Suspense is not really a genre, at least not on its own terms. And yet, when you’re watching a suspenseful movie, you recognize the sensation almost instantly. Netflix, for its part, has a pretty outstanding lineup of suspenseful movies that are all available to you at the click of a button.
While not all of these movies were heavy-hitters with awards bodies, many of them should have been. They’re incredibly well made, in addition to being smart and sometimes pulpy genre fare.
For my money, a great suspense movie is the best kind of movie there is. It takes the act of sitting down a watching a movie and makes it feel like a theme park attraction, and sometimes, that’s exactly what you want:
