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".
Acts Of Vengeance (2017)
5.7/10
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Karl Urban, Paz Vega
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his... Read more
Acts Of Violence (2018)
5.3/10
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes
At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after thei... Read more
Adrift ( aka Open Water 2 ) (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Hans Horn
Starring: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr, Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis, Eric Dane, Camer...
Promoted as a sequel to 2003's 'Open Water', this is related in no other way except that it is also based on a terrible true story of being helplessly... Read more
After Life (2009)
5.6/10
Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Starring: Christina Ricci, Josh Charles, Liam Neeson, Shuler Hensley, Celia Weston, Chandl...
Aka "After.Life". "Flatliners" meets "The Sixth Sense" in this horror thriller about a young woman (Christina Ricci) who awakens in a morgue following... Read more
After the Sunset (2004)
6.3/10
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle
Two master thieves, Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and his beautiful accomplice Lola, (Salma Hayek) have escaped to the Bahamas to relax and enjoy their... Read more
After the Thin Man (1936)
7.7/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
William Powell and Myrna Loy are back as society sleuths Nick and Nora in this second entry in the 'Thin Man' series. When Nora's cousin is wrongly ac... Read more
Against All Odds (1984)
5.9/10
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark
Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges), a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward). According to nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Wo... Read more
Age Of Tomorrow (2014)
2.1/10
Starring: Kelly Hu, Robert Picardo
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard... Read more
Agent Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
6.4/10
Director: Kathrine Windfeld
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Pernilla August, Mikael Persbrandt, Lennart Hjulstrom
Masked soldiers attack a vehicle loaded with hightech missiles in an attempted smuggling operation in Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, a Swedish engineer is kid... Read more
Air Force One (1997)
6.5/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
The U.S. President (Harrison Ford) and his family are held hostage by Commie traditionalists (led by a scowling Gary Oldman) on the presidential jet a... Read more