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".
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Ch...
Three years after ripping off casino owner Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) in Las Vegas, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his gang have settled down. Unt... Read more
Ocean's Twelve (Blu-ray) (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Ch...
Three years after ripping off casino owner Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) in Las Vegas, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his gang have settled down. Unt... Read more
Octopussy (1983)
6.6/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Desmond Llew...
Agent 009 has been killed over an art object stolen from Moscow, and 007 must investigate. His hunt leads him across Cuba, India and Germany, to the s... Read more
Octopussy ( Blu-ray ) (1983)
6.6/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Roger Moore, Steven Berkoff, Kabir Bedi, Desmond Llew...
Agent 009 has been killed over an art object stolen from Moscow, and 007 must investigate. His hunt leads him across Cuba, India and Germany, to the s... Read more
Odd Thomas (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Anton Yelchin, Patton Oswalt, Addison Timlin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nic...
Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger sh... Read more
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame, Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters
Tense and gritty, this heist thriller from master Robert Wise sees racism and crime boiling over! Ed Begley is putting together a crew for one big tak... Read more
Offender (2012)
6.2/10
Starring: Joe Cole, Kimberley Nixon, Shaun Dooley, David Ajala
When hardened thugs assault his fiancée and cause the death of his unborn son, Tommy Nix pursues them for retribution - all the way into Great Britain... Read more
Official Secrets (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Coun... Read more
Official Secrets (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Coun... Read more
Oldboy (2003)
8.4/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Hye-jeong Kang, Ji-tae Yu
Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) has been imprisoned in a room for 15 years with no explanation when, barely sane, he is released. Thrown back into the world... Read more