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".
Run All Night (Blu-ray) (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
Run Lola Run (1998)
7.7/10
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Herbert Knaup, Moritz Bleibtreu, Franka Potente
Knockout exercise in style and tension follows a flame-haired German punkette (Franka Potente) as she races to get 100,000 marks and deliver it to her... Read more
Runaway (1984)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley
Michael Crichton ('Jurassic Park', 'Timeline') wrote and directed this sci-fi thriller. Tom Selleck is Jack Ramsey, a cop and single dad in a future... Read more
Runaway Jury (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce Mc...
This intense adaptation of John Grisham's thriller boasts John Cusack as a juror on a high-profile civil case in New Orleans in which the widow of a m... Read more
Running Scared (2006)
7.4/10
Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Chazz Palminteri, Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden, Johnny...
Paul Walker is low-level mobster Joey Gazelle, assigned to get rid of a gun used to kill a corrupt cop. When his neighbour's kid steals it to shoot hi... Read more
Running With The Devil (2019)
5.4/10
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne
A large batch of cocaine smuggled from Mexico to Canada through the United States is mysteriously lost along the way. The head of the drug cartel inst... Read more
Running With The Devil (Blu-ray) (2019)
5.4/10
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne
A large batch of cocaine smuggled from Mexico to Canada through the United States is mysteriously lost along the way. The head of the drug cartel inst... Read more
Rupture (Blu-ray) (2016)
4.8/10
Director: Steven Shainberg
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Chiklis, Peter Stormare, Lesley Manville
Without even knowing it, Renee, a divorced single mother, and her rebellious teen son, Evan, are being under surveillance in their own home. But who i... Read more
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow, Yvan Att...
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return in the third entry in the popular buddy cop comedy franchise. An attempt on the life of Chan's old friend, a Chine... Read more
Rust Creek (2018)
5.9/10
An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest. Read more