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. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  6. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 74 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 40 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  13. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 52 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  44. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 72 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 60 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
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