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".
Sudden Impact (Blu-ray) (1983)
6.7/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Paul Drake
Clint Eastwood's fourth go-around as San Francisco detective 'Dirty' Harry Callahan puts him on the trail of a woman (Sondra Locke) who is getting rev... Read more
Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
7.6/10
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Montgomery Clift
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane;... Read more
Summer Of 84 (2018)
6.7/10
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evid... Read more
Sunshine (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Chris Eva...
The sun is dying, and in a desperate attempt to save the earth from an imminent deadly ice age, eight astronauts are sent on a million-to-one mission... Read more
Sunshine ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki San...
The sun is dying, and in a desperate attempt to save the earth from an imminent deadly ice age, eight astronauts are sent on a million-to-one mission... Read more
Super 8 (2011)
7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Elle Fanning
In 1979, a group of small-town Ohio teenagers accidentally films a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie. The sudden arrival of the military and a... Read more
Super 8 (Blu-ray) (2011)
7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Elle Fanning
In 1979, a group of small-town Ohio teenagers accidentally films a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie. The sudden arrival of the military and a... Read more
Supercop (Police Story III) (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Bill Tung
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. Read more
SuperFly (2018)
4.9/10
Director: Director X.
Starring: Esai Morales, Jennifer Morrison, Big Boi , Michael Kenneth Williams, Jason Mitch...
Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one... Read more
SuperFly (Blu-Ray) (2018)
4.9/10
Director: Director X.
Starring: Esai Morales, Jennifer Morrison, Big Boi , Michael Kenneth Williams, Jason Mitch...
Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one... Read more