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".
Margin Call (2011)
7.1/10
Director: J C Chandor
Starring: Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Mary McDonnell, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bett...
Based on events that led to the 2008 financial meltdown, this film set inside a fictitious Wall Street investment firm finds an entry-level analyst (Z... Read more
Margin Call ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.1/10
Director: J C Chandor
Starring: Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Mary McDonnell, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bett...
Based on events that led to the 2008 financial meltdown, this film set inside a fictitious Wall Street investment firm finds an entry-level analyst (Z... Read more
Marlowe (2022)
5.3/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Francois Arnaud, Ian Hart
In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress. Read more
Marshland (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Starring: Javier Gutierrez, Raul Arevalo, Antonio de la Torre, Nerea Barros
Spain in the early 80s. Two young girls disappear from a town deep in the Guadalquivir wetlands. Two detectives are sent from Madrid; both use very di... Read more
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Olsen, Louisa Kr...
Elizabeth Olsen (in her feature film debut) stars as Martha, a young girl living in a dangerous cult under the oppression of a sadistic leader. She ev... Read more
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Olsen, Louisa Kr...
Elizabeth Olsen (in her feature film debut) stars as Martha, a young girl living in a dangerous cult under the oppression of a sadistic leader. She ev... Read more
Masquerade (2022)
7.8/10
Starring: Pierre Niney, Isabelle Adjani, Francois Cluzet, Marine Vacth, Emmanuelle Devos,...
Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Marg... Read more
Matador (1986)
7/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Eva Cobo
An adventurous black comedy about a retired bullfighter and a female lawyer finding they have similar interests, which happens to be that each attains... Read more
Matando Cabos (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Alejandro Lozano
Starring: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancon, Pedro Armendariz, Kristoff , Raul Mendez
This dark Mexican comedy is a satirical look at a kidnapping gone awry when a couple of incompetent crims accidentally nab the janitor instead of the... Read more
Match Point (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Brian Cox, Ewen Bremner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Penelope Wilton, Scarlett Johanss...
In his first film set in the UK, Woody Allen's slick romantic thriller follows an opportunistic tennis coach (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who ingratiates hi... Read more