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".
Hollow Man ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
5.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, William Devane, Elisabeth Shue, Kim Dickens
Paul Verhoeven's nasty, high-tech variation on "The Invisible Man" stars Kevin Bacon as a self-absorbed scientist working on a government invisibility... Read more
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lol...
In Hollywood, no one is who they really want to be. Veteran police detective Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his rookie partner K.C. Calden (Josh Hart... Read more
Hollywood Mystery Classics (2007)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Boris Karloff, Cloris Leachman, Dirk Bogarde, Edmond O'Brien, E...
Lock the doors, close the windows and get ready for a collection of capers and whodunnits that will leave you chilled, thrilled and clutching the edge... Read more
Hollywoodland (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Allen Coulter
Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Je...
When actor George Reeves, famous for his iconic portrayal of Superman, was found dead in his home from a shotgun wound, it rocked both Hollywood and t... Read more
Holt Of The Secret Service (1941)
6.7/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, Tristram Coffin
A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Se... Read more
Holy Rollers (2010)
5.9/10
Director: Kevin Asch
Starring: Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor, Jesse Eisenberg
This offbeat drug drama stars Jesse Eisenberg as a Hasidic Jew reluctantly studying to become a rabbi who gets conned into smuggling ecstasy from Amst... Read more
Holy Spider (2022)
7.3/10
Director: Ali Abbasi
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so ca... Read more
Homage (1994)
6.6/10
Director: Ross Kagen Marks
Starring: Frank Whaley, Blythe Danner, Sheryl Lee
The friendship between a reclusive older woman and a young man she hires to tend her farm is disrupted when he becomes obsessed with her actress daugh... Read more
Homecoming: The Complete Series (2018)
7.4/10
Director: Sam Esmail
Starring: Alex Karpovsky, Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, Julia Roberts, Shea Whigham, Jan...
An anthology series centered around the mysterious Geist Group, an unconventional wellness company and their equally unorthodox program, the Homecomin... Read more
Homefront (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his actions against a biker gang went horribly wrong ,and it cost the life of hi... Read more