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".
Harmony (2018)
8.1/10
Director: Corey Pearson
Starring: Jessica Falkholt, Eamon Farren, Jerome Meyer
Harmony, a lonely 19-year-old living on the streets, has the power to absorb fear from the people she touches. This fear manifests inside her as a bla... Read more
Harry Brown (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Daniel Barber
Starring: Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Liam Cunningham, Michael Caine, E...
Michael Caine stars as Harry Brown, an ordinary, law-abiding citizen who just wants to quietly live out his retirement. But in this desolate urban was... Read more
Harry Wild: Series 1 (2022)
7.2/10
Starring: Jane Seymour, Stuart Graham, Amy Huberman
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police dete... Read more
Hatton Garden (2019)
7.2/10
Starring: Alex Norton, David Hayman, Kenneth Cranham, Brian F O'Byrne, Timothy Spall, Geof...
Four elderly men, all experienced thieves, carry out a large-scale robbery. Read more
Havoc (2005)
5.5/10
Director: Barbara Kopple
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Freddy Rodriguez, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, J...
Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple delivers this gritty drama about a pair of naive teens with a taste for the forbidden. Anne Hathaway tak... Read more
Haywire (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Ewan McGregor, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael Douglas...
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, this action-packed thriller stars mixed martial arts icon Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a black-ops agent working for a... Read more
Hazell (1978)
7.3/10
Starring: Nicholas Ball, James Faulkner
A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures. Read more
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Laetitia Colombani
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Guillemin
Aka "A La Folie Pas Du Tout". For young gifted art student Angelique love has a name: 35-year-old cardiologist Loic. The only problem is that the obje... Read more
Headhunters (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnove Macody Lund, Eivind Sander, Julie O...
Aksel Hennie stars as Roger, a corporate headhunter who supplements the income necessary to fund his luxury home and lavish lifestyle by moonlighting... Read more
Headhunters (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnove Macody Lund, Eivind Sander
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway's most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a li... Read more