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. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 100 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 43 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  8. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  11. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 48 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 14 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 88 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  28. 64 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  30. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  34. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 89 -

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  38. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 71 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 40 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  47. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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