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".
The Brink's Job (1978)
6.5/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Goorwitz, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvi...
From director William Friedkin ('The French Connection') comes this brilliant portrayal of one of the most famous and daring armed robberies in United... Read more
The Broken (2008)
5.5/10
Director: Sean Ellis
Starring: Lena Headey, Melvil Poupaud, Richard Jenkins, Ulrich Thomsen, Michelle Duncan, A...
A successful radiologist (Lena Headey) watches her life spiral out of control after she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London stree... Read more
The Broken Shore (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Rowan Woods
Starring: Don Hany, Claudia Karvan, Anthony Hayes, Erik Thomson, Dan Wyllie
An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adapt... Read more
The Burrowers (2008)
5.8/10
Director: JT Petty
Starring: Karl Geary, William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Clancy Brown, Galen Hutchison
A creepy horror/western, set in 1879, as an intrepid community of pioneers find themselves the target of unknown assailants. When a family is mysterio... Read more
The Business (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Nick Love
Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Fra... Read more
The Business of Strangers (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Fred Weller
Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles star in this brisk and edgy tale of two career women who form an unlikely and potentially unstable bond in order to... Read more
The Call (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, Michael Imperioli...
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer fr... Read more
The Candy Snatchers (1973)
6.5/10
Director: Guerdon Trueblood
Starring: Tiffany Bolling, Brad David, Christophe Trueblood, Ben Piazza, Bonnie Boland, Vi...
Three depraved criminals kidnap 16-year-old Candy (Susan Sennet) and bury her alive, demanding a ransom from her father. When Dad refuses to pay, the... Read more
The Canyons (2013)
3.8/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Gus Van Sant, Amanda Brooks, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Tenil...
Notorious writer Bret Easton Ellis ("American Psycho") and acclaimed director Paul Schrader ("Auto Focus") join forces for this explicitly erotic thri... Read more
The Captain (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Alexander Fehling
In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man qu... Read more