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".
Tomorrow When The War Began (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Caitlin Stasey
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight. Read more
Tony (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Gerard Johnson
Starring: Peter Ferdinando
A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb. Read more
Tony Rome (1967)
6.6/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Gena Rowlands, Sue Lyon
When the beautiful daughter of a prominent businessman is found drunk and unconscious in a hotel room, private detective Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is... Read more
Too Late (1996)
7.7/10
Director: Lucian Pintilie
Starring: Razvan Vasilescu
Aka "Trop Tard". Dumitru Costa (Razvan Vasilescu), a young trainee Public Prosecutor, is given his first investigation - the suspicious death of a min... Read more
Topaz (1969)
6.3/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: John Forsythe, Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Claude Jade
Based on Leon Uris' spy novel and features John Forsythe as a CIA Agent who learns of the Cuban missiles from a defecting Russian. He enlists the aid... Read more
Tormented (Blu-ray) (2014)
4.8/10
Kylie Winters, a bullied and self-loathing teen, reluctantly agrees to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in... Read more
Torn Curtain (1966)
6.7/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
Alfred Hitchcock's tale of international intrigue involves a world-famous scientist who may (or may not) be defecting to East Berlin. Paul Newman, Jul... Read more
Torque (2003)
4/10
Director: Joseph Kahn
Starring: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Jay Hernandez
Music video director Joseph Kahn's debut feature stars Kiwi Martin Henderson as a biker who gets set up to take the fall for the murder of motorcycle... Read more
Total Recall (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, John Cho, Bryan Cranst...
Slick reimagining of the Philip K. Dick tale, set on a future Earth dominated by two political superpowers in which factory worker Douglas Quaid (Coli... Read more
Total Recall (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, John Cho, Bryan Cranst...
Slick reimagining of the Philip K. Dick tale, set on a future Earth dominated by two political superpowers in which factory worker Douglas Quaid (Coli... Read more