AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills

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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. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 91 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  8. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 89 -

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 53 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  13. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 40 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  15. 29 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 69 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 77 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 21 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 66 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 39 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  33. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 2 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  42. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 72 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 52 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  48. 6 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  49. 74 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  50. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
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