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. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 64 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 88 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 100 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  26. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 48 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 60 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  32. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 71 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 14 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 22 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 10 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 95 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
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