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. 6 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 19 -

    The Bad Seed

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 32 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 39 -

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 44 -

    The Body Snatcher

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 48 -

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 50 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 56 -

    Candyman

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  10. 60 -

    Carnival of Souls

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 61 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 63 -

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 64 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 81 -

    Creature from the Black Lagoon

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  15. 97 -

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 96 -

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 102 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 113 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 114 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 118 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 121 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 120 -

    The Fly

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 125 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 126 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 128 -

    Friday the 13th

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 133 -

    The Fury

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 148 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 152 -

    The Hills Have Eyes

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 158 -

    House of Wax

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 159 -

    House on Haunted Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  31. 173 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 174 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 176 -

    Island of Lost Souls

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 177 -

    It Came from Beneath the Sea

    1955 — a.k.a. Monster from Beneath the Sea, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 179 -

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 188 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 196 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 206 -

    The Lodger

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 226 -

    The Most Dangerous Game

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 227 -

    The Mummy

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 231 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 234 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 235 -

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 240 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 249 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 252 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 254 -

    The Pit and the Pendulum

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  48. 259 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 262 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 264 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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