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".
Duplicity (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Tony Gilroy
Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Dan Daily
With the thawing of the Cold War, many spies turned to the corporate world for employment. Ex-CIA agent Claire (Julia Roberts) and former MI6 member R... Read more
Duplicity ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Tony Gilroy
Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Dan Daily
With the thawing of the Cold War, many spies turned to the corporate world for employment. Ex-CIA agent Claire (Julia Roberts) and former MI6 member R... Read more
Dust Devil (1992)
6.2/10
Director: Richard Stanley
Starring: Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Zakes Mokae, William Hootkins
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker. Read more
Eagle Eye (2008)
6.6/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie...
Two strangers are thrust together by a mysterious telephone call, and find they have inexplicably become the nation's most wanted fugitives. Suddenly... Read more
Eastern Promises (2007)
7.7/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack
Following on from 'A History of Violence', director David Cronenberg again imbues a familiar Hollywood story with his trademark raw style and a searin... Read more
Eastern Promises (Blu-ray) (2007)
7.6/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack
Following on from 'A History of Violence', director David Cronenberg again imbues a familiar Hollywood story with his trademark raw style and a searin... Read more
Easy Money ( aka Snabba Cash ) (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Lisa Henni
Director Daniel Espinosa delivers this gritty adaptation of Jens Lapidus' best-selling novel Snabba Cash to tell the tale of a Stockholm business stud... Read more
Ecstasy (2011)
5.1/10
Director: Rob Heydon
Starring: Billy Boyd, Kristin Kreuk, Adam Sinclair
A.k.a. 'Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy'. A twisted indie romantic drama set in the rave scene of 1990s Edinburgh and based on Irvine Welsh's novella 'The Unde... Read more
Eden Lake (2008)
6.8/10
Director: James Watkins
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O'Connell, Thomas Turgoose, Finn Atkins,...
A romantic getaway turns into a bloody battle for survival when a young couple find their campsite surrounded by obnoxious and aggressive teens in thi... Read more
Edge of Darkness (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic
The bullet that killed his daughter was meant for Boston cop Thomas Craven. That's what police brass and Craven himself think, but that's not what the... Read more