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".
Notre-Dame On Fire (2022)
6.5/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019. Read more
Murder Party (2022)
5/10
Starring: Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou
Follows Jeanne, a brilliant architect that suddenly has to investigate the murder of the landlord and patriarch of the mansion she was assigned to ren... Read more
Pearl (2022)
7/10
Director: Ti West
Starring: Mia Goth, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation and lovelessness of life on he... Read more
Kompromat (2022)
6.3/10
Director: Jerome Salle
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Elisa Lasowski, Daniil...
Based on incredible true events, Jérome Salle's gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingl... Read more
M3gan (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.4/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Read more
M3gan (2022)
6.4/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Read more
The Menu (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Mark Mylod
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, Jo...
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. Read more
Halloween Ends (2022)
5/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Michael Barbieri
Four years after the events of last year's Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson and is finishing writing her memoir. Micha... Read more
Blaze (2022)
6/10
Starring: Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, John Waters
After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately find... Read more
The Woman King (2022)
6.7/10
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Starring: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega
The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with s... Read more