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".
State of Play (2009)
7.1/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Jason Ba...
An American adaptation of the hit British mini-series starrring Ben Affleck as a rising political star, tipped to be the next presidential nomination... Read more
State of Play ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.1/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Jeff Daniels, Robin Wright, Russell Crowe, Rachel McA...
An American adaptation of the hit British mini-series starrring Ben Affleck as a rising political star, tipped to be the next presidential nomination... Read more
Stay (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo, B D Wong, Bob Hoskin...
In this mind-bending psychological thriller, college student Henry (Ryan Gosling) plans to kill himself in three days, unless psychologist Sam Foster... Read more
Stealth (2005)
5/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh
Top gun pilots Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx are test driving the new wave in stealth technology - and there's a new crew member to deal wit... Read more
Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019)
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless-mostly old, lots of polyester, a... Read more
Stillwater (2021)
6.6/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Read more
Stillwater (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.6/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Read more
Stir Of Echoes (1999)
7/10
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Illeana Douglas, Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Dunn
What begins as a hypnotism stunt at a party turns into a terrifying journey into the world beyond the grave, as Chicago telephone lineman Kevin Bacon... Read more
Stockholm (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Robert Budreau
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Ethan Hawke, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Mark Rendall
After taking hostages in a Stockholm bank, ex-con Lars Nystrom demands the release of his old partner in crime from prison. As the situation escalates... Read more
Stoker (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, Jacki Weaver
Following her father's death in an unexplained road accident, reclusive teenager India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) withdraws further into the quiet rural... Read more