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".
In the Electric Mist ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Starring: James Gammon, John Goodman, Kelly Macdonald, Mary Steenburgen, Ned Beatty, Tommy...
While investigating a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux (Tommy Lee Jones) navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and... Read more
In The Eye Of The Hurricane (Blu-ray) (1971)
6.2/10
Director: José María Forqué
Starring: Jean Sorel, Rosanna Yanni
Ruth and Michel separate after Ruth finds another man, Paul. Ruth and Paul go to her sunny, idyllic beach side villa to spend summer. They are having... Read more
In The Face Of Crime (2010)
8/10
Starring: Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Mark Ivanir
The worlds of a young Russo-German cop who investigates within the Berlin Russian mafia milieu and a young Russian woman who is forced into prostituti... Read more
In the Grey (2026)
6.6/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rosamund Pike, Fisher Stevens, Eiza González
In the Grey, starring Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal follows a ruthless leader who steals a billion-dollar fortune and Rachel's (Eiza González) team... Read more
In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
8/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture. Rod Steiger stars as a red neck sheriff who grudgingly accepts help from Sidney Poitier, a black big cit... Read more
In the Line of Fire (1993)
7.2/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
Clint Eastwood is a secret service agent assigned to protect the President. He must outwit a very clever potential assassin and ex agent, John Malkovi... Read more
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Ba...
An engrossing anti-war mystery from writer/director Paul Haggis ('Crash') with Tommy Lee Jones as the father of a recently returned Iraq vet who seems... Read more
In Time (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde
In the not-too-distant future, genetic manipulation has allowed humans to stop aging at 25. But time has become the new currency which people must ear... Read more
In Time ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde
In the not-too-distant future, genetic manipulation has allowed humans to stop aging at 25. But time has become the new currency which people must ear... Read more
In Vitro (2024)
5.9/10
Director: Tom McKeith, Will Howarth
Starring: Talia Zucker, Ashley Zukerman
On a struggling cattle farm, some years in the future, a woman discovers the unsettling consequences of her husband's animal breeding technology. Read more