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".
Taken ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.8/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Famke Janssen, Liam Neeson, Xander Berkeley, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, Holly Vala...
Liam Neeson plays a former CIA operative who needs all his super-spy skills when his daughter is kidnapped by slave traders in Paris. Produced and co-... Read more
Taken 2 (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Famke Janssen, Liam Neeson, Rade Serbedzija, Maggie Grace
Fast-paced sequel to the hit action yarn sees Liam Neeson return as the ex-intelligence agent with a "very particular set of skills" and a disdain for... Read more
Taken 3 (2014)
6/10
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Sp...
The hunter becomes the hunted when Liam Neeson returns as former CIA operative Bryan Mills, who finds himself framed for the brutal murder of his ex-w... Read more
Taking Lives (2004)
6.2/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo,...
Tough psychological thriller stars Angelina Jolie as an FBI profiler summoned to help out Canadian law enforcement in Montreal, in their pursuit of a... Read more
Tango and Cash (1989)
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher
Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell star in this slick formulaic police thriller about two supercops framed by a megalomanic drug dealer. Read more
Taxi 2 (2000)
6.5/10
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
Starring: Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, Emma Sjoberg
The cast and crew from the 1998 Gallic megahit 'Taxi' return for this high-octane sequel about a crime-bustin' cabby and a defrocked cop. Here we fol... Read more
Taxi 4 (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
Starring: Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal
Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Ém... Read more
Teacher (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Adam Dick
Starring: David Dastmalchian, Kevin Pollak
Haunted by painful memories of his past and in the middle of a bitter divorce, high school English teacher James Lewis' only source of stability is in... Read more
Tell Me Something (1999)
6.6/10
Director: Yoon-Hyun Chang
Starring: Eun-ha Shim, Suk-kyu Han, Hang-Seon Jang, Jung-ah Yum
After accepting cash from an underworld figure to pay his dying mother's medical bills, Seoul detective Cho sees a chance at redemption when he takes... Read more
Tell No One (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Guillaume Canet
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Marie-Josee Croze, Andre Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fran...
A pediatrician, Alexandre Beck (Francois Cluzet), misses his beloved wife Margot (Marie-Josee Croze), who was brutally murdered eight years ago when h... Read more