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".
Everybody Knows ( Todos lo saben ) (2018)
7/10
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Ricardo Darin
Laura and her two children travel from Argentina to Spain to attend her sister's wedding. The joyful reunion soon turns tragic when her older daughter... Read more
Evilenko (2004)
6.2/10
Director: David Grieco
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Frances Barber
It is the end of the 80s, Detective Timurovic Lesiev (Marton Csokas), a young magistrate and family man, must urgently find an answer to this horrible... Read more
Exam (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Starring: Colin Salmon, Pollyanna McIntosh, Adar Beck, Nathalie Cox, Luke Mably, Jimi Mist...
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless... Read more
Executive Decision (1996)
6.4/10
Director: Stuart Baird
Starring: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry
Arab terrorists are in control of a 747. The solution: Sneak an elite team aboard the plane already in flight! The suspense never flags. The writing,... Read more
Exhuma (2024)
6.9/10
Director: Jae-Hyun Jang
Starring: Min-sik Choi
The process of excavating an ominous grave unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath. Read more
Exit (2006)
5.8/10
Director: Peter Lindmark
Starring: Borje Ahlstedt, Samuel Froler, Mads Mikkelsen, Johan Rabaeus, Alexander Skarsgar...
Thomas (Mads Mikkelsen) lives a wonderful life - he has a lovely family, a house by the water and a lucrative deal for the sale of his company. As the... Read more
Extreme Measures (1996)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse
Hugh Grant plays an emergency room doctor puzzled by a homeless man's bizarre symptoms. Subsequent investigation eventually leads to a revered surgeon... Read more
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
6.6/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso
A Texas Ranger (Nick Nolte) stands on one side of the border aimed at cleaning up the Mexican drug traffic. On the other side is a ruthless narcotics... Read more
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
7/10
Director: Sallie Aprahamian
Starring: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Alex Norton, Anthony Booth
Sean Bean stars as Neil Byrne, a man on the run after being wrongly convicted of the grisly murder of his wife and daughter. Professing his innocence... Read more
Eye in the Sky (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Jeremy Northam, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi
A military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an... Read more