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".
M3gan 2.0 (2025)
6/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, Brian Jordan Alvarez,...
Your killer bestie is back! When an autonomous android engineered to be the ultimate weapon threatens M3gan's beloved Cady, M3gan convinces her creato... Read more
MacGyver: Season 1 (2016)
5.3/10
Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Lucas Till
The classic series is reimagined as the most exciting ne2 show on television! Starring Lucas Till as Angus "Mac" Macgyver, an eccentric genius who use... Read more
Machete (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Starring: Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, Steven Sea...
A bad-ass, star-studded action-thriller from Robert Rodriguez (Desperado), Machete is an over-the-top homage to 1970s exploitation movies, starring D... Read more
Machete Kills (2013)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Charlie Sheen, Cuba Gooding Jr, Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Wi...
Danny Trejo returns as legendary ex-Federale Machete Cortez in this action-packed thrill ride from innovative director Robert Rodriguez. In his latest... Read more
Machinegunner (1976)
7.8/10
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate O'Mara
A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector), turns amateur sleuth but finds himself in hot water with local criminals. Read more
Macon County Line (1974)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Compton
Starring: Alan Vint, Geoffrey Lewis, Jesse Vint, Joan Blackman, Max Baer
Terrific actioner about two brothers travelling through the South in the '50s. Suspected of murdering the wife of sheriff Max Baer, Jr., the siblings... Read more
Madame Sin (1971)
6.9/10
Director: David Greene
Starring: Bette Davis, Denholm Elliott, Dudley Sutton, Gordon Jackson, Robert Wagner, Cath...
An ex-CIA agent tries to stop the architect of the greatest crimes in history, Madame Sin, from carrying out her next evil plan. Starring Bette Davis... Read more
Made in France (2015)
6.2/10
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief
Starring: Nassim Si-Ahmed, Malik Zidi, Ahmed Drame, Francois Civil, Dimitri Storoge
Sam (Malik Zidi), a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates... Read more
Madigan (1968)
6.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Don Stroud, Harry Guardino, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Richard...
Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda star in this critically acclaimed detective drama that takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York Ci... Read more
Maggie Moore(s) (2023)
6.2/10
Director: John Slattery
Starring: Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Louisa Krause, Christopher Denham
Police Chief Sanders investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name and unravels a web of small-town lies. He meets and quickly fall... Read more