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".
Dead of Winter (2025)
6.6/10
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Gaia Wise, Brian F O'Byrne
A grief-stricken widow stops by a remote cabin after getting lost on the back roads of Minnesota in the middle of winter. She soon finds herself in a... Read more
Dead Ringers (1988)
7.3/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi Von Palleske
David Cronenberg does it again in this psychological horror film starring Jeremy Irons as a pair of disturbed, identical twin gynaecologists. A techni... Read more
Deadfall (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Spacek, Treat Williams, Eric Bana, Kate Mara, Charlie...
Siblings Addison (Eric Bana) and Liza (Olivia Wilde) are fleeing from a casino heist when their getaway results in a car accident and a dead state tro... Read more
Deadpool (2016)
8/10
Director: Tim Miller
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, Gina Carano, Karan Soni, Ed Skrein, M...
Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes DEADPOOL, the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterp... Read more
Deadpool ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
8/10
Director: Tim Miller
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, Gina Carano, Karan Soni, Ed Skrein, M...
Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes DEADPOOL, the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterp... Read more
Death Hunt (1981)
7/10
Director: Peter R Hunt
Starring: Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter, Angie Dic...
Unflinching Mountie Lee Marvin withstands the rugged Canadian wilderness to bring in maverick fur trapper Charles Bronson, who's determined not to be... Read more
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
7.7/10
Starring: Lucia Bose
A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed. Read more
Death on the Nile (1978)
7.3/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, David Niven, Lois Chiles, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow...
Peter Ustinov and Mia Farrow star in this adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous mystery, with Hercule Poirot playing detective games with a dozen or... Read more
Death Proof (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitie...
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more
Death Proof ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poiti...
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more