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".
Split (2016)
7.3/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Betty Buckley, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Hayley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula
After celebrating her birthday with classmates, Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) is kidnapped along with Marcia (Jessica Sula) and Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy)... Read more
Split ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.3/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Betty Buckley, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Hayley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula
After celebrating her birthday with classmates, Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) is kidnapped along with Marcia (Jessica Sula) and Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy)... Read more
Split Decisions (1988)
5.2/10
Director: David Drury
Starring: Gene Hackman, Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically. Read more
Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Kit Harington, Tuppence Middleton, Eyles Gabel, Jennifer Ehle, Peter Firth
When charismatic terrorist Adem Qasim (Elyes Gabel) escapes from MI5 custody during a high profile handover, legendary operative Harry Pearce (Peter F... Read more
Spy Game (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-B...
Retiring CIA operative Robert Redford learns that Brad Pitt, a younger agent he trained, has been captured by the Chinese government and will be put t... Read more
SS-GB (2017)
6.6/10
Starring: Sam Riley, Kate Bosworth
A British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II. Read more
St Ives (1976)
6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar
Ex-crime reporter Raymond St. Ives (Charles Bronson) has elegant taste, a yen for gambling and an unfinished novel in his typewriter. Hired to locate... Read more
Stander (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Deborah Kara Unger
An incredible true story of one of the most audacious criminals of our time. Andre Stander (Thomas Jane), was an ambitious second-generation policema... Read more
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
8.6/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac,...
The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bri... Read more
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega,...
The surviving members of the resistance face the First Order once again, and the legendary conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches its peak bri... Read more