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".
Saw VI (2009)
6/10
Director: Kevin Greutert
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Peter Outerbridge, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Mark Rolston, Bet...
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's (Tobin Bell) legacy. Howev... Read more
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Andre Ovredal
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where f... Read more
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Andre Ovredal
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where f... Read more
Scoop (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Fenel...
Woody Allen continues his love affair with London, following up thriller 'Match Point' with this comic supernatural mystery that once again stars Scar... Read more
Scorcher (2002)
3.6/10
Starring: Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Rutger Hauer
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, California. Read more
Scream (2022)
7.3/10
Starring: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Jack Quaid
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a gro... Read more
Scream VI (2023)
7.4/10
Starring: Courteney Cox
In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City. Read more
Sea of Love (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Harold Becker
Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
Al Pacino bounced back from oblivion in this thriller about the investigation by two New York detectives involving a series of killings. Ellen Barkin... Read more
Seance (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki
Based on the successful Martin Heidegger novel 'Seance on a Wet Afternoon', this Japanese thriller builds a terrifically creepy atmosphere as it follo... Read more
Searching (2018)
7.9/10
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Starring: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn
David Kim becomes desperate when his 16-year-old daughter Margot disappears and an immediate police investigation leads nowhere. He soon decides to se... Read more