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".
Thief (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, James Belushi
Aka "Violent Streets". James Caan stars in this superb study of a jewel thief who desperately tries to create the life he visualised while in prison -... Read more
Thief of Hearts (1984)
5.7/10
Starring: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso, Christine Ebersole, Geo...
If you met Ray and Mickey Davis, you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary, you'd know that unrest is lurking just benea... Read more
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Andy Garcia, Gabrielle Anwar, Christopher Walken, Seymour Cassel, Christopher Ll...
When The Man With A Plan gives ex-gangster Jimmy The Saint one last job it all goes wrong, leaving him and his partners marked for death and just 48 h... Read more
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (Blu-ray) (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Andy Garcia, Bill Nunn, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Walken, Fairuza Balk, Gab...
When The Man With A Plan gives ex-gangster Jimmy The Saint one last job it all goes wrong, leaving him and his partners marked for death and just 48 h... Read more
Third Man Out (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Ron Oliver
Starring: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Sean Young
Detective Donald Strachey is in over his head when the outing of a popular public figure draws him into a dangerous web of lies, murder and politics.... Read more
Thirteen ( 13 ) (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Gela Babluani
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, Jason Statham, Michael Shannon, Curtis...
Writer/director Gela Babluani's Americanized remake of his 2005 French thriller "13 Tzameti" follows the suspenseful journey of a young electrician wh... Read more
Thirteen Days (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker
Traces what really happened in 1962 when the Cuban Missile Crisis nearly led America to engage in nuclear war with Russia. This riveting offering star... Read more
Thorne: Sleepyhead & Scaredy Cat (2010)
7.3/10
Starring: Joshua Close, Lorraine Ashbourne, Stephen Campbell Moore
Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so... Read more
Those Who Kill (2011)
7.2/10
Starring: Jakob Cedergren, Lars Mikkelsen
About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounded by fear and mystique - the serial killer. Read more
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
6/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, Jake Weber
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a... Read more