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".
Castle: Season 8 (2016)
7.7/10
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Jon Huertas
Their fiery love affair has kept your pulse pounding week after week for the past eight seasons. Now, the heartfelt final chapter of Rick Castle and K... Read more
Cat O' Nine Tails (1970)
6.7/10
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak
About an investigative reporter who teams up with a blind newspaperman to find out who is killing all the people associated with a genetic laboratory.... Read more
Cat Person (2023)
6/10
Director: Susanna Fogel
Starring: Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Isabella Rossellini, Hope D...
A college student who works at a movie theatre goes on an awkward date with an older man who may be a murderer. Read more
Catch A Fire (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha, Sithemb...
Tells the story of freedom fighter and political prisoner Patrick Chamusso who became politicised in the 1980s when he was falsely accused of bombing... Read more
Catchfire ( Backtrack ) (1989)
5.4/10
Director: Alan Smithee, Dennis Hopper
Starring: Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Fred...
A contemporary melodrama about hitman Dennis Hopper hired to rub out murder eyewitness Jodie Foster - but falling in love with her instead. Great supp... Read more
Catherine Cookson: A Dinner With Herbs (2000)
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Tom Goodman-Hill, Billie Whitelaw, Tim Healy, Kate Magowan
A man gets killed and his woman friend agrees to take on his surviving children. But as the decades started passing by, the children soon become aware... Read more
Caught Stealing (2025)
7/10
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'O...
Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high school baseball phenomenon who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He's got a great girl (... Read more
Cell (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Tod Williams
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, John Cusack, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users minds are instantly and dangerously reprogrammed. Heading nort... Read more
Cellular (2004)
6.5/10
Director: David R Ellis
Starring: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Eric Christian Olsen, Noah Emmerich, W...
What if someone's life was literally on the line and the power to save them was totally in your hands? For Ryan (Chris Evans) the choice begins with a... Read more
Central Intelligence (Blu-ray) (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart
After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espiona... Read more