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".
Dark Blue (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Lolita Davidovic...
Based on an original story by James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential"), this gritty police thriller is set in the days leading up to the LA riots where adre... Read more
Dark City (Blu-ray) (1950)
6.7/10
Director: William Dieterle
Starring: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack...
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them. Read more
Dark Passage (1947)
7.6/10
Director: Delmer Daves
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
In Vichy France, fishing boat captain Harry (Humphrey Bogart) avoids getting involved in politics, refusing to smuggle French Resistance fighters into... Read more
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001)
Director: Pitof
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Ines Sastre, Andre Dussollier, Edith Scob, Mo...
Based on the memoirs of famous 19th century French detective Francois-Eugene Vidocq, this fantasy mystery was the directorial debut of visual effects... Read more
Dark Reel (2008)
3.7/10
Director: Josh Eisenstadt
Starring: Edward Furlong, Lance Henriksen, Tony Todd, Mercedes McNab, Alexandra Holden, Ti...
Adam Waltz (Edward Furlong) was beginning to think his life was going nowhere until he won a walk-on role in the latest shocker from filmmaker Connor... Read more
Dark Water (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, C...
Jennifer Connelly is a single mum who's just come out of a messy divorce.The stress has taken its toll and when they move into a new apartment and she... Read more
Darkman Trilogy (2011)
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Liam Neeson, Arnold Vosloo
When thugs employed by a crime boss lead a vicious assault on Dr. Peyton Wilder (Liam Neeson), leaving him literally and psychologically scarred, an e... Read more
Darkness (2002)
5.4/10
Director: Jaume Balaguero
Starring: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Fele Martinez
This gothic thriller stars Anna Paquin, Lena Olin and Iain Glen as a family whose lives forever change when they move into a new home harbouring an an... Read more
Darling (2015)
5.5/10
Starring: Sean Young, Larry Fessenden, John Speredakos
In need of a full-time caretaker to look after her house, an elegant and enigmatic madame hires a lonely young woman; however, this is not an ordinary... Read more
Daughter Of God (2016)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Mira Sorvino
A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret... Read more