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Thrillers are often hybrids with other genres - there are action-thrillers, western-thrillers, film-noir thrillers, even romantic comedy-thrillers. Another closely-related genre is the horror film genre. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations. They are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. The acclaimed Master of Suspense is Alfred Hitchcock. Spy films may be considered a type of thriller/suspense film.

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  1. 44 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 16 -

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 27 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 42 -2

    Gangs of Wasseypur

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 46 +1

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 18 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 45 -

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 32 -1

    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 40 +2

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 28 top lists Check
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    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 21 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 13 -

    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 20 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 43 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 2 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 1 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 11 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 10 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  20. 8 +1

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 3 +1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 4 -1

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 17 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 6 +1

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 23 +2

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 25 -1

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 7 -1

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 26 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 19 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 31 +3

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 24 -1

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 9 -1

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 36 +1

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 49 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  36. 34 +1

    Die Hard

    1988, in 20 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 34 top lists Check
  39. 29 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 35 -2

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 30 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 41 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 37 -1

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 39 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 28 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 33 -1

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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