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".
Ava (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common , Geena Davis, Colin Farrell, Jess Weix...
Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wr... Read more
Avenging Force (1986)
5.9/10
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, James Booth
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group... Read more
Awake (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Joby Harold
Starring: Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, Terrence Howard, Christopher McDonald, Lena Ol...
Hayden Christensen stars in this riveting psychological thriller as a young man who experiences 'anesthetic awareness' during open heart surgery - lea... Read more
Babel (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor M...
The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt... Read more
Babel ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor M...
The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt a... Read more
Baby Driver (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Flea, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, Ansel Elgort, Lily Jame...
Talented getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After meeting the woman (Lily Ja... Read more
Baby Driver (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Flea, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, Ansel Elgort, Lily Jame...
Talented getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After meeting the woman (Lily Ja... Read more
Babylon A.D. (2008)
5.6/10
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu, Melanie Thierry, Charlotte Rampling...
Sci-fi actioner with Vin Diesel as an outcast desperate to get back home to the U.S.A. Russian mobster Gerard Depardieu provides him with an opportuni... Read more
Babylon A.D. Raw & Uncut (Blu-ray) (2008)
5.6/10
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu, Melanie Thierry, Charlotte Rampling...
Sci-fi actioner with Vin Diesel as an outcast desperate to get back home to the U.S.A. Russian mobster Gerard Depardieu provides him with an opportuni... Read more
Back in Crime ( L'autre vie de Richard Kemp ) (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Germinal Alvarez
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Melanie Thierry
Aka 'The Other Life of Richard Kemp'. When Paris detective Richard Kemp (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is injured in the course of a criminal investigation, he... Read more