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Top Thrillers (#401-663)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
401 Le Boucher 1970 Claude Chabrol 1753
402 Quatermass and the Pit 1967 Roy Ward Baker 1754
403 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 Christopher McQuarrie 1755
404 La Femme Nikita 1990 Luc Besson 1760
405 Idiocracy 2006 Mike Judge 1761
406 Con Air 1997 Simon West 1772
407 Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn 1778
408 El Mariachi 1992 Robert Rodriguez 1779
409 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1785
410 Nope 2022 Jordan Peele 1789
411 Supercop 1992 Stanley Tong 1790
412 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1791
413 Once upon a Time in Anatolia 2011 Nuri Bilge Ceylan 1804
414 Foreign Correspondent 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 1813
415 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua 1826
416 A Single Man 2009 Tom Ford 1839
417 A Tale of Two Sisters 2003 Kim Jee-woon 1842
418 Bob le Flambeur 1956 Jean-Pierre Melville 1847
419 Match Point 2005 Woody Allen 1849
420 Bad Boys 1995 Michael Bay 1851
421 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Edward Dmytryk 1855
422 Gangs of Wasseypur 2012 Anurag Kashyap 1857
423 The Lodger 1927 Alfred Hitchcock 1876
424 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1883
425 The Batman 2022 Matt Reeves 1885
426 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 George Armitage 1886
427 Angel Heart 1987 Alan Parker 1894
428 Went the Day Well? 1942 Alberto Cavalcanti 1895
429 Sanjuro 1962 Akira Kurosawa 1900
430 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 1903
431 Kill List 2011 Ben Wheatley 1906
432 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 Tomas Alfredson 1914
433 Commando 1985 Mark L. Lester 1918
434 A Better Tomorrow 1986 John Woo 1923
435 The Invitation 2015 Karyn Kusama 1928
436 The Black Cat 1934 Edgar G. Ulmer 1930
437 The American Friend 1977 Wim Wenders 1932
438 The Boondock Saints 1999 Troy Duffy 1941
439 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 Fritz Lang 1944
440 Gone Baby Gone 2007 Ben Affleck 1950
441 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1954
442 Le Corbeau 1943 Henri-Georges Clouzot 1959
443 To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 William Friedkin 1967
444 War for the Planet of the Apes 2017 Matt Reeves 1968
445 Blood and Black Lace 1964 Mario Bava 1973
446 Menace II Society 1993 Albert and Allen Hughes 1974
447 Branded to Kill 1967 Seijun Suzuki 1987
448 The Dead Zone 1983 David Cronenberg 1990
449 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 John Cassavetes 1993
450 21 Grams 2003 Alejandro G. Ińárritu 2003
451 Sholay 1975 Ramesh Sippy 2007
452 Open Your Eyes 1997 Alejandro Amenábar 2008
453 Salvador 1986 Oliver Stone 2009
454 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 Peter R. Hunt 2015
455 Scanners 1981 David Cronenberg 2024
456 Wolfwalkers 2020 Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 2035
457 The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 Terence Fisher 2042
458 High Sierra 1940 Raoul Walsh 2044
459 Sisters 1972 Brian De Palma 2047
460 The Grifters 1990 Stephen Frears 2052
461 Man on Fire 2004 Tony Scott 2062
462 Altered States 1980 Ken Russell 2064
463 Blackfish 2013 Gabriela Cowperthwaite 2065
464 The Andromeda Strain 1971 Robert Wise 2075
465 Changeling 2008 Clint Eastwood 2089
466 Spellbound 2002 Jeffrey Blitz 2097
467 Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock 2099
468 Cloverfield 2008 Matt Reeves 2108
469 Love Exposure 2008 Sion Sono 2109
470 Kingsman: The Secret Service 2014 Matthew Vaughn 2110
471 Silkwood 1983 Mike Nichols 2112
472 The Road 2009 John Hillcoat 2118
473 The Hitch-Hiker 1953 Ida Lupino 2126
474 One False Move 1991 Carl Franklin 2150
475 Cronos 1992 Guillermo del Toro 2162
476 Diva 1981 Jean-Jacques Beineix 2167
477 The Strangers 2008 Bryan Bertino 2170
478 Midnight Express 1978 Alan Parker 2171
479 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 Rupert Wyatt 2177
480 The Name of the Rose 1986 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2180
481 Thunderball 1965 Terence Young 2181
482 Death Proof 2007 Quentin Tarantino 2194
483 Set It Off 1996 F. Gary Gray 2203
484 Victim 1961 Basil Dearden 2207
485 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 2209
486 Lady Vengeance 2005 Park Chan-wook 2215
487 Bridge of Spies 2015 Steven Spielberg 2216
488 Promising Young Woman 2020 Emerald Fennell 2229
489 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 George P. Cosmatos 2230
490 Animal Kingdom 2010 David Michôd 2233
491 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez 2235
492 I Am Legend 2007 Francis Lawrence 2253
493 Frenzy 1972 Alfred Hitchcock 2254
494 Atomic Blonde 2017 David Leitch 2255
495 The Craft 1996 Andrew Fleming 2256
496 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Richard Donner 2258
497 Night Moves 1975 Arthur Penn 2259
498 10 Cloverfield Lane 2016 Dan Trachtenberg 2263
499 Good Time 2017 Benny and Josh Safdie 2268
500 3 Women 1977 Robert Altman 2269
501 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 Paul McGuigan 2271
502 Insomnia 2002 Christopher Nolan 2286
503 The China Syndrome 1979 James Bridges 2287
504 High Life 2018 Claire Denis 2295
505 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 Doug Liman 2296
506 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 Park Chan-wook 2301
507 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2009 Niels Arden Oplev 2317
508 Wild Tales 2014 Damián Szifron 2320
509 Take Shelter 2011 Jeff Nichols 2322
510 Advise & Consent 1962 Otto Preminger 2323
511 Burn after Reading 2008 Ethan and Joel Coen 2326
512 Ginger Snaps 2000 John Fawcett 2327
513 Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior 2003 Prachya Pinkaew 2334
514 The Towering Inferno 1974 John Guillermin 2336
515 Body Double 1984 Brian De Palma 2339
516 The Woman in the Window 1944 Fritz Lang 2341
517 Elle 2016 Paul Verhoeven 2342
518 Trouble Every Day 2001 Claire Denis 2346
519 The Old Dark House 1932 James Whale 2349
520 A Page of Madness 1926 Teinosuke Kinugasa 2355
521 Wake in Fright 1971 Ted Kotcheff 2376
522 Inside Man 2006 Spike Lee 2384
523 Dogtooth 2009 Yorgos Lanthimos 2385
524 John Wick: Chapter 2 2017 Chad Stahelski 2386
525 Final Destination 2000 James Wong 2387
526 The Village 2004 M. Night Shyamalan 2390
527 Scarlet Street 1945 Fritz Lang 2398
528 The Fast and the Furious 2001 Rob Cohen 2408
529 National Treasure 2004 Jon Turteltaub 2413
530 Equilibrium 2002 Kurt Wimmer 2414
531 In the Cut 2003 Jane Campion 2425
532 Sonatine 1993 Takeshi Kitano 2429
533 Purple Noon 1960 René Clément 2435
534 The Devil's Advocate 1997 Taylor Hackford 2436
535 La Cérémonie 1995 Claude Chabrol 2437
536 Zentropa 1991 Lars von Trier 2440
537 In the Line of Fire 1993 Wolfgang Petersen 2442
538 Super 8 2011 J.J. Abrams 2451
539 The Roaring Twenties 1939 Raoul Walsh 2455
540 The Unknown 1927 Tod Browning 2461
541 Runaway Train 1985 Andrey Konchalovskiy 2462
542 Darkman 1990 Sam Raimi 2464
543 Something Wild 1986 Jonathan Demme 2465
544 Le Doulos 1962 Jean-Pierre Melville 2466
545 Insidious 2010 James Wan 2467
546 Santa Sangre 1989 Alejandro Jodorowsky 2469
547 Die Hard 2 1990 Renny Harlin 2471
548 Missing 1982 Costa-Gavras 2477
549 You Were Never Really Here 2017 Lynne Ramsay 2479
550 The Limey 1999 Steven Soderbergh 2484
551 Clear and Present Danger 1994 Phillip Noyce 2488
552 Pet Sematary 1989 Mary Lambert 2495
553 Source Code 2011 Duncan Jones 2499
554 Shallow Grave 1994 Danny Boyle 2500
555 The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 Albert Lewin 2507
556 God Told Me To 1976 Larry Cohen 2513
557 Enemy of the State 1998 Tony Scott 2516
558 Carlos 2010 Olivier Assayas 2518
559 Foxy Brown 1974 Jack Hill 2520
560 Mission: Impossible III 2006 J.J. Abrams 2521
561 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970 Dario Argento 2531
562 Law of Desire 1987 Pedro Almodóvar 2534
563 Michael Clayton 2007 Tony Gilroy 2539
564 The Naked City 1948 Jules Dassin 2542
565 Patriot Games 1992 Phillip Noyce 2544
566 Get Shorty 1995 Barry Sonnenfeld 2550
567 Rush Hour 1998 Brett Ratner 2554
568 The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 Renny Harlin 2557
569 eXistenZ 1999 David Cronenberg 2564
570 Suspicion 1941 Alfred Hitchcock 2566
571 Grindhouse 2007 Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino 2567
572 Ninja Scroll 1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri 2574
573 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 2580
574 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 2587
575 A Time to Kill 1996 Joel Schumacher 2595
576 Serial Mom 1994 John Waters 2603
577 To Die For 1995 Gus Van Sant 2610
578 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté 2613
579 The Housemaid 1960 Kim Ki-young 2623
580 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965 Martin Ritt 2624
581 The Tale 2018 Jennifer Fox 2628
582 The Omega Man 1971 Boris Sagal 2635
583 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Ronald Neame 2636
584 Juice 1992 Ernest R. Dickerson 2639
585 Saint Maud 2019 Rose Glass 2642
586 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes 2662
587 Foolish Wives 1922 Erich von Stroheim 2668
588 A Boy and His Dog 1975 L.Q. Jones 2674
589 Cure 1997 Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2678
590 Upgrade 2018 Leigh Whannell 2681
591 Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa 2684
592 Crank 2006 Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor 2689
593 New Nightmare 1994 Wes Craven 2690
594 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 2699
595 Nocturnal Animals 2016 Tom Ford 2701
596 The Getaway 1972 Sam Peckinpah 2703
597 The Mask of Zorro 1998 Martin Campbell 2710
598 Climax 2018 Gaspar Noé 2711
599 The Italian Job 2003 F. Gary Gray 2715
600 Goodnight Mommy 2014 Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz 2723
601 Liquid Sky 1982 Slava Tsukerman 2725
602 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 Don Siegel 2738
603 The Big Combo 1955 Joseph H. Lewis 2740
604 The Town 2010 Ben Affleck 2745
605 The Headless Woman 2008 Lucrecia Martel 2746
606 The Driver 1978 Walter Hill 2749
607 The Perfect Storm 2000 Wolfgang Petersen 2750
608 The Face of Another 1966 Hiroshi Teshigahara 2751
609 The Last Boy Scout 1991 Tony Scott 2755
610 The Crucified Lovers 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi 2758
611 I Saw the Devil 2010 Kim Jee-woon 2759
612 Frankenweenie 2012 Tim Burton 2760
613 Murder by Contract 1958 Irving Lerner 2768
614 Falling Down 1993 Joel Schumacher 2769
615 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer 2771
616 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 John McTiernan 2774
617 Seven Days in May 1964 John Frankenheimer 2776
618 Charley Varrick 1973 Don Siegel 2780
619 The Spiral Staircase 1946 Robert Siodmak 2784
620 Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2792
621 Blackmail 1929 Alfred Hitchcock 2796
622 Enemy 2013 Denis Villeneuve 2806
623 Seven Pounds 2008 Gabriele Muccino 2812
624 The Hills Have Eyes 1977 Wes Craven 2813
625 The Man Who Laughs 1928 Paul Leni 2816
626 Layer Cake 2004 Matthew Vaughn 2819
627 48 Hrs. 1982 Walter Hill 2821
628 First Reformed 2017 Paul Schrader 2826
629 Port of Shadows 1938 Marcel Carné 2827
630 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush 2829
631 Ms. 45 1981 Abel Ferrara 2838
632 Vanishing Point 1971 Richard C. Sarafian 2843
633 Let Me in 2010 Matt Reeves 2846
634 The Machinist 2004 Brad Anderson 2850
635 Suspense 1913 Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber 2851
636 The Imposter 2012 Bart Layton 2854
637 The Quiet American 2002 Phillip Noyce 2857
638 Destination Moon 1950 Irving Pichel 2889
639 Cloud Atlas 2012 Tom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly Wachowski 2894
640 I Spit on Your Grave 1978 Meir Zarchi 2896
641 The Illusionist 2006 Neil Burger 2911
642 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017 Yorgos Lanthimos 2912
643 Chronicle 2012 Josh Trank 2922
644 Demolition Man 1993 Marco Brambilla 2923
645 Death Wish 1974 Michael Winner 2926
646 The Fourth Man 1983 Paul Verhoeven 2946
647 A Bay of Blood 1971 Mario Bava 2964
648 Punishment Park 1971 Peter Watkins 2968
649 Dick Tracy 1990 Warren Beatty 2969
650 Sleepers 1996 Barry Levinson 2982
651 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet 3003
652 Ganja & Hess 1973 Bill Gunn 3009
653 Widows 2018 Steve McQueen 3011
654 The Narrow Margin 1952 Richard Fleischer 3013
655 The Phantom of the Opera 2004 Joel Schumacher 3023
656 In the Mouth of Madness 1994 John Carpenter 3036
657 The Last King of Scotland 2006 Kevin Macdonald 3040
658 Road House 1989 Rowdy Herrington 3043
659 Live Free or Die Hard 2007 Len Wiseman 3045
660 Bad Timing 1980 Nicolas Roeg 3053
661 Threads 1984 Mick Jackson 3054
662 Under the Shadow 2016 Babak Anvari 3057
663 Outland 1981 Peter Hyams 3059
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