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".
Broken City (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Allen Hughes
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper...
Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York police officer, private detective Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) takes on his toughest case yet:... Read more
Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, Lili Taylor, Richard Gere, Wesley Snipes...
Experience the volatile and deadly world of one of New York's most dangerous precincts through the eyes of the men and women pledged to protect and se... Read more
Brotherhood (2016)
6.1/10
Director: Noel Clarke
Starring: Noel Clarke, David Ajala, Steven Cree, Ashley Thomas
First, there was Kidulthood, then Adulthood, and now comes Noel Clarke's lastest instalment: Brotherhood. Sam is facing up to the new world. He realis... Read more
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci...
This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more
Brotherhood of the Wolf ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Mark Dacascos, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Samuel Le Bihan...
This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more
Brothers' Nest (2018)
Director: Clayton Jacobson
Starring: Lynette Curran, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook, CLayton Jacobson, Kym Gyngell
One cold morning in Victoria, brothers Terry and Jeff arrive at the family home with plans to kill their stepfather, Rodger, who married into the fami... Read more
Brown's Requiem (1998)
5.9/10
Director: Jason Freeland
Starring: Selma Blair, Brion James, Harold Gould
Based on "L.A. Confidential" author James Ellroy's novel, this thriller stars Michael Rooker as a former L.A. cop who makes ends meet as a repo man an... Read more
Bruiser (2000)
5.3/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare, Leslie Hope
George Romero's latest film (his first since "The Dark Half") is about a man who awakens one day to find that his face is now a smooth, white, feature... Read more
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
6.9/10
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin... Read more
Bug (2006)
6.1/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr, Lynn Collins
Ashley Judd is a lonely waitress holed up in a decrepit motel who lives in constant fear of her ex-husband (Harry Connick, Jr.). She begins to feel ho... Read more