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".
Fear (1996)
6.2/10
Director: James Foley
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, William Petersen
A creepy thriller about a teenage girl who meets a handsome charmer at a party but as the relationship sizzles, the new boyfriend turns dangerously po... Read more
Fear (2007)
1.6/10
Director: Vikram Bhatt
A supernatural horror/thriller that begins with a young girl being rescued from drowning. Dev, her saviour, takes her to hospital, and as she cannot... Read more
Fear City (1984)
5.7/10
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia
A serial killer who is an expert at martial arts is preying on strippers in Manhattan's Times Square. Night after night, he visits smoky strip clubs,... Read more
Fear in the Night (1972)
6/10
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Starring: Joan Collins, Judy Geeson, Peter Cushing, Ralph Bates
Recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, a young woman (Judy Geeson) moves with her new husband (Ralph Bates) to a rural boarding school where she... Read more
Fear Is The Key (Blu-ray) (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea... Read more
Fear X (2002)
6/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen McIntyre, William Allen Young, Eugene...
Contemporary psychological thriller with John Turturro as security guard Harry Cain whose wife is mysteriously murdered in the shopping mall where he... Read more
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Blutch , Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire
Six of the world's most talented graphic artists and animators come together to breathe vivid life into their greatest nightmares in this animated hor... Read more
February ( aka The Blackcoat's Daughter ) (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Osgood Perkins
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Holly, Emma Roberts, Lucy Boynton, Kiernan Shipka
In February, beautiful and haunted Joan makes a bloody and determined pilgrimage across a frozen landscape toward a prestigious all girls prep school,... Read more
Felicia's Journey (1999)
7/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Peter McDonald, Arsinee Khanjian
Felicia (Elaine Cassidy), a young Irish woman in search of her soldier boyfriend in the British Midlands, is befriended by Joseph Hilditch (Bob Hoskin... Read more
Felony (2013)
6.1/10
Director: Matthew Saville
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Melissa George, Jai Courtney
Malcolm Toohey (Joel Edgerton) has the perfect life: a great family and a job as a respected police officer. One night, after celebrating a successful... Read more