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".
Supernova (2000)
4.9/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facine...
A deep space rescue and recovery spaceship with a crew of 6 receives a distress call from a mining operation 3432 light years away. A rescue operation... Read more
Surface: The Complete Series (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Felix Enriquez Alcala, Jeffrey Reiner
Starring: Lake Bell, Rade Serbedzija, Jay R Ferguson, Carter Jenkins, Leighton Meester, Ia...
Something is lurking in the Earth's oceans; all around the world people are reporting encounters with strange creatures. But do the people in power k... Read more
Surrogates (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Surrogates ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Surveillance (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Starring: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, French Stewart, Kent Harp...
A series of brutal slayings along a stretch of empty highway draws a pair of dark-suited federal investigators (Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond) to a la... Read more
Sushi Girl (2012)
6/10
Director: Kern Saxton
Starring: James Duval, Jeff Fahey, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway, Sonny Chiba, Tony Todd, Dan...
Fish (Noah Hathaway) has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery and about the other men involved... Read more
Sushi Girl (Blu-ray) (2012)
6/10
Director: Kern Saxton
Starring: James Duval, Jeff Fahey, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway, Sonny Chiba, Tony Todd, Dan...
Fish (Noah Hathaway) has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery and about the other men involved... Read more
Suspect (1987)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Cher , Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna
Cher stars as an attorney who becomes involved in a case that takes her outside of the law when juror Dennis Quaid provides information about drug tra... Read more
Suspect Zero (2004)
5.9/10
Director: E Elias Merhige
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
A mysterious serial killer is hunting other serial killers - and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than they imagine. Dark, an... Read more
Suspects (2014)
7.2/10
Starring: Fay Ripley
An unscripted crime/drama series centered on a team of three detectives - each with their own distinctive style of working. Read more