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".
Mandy (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Bill Duke, Linus Roache, Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Brake, Ned De...
In the Pacific Northwest in 1983, outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely... Read more
Mandy (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Bill Duke, Linus Roache, Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Brake, Ned De...
In the Pacific Northwest in 1983, outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely... Read more
Manhunt (The complete series) (1970)
8.1/10
Starring: Alfred Lynch, Peter Barkworth, Robert Hardy, George Sewell
In 1942, British pilot Jimmy Briggs crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds himself on the run from the Nazis. He meets a young... Read more
Manhunter (1986)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
From the novel 'Red Dragon' by Thomas Harris ('The Silence of the Lambs', 'Hannibal') comes this thriller about a neurotic FBI agent specialising in s... Read more
Maniac Cop (1988)
6/10
Director: William Lustig
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Sheree North, Richard Roundtree
A maniacal murderer has taken to the streets sporting the uniform of New York's finest and the police force is being torn apart. A taut and explicit h... Read more
Manipulation (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Pascal Verdosci
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch
Zurich, 1956: During the Cold War a compromising photograph exposes a Swiss star reporter as a Soviet spy. Unable to withstand the pressure, he commit... Read more
Marathon Man (1976)
7.5/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller
A nail-biting thriller with Dustin Hoffman as a university student who unwittingly becomes involved with the C.I.A., Nazi war criminals and the beauti... Read more
Marathon Man ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
7.5/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller, Roy Scheider, William Devane
A nail-biting thriller with Dustin Hoffman as a university student who unwittingly becomes involved with the C.I.A., Nazi war criminals and the beauti... Read more
Mare Of Easttown (2021)
8.5/10
Starring: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice
A young woman is murdered in a small Pennsylvania town. On the case is Detective Sergeant Mare Sheehan, a highly skilled crime investigator. She has s... Read more
Marebito (2004)
6.1/10
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa, Shun Sugat...
A cameraman captures a suicide on tape and becomes obsessed with what the man saw just before his death. This leads him on a harrowing journey throug... Read more