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".
Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
6.7/10
Director: Rose Glass
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone
Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon lea... Read more
Lovely Molly (2012)
5.3/10
Director: Eduardo Sanchez
Starring: Alexandra Holden, Johnny Lewis, Gretchen Lodge
When newlywed Molly Reynolds returns to her long-abandoned family home, frightful reminders of a nightmarish childhood begin seeping into her new life... Read more
Lucky Country (2009)
Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Aden Young, Toby Wallace, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Pip Miller, Neil Pigot, Eamon F...
An outback western, set in the early 1900s, whereby a widower and former schoolteacher decides to leave the material world behind, and take his childr... Read more
Lucy (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson
Lucy runs drugs for a criminal gang in Taiwan. One morning, she wakes up to discover her stomach wrapped in a bandage and no memory of how it happened... Read more
Lucy (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson
Lucy runs drugs for a criminal gang in Taiwan. One morning, she wakes up to discover her stomach wrapped in a bandage and no memory of how it happened... Read more
Luella Miller (2006)
2.8/10
Director: Dane Giraud
Starring: Sara Wiseman, Sia Trokenheim, Philip Brown, Alistair Browning
Lydia (Sara Wiseman of 'Mercy Peak' fame) lives alone in small town New Zealand; more child than woman, she spends her life making costumes for the lo... Read more
Luke Cage (2016)
7.3/10
When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive attempting to rebuild his life in Harlem and m... Read more
M.W. (2009)
5.5/10
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto
Starring: Yuriko Ishida, Ryo Ishibashi, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroshi Tamaki
When a top secret compound called M.W. (pronounced 'mew') infects an island community, the military moves in to kill the victims and cover up the stor... Read more
M3gan (2022)
6.4/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Read more
M3gan (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.4/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Read more