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".
Cold Creek Manor (2003)
4.9/10
Director: Mike Figgis
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Chri...
Ex-New Yorkers Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone buy an old house in the sticks after deciding big city life is too dangerous. Life in the country, howeve... Read more
Cold in July (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Jim Mickle
Starring: Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, Vinessa Shaw, Michael C Hall, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russe...
Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall) awakens one night to a noise elsewhere in the house. Fearing an intruder, he retrieves a gun from the closet, tells his... Read more
Cold Lazarus (1996)
8.2/10
Starring: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E Grant, Ciaran Hinds, Frances de la Tour
Dr. Emma Porlock and her colleagues, attempting to unlock the secrets of human memory for the Masdon drug empire, get a cryogenically stored 400-year-... Read more
Cold Pursuit (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Julia Jones...
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth s... Read more
Cold Pursuit (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Julia Jones...
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth s... Read more
Cold Sweat (1970)
5.9/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Liv Ullmann
Aka "De la part des copains". One evening, Joe Martin (Charles Bronson), an American living in France, is approached by Captain Ross (James Mason), an... Read more
Collateral (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Bruce McGill, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smi...
Hired to kill five witnesses before they can testify against a drug cartel, existential hit man Tom Cruise forces cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him throu... Read more
Collateral ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Bruce McGill, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smi...
Hired to kill five witnesses before they can testify against a drug cartel, existential hit man Tom Cruise forces cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him throu... Read more
Collateral Damage (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis, Elias Koteas
When his wife and child are killed in a bombing by a terrorist known as "The Wolf," Los Angeles fire-fighter Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take mat... Read more
Collateral Damage ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis
When his wife and child are killed in a bombing by a terrorist known as "The Wolf," Los Angeles fire-fighter Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take mat... Read more