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".
Cool Money (2005)
6/10
Director: Gary Burns
Starring: John Cassisi, Margot Kidder, Larry Manetti, James Marsters, Wayne Robson, Jason...
Based loosely on an actual case and culminating in the largest purloining of jewels in American history, this smartly crafted caper flick features a c... Read more
Cop (1987)
6.5/10
Director: James B Harris
Starring: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Steven Lambert
Based on the novel 'Blood on the Moon' by James Ellroy and starring James Woods in an over-the-top portrayal of a cop whose domestic strife interferes... Read more
Copycat (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Harry Connick Jr, Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver, Dermot Mulroney
A serial killer attempts to destroy a psychiatrist (Sigourney Weaver) who studies serial killers. Unnerved by this effort, she finds that the plot aga... Read more
Corrupt (1983)
5.9/10
Director: Roberto Faenza
Starring: Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia
A pair of corrupt cops spend their illegal cash on an uptown New York City apartment. Read more
Court of Lonely Royals (2006)
4.6/10
Director: Rohan Michael Hoole
Starring: Damon Gameau, Samantha Noble, Ayse Tezel, Leah de Neise
Writer/director Rohan Hoole provides a dystopian vision of urban Australia's future in this stylish film. A group of twenty-somethings hang out eating... Read more
Cracker: Nine Eleven (2006) / Lucky White Ghost (1996)
8.5/10
Director: Antonia Bird, Richard Standeven, Vernon Antcliff
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Ricky Tomlinson, Freda Foh Shen, Michael Pennington
Two feature length stories from Robbie Coltrane's sleuthing forensic psychologist. 'NineEleven' - Fitz returns to Manchester after ten years in Austr... Read more
Cradle 2 The Grave (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring: Jet Li, DMX , Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle U...
When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely allian... Read more
Crank (2006)
7/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Car...
Jason Statham stars in this cranked-up thriller as hitman Chev Chelios, who wakes up one morning to discover he has been injected with something calle... Read more
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Reno Wilson, Bai Ling, C...
Picking up right where the first movie left off, Chev (Jason Statham) has survived the climactic plunge to his seemingly certain death on the streets... Read more
Crash Dive (1997)
6.4/10
Director: Andrew Stevens
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Michael Dudikoff
When an American nuclear sub is commandeered by terrorists who want a billion dollars in gold or else Washington will get nuked, Navy analyst Michael... Read more