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".
Wild Things (1998)
6.5/10
Director: John McNaughton
Starring: Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon
Mainstream taboos (male frontal nudity, bisexuality) abound in this kinky, trash-noir set in the murky waters of the everglades, involving two high sc... Read more
Wild Zero (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Tetsuro Takeuchi
Starring: Guitar Wolf, Drum Wolf, Bass Wolf, Masashi Endo, Kwancharu Shitichai
When aliens start turning the population into flesh-eating zombies, only rock fan Ace and his favourite band, Guitar Wolf (and they're a real band!) h... Read more
Wildland (2020)
5.8/10
Director: Jeanette Nordahl
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen
Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home,... Read more
Winchester (2018)
5.4/10
Director: The Spierig Brothers, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Bruce Spence, Helen Mirren, Angus Sampson, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Eamon Farr...
The most haunted house in the world sits on an isolated stretch of land that's 50 miles outside of San Francisco. Built by Sarah Winchester, heiress t... Read more
Wind Chill (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Starring: Martin Donovan, Ashton Holmes, Emily Blunt
Anxious to make it home for Christmas, a college girl (Emily Blunt) finds a classmate (Ashton Holmes) willing to make room for her in his car. When th... Read more
Wind River (2017)
7.8/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Graham Greene, Jeremy Renner, Julia Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Kelsey Asbille
Cory Lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18-year-old woman on an American Indian reservation in snowy Wyoming. When the autopsy rev... Read more
Wind River (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.8/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Graham Greene, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Kelsey Asbille
Cory Lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18-year-old woman on an American Indian reservation in snowy Wyoming. When the autopsy rev... Read more
Wings Of Honour (Angel of the Skies) (2013)
4/10
War is declared and Britain must take action against Nazi Germany if Europe is going to be saved from its ruthless clutches. Read more
Winter Kills (1979)
6.3/10
Director: William Richert
Starring: Richard Boone, Jeff Bridges, Sterling Hayden, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eliz...
A rare example of a film so wild, so utterly rambunctious and so bursting with invention that it defies description. Based on the novel by Richard Con... Read more
Winter Sleepers (1997)
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Ulrich Matthers, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Heino Ferch
From the director of 'Run Lola Run', focusing on the lives of five people caught in a snowbound mountain town. "Disturbing, scary and erotic... Tom Ty... Read more