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".
Lockout (2012)
6.1/10
Director: James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger
Starring: Guy Pearce, Lennie James, Peter Stormare, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gi...
Luc Besson ("The Fifth Element") co-scripted this futuristic thriller about a wrongly-convicted ex-CIA operative (Guy Pearce) who is betrayed by his g... Read more
London to Brighton (2006)
7/10
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Starring: Georgia Groome, Alexander Morton, Lorraine Stanley, Johnny Harris, Sam Spruell
Award-winning urban thriller by British writer-director Paul Andrew Williams, adapted from his short film, 'Royalty'. A gritty and unsentimental glim... Read more
Lone Star (1996)
7.5/10
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey, Frances M...
Set in a Texas border town, John Sayles' powerful cross-cultural saga focuses on a sheriff trying to find the truth behind the murder of a racist lawm... Read more
Lone Survivor (2013)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Ali Suliman, Jerry Ferrara,...
Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival, "Lone Survivor" tells the incredible tale of four Navy SEALs on a... Read more
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
6.4/10
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, L Q Jones, R...
Probably Chuck Norris' best film has him cast as the lone wolf Texas Ranger who goes mano-a-mano with arms smuggler David Carradine. This spaghetti-we... Read more
Lonely Hearts (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Todd Robinson
Starring: John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, James Gandolfini, Scott Caan, Laura Dern
Based on the story of real-life 'lonely hearts killers', Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez, who left a bloody trail of murdered, mostly elderly women, acr... Read more
Looker (1981)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Dar...
Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they're suicides. Larr... Read more
Looper (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Emily...
In the year 2042, time travel exists - but is available only on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they send the target 30 ye... Read more
Looper ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Emily...
In the year 2042, time travel exists - but is available only on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they send the target 30 ye... Read more