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".
Green Zone ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs, Matt Damon, Khalid Abdalla, Amy Rya...
Matt Damon reteamed with "The Bourne Ultimatum" director Paul Greengrass for this action-packed thriller set against the backdrop of the United States... Read more
Greenland (2020)
6.3/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and... Read more
Greenland (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.3/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and... Read more
Greetings to the Devil (2011)
Director: Juan Felipe Orozco
Starring: Edgar Ramirez, Carolina Gomez, Ricardo Velez, Salvador del Solar, Patrick Delmas...
A.k.a. "Saluda al diablo de mi parte". Angel, a former guerilla rebel, is seeking a fresh start after turning in his arms and giving up his violent wa... Read more
Greta (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea, Zaw...
Frances finds a handbag on the New York subway and promptly returns it to Greta, an eccentric French piano teacher who loves tea and classical music.... Read more
Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
5/10
Director: Mark Joffe
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Colin Friels, Gary Stalker, John Waters, Gary Waddell, Kim Gynge...
Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) finds himself trapped in a dangerous world of obsession, illusion and multiple murder when he meets the violently unhinged... Read more
Gringo (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Nash Edgerton
Starring: Charlize Theron, Thandie Newton, Joel Edgerton, David Oyelowo, Amanda Seyfried,...
Mild-mannered US businessman Harold Soyinka finds himself at the mercy of backstabbing colleagues, local drug lords and a black ops mercenary after tr... Read more
Gumnaam (1965)
7.2/10
Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is expecting them. Then one by one, they... Read more
Guncrazy (1992)
5.6/10
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Drew Barrymore, James LeGros, Billy Drago
A noirish tale of an abused teenager from the wrong-side of the tracks who falls for a born-again-Christian ex-con trying to go straight, ending up on... Read more
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Director: Navot Papushado
Starring: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Ineson, Adam Nagaitis
In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Scarlet was cruelly forced to abandon her daughter Sam and go on the run. Years later, despite the e... Read more