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".
Silent Witness: Series Two (1997)
7.9/10
Starring: Amanda Burton
Crimes through the eyes of a team of forensic pathologists and forensic scientists. Read more
Silk Road (2021)
5.9/10
Director: Tiller Russell
Starring: Nick Robinson, Jason Clarke, Jimmi Simpson
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to br... Read more
Silver Streak (1976)
6.9/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifto...
In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) pu... Read more
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Blu-ray/3D) (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more
Sin Nombre (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Starring: Paulina Gaitan, Kristyan Ferrer, Edgar Flores
Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), joins her father on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin Ame... Read more
Single White Female (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber
This erotic thriller stars Bridget Fonda as a young woman living in a New York apartment building who takes on a roommate when she learns her boyfrien... Read more
Single White Female (Blu-Ray) (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Friedman, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobol...
Having recently split from fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber), Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh).... Read more
Sinister (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, Clare Foley, M...
Ten years ago, true crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) made his reputation with a best-selling account of a notorious murder. Now, desperate to... Read more
Sinners (2025)
7.7/10
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo, Jack O'Connell, Miles Caton, W...
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even... Read more