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. 66 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 60 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 91 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 53 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  7. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 77 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 39 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 95 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 72 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 74 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 44 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 10 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  25. 51 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 6 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  33. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 52 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 22 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  39. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 2 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 16 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 11 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  45. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 21 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 69 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
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