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. 80 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 97 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 71 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 82 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 20 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 69 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 48 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 67 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 58 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  42. 59 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 7 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 72 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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