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".
Wake in Fright (1971)
7.7/10
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Mei...
A naive young teacher finds himself in a remote outback school where the 'pupils' are more interested in killing kangaroos and sexual experimentation... Read more
Walkaway Joe (2020)
5.6/10
Starring: David Strathairn, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, David Jensen
The story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy searching for his father, and a wandering loner hiding from his past. Read more
Walking Out (2018)
5.8/10
Director: Alex Smith, Andrew Smith
Starring: Bill Pullman, Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins
A city teenager travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, but the trip becomes a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly b... Read more
Walking Tall (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Kevin Bray
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough
Inspired by a true story, this loose remake of the classic 1973 actioner follows former decorated army officer the Rock as he returns to his small Was... Read more
Wanted (2008)
6.7/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann,...
James McAvoy is your average, down-trodden office drone whose uneventful life is about to become more eventful than he could have imagined. After disc... Read more
Wanted ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.7/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann,...
James McAvoy is your average, down-trodden office drone whose uneventful life is about to become more eventful than he could have imagined. After disc... Read more
War of the Arrows (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Kim Han-min
Starring: Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong
Revenge, redemption and a story of family combines with heart-pounding action to make "War of the Arrows" the highest-grossing epic in Korean cinema.... Read more
War, Inc. (2008)
5.7/10
Director: Joshua Seftel
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff
A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In an eff... Read more
WarGames (1983)
7.1/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy
Computer hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) can bypass the most advanced security systems, break the most intricate secret codes and master eve... Read more
We Own The Night (2007)
6.9/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Alex Veadov
Brooklyn nightclub manager Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) gets an offer to join the drug trade from a pusher working inside his club. Because Bobby has... Read more