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".
The Living Daylights (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Maryam D'Abo, Timothy Dalton, Jeroen Krabbe, Art Malik
Once again, the tuxedo is passed on. Timothy Dalton makes a stylish debut as agent 007, in this danger-filled tale of megalomaniacal arms smugglers, S... Read more
No Way Out (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
A gripping, sexy and surprising suspense thriller about a Naval hero who accepts a position with the Secretary of Defence, only to find out that not o... Read more
A Prayer For The Dying (1987)
6.4/10
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Mickey Rourke, Alan Bates, Bob Hoskins and Liam Neeson bring star power to this thriller about a priest who accidentally witnesses an IRA hit, carried... Read more
The Rosary Murders (1987)
5.7/10
Director: Fred Walton
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer
Slow, but interesting, tale of a parish priest (Donald Sutherland) who hears the confession of a serial killer preying on priests and nuns, and finds... Read more
The Running Man (1987)
6.7/10
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Starring: Maria Conchita Alonso, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ven...
In the year 2019 'The Running Man' is the most popular game show on TV. The premise is that contestants have to outrun a select group of heavily-armed... Read more
Someone To Watch Over Me (1987)
6.1/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach
When an attractive Manhattan socialite witnesses a brutal murder she is put in the protective custody of a married, good looking cop from another Boro... Read more
Suspect (1987)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Cher , Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna
Cher stars as an attorney who becomes involved in a case that takes her outside of the law when juror Dennis Quaid provides information about drug tra... Read more
Monte Carlo (1986)
5.5/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Joan Collins, George Hamilton, Lisa Eilbacher, Lauren Hutton, Robert Carradine,...
A two-part mini-series set on the eve of World War II in Monte Carlo and focusing on the adventures and love-life of Katrina Petrovna (Dame Joan Colli... Read more
Iron Eagle (1986)
5.5/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr, Jason Gedrick, David Suchet
A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured. Read more
Avenging Force (1986)
5.9/10
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, James Booth
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group... Read more