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. 40 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 53 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  9. 21 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 74 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 22 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  19. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 88 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 6 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 66 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 64 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 10 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 29 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 2 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 77 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 69 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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