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 Sentinel ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Clark Johnson
Starring: David Rasche, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Martin Donovan, Michael Douglas,...
Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is a veteran Secret Service agent who has had a long and distinguished career protecting the US president, but when in... Read more
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier, Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave
Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna in order to place him in the care of Sigmund Freud after his abuse of cocaine starts to sp... Read more
The Seven-Ups (1973)
6.8/10
Director: Philip D'Antoni
Starring: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch
This was the only directorial effort of Philip D'Antoni, producer of the detective action thrillers "Bullitt" and "The French Connection". Roy Scheide... Read more
The Shadow (1994)
6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonatha...
Lamont Cranston, having lived a life of moral degradation, is 'reborn' as a singleminded crimefighter with the ability to cloud men's minds. This adap... Read more
The Shallows (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Oscar Jaenada, Blake Lively
Medical student Nancy (Blake Lively) has traveled to Mexico to surf the same waters her late mother visited while she was pregnant with her. She catch... Read more
The Shanghai Job (2017)
Director: Charles Martin
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam
A washed-up private security agent has to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai but is ambushed en route. Read more
The Shout (1978)
6.8/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Tim Curry
Starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, this unusual film explores the meaning of reality in the setting of an insane asylum. A cricket matc... Read more
The Siege (1998)
6.3/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis
When several terrorist actions put New York City in a panic, a police state is declared. An FBI agent (Denzel Washington) tries to track down the terr... Read more
The Signal (2014)
6.1/10
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Laurence Fishburne, Beau Knapp, Lin Shaye, Rober...
Nic (Brenton Thwaites), his girlfriend, Haley (Olivia Cooke), and his buddy, Jonah (Beau Knapp), take an unexpected detour from an idyllic cross-count... Read more
The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more