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Top Thrillers (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 2
2 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 11
3 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
4 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 21
5 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 23
6 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 30
7 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
8 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
9 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 40
10 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
11 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
12 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 54
13 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 55
14 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
15 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
16 M 1931 Fritz Lang 69
17 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 75
18 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
19 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 83
20 The Battleship Potemkin 1925 Sergei M. Eisenstein 90
21 Seven 1995 David Fincher 102
22 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 103
23 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 105
24 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 112
25 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 124
26 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 126
27 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 127
28 High Noon 1952 Fred Zinnemann 130
29 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
30 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 139
31 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 141
32 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 150
33 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 157
34 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 158
35 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 162
36 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 165
37 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 172
38 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 176
39 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 177
40 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 187
41 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
42 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park 190
43 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 204
44 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 206
45 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet 208
46 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 210
47 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer 214
48 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 218
49 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 232
50 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 234
51 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
52 Rome, Open City 1945 Roberto Rossellini 239
53 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 244
54 Blow-Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 246
55 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 247
56 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 249
57 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 253
58 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 255
59 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 258
60 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock 263
61 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
62 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 289
63 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 290
64 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 295
65 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
66 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 305
67 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 307
68 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 308
69 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 321
70 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 328
71 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 335
72 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 347
73 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 349
74 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 351
75 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 354
76 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 355
77 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 358
78 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 361
79 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii 374
80 Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 375
81 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 George Miller 377
82 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
83 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow 399
84 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 404
85 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 409
86 Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin 420
87 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 429
88 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 431
89 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock 432
90 The Killer 1989 John Woo 437
91 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
92 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 447
93 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 452
94 Amores perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 457
95 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 464
96 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
97 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
98 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 473
99 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
100 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 481
101 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven 487
102 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Robert Aldrich 488
103 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 489
104 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
105 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 506
106 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 508
107 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg 509
108 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 513
109 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
110 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
111 Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 517
112 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp 518
113 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 523
114 JFK 1991 Oliver Stone 529
115 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 533
116 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 534
117 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 542
118 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 549
119 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 551
120 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 553
121 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
122 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 560
123 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 562
124 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 564
125 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo 567
126 Godzilla 1954 Ishirô Honda 580
127 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras 584
128 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 594
129 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku 600
130 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 604
131 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 608
132 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates 627
133 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 642
134 Gravity 2013 Alfonso Cuarón 645
135 Le Cercle rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville 656
136 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 657
137 Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 658
138 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 661
139 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 662
140 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Hiroshi Teshigahara 667
141 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 669
142 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 671
143 Dead Ringers 1988 David Cronenberg 674
144 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky 676
145 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 677
146 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 683
147 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak 685
148 Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Stanley Kubrick 699
149 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 702
150 V for Vendetta 2005 James McTeigue 705
151 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 710
152 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 717
153 Gilda 1946 Charles Vidor 719
154 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 720
155 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 721
156 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 722
157 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Melvin Van Peebles 730
158 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 733
159 X2 2003 Bryan Singer 736
160 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Paul Greengrass 737
161 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 740
162 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 742
163 Misery 1990 Rob Reiner 745
164 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 759
165 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent 761
166 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 763
167 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet 767
168 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 768
169 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 773
170 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol 782
171 Lost Highway 1997 David Lynch 793
172 The Vanishing 1988 George Sluizer 795
173 Basic Instinct 1992 Paul Verhoeven 796
174 Knife in the Water 1962 Roman Polanski 799
175 Pi 1998 Darren Aronofsky 800
176 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 804
177 Shoot the Piano Player 1960 François Truffaut 807
178 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 814
179 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 817
180 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 Louis Malle 820
181 Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 826
182 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 829
183 Gimme Shelter 1970 Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin 830
184 Heavenly Creatures 1994 Peter Jackson 831
185 The Passenger 1975 Michelangelo Antonioni 833
186 Night and the City 1950 Jules Dassin 834
187 Bound 1996 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 839
188 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 846
189 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho 852
190 The Bourne Identity 2002 Doug Liman 854
191 From Russia with Love 1963 Terence Young 856
192 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 857
193 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 860
194 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 865
195 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 867
196 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 871
197 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 879
198 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula 880
199 Serenity 2005 Joss Whedon 891
200 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 902
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