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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. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 48 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 64 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 95 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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