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 Many Saints Of Newark (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Many Saints Of Newark (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Marksman (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Liam Neeson
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into... Read more
The Marksman (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Liam Neeson
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into... Read more
The Mastermind (2025)
6.3/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim
In 1970, Mooney and two cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than... Read more
The Matador (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Adam Scott, Philip Baker Hall, Roberto...
Pierce Brosnan gleefully takes the mick out of his suave Bond/Remington Steele persona, as Julian Noble, an international gun-for-hire, who's past his... Read more
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
5.7/10
Director: Lana Wachowski
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himse... Read more
The Matrix Resurrections (4K) (2021)
5.7/10
Director: Lana Wachowski
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himse... Read more
The Matrix Resurrections (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.7/10
Director: Lana Wachowski
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himse... Read more
The Maze Runner (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-S...
A boy wakes up in an elevator with no recollection of his name, where he comes from, or where he is. As he emerges from the earth, he finds himself in... Read more