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".
Borderline (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Starring: Bruno Kirby, Charles Bronson, Ed Harris, Michael Lerner, Wilford Brimley, Enriqu...
The film follows a United States Border Patrol Agent in Charge, Jeb Maynard (Bronson), who is forced to track down the killers of a young Mexican boy... Read more
Both Sides Of The Blade (2022)
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Gregoire Colin, Bulle Ogier, Alice Houri
A love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover. Read more
Bound (1996)
7.4/10
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano
Ex-con Gina Gershon falls in love with gangster's moll Jennifer Tilly and the two concoct a risky scheme to steal $2 million from the mob. First-time... Read more
Boystown (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Juan Flahn
Starring: Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Puyol, Concha Velasco, Pepon Nieto
Victor has a goal; he wants to turn the Chueca neighbourhood into a real estate paradise for hot-blooded gay couples. He'll do anything to make that h... Read more
Brannigan (1975)
6.1/10
Director: Douglas Hickox
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
After a racketeer flees to London to avoid extradition, a Chicago cop (John Wayne) follows him to cut him off at the pass. Exciting English locales an... Read more
Braven (2018)
5.9/10
Starring: Jason Momoa, Garret Dillahunt, Jill Wagner, Stephen Lang
Joe Braven is a logging company owner who lives with his family in Canada. Joe's father, Linden, suffering from dementia, mistakes a woman in a bar fo... Read more
Breach (2007)
7/10
Director: Billy Ray
Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Denni...
In February 2001, FBI Agent Robert Hanssen was arrested after more than 20 years of providing the Russians with US State secrets in possibly the large... Read more
Breakdown (1997)
6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan
This incredibly tense, gripping thriller stars Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, a couple who breakdown while driving cross-country. She accepts a li... Read more
Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
4/10
Director: Don Hulette
Starring: Chuck Norris, Terry O'Connor, George Murdock
When trucker Billy Dawes (Michael Augenstein) vanishes during his first solo run, his older brother, J.D. (Chuck Norris), sets out in search of answer... Read more
Breaking and Entering (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Vera Far...
Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, this suspenseful drama stars Jude Law as a successful landscape architect whose office has been broken into... Read more