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".
Possessor (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.5/10
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Possessor follows an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately dri... Read more
Predestination (2014)
7.5/10
Director: The Spierig Brothers, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook
Ethan Hawke plays a temporal agent leaping back and forth through time to prevent the murder of thousands in a very Oroboros-type narrative. During on... Read more
Predestination (Blu-ray) (2014)
7.5/10
Director: The Spierig Brothers, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook
Ethan Hawke plays a temporal agent leaping back and forth through time to prevent the murder of thousands in a very Oroboros-type narrative. During on... Read more
Predicament (2010)
5.4/10
Director: Jason Stutter
Starring: Heath Franklin, Jemaine Clement, Hayden Frost, Tim Finn
Naive teenager Cedric Williamson, conspires with two misfits to photograph and blackmail adulterous couples. When the scam goes wrong they end up with... Read more
Premium Rush (2012)
6.5/10
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung
Renowned for his fearless approach to the Manhattan streets, bike messenger Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is entrusted with the delivery of a mysteriou... Read more
Premonition (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Mennan Yapo
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Shyann McClure, Courtney Taylor Burness, Nia Lon...
Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) lives in a picture-perfect world with a loving husband (Julian McMahon) and two daughters she dotes on. But her world i... Read more
Presumed Innocent (1990)
6.9/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia
A criminal prosecutor becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a colleague with whom he once had a fiery extra-marital relationship. Harrison Ford,... Read more
Pretty Poison (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Noel Black
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland
Anthony Perkins plays the psychotic who persuades a naive girl that he works for the CIA. Soon it becomes unclear though who is manipulating whom, as... Read more
Prey (2015)
7.2/10
Starring: John Simm, Adrian Edmondson, Benedict Wong, Philip Glenister, MyAnna Buring
On the run accused of a terrible crime, Manchester Detective Marcus Farrow tries to prove his innocence while being hunted by his former friends and c... Read more
Pride and Glory (2008)
6.7/10
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Starring: Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich, Jennifer Ehle, John Ort...
Edward Norton plays an honest cop, assigned to investigate the precinct run by his potentially corrupt older brother. Director Gavin O'Connor co-wrote... Read more