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".
Flatliners (1990)
6.6/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt
An offbeat thriller about a group of medical students who experiment with life after death. They kill each other one by one and then are brought back... Read more
Flatliners ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
6.6/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt
An offbeat thriller about a group of medical students who experiment with life after death. They kill each other one by one and then are brought back... Read more
Flawless (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Nathaniel Parker, Nicholas Jones, Jos...
A tense crime thriller set in '60s London with Demi Moore as a driven American executive who has hit the glass ceiling and Michael Caine as an ageing... Read more
Fled (1996)
5.3/10
Director: Kevin Hooks
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton
Stephen Baldwin's a movie-obsessed computer expert. Laurence Fishburne is a no-nonsense criminal. Together they're linked on a chain gang, and togethe... Read more
Flesh And Bone (1993)
6.3/10
Director: Steve Kloves
Starring: Dennis Quaid, James Caan, Meg Ryan, Gwyneth Paltrow
Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan star as lovers whose passion may lead to untold danger. In their ignorance, they unknowingly share a common danger spawned b... Read more
Fletch Lives (1989)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, Richard Libertini, Randall Tex Cob...
In this surprisingly funny sequel, Chevy Chase returns as the glib, wise-cracking reporter Fletch who travels to the heart of Dixie when he inherits a... Read more
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
6.1/10
Director: John Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie
Based on a novel by Elleston Trevor, this is also a remake of the 1965 film. Captain Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid) is ferrying oil workers when his cargo... Read more
Flight of the Phoenix ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
6.1/10
Director: John Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Otto, Tyrese Gibson
Based on a novel by Elleston Trevor, this is also a remake of the 1965 film. Captain Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid) is ferrying oil workers when his cargo... Read more
Flightplan (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby
Kyle (Jodie Foster) is a mother whose sanity comes into question in this mile-high thriller. Somehow her daughter has gone missing in-flight, but was... Read more
Flypaper (2011)
6.4/10
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer, Patrick Dempsey, Pruitt Taylor Vince,...
Tripp Kennedy (Patrick Dempsey) ambles into a bank near closing time, just as two different gangs unwittingly converge to rob it. A shoot-out erupts,... Read more