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".
Twilight ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
5.2/10
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ash...
When Bella moves to a new high school in a backwater town in Washington State, she finds herself to be inexplicably popular amongst the male populatio... Read more
Twisted (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Ashley Judd, Samuel L Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong
This snappy, gripping thriller stars Ashley Judd as a heavy-drinking, sexually promiscuous police detective who experiences frequent blackouts. Assign... Read more
Twisters (2024)
6.6/10
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Dav...
Twisters brings back the blockbuster disaster epic with a whirlwind of heart-stopping action and exhilarating thrills. When her friend Javi (Anthony R... Read more
Two Minute Warning (1976)
6.1/10
Director: Larry Peerce
Starring: Beau Bridges, Brock Peters, Charlton Heston, David Janssen, Gena Rowlands, John...
Gripping suspense thriller about a sniper who sets his sights on a sell-out crowd at a championship American football game at the Los Angeles Memorial... Read more
U-Turn (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Claire Danes, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Powers Boothe, Joaquin Phoe...
Driving to Las Vegas to pay off a gambling debt, small-time hustler Sean Penn finds himself stranded in a remote Arizona desert town and interacting w... Read more
U.S. Marshals (Blu-ray) (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Stuart Baird
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr
This action thriller features the marshal (Tommy Lee Jones) from 'The Fugitive' and his team, who are back on the case when a criminal suspect flees a... Read more
UFO (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Ryan Eslinger
Starring: David Strathairn, Gillian Anderson, Ella Purnell, Alex Sharp
Derek (Alex Sharp) a brilliant college student, haunted by a childhood UFO sighting, believes that mysterious sightings reported at multiple airports... Read more
Una Pura Formalita ( A Pure Formality ) (1996)
7.8/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini
Gerard Depardieu plays a man accused of a murder he doesn't remember committing. He and Roman Polanski play a deadly game of deceptions, distortions a... Read more
Unbreakable (2000)
7.3/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright
David Dunn survives a terrible train wreck and begins to believe that he may be immortal. His lack of vulnerability is challenged when he meets comic... Read more
Uncertainty (2010)
5.8/10
Director: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Olivia Thirlby, Lynn Collins
Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collin... Read more