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".
Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Kumiko Aso, Daisuke Ban, Chinami Furuy, Masami Hashimoto, Kazue Ka...
The first and final part of the Ring cycle, this prequel sheds new light over the chilling tale of an ancient, fatal curse. Finally, the secrets surro... Read more
Ring 2 (1999)
5.1/10
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada, Kenjiro Ishimaru
'Ring 2' picks up the story right where it left off, and has the same unsettling atmosphere combining elements of the supernatural and the technologic... Read more
Ring: The Spiral (1998)
6.3/10
Director: Joji Iida
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Koichi Sato
This 1998 sequel, shot back to back with 'Ring', was originally screened as a double bill. It begins with Takayama's body being examined by his path... Read more
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
6/10
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Barry Pepper, Jacinda Barrett, Ian Hart
After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name a... Read more
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Julian Gilbey
Starring: Frank Harper, Roland Manookian
UK crime actioner about the rise of Carlton Leach, one of Britain's most feared and respection criminals. He began as a feared generals of the mad Eng... Read more
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
4.9/10
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Mako , Michael Chiklis, James D'Arcy, Robert Forster, Lucy Liu, Cameron Richards...
Journalist Sadie Black (Lucy Liu) finds herself in the morgue, transformed into one of the undead in this revenge flick that has her on the trail of t... Read more
Rising Sun (1993)
6.2/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel
Michael Crichton's controversial best seller looks at the investigation of the murder of an American call-girl in the Los Angeles office of a major Ja... Read more
River (2015)
8/10
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, Owen Teale, Eddie Marsan
John River is a brilliant police inspector whose genius lies side-by-side with the fragility of his mind. He is a man haunted by the murder victims wh... Read more
Riviera (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Julia Stiles, Lena Olin, Dimitri Leonidas, Roxane Duran, Anthony LaPaglia
After newlywed Georgina's billionaire husband Constantine is killed in a yacht explosion, she is shocked to discover the fortune and lifestyle he main... Read more
Road Games (1981)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Franklin
Starring: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis
Pat Quid (Stacy Keach) is a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Outback. A free-spirited hitchhiker (Ja... Read more