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Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies that are considered the most thrilling. Thrills encompass many genres, including courtroom dramas, disasters, epics, horror, musicals, film-noir, sci-fi, sports , suspense, war and westerns.

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  1. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  5. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  7. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 52 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  9. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  14. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 91 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 89 -

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 71 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 77 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 39 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 11 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  48. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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