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".
Delta Force 2 (1990)
4.8/10
Director: Aaron Norris
Starring: Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John Ryan
Chuck Norris becomes a one man war on drugs in the action-packed sequel to 'The Delta Force'. Colonel Scott McCoy (Norris) is called in once again for... Read more
Dempsey and Makepeace: Season 1 (1984)
7.5/10
Starring: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Desmond Cullum-Jones, David Baxt
Lt. James Dempsey, a Serpico-like Brooklyn cop is sent to Scotland Yard and partnered with the glamorous but tough Sgt. Harriet Makepeace. Dempsey fin... Read more
Den (2001)
4.4/10
Director: Greg Arce
Starring: Greg Arce, Stephanie Rettig, Lee Schall, Sabrina O'Neill, Dana J Ryan
A demented serial killer kidnaps four victims and imprisons them in an abandoned theatre, beginning a deadly game of Q & A. If this plot sounds a lit... Read more
Dennis Potter: 3 To Remember (1980)
8.7/10
Director: Richard Loncraine, Alan Bridges, Gavin Millar
Starring: Cheryl Campbell, Michael Culver, Kika Markham, Phoebe Nicholls, Donald Pleasence...
Blade on the Feather: 1980. A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be. Rain On The Roof... Read more
Depraved (2019)
5.3/10
Director: Larry Fessenden
Starring: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Maria Dizzia
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft. Read more
Derailed (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Starring: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, David Morrissey, G...
An intelligent fast-paced thriller with Clive Owen as Charles, a seemingly happily married ad executive who has a chance encounter on a train with Luc... Read more
Des (2020)
7.7/10
Starring: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook, Barry Ward
In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home. Read more
Desert Fury (1947)
6.7/10
Director: Lewis Allen
Starring: Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey
In the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert lies the small gambling oasis Purple Sage, run by the tough talking Fritzi Haller who stubbornly controls... Read more
Desert Thunder (1998)
4/10
Director: Jim Wynorski
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson
A group of Air Force flunkees, led by a retired Air Force pilot, try to defeat a Middle Eastern terrorist before he can act out his threats. Daniel Ba... Read more
Desperate Hours (1990)
5.4/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias...
Mickey Rourke stars as a psychotic who, with the help of his lawyer, busts out of jail. They hide in the house of a recently separated couple (Anthony... Read more