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".
Red Rock West (1993)
7/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dennis Hopper
Nicolas Cage comes to town looking for work. He goes into the pub, where the barman mistakes him for a hired killer, and pays him to murder his wife.... Read more
Red Sparrow (2018)
6.6/10
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ciaran Hinds, Jeremy Irons, Joely Richardson, Mary-Louise Pa...
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School... Read more
Red Sparrow (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.6/10
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ciaran Hinds, Jeremy Irons, Joely Richardson, Mary-Louise Pa...
A young Russian intelligence officer is assigned to seduce a first-tour CIA agent who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intellig... Read more
Red State (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: John Goodman, Kevin Pollak, Melissa Leo, Michael Parks, Stephen Root, Michael An...
Director Kevin Smith's controversial blend of horror, action, and dark humor follows three teens as they're lured into the depraved world of fundament... Read more
Red White and Blue (2010)
6/10
Director: Simon Rumley
Starring: Noah Taylor, Marc Senter, Amanda Fuller
Trolling bars in Austin, Texas, the sexually promiscuous Erica (Amanda Fuller) is shocked to discover that her latest male acquaintance (Noah Taylor)... Read more
Redirected (2014)
6.6/10
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams
Four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures and have to fi... Read more
Reindeer Games (2000)
5.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, Clarence Williams III
Newly released from prison, car thief Ben Affleck assumes his cellmate's identity so he can be with the dead man's pen-pal girlfriend, Charlize Theron... Read more
Reminiscence (2021)
5.9/10
Director: Lisa Joy
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis, Daniel Wu, Natalie Martinez
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case... Read more
Reminiscence (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.9/10
Director: Lisa Joy
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis, Daniel Wu, Natalie Martinez
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case... Read more
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more