Witnesses (2003), D.O.A. (1981), Secret Agent (1936), The Mother (2003), Connected (2008), Fracture (2007), The Mystery of Mr. X (1934), Brigham City (2001) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Suspense Film movies.
Storyline: An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the scattered trail of evidence ranges from a mysterious photograph to the victim's own dog. During the investigation, the sheriff meets and becomes romantically involved with a woman whose connection to the murder is ambiguous.—Elisabeth Pruitt <foosi@global.california.com>
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, thriller, drama, murder, detective, small town ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed that she is Ruth Carson. As a child, she was kidnaped by her uncle and is the daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon. Under the watchful eye of Godfrey D. Scott, an attempt on her life is foiled. But a fake telegram put her on a private railroad car heading east. It is in this car that her life is again in danger and people are murdered.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: murder, mystery, crime, detective, 1930s, black and white, conspiracy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead, home to Miss Jane Marple (Dame Angela Lansbury), is delighted when a big American movie company arrives to make a movie telling of the relationship between Jane Grey and Elisabeth I, starring the famous actresses Marina Rudd (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak). Marina arrives with her husband, Jason (Rock Hudson), and when she discovers that Lola is going to be in the movie with her, she hits the roof as Lola and Marina loathe each other on sight. Marina has been getting death threats, and at a party at the manor house, Heather Babcock (Maureen Bennett), after boring Marina with a long story, drinks a cocktail made for Marina, and dies from poisoning. Everybody believes that Marina is the target, but the Police Officer investigating the case, Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock (Edward Fox) isn't sure, so he asks Miss Jane Marple, his aunt, to investigate.—Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, drama, whodunit, murder, detective, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When his wife is killed in a restaurant shoot-out, intelligence man Harry Hannan (Roy Scheider) has a breakdown and finds that his department doesn't want him back. Someone's trying to kill him and it could be them, though a cryptic Jewish death-threat suggests there's something else going on. His only ally seems to be mousy Ellie Fabian (Janet Margolin) who has managed to move into his New York apartment.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, drama, psychological, revenge, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jenny Nix, wife of eminent child psychologist Carter Nix, becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's seemingly obsessive concern over the upbringing of their daughter. Her own adulterous affair with an old flame, however, causes her to neglect her motherly duties until a spate of local kidnapings forces her to accept the possibility that he may be trying to recreate the twisted mind-control experiments of his discreditied psychologist father.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, psychological, family, murder, mental illness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Victor (William Levy) has a deep secret - he is a cold-blooded assassin. Smooth talking and seductive, Victor was raised to do one thing only, which is to kill for money. When he is sent to the home of a brutal drug lord to collect payment for his most recent hit, he encounters the beautiful Sarai (Alicia Sanz), who has been forced to spend the last 9 years of her life with the drug lord. After Victor leaves the compound, Sarai seizes her chance at freedom by hiding out in Victor's car. But things don't go as planned and instead of being transported back to her home, she finds herself free from one dangerous man only to be caught in the clutches of another. While on the run from the vengeful drug lord and his brutal henchmen, Victor's conscience catches up with him as he risks all that he stood for to protect his captive. In the end, the power Sarai unknowingly holds over Victor and their undeniable attraction may be what places her right in the arms of a killer.—Pantelion
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, action, drama, romance, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, action, drama, american film, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, mystery, supernatural, haunted house, paranormal, psychological fear ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Life in the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer in Detroit is upset by a series of killings whose victims are all priests and nuns. All victims are found with a black rosary in their hands. Father Koesler begins collaborating with the police but soon finds himself in a spot when the killer decides to choose him as confessor.—Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
Plot Keywords: crime, mystery, thriller, murder, detective, serial killer, religious ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.—Fiona Kelleghan <fkelleghan@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: crime, mystery, drama, black and white, silent film, british film, detective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Story of a husband and wife that will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter, who disappeared on a family camping trip. When the police don't catch any leads, the duo take over.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, disappearance, secret, murder, police ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out?
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, drama, suspense, investigation, journalist, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With the help of a friend of the family, 23-year-old Erik (Brad Rowe) gets a scholarship to the Ivy League-type school called Stonebrook. His dorm-mate (Seth Green) is a nerdy hacker named Cornelius. When his scholarship is yanked, the two of them team up to pull increasingly ambitious scams to keep him in tuition money, eventually crossing paths with mob boss Mr. Tali (Stanley Kamel).—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, thriller, mystery, teen, high school, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman hater who is quadriplegic...or is he? While Holmes investigates and the suspects try to hide mutual fears, the killer strikes again...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: murder, mystery, film noir, crime, detective, hotel, secret ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A woman with an eating disorder tries to balance her relationship with her mother and her teenage daughter.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, drama, crime, psychological, family, marriage ...
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