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".
Halloween Kills (2021)
5.6/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Nick Castle, Will Patton
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series. Read more
Halloween Kills (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.6/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Nick Castle, Will Patton
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series. Read more
Mare Of Easttown (2021)
8.5/10
Starring: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice
A young woman is murdered in a small Pennsylvania town. On the case is Detective Sergeant Mare Sheehan, a highly skilled crime investigator. She has s... Read more
Die In A Gunfight (2021)
4.4/10
Director: Collin Schiffli
Starring: Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Justin Chatwin, Billy Crudup, Emmanuelle Chriq...
In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father's nemesis. Read more
Coming Home in the Dark (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.7/10
Director: James Ashcroft
Starring: Daniel Gillies, Miriama McDowell, Erik Thomson, Matthias Luafutu
A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip. Read more
Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
5.7/10
Director: James Ashcroft
Starring: Daniel Gillies, Miriama McDowell, Erik Thomson, Matthias Luafutu
A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip. Read more
Settlers (2021)
4.7/10
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Brooklynn Prince, Nell Tiger Free, Jonny Lee Miller
Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other. Read more
The Ice Road (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a ‘big-rig’ ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean t... Read more
Stillwater (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.6/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Read more
Stillwater (2021)
6.6/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Read more