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".
Confidential Report ( aka Mr Arkadin ) (1955)
7.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Mischa Auer, Michael Redgrave
Orson Welles directed and starred in this film version of his own novel. Powerful financier Mr Arkadin (Welles) claims to be suffering from amnesia, a... Read more
Consenting Adults (1992)
5.7/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
A seductive murder mystery about an unholy linking between two yuppie couples. A composer and his young wife attempt to inject some life into their du... Read more
Conspiracy (2017)
9.2/10
Starring: Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, Mary McCormack, Chri...
In the not-so-distant future, a team of white-collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankr... Read more
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart
Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a sometime New York cabbie and fulltime conspiracy buff. Julia Roberts is a federal attorney who refused to believe him... Read more
Contagion (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Marion...
The first victim of a mysterious new virus dies quickly after her return from a business trip; the contagion spreads through cities all over the world... Read more
Contagion ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Ehle, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Matt...
The first victim of a mysterious new virus dies quickly after her return from a business trip; the contagion spreads through cities all over the world... Read more
Contamination Virus-21 (2020)
The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a c... Read more
Contraband (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, J K Simmons, Caleb...
Former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is drawn back into a life of crime when he must help his brother-in-law (Caleb Landry Jones) pay the $7... Read more
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
6.5/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Lee J Cobb, Seymour Cassel
Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel in their first collaboration focusing on the squinty-eyed star hunting down a murderous fugitive (Don Stroud) i... Read more
Coogan's Bluff (Blu-Ray) (1968)
6.5/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Lee J Cobb, Seymour Cassel
When gunslinger Hogan (Clint Eastwood) discovers a group of men attempting to rape a young nun, Sara (Shirley MacLaine), he shoots them dead and rescu... Read more