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".
Delicatessen (1991)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy. A circus performer takes a position as a... Read more
Beyond Justice (1991)
4.5/10
Director: Duccio Tessari
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Omar Sharif, Elliott Gould, Brett Halsey
Ex-C.I.A. Agent Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer) goes to Morocco with businesswoman Christine Sanders (Carol Alt) to rescue her son, the kidnapped heir to a... Read more
the Otto Preminger Collection (1991)
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, William Holden, David Niven, Franchot Tone, Lew Ay...
'Anatomy Of A Filmmaker' 199. The life and films of iconic producer. director, and actor Otto Preminger are depicted through clips from his films and... Read more
Point Break (Blu-ray) (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Katherine Brooks
Starring: Gary Busey, John C McGinley, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Patrick Swayze
Director Kathryn Bigelow's high-adrenaline action fave stars Keanu Reeves as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, investigating a string of SoCal bank robber... Read more
Homicide (1991)
7.1/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Joe Mantegna, William H Macy, Natalija Nogulich
Award winning playwright David Mamet's third outing as director is a gritty crime drama about a cop taken off the biggest case of his life into a seem... Read more
Dollman (1991)
5.8/10
Director: Albert Pyun
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Nicholas Guest, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Jackie Earle Haley
Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized... Read more
Iron Maze (1991)
4.5/10
Director: Hiroaki Yoshida
Starring: Bridget Fonda, J T Walsh, Jeff Fahey
Updates the Akira Kurosawa 'Rashomon' tale. This intense thriller is set in a Pennsylvania mill town where an arrogant Japanese factory owner is found... Read more
Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( Blu-ray ) (1991)
7.1/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Schwarzenegger the cyborg is "baaack" in a big way, this time defending Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her young son from a killing machine from th... Read more
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
5.7/10
Director: James Dearden
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Ladd, Max von Sydow, Sean Young, James Russo
In this gripping remake of the 1956 thriller, Matt Dillon plays a psychotic yuppie who kills his girlfriend and then marries her twin sister (Sean You... Read more
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
7/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field
A slam-bang actioner with Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams with former pro quarterback Damon Wayans to find out who kill... Read more