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".
Eraser (1996)
6.1/10
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn, Robert Pastor...
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Federal Marshal working for the Witness Protection Program. Vanessa Williams plays a defense contractor employee who discov... Read more
Escape (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Roar Uthaug
Starring: Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Hallvard Holmen
In 14th-century Norway, with the terrors of the Black Plague 10 years in the past, tragedy finally catches up to 19-year-old Signe (Isabel Christine A... Read more
Escape From Mogadishu (2021)
7/10
Starring: Zo In-Sung
In 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mog... Read more
Escape Plan (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Sylvester Stallone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinn...
One of the world's foremost authorities on structural security agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility cal... Read more
Essential Killing (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Vincent Gallo, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig Frode Henriksen
Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention center somewhere in Europe. When an accident... Read more
Essential Killing (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Vincent Gallo, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig Frode Henriksen
Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention center somewhere in Europe. When an accident... Read more
Even Money (2006)
5.9/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Carla Gugino, Ray Liott...
Oscar winners Kim Basinger and Forest Whitaker join an impressive ensemble cast for the story of nine individuals as their fates become entwined in a... Read more
Event 16 (2006)
4.7/10
Director: Derek Pearson
Starring: Peter Rutherford, Jocelyn Christian, Ezra Keddell, Julian White, John Porter
Kiwi writer/director Derek Pearson's debut feature is this engrossing and effects-heavy sci-fi murder mystery set in Wellington in 1893, 2006 and 2038... Read more
Every Secret Thing (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Amy Berg
Starring: Diane Lane, Clare Foley, Dakota Fanning, Tonye Patano
A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an... Read more
Everybody Has a Plan (2012)
5.5/10
Director: Ana Piterbarg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Javier Godino, Daniel Fanego, Sofia Gala Cast...
A.k.a. "Todos tenemos un plan". Spanish-language drama starring Viggo Mortensen as a man who swaps identities with his twin brother. Agustin (Mortense... Read more