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. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 69 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 64 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 77 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 22 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  17. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 60 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 29 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 52 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 14 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 10 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 53 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  31. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  32. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 72 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 66 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  49. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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