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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 7
3 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 11
4 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 15
5 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 19
6 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 20
7 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 21
8 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 24
9 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 26
10 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 27
11 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 30
12 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 31
13 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
14 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 41
15 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 49
16 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 54
17 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 55
18 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 59
19 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 61
20 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 65
21 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 66
22 M 1931 Fritz Lang 75
23 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 76
24 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 82
25 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 83
26 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 94
27 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 98
28 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 104
29 Seven 1995 David Fincher 112
30 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer 124
31 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 131
32 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 136
33 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 150
34 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 151
35 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 155
36 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 162
37 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 163
38 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 171
39 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 186
40 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 206
41 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 210
42 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 214
43 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 216
44 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 218
45 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 225
46 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 230
47 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper 233
48 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock 235
49 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 239
50 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 242
51 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 249
52 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 255
53 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 258
54 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 259
55 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 262
56 Blow-Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 266
57 Ugetsu 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi 273
58 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 277
59 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 282
60 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 294
61 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 306
62 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 310
63 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 324
64 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 326
65 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 327
66 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 333
67 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 339
68 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 341
69 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 342
70 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 343
71 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 350
72 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 351
73 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 370
74 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 376
75 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock 382
76 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 383
77 The Killer 1989 John Woo 398
78 Pickpocket 1959 Robert Bresson 400
79 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 408
80 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 416
81 JFK 1991 Oliver Stone 423
82 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 425
83 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 427
84 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 430
85 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 431
86 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 432
87 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 441
88 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 451
89 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 455
90 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 460
91 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 479
92 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 486
93 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras 489
94 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 490
95 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 492
96 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 494
97 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 495
98 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 496
99 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 499
100 Le Samouraļ 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 504
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