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".
Romeo Must Die (1999)
6.1/10
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Delroy Lindo
Gravity warping martial arts, cool visual effects and an all-star music track combine in this revved-up action movie from producer Joel Silver ("The M... Read more
Ronin (1998)
7.3/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce,...
Robert De Niro plays a freelance secret agent hired along with some international hitmen by an Irish terrorist to retrieve a mysterious briefcase. The... Read more
Ronin ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
7.3/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce,...
Robert De Niro plays a freelance secret agent hired along with some international hitmen by an Irish terrorist to retrieve a mysterious briefcase. The... Read more
Room (2005)
4.8/10
Director: Kyle Henry
Starring: Cyndi Williams, Ken Bradley, Alexandra Kiester
Julie Barker (Cyndi Williams) is tired of her dull life, and in her mind she has haunting repetitive visions of a cavernous room illuminated by a high... Read more
Rose Plays Julie (2019)
6.5/10
Starring: Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen
In this intimate exploration of identity, trauma and power, a young woman seeks out her birth mother, inadvertently triggering a string of events whic... Read more
Rosebud (1975)
5.1/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Cliff Gorman, Peter Lawford, Peter O'Toole, Raf Vallone, Richard Attenborough, C...
In a bold coup, a Palestinian terrorist group hijacks the luxury yacht "Rosebud", the only passengers being five daughters of rich and influential int... Read more
Route Irish (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop
Fergus (Mark Womack) returns to his native Liverpool for the funeral of his childhood friend Frankie (John Bishop), a fellow private security contract... Read more
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
7.5/10
Director: Milorad Krstic
A psychotherapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works since... Read more
Rude (1995)
6/10
Director: Clement Virgo
Starring: Rachael Crawford, Sharon Lewis, Maurice Dean Wint, Clark Johnson
This is the Easter weekend. In an inner city project, three people struggle against their demons and try to find redemption. They are Maxine, a window... Read more
Run All Night (2015)
6.6/10
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Boyd Holbrook, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bruce M...
Liam Neeson has just one spectacularly eventful night to protect his family! Not so long ago, prolific Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) earn... Read more