8 Best Suspense Movies You Must See

Bored of watching predictable rom-coms? How about some movies that will keep you at the edge of your seat till the very end? These 8 movies will challenge your mind and keep you in suspense throughout their duration. Watch out for these gems.

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Vertigo

1. Vertigo

One just cannot talk suspense in Hollywood without mentioning Alfred Hitchcock and his contributions towards this genre. Regarded as an evergreen masterpiece, Vertigo narrates the story of two friends and two women in their lives, the plot of which thickens as the murder mystery unravels itself.

Basic Instinct

2. Basic Instinct

This movie was a worldwide hit and was the pioneer of the genre of erotic thrillers, thanks to Sharon Stone and her sensuous performance. The mystery deepens when an NYPD police officer is mesmerized by a femme fatale who seems to have some sort of connection to the serial murders happening in the city.

Panic Room

3. Panic Room

Before shooting to worldwide fame with the Twilight series, Kristen Stewart starred in this suspense drama along with Jodie Foster for company as her mother. Things start to heat up in the film after mother and daughter get trapped in the panic room of their house and have to deal with the thieves in the other rooms who are out to get them.

Wait until Dark

4. Wait until Dark

A truly gripping movie, Wait until Dark revolves around a blind woman played by Audrey Hepburn and her struggle with smugglers turned murderers who invade her house while she is alone. The movie sure is as promising as it sounds.

The Devil's Advocate

5. The Devil's Advocate

This is a movie with many shades to it. Some may call it a feel good social drama while others would regard this as a suspense. Any which ways, here is a film where Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves give it their best shot as a devil and his employee, respectively. The conflict between good and evil in this movie is one to watch out for.

The Game

6. The Game

You will be kept guessing till the end about where exactly the story of this movie is heading. The suspense grips you from the very first shot till the end credits start rolling. Watch Michael Douglas give a thrilling performance in this edgy movie.

Rear Window

7. Rear Window

As Alfred Hitchcock is the master of crime storytelling mixed with streaks of suspense, another one of his films features on this list. This is the tale of a man temporarily confined to a wheelchair who spends his day staring out of his window, spying on his neighbors. His hobby becomes a terror for him when he discovers that something very fishy is going on with one of his neighbors who might be a murderer.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

This is one movie which did justice to the book that it was adapted from. It’s not a Bond movie, but here Daniel Craig displays his best as an investigative journalist looking for a woman who has been missing for the past 40 years.

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