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 Guard ( Blu-ray ) (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
The Guest (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Sheila Kelley, Brendan Meyer, Lance Red...
Recently discharged from the military, David Collins (Dan Stevens) unexpectedly shows up at the Peterson family's doorstep, claiming to be their late... Read more
The Guilty (Den skyldige) (2018)
7.6/10
Director: Gustav Moller
Starring: Jakob Cedergren
Alarm dispatcher and former police officer Asger Holm answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. When the call is suddenly disconnected, the se... Read more
The Gunman (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzen...
From the director of Taken comes The Gunman, a pulse-pounding action thriller starring two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn. Its been eight yea... Read more
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
6.6/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Matt McCoy, Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Ernie Hudson
A woman accuses her gynecologist of molesting her, and the publicity drives him to suicide. The doctor's unstable young wife, in search of revenge, ta... Read more
The Handmaiden (2016)
8.1/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Jung-woo Ha
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. Read more
The Happening (2008)
5/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Ashlyn Sanchez, S...
M. Night Shyamalan takes on the end of life as we know it, earning his first 'R' rating, as a mysterious airborne contagion compels people to commit s... Read more
The Happening ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
5/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Ashlyn Sanchez, S...
M. Night Shyamalan takes on the end of life as we know it, earning his first 'R' rating, as a mysterious airborne contagion compels people to commit s... Read more
The Harvest (2013)
6.1/10
Director: John McNaughton
Starring: Samantha Morton, Peter Fonda, Charlie Tahan, Michael Shannon, Meadow Williams, N...
In his first film in nearly fifteen years, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) harks back to the depravity that made his 198... Read more
The Haunted Airman (2006)
4.8/10
Director: Chris Durlacher
Starring: Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson
A vivid, but loose, BBC adaptation of Dennis Wheatley's highly innovative psychological novel 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg'. Tells the chilling tale of... Read more