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".
From Russia with Love (1963)
7.5/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Pedro Armendariz, Daniela Bianchi, Sean Connery, Bernard Lee, Lotte Lenya, Rober...
The second Bond film is one of the best, with 007 going up against the evil SPECTRE organisation in a race to sieze a Soviet decoding machine. His ene... Read more
Frozen (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Adam Green
Starring: Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers
As Sunday evening falls, three friends decide to take one last run down the ski slope. Halfway up the mountain their chair lift stops, the lights go o... Read more
Frozen River (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Courtney Hunt
Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior
A powerfully unflinching tale of two women, who, driven by economic hardship, form an unlikely partnership smuggling illegal immigrants across the Can... Read more
Funny Games (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart
Michael Haneke remakes his own controversial suburban ennui-meets-home invasion thriller with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth as the bored couple who find th... Read more
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
7.6/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through... Read more
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.6/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through... Read more
Futureworld (1976)
5.8/10
Director: Richard T Heffron
Starring: Arthur Hill, Blythe Danner, John Ryan, Peter Fonda, Yul Brynner
This follow-up to the successful 1973 thriller "Westworld" stars Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner as Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard, investigative repo... Read more
Fuze (2025)
6.4/10
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington
Set in contemporary London, Fuze unfolds after an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site, forcing a massive citywide ev... Read more
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Park, Dwayne Johnson, Byung-hun Lee, Channing...
Sequel to the 2009 actioner finds most of the Joe team killed in an ambush and its remaining members wanted for a crime they didn't commit. Now, Roadb... Read more
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Go...
In the wake of 'Transformers', another iconic toy line gets the big screen treatment. From the deserts of North Africa to deep below the polar ice cap... Read more