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".
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2018)
5.2/10
Director: Vivieno Caldinelli
Starring: Rhea Seehorn, Taika Waititi
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a dera... Read more
Sexy Beast (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, James Fox, Amanda Redman
Stylish, tough-as-nails British gangster yarn features an acclaimed turn by Ben Kingsley as a short-fused London criminal sent to strong-arm retired s... Read more
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
4.9/10
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara
Presidential advisor Bobby Bishop (Charlie Sheen) is hunted by an unknown assailant in this political thriller. With the help of Chief-of-Staff Jake C... Read more
Shadow Dancer (2012)
6.2/10
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Andrea Riseborough
Belfast native Colette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) comes from a family of well-known IRA sympathisers. After being arrested on suspicion of carrying... Read more
Shadow Dancer ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
6.2/10
Director: James Marsh
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough
Belfast native Colette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) comes from a family of well-known IRA sympathisers. After being arrested on suspicion of carrying... Read more
Shadowboxer (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Macy Gray,...
Attempting to re-invigorate the fatigued gun-for-hire genre, this bizarre, if not somewhat deranged thriller stars Helen Mirren as a trained assassin... Read more
Shadows Of Fear (1970)
7.5/10
Starring: Ray Smith, Michael Craig, Ian Bannen, Peter Barkworth, Anthony Bate
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people. Read more
Shaft (2000)
5.9/10
Director: John Singleton
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Jeffrey Wright, Vanessa Willia...
This updating of the 1971 hit stars Samuel L Jackson as original "Shaft" Richard Roundtree's nephew, an NYPD detective who throws away his badge in o... Read more
Shallow Grave (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, Keith Allen
Danny Boyle's feature film debut is a compelling and darkly humourous tale of three flatmates in a predicament after finding their newly acquired four... Read more
Shallow Grave ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston
Danny Boyle's feature film debut is a compelling and darkly humourous tale of three flatmates in a predicament after finding their newly acquired four... Read more