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 Darkest Minds (2018)
5.5/10
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Starring: Bradley Whitford, Mandy Moore, Wade Williams, Gwendoline Christie, Amandla Stenb...
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. One of the most powerful young peop... Read more
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
6.1/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Fritz Weaver, George C Scott, Paul Sorvino, Trish Van Devere
A researcher (George C. Scott) teaches the aquatic mammals to talk, then faces a crisis when he learns they are also being trained as assassins. Read more
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Lonsdale, Eric Porte...
A rivetting thriller of an assassin hired to kill Charles De Gaulle, juxtaposing his calm preparation for the shooting against the tense international... Read more
The Day of the Jackal ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack, Delphine Seyrig, Edward Fox, Eric Porter, Michael Lons...
Based on Frederick Forsyths best-selling novel of political intrigue, The Day of the Jackal, tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the Fre... Read more
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
5.5/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm...
Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more
The Day the Earth Stood Still ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
5.5/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: James Hong, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Keanu Reeves, Jon Hamm,...
Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more
The Dead Pool (1988)
6.3/10
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Clint Eastwood, Evan Kim, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey
In his fifth and final appearance as detective Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood finds himself hunting down the perpetrator of a hit list known as the 'd... Read more
The Dead Zone (1983)
7.2/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen, Colleen Dewhurst,...
Christopher Walken stars in this David Cronenberg film of a Stephen King thriller about a man with the ability to read the thoughts of others. A gift... Read more
The Dead Zone (Blu-ray) (1983)
7.2/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen, Colleen Dewhurst,...
Christopher Walken stars in this David Cronenberg film of a Stephen King thriller about a man with the ability to read the thoughts of others. A gift... Read more
The Deadly Game (2013)
7.4/10
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Leo Gregory, Julian San...
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss. Read more