AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills: The Nominations

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The American Film Institute’s original 2001 list of the 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American Movies of All Time. Films released in 1999 and prior were eligible.

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  1. 123 -

    48 Hrs.

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 10 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 11 -

    And Then There Were None

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 14 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 15 -

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 18 -

    Backdraft

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  7. 27 -

    The Big Clock

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 28 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 31 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 40 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 42 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 45 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 46 -

    Boomerang!

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 52 -

    Brute Force

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 55 -

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 72 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 74 -

    Code of Silence

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  19. 75 -

    Coffy

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 78 -

    Copycat

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 84 -

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 86 -

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 89 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 90 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 93 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 95 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 98 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 101 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 108 -

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 110 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 111 -

    Escape from Alcatraz

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  32. 115 -

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 117 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 127 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 134 -

    F/X

    1986 — a.k.a. Murder by Illusion, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 130 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 132 -

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 136 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 138 -

    The Getaway

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 141 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  41. 144 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 149 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 153 -

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 154 -

    The Honeymoon Killers

    1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 157 -

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 160 -

    The House on 92nd Street

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 166 -

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 167 -

    In the Line of Fire

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 180 -

    Jagged Edge

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  50. 185 -

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
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