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".
Blue Thunder (1982)
6.4/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clark
Lively techno-thriller about an LA Police pilot who brings down the empire of a crime lord with a high-tech helicopter. Terrific aerial photography. Read more
Boarding Gate (2007)
5.1/10
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Kim Gordon, Carl Ng, Alex Descas, Joana...
A seedy thriller from Olivier Assayas ('Demonlover') with Asia Argento as an ex-prostitute with a penchant for S & M, drugs and assassination. She has... Read more
Body Double (1984)
6.8/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
Brian De Palma once again pays tribute to Alfred Hitchcock in this tale of an actor involved in a murder where he is the prime witness. Craig Wasson i... Read more
Body Heat (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke
Attorney Ned Racine's life coasts along in neutral - until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker. Ned knows Matty i... Read more
Body Heat (Blu-ray) (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke
Attorney Ned Racine's life coasts along in neutral - until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker. Ned knows Matty i... Read more
Body of Evidence (1992)
4.4/10
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Madonna , Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer
Madonna and Willem Dafoe star in this lethargic psycho-sexual mystery thas makes 'Basic Instinct' look like the 'Citizen Kane' of the whodunnit-in-the... Read more
Body of Lies (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman, Golshif...
Pals Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up with Leonardo DiCaprio for this rapid-fire espionage thriller based on the novel by David Ignatius. DiCapr... Read more
Body of Lies ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Strong, Russell Crowe, Vince Colosimo, Oscar Isaac, Ali...
Pals Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up with Leonardo DiCaprio for this rapid-fire espionage thriller based on the novel by David Ignatius. DiCapr... Read more
Bognor (1981)
6.1/10
Starring: David Horovitch
Simon Bognor, the accident-prone investigator for the Department of Trade, has to contend with double-dealing, murders, dismissive bosses and his fier... Read more
Borderland (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Zev Berman
Starring: Brian Presley, Martha Higareda, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Damian Alcazar, Se...
Inspired by true events that took place in 1989, in the bordertown of Matamoros, Mexico, this unnerving, ruthless thriller features three college stud... Read more