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".
Primal (2019)
8.7/10
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, Michael Imperioli
A big-game hunter for zoos has booked passage on a Latin American shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, i... Read more
Primal (Blu-ray) (2019)
8.7/10
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, Michael Imperioli
A big-game hunter for zoos has booked passage on a Latin American shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, i... Read more
Primal Fear (1996)
7.7/10
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances...
Guilty? Innocent? Those questions aren't for high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) to decide. His job is to defend - especially if... Read more
Prime Suspect 5 / Prime Suspect 6 (2003)
Director: Philip Davis, Tom Hooper
Starring: Helen Mirren, Steven Mackintosh, David O'Hara, Ben Miles, Robert Pugh, Frank Fin...
"Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement" (1996) - D.C.I. Tennison, sent to Manchester, investigates a murder in which a drug runner was shot dead. She s... Read more
Princess (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
A visually striking animated feature from Denmark with a missionary priest named August abandoning his profession after the death of his drug-addicted... Read more
Princess Aurora (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Eun-jin Bang
Starring: Jeong-hwa Eom, Seong-kun Moon, Oh-jung Kwon
A bizarre crime spree appears to leave a trail of random dead, with the only thing to connect them a sticker left on the body of the cartoon character... Read more
Prison Break: Season 1 (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Stacy Keach, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Peter Stormare,...
Taking on a well-used subject as the title suggests, this series provided an astoundingly fresh and entertaining season of television. When Lincoln Sc... Read more
Prisoners (2013)
8.1/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Paul Dano,...
How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is... Read more
Prisoners ( Blu-ray + DVD ) (2013)
8.1/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Paul Dano,...
How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is... Read more
Promising Young Woman (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Emerald Fennell
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Bo Burnham
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. Read more