BFI: 100 thrillers to see before you die

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For the bucket list: a selection of some of the best thrillers ever made. How many have you seen?

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  1. 2 new

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 6 new

    Blue Steel

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 8 new

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 9 new

    Breakdown

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  6. 11 new

    Bab el hadid

    1958 — a.k.a. Cairo Station, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 13 new

    Cash on Demand

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  8. 14 new

    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 16 new

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 18 new

    Shoot to Kill

    1988 — a.k.a. Deadly Pursuit, in 1 top list Check
  11. 22 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 23 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 26 new

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 28 new

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 33 new

    Hell Drivers

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 35 new

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 37 new

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 39 new

    Cadaveri eccellenti

    1976 — a.k.a. Illustrious Corpses, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 42 new

    Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...

    1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 43 new

    Ittefaq

    1969 — a.k.a. Coincidence, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 48 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 49 new

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 52 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 54 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 57 new

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 58 new

    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 60 new

    Miss Bala

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 62 new

    Nightcrawler

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 63 new

    La noche de los girasoles

    2006 — a.k.a. The Night of the Sunflowers, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 65 new

    Nueve reinas

    2000 — a.k.a. Nine Queens, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 66 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 67 new

    Obsession

    1949 — a.k.a. The Hidden Room, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 70 new

    On Dangerous Ground

    1951, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 71 new

    One False Move

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 73 new

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 76 new

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 79 new

    Sicario

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 80 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 85 new

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 86 new

    The Tall Target

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 88 new

    They Drive by Night

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  42. 89 new

    Thief

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 92 new

    Tsotsi

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 98 new

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 99 new

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 100 new

    Zero no shôten

    1961 — a.k.a. Zero Focus, in 1 top list Check
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