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".
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
6.1/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Anthon...
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in this visual treat from director John Woo. Light on plot, the film however combines equal elements of romance and a... Read more
Mission: Impossible II ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
6.1/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Dougray Scott, John Polson, Rade Serbedzija, Richard Roxburgh,...
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in this visual treat from director John Woo. Light on plot, the film however combines equal elements of romance and a... Read more
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Schwab, Roberto Orci, J J Abrams
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan...
Tom Cruise reprises his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt for the last time with more outrageously over-the-top set pieces, and explosions and gadgets g... Read more
Mission: Impossible III ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
6.9/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Billy Crudup, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman,...
Tom Cruise reprises his role as secret agent Ethan Hunt for the last time with more outrageously over-the-top set pieces, and explosions and gadgets g... Read more
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
7.3/10
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett
Hunt and the IMF pursue a dangerous AI called the Entity that's infiltrated global intelligence. With governments and a figure from his past in pursui... Read more
Mississippi Burning (1988)
7.8/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif, Gene Hackman, Frances McDormand, R Lee Ermey, Gailard...
The civil rights struggle, as interpreted by Alan Parker, received seven Oscar nominations and one award (Best Cinematography). Gene Hackman and Wille... Read more
Mister Jerico (1970)
6.2/10
Director: Sidney Hayers
Starring: Patrick Macnee, Connie Stevens, Herbert Lom
Dudley Jerico sets out to rob corrupt millionaire Victor Rosso of his legendary Gemini diamond. Read more
Mobsters (1991)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff
Starring: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Costas Mandylor, F Murray Abraham, Lara Flynn...
Based on the true story of the rise of organised crime in America, revolving around four up and coming gangsters, Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater), Me... Read more
Modus (2015)
6.8/10
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn int... Read more
Mojave (2015)
5.2/10
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Walton Goggins
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter. Read more