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. 3 -

    Air Force

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 4 -

    Air Force One

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 5 -

    Airport 1975

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 8 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 10 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    And Then There Were None

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 13 -

    Apollo 13

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 14 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 16 -

    Attack

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 18 -

    Backdraft

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  12. 19 -

    The Bad Seed

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 23 -

    Battleground

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 24 -

    Beau Geste

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 25 -

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 26 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 27 -

    The Big Clock

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 29 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 30 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 35 -

    Black Sunday

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  21. 36 -

    Blackboard Jungle

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 41 -

    Bloodsport

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  23. 42 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 45 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 46 -

    Boomerang!

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 47 -

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 49 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 51 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  29. 52 -

    Brute Force

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 55 -

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 56 -

    Candyman

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  32. 62 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  33. 65 -

    Champion

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 68 -

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 69 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 70 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 72 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  38. 73 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 74 -

    Code of Silence

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  40. 76 -

    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 77 -

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 78 -

    Copycat

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 79 -

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 84 -

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 85 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 86 -

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 87 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 89 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 95 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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