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".
Black Bag (2025)
6.8/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Pier...
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband - also a legendary agent - faces the ultimate test of whet... Read more
Black Book (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Sebastian Koch, Carice Van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Derek De Lint
Director Paul Verhoeven covered everything in Hollywood from erotic thrillers to science fiction films, but the return to his native country (and lang... Read more
Black Book ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Sebastian Koch, Carice Van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Derek De Lint
Director Paul Verhoeven covered everything in Hollywood from erotic thrillers to science fiction films, but the return to his native country (and lang... Read more
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Yi'nan Diao
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murd... Read more
Black Dog (1998)
5.4/10
Director: Kevin Hooks
Starring: Charles S Dutton, Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus, Lorraine Toussa...
Ex-con Jack Crews (Patrick Swayze) is set on a collision course with an incredible array of redneck assassins, well-dressed hit-men, murderous biker g... Read more
Black Lightning (2009)
Director: Dmitriy Kiselev
Starring: Grigoriy Dobrygin
Moscow, 2004, and wealthy entrepreneur Kuptsov drills deep beneath the city, trying to reach a huge diamond vein. Aware that his ruthless drilling wil... Read more
Black Mass (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI a... Read more
Black Rain (1989)
6.6/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura
Ridley Scott directs this stylish suspenser starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia as New York detectives assigned to escort the extradited Yakuza h... Read more
Black Sea (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall
Captain Robinson is a seasoned submarine captain who, after losing his crew and his job, learns of an unclaimed bounty of Nazi gold lying in a U-boat... Read more
Black Sunday (1977)
6.8/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver
An international terrorist organisation plots to blow up the Super Bowl and enlists the aid of a former Vietnam P.O.W. Bruce Dern, at his unhinged bes... Read more