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 Candy Snatchers (1973)
6.5/10
Director: Guerdon Trueblood
Starring: Tiffany Bolling, Brad David, Christophe Trueblood, Ben Piazza, Bonnie Boland, Vi...
Three depraved criminals kidnap 16-year-old Candy (Susan Sennet) and bury her alive, demanding a ransom from her father. When Dad refuses to pay, the... Read more
The Don is Dead (1973)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Anthony Quinn, An...
Released one year after 'The Godfather', this mafia family epic stars Anthony Quinn as Don Angelo, a notorious crime czar set to take over the Syndica... Read more
Magnum Force ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.2/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Felton Perry, Robert Ur...
Clint Eastwood returns in this second Dirty Harry film, trying to uncover a conspiracy within the San Francisco police department involving a group of... Read more
Magnum Force (1973)
7.2/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Felton Perry, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Robert Ur...
Clint Eastwood returns in this second Dirty Harry film, trying to uncover a conspiracy within the San Francisco police department involving a group of... Read more
Thriller: Series 1 and 2 (1973)
8.4/10
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Helen Mirren, Robert Powell, Jeremy Brett, Diana Dors, Denholm...
Following his immense success with 'The Avengers', British producer Brian Clemens made this spine-chillingly good series, with each episode a differen... Read more
Emperor of the North (1973)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Lee Marvin, Simon Oakland, Charles Tyner, Malc...
Aka "Emperor of the North Pole". Set on the Northwest railways during the Depression-era director Robert Aldrich's gritty drama stars Lee Marvin as le... Read more
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Revolver (1973)
5.4/10
Director: Sergio Sollima
Starring: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
Oliver Reed is a stern prison warden who is thrown into turmoil when his loving wife is kidnapped by criminals demanding the release of inmate Fabio T... Read more
White Lightning (1973)
6.4/10
Director: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark
Burt Reynolds is Gator McKlusky, a moonshine runner who wages war against corrupt police officials in this two-fisted, four-wheeling action extravagan... Read more
The Long Goodbye (1973)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more
The Long Goodbye (Blu-ray) (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more