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".
Pandorum (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Christian Alvart
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Eddie Rouse, Antje Traue, Cam Gigandet, Cung Le
Intense sci-fi thriller in which two astrounauts awake to find themselves drifting alone in space - or so they think. Awakening from their hyper-sleep... Read more
Panic Room (2002)
6.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam, Kristen Stewart
Director David Fincher's ("Fight Club") harrowing high tech thriller stars Jodie Foster as a wealthy divorcee who, after moving into a lavish New York... Read more
Paperhouse (1988)
6.8/10
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Glenne Headly, Ben Cross, Charlotte Burke
Little Anna has a very active imagination and a talent for drawing, but that does not explain quite everything in this eerie, psychological thriller.... Read more
Paradise Hills (2019)
5.8/10
Director: Alice Waddington
Starring: Emma Roberts, Awkwafina Nora Lum
In an undetermined future, society has divided in two types: upper-class or "superiors", and the rest of the world, mid and lower-class, named "inferi... Read more
Paradise Now (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Lubna Azabal, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Amer Hlehel
Golden Globe's Best Foreign Film is this taut drama concerning two Palestinian friends who have signed up to become suicide bombers. They are assigne... Read more
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
5.7/10
Director: Tod Williams
Starring: Katie Featherston, Seth Ginsberg, Molly Ephraim, Sprague Grayden, Micah Sloat, B...
Sequel to runaway hit 'Paranormal Activity' in which a young couple are terrorised by a mysterious, demonic presence in their new home. When Katie (Ka... Read more
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
5/10
Director: Christopher Landon
Starring: Andrew Jacobs
Jesse begins experiencing a number of disturbing and unexplainable things after the death of his neighbour. As he investigates, it isn't long before J... Read more
Parker (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Jason Statham, Bobby Cannavale
The hard-boiled title character created by author Richard Stark (a pseudonym for Donald E. Westlake) and previously portrayed by Lee Marvin in "Point... Read more
Pars Vite et Reviens Tard (Have Mercy On Us All) (Blu-ray) (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Regis Wargnier
Starring: Jose Garcia, Marie Gillain, Olivier Gourmet, Nicolas Cazale, Michel Serrault
A modern-day Parisian town crier gradually learns that someone is using him to give cryptic warnings of a plague outbreak in the city. Read more
Partisan (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara
Alexander is like any other kid: playful, curious and naive. He is also a trained assassin. Raised in a hidden paradise on the outskirts of town, Alex... Read more