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".
Blaze (2022)
6/10
Starring: Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, John Waters
After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately find... Read more
Blind Fury (1989)
6.3/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Nick Cassavetes, Brandon Call
Blinded and left to die in Vietnam, Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer) has been missing in action for more than two decades. Finally home, he sets out to find... Read more
Blind Mountain (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Li Yang
Starring: Yang Youan, Zhang Yuling, Huang Lu
In rural early 90's China, Bai (Huang Lu), a pretty and enterprising college student, travels to a remote, mist shrouded mountain village in the compa... Read more
Blinded (2004)
5.2/10
Director: Eleanor Yule
Starring: Peter Mullan, Jodhi May, Anders W Berthelsen, Phyllida Law, Samantha Bond
Danish backpacker, Mike Hammershoi is running from a dark secret. Hoping to find work, he arrives at Black's estate, a shuttered, decaying mansion, c... Read more
Blindness (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McK...
A big city falls prey to a mysterious plague of blindness in Fernando Meirelles' ('City of God'; 'The Constant Gardener') adaptation of Jose Saramago'... Read more
Blink (1994)
6.2/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf
Madeline Stowe gives a revelatory performance as a gutsy but vulnerable folk musician, blind since childhood, who regains her vision just in time to w... Read more
Blink Twice (2024)
7/10
Director: Zoe Kravits
Starring: Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle Mac...
When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and h... Read more
Blood (2012)
6/10
Director: Nick Murphy
Starring: Brian Cox, Mark Strong, Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham
When a shocking murder is committed in their small town, the Fairburn brothers (Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham) are detectives who will do whatever i... Read more
Blood & Treasure: Season 1 (2019)
6.6/10
Starring: Matt Barr, James Callis
An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts. Read more
Blood and Wine (1996)
6.1/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Judy Davis, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez
In this underrated film noir drama, Jack Nicholson is mesmerizing as Alex Gates, a man who appears to have it all - a beautiful wife (Judy Davis), a s... Read more