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".
Night Moves (2013)
6/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Eisenberg
Three environmental activists join forces to plot industrial sabotage, but the real peril kicks in when they separate. Writer/director Kelly Reichardt... Read more
Night Moves (Blu-ray) (2013)
6/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Eisenberg
Three environmental activists join forces to plot industrial sabotage, but the real peril kicks in when they separate. Writer/director Kelly Reichardt... Read more
Night Shift (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Gerald Laroche, Bastien Le Roy
A tense psychological thriller set during the night shift in a small bottle factory. When Pierre takes on a second job at the factory, he is initially... Read more
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Bille August
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Irons, Lena Olin, Martin...
Jeremy Irons stars in this contemplative and mysterious drama based on the Pascal Mercier novel, playing a Swiss professor whose rescue of a young wom... Read more
Night Train to Lisbon (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Bille August
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Irons, Lena Olin, Martin...
Jeremy Irons stars in this contemplative and mysterious drama based on the Pascal Mercier novel, playing a Swiss professor whose rescue of a young wom... Read more
Night Train To Venice (1993)
2.2/10
Director: Carlo U Quinterio
Starring: Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell, Tahnee Welch
A young man on his way to Venice to deliver his book exposing the neo-Nazi movement is suddenly stalked by a stranger, trialed by a pack of wild dogs... Read more
Nightcrawler (2014)
7.9/10
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Bill Paxton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed
When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant t... Read more
Nightcrawler ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.9/10
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Bill Paxton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed
When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant t... Read more
Nightfall (2012)
6.4/10
Starring: Nick Cheung, Simon Yam
An old but serious miscarriage of justice clouds a current police investigation looking into the death of a mutilated corpse. Read more
Nighthawks (1981)
6.4/10
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams
An exciting tale of two N.Y.C. street cops reassigned to a special unit that's tracking a ruthless international terrorist (Rutger Hauer). Sylvester S... Read more