Best Suspense Movies

Good suspense movies are those which make you glued to your sofa as any single scene could offer a glimpse of the murderer or give you hints about the story which is going to unfold. Even though, you know that you won't be able to prevent yourself from watching the movie, still you keep on at your guesswork, only to get them all wrong and be positively thrilled for this. A good suspense movie make you smirk, angry, cry, scared, and yet in the end, cause you to be utterly relieved. From whodunits, cliffhangers to psychodramas, movies from the genre of suspense thrillers are great breaks from lovey-dovey romance, intense dramas and slapstick comedies. You must have watched at least one out of the 50 movies listed below.

Best Suspense Movies of All Time

Since the era of Hitchcock, there have been several flicks which have epitomized thrill and suspense. Therefore I have taken the liberty of choosing ten top suspense movies at my own discretion.

1. Psycho
Starting with Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, this horror suspense not only sent chills down the spine of the viewers, but also created a whole new niche for itself as a psychological thriller. The downside of this movie's success was that it left a trail of many gory and bloodletting, horror slasher movies in its wake. The plot is set in a derelict motel where a girl takes refuge after stealing money from her company, only to find a Oedipal psychopathic killer lurking there.

2. Strangers on a Train
When two strangers meet, the conversation is usually strained and pleasantries are often awkward. This was not the case in this movie, where a tennis pro and a playboy 'exchange' their murder plots. As a thriller, this movie does not fail to deliver last-minute revelations, a perfect murder with a perfect flaw along with morbid confrontations. Another gem from Hitchcock, it actually starred Hitchcock in a cameo and became a huge blockbuster hit.

3. Se7en
All hell breaks loose in the city when a depraved serial killer ritualistically goes on the spree of finding victims based on the biblical seven deadly sins. On his hunt, two men pair up to bring this mortifying series of murders to an end. This movie was not your run-of-the-mill kind of cop movie, as it takes the psychopathy of the killer in unimaginable depths and wraps up with a blood-freezing ending that gives you cold chills.

4. Silence of the Lambs
Based on the book of the same name, this movie is a sequel to a 1981 movie, Red Dragon. There is a reason behind Hollywood's obsession with serial killers. That is, it hurls us into darkest corners of a deranged criminal minds. In this movie, a FBI cadet finds herself struggling to get information from an ingenious killer to keep another psychopath at bay and save innocent girls from being his next victims.

5. Sixth Sense
This movie, being one of the top suspense movie transformed the genre of horror thrillers by achieving a complex plot driven narrative featuring a withdrawn child as its lead protagonist. "I see dead people" uttered the child and thus, the audience got a glimpse of the life of that withdrawn kid. With a brilliant twist in the end, this movie left people talking about it for days.

6. Fatal Attraction
A lustful mistake crashes down the life of New York Attorney when a fling with a woman, not only makes him infidel to his wife but also the object of the woman's obsession. Glenn Close plays the psychotic femme fatale who is ready to go to any lengths to get what she wants.

7. The Game
A game played by the lead character changes his life forever when the reality of his life merges with the game plot. Thus, this psychological thriller makes the viewer's adrenaline pump with fast paced action and a swirling twist in the end. All's well that ends well can be said of this movie, nevertheless the movie manages to create some heartbeat skipping moments to woo the audience.

8. What Lies Beneath
What lies beneath shouldn't be dug out as Michelle Pfeiffer found out in this classic supernatural thriller. The feminist themed story drives the audience crazy when they could not even put their trust in the heroine's sanity. Whom to believe becomes the question lingering in viewer's mind in the middle of plot which is solved by a breathtaking climax as the truth prevails over deceit.

9. Minority Report
A sci-fi thriller, it stars America's golden boy Tom Cruise. It is a stark brooding movie which succeeded in creating some thought-provoking futuristic cinema. The plot is about law enforcement officer who is accused of committing a crime in the future, thus forced to be a fugitive from law to prove his innocence for a crime he is yet to commit.

10. Rear Window
Voyeurism gets you in trouble, much more if you happen to see a gruesome murder being executed. That's what happens in this Hitchcock movie when a photojournalist with a broken leg invites troubles to get out of his boredom. This film is a must watch for thriller buffs and is one of the top suspense movies.

Some More Suspense Movies

Here is another list of good thriller movies which you can watch for some chills down your spine. These films are true gems and should be remembered by the viewers for making the effects that they intended to produce. That is, making them glued to their seats. Loaded with intrigue, tense moments and a glimpse into the dark side of human nature, these movies take us into an emotionally fraught roller coaster ride.

• The Others
• From Hell
• Memento
• Oldboy
• Prestige
• Inglourious Basterds
• Mr. Brooks
• Frequency
• Da Vinci Code
• Orphan
• Murder By Numbers
• Signs
• Michael Clayton
• The International
• Wind Chills
• High Tension
• Dead End
• Whiteout
• Body of Lies
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• Trapped
• Don't Say A Word
• A Perfect Murder
• Panic Room
• Cellular
  
• Red Eye
• Shattered
• Black Swan
• Cape Fear
• Breakdown
• Shutter Island
• Rope
• The Machinist
• Inside Man
• Rebecca
• Dial M for Murder
• Harsh Times
• Perfect Blue
• The Butterfly Effect
• North by Northwest

So, after going through this list, you might feel the urge to borrow the DVDs of these films from your video library. Well, what are waiting for? Go, and watch the movies which you have missed.