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 Great Train Robbery (1978)
7/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery, Lesley-Anne Down
Aka "The First Great Train Robbery". Based-on-fact tale of the world's first moving train heist, this stylish thriller, written and directed by Michae... Read more
The Green Glove (1952)
6.4/10
Director: Rudolph Mate
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, George Macready, Geraldine Brooks, Glenn Ford
This top-notch thriller is set after World War II and features Glenn Ford as an ex-paratrooper hired by a church to find a bejeweled glove lifted by e... Read more
The Green Hornet (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou, Seth Rogen
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
The Green Hornet (Blu-ray) (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou, Seth Rogen
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
The Grey (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Frank Grillo, Nonso...
Gripping adventure in which Liam Neeson stars as Ottway, a man haunted by his past who takes a job as a huntsman in the Alaskan wilderness. When the p... Read more
The Grey ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Frank Grillo, Nonso...
Gripping adventure in which Liam Neeson stars as Ottway, a man haunted by his past who takes a job as a huntsman in the Alaskan wilderness. When the p... Read more
The Grid (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Mikael Salomon
Starring: Jemma Redgrave, James Remar, Dylan McDermott, Julianna Margulies, Bernard Hill
The story opens with a deadly sarin attack in London. NSC counter-terrorism director Maren Jackson (Margulies) enlists FBI agent Max Canary (McDermott... Read more
The Grifters (1990)
7/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
A classy, suspenseful and erotic thriller acclaimed as one of the best films of the year about a mother, son (only fourteen years her junior) and son'... Read more
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
6.1/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson
A violent blast destroys the U.S. government's top secret Groundstar Research Complex, and six high ranking scientists are incinerated. The saboteur,... Read more
The Guard (2011)
7.3/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, D...
Working a beat on the Irish coast, Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) experiences some culture shock when he is assigned a black American partner (Don... Read more