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Top Thrillers (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 6
3 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 10
4 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
5 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 13
6 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 19
7 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 20
8 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 23
9 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 26
10 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 28
11 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 29
12 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
13 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 32
14 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 40
15 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 41
16 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 42
17 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 46
18 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 47
19 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 49
20 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 51
21 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 59
22 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 61
23 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 62
24 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 63
25 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 70
26 M 1931 Fritz Lang 76
27 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 87
28 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 88
29 Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 89
30 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 91
31 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 94
32 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 100
33 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer 106
34 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 108
35 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 109
36 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 110
37 Seven 1995 David Fincher 118
38 Bride of Frankenstein 1935 James Whale 121
39 Frankenstein 1931 James Whale 126
40 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 138
41 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 147
42 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 148
43 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 150
44 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 151
45 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 152
46 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Don Siegel 164
47 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 170
48 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 171
49 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 172
50 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 185
51 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 186
52 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 195
53 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 216
54 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski 217
55 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 218
56 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock 223
57 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 228
58 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 229
59 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 230
60 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 232
61 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 233
62 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 235
63 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 236
64 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 239
65 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 244
66 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 248
67 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 251
68 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper 252
69 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 259
70 Ugetsu 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi 262
71 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 265
72 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 268
73 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 269
74 Blow-Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 273
75 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 274
76 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 275
77 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 283
78 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 293
79 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 294
80 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet 300
81 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 301
82 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 306
83 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 309
84 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 312
85 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez 313
86 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 330
87 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 335
88 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 338
89 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 342
90 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 351
91 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 352
92 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock 365
93 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 369
94 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 373
95 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 378
96 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 380
97 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 384
98 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 385
99 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 389
100 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 391
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