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".
American Animals (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7/10
Director: Bart Layton
Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd
Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen are four friends who live an ordinary existence in Kentucky. After a visit to Transylvania... Read more
American Gangster (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr
Ridley Scott's rivetting real-life crime drama stars Denzel Washington as '70s drug kingpin Frank Lucas, who wrested control of the Harlem heroin trad... Read more
American Gangster ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Josh Brolin, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr, Denzel Washington...
Ridley Scott's rivetting real-life crime drama stars Denzel Washington as '70s drug kingpin Frank Lucas, who wrested control of the Harlem heroin trad... Read more
American Heist (2014)
5/10
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster, Tory Kittles
James owes his life to his older brother, Frankie after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to... Read more
Amsterdam (2022)
6.1/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock...
"Amsterdam," the latest film from acclaimed writer/director David O. Russell, is a fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves histo... Read more
Amsterdam (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.1/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock...
"Amsterdam," the latest film from acclaimed writer/director David O. Russell, is a fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves histo... Read more
An Eye For An Eye (1981)
5.6/10
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark
A SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a drug-smuggling ring operated by the Chinese Triads. Read more
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Claude Lelouch
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines, Claudia Car...
Intriguing, beautifully photographed tale from Claude Lelouch ('A Man and A Woman') has Jeremy Irons as the prime suspect in a burglary when a cache o... Read more
And Then There Were None (1974)
8/10
Director: Peter Collinson
Starring: Adolfo Celi, Charles Aznavour, Elke Sommer, Gert Frobe, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed...
Ten international strangers are invited to stay in a luxurious, but isolated hotel in the Iranian desert. With their mysterious host absent from proce... Read more
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nels...
Authorities take Secret Service agent Mike Banning into custody for the failed assassination attempt of U.S. President Allan Trumbull. After escaping... Read more