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. 5 -

    Airport 1975

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 12 -

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 15 -

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 28 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 35 -

    Black Sunday

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  7. 37 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 39 -

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 40 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 43 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 44 -

    The Body Snatcher

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 47 -

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 53 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 57 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 58 -

    Capricorn One

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 64 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 69 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 70 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 71 -

    Cliffhanger

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 75 -

    Coffy

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 94 -

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 84 -

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 86 -

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 87 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 90 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 91 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 93 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 100 -

    Don't Bother to Knock

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  30. 103 -

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 106 -

    Earthquake

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  32. 116 -

    Fail Safe

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 117 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 119 -

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 122 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 124 -

    Fourteen Hours

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 127 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 129 -

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 134 -

    F/X

    1986 — a.k.a. Murder by Illusion, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 135 -

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 138 -

    The Getaway

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 142 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 151 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 153 -

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 156 -

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  46. 157 -

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 162 -

    The Hunt for Red October

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 164 -

    Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 168 -

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 180 -

    Jagged Edge

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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