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".
Kill List (2011)
6.4/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Emma Fryer, Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley
From director Ben Wheatley, comes this unsettling blend of family drama, hitman action-thriller and terrifying psychological horror. Eight months afte... Read more
Kill Me Again (1989)
6.3/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen
Double crosses, seductions and more double crosses as femme fatale (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) lucks into a bundle of mob money, then uses her charms to e... Read more
Kill Me Three Times (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.9/10
Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Simon Pegg, Bryan Brown, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer
Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment. Read more
Kill the Irishman (2011)
7.1/10
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Linda Cardellini, Ray Stevens...
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson) and... Read more
Killer Elite (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Gary McKendry
Starring: Aden Young, Ben Mendelsohn, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Dominic P...
Old-school, '80s-set actioner stars Jason Statham as a retired special ops agent lured back to the field when mentor Robert De Niro is taken prisoner... Read more
Killer Force (1975)
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Christopher Lee, Hugh O'Brian, Maud Adams, Peter Fonda, Telly Savalas, O J Simps...
Mike Bradley (Peter Fonda) is a field security officer responsible for the day-to-day operations of a lucrative South African diamond mine located dee... Read more
Killer Joe (2011)
6.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Gina Gershon, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Haden Church, Emile Hirsch, Juno Templ...
Following their earlier collaboration, "Bug", director William Friedkin and playwright Tracy Letts re-team for 'a totally twisted deep-fried Texas red... Read more
Killer Sofa (2019)
Starring: Jed Brophy
A killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion. Read more
Killing Eve (2018)
8.2/10
Starring: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked. Read more
Killing Gunther (2017)
4.8/10
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bobby Moynihan, Hannah Simone
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bun... Read more