larry Fishburne) who poses as a drug dealer and partners sleazy lawyer Jeff Goldblum who becomes seduced... Read more
Guncrazy (1992)
5.6/10
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Drew Barrymore, James LeGros, Billy Drago
A noirish tale of an abused teenager from the wrong-side of the tracks who falls for a born-again-Christian ex-con trying to go straight, ending up on... Read more
Final Analysis (1992)
5.8/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts
A stylish thriller about a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a patient's unhappily married sister - only to find himself enmeshed in an elaborate... Read more
Jennifer 8 (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, John Malkovich
From Bruce Robinson, who wrote and directed 'Withnail and I', comes this film noir about a burnt out cop who joins the police force of a northern Cali... Read more
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
Danny Glover is counting the days until his retirement from the LAPD but with manic Mel Gibson as his partner and a stolen weapons ring to bust, it's... Read more