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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. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
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    The French Connection

    1971, in 24 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
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    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 21 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 22 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  24. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 25 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 26 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 27 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  28. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 29 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 31 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 33 -

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 34 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 35 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  38. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  41. 41 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 42 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 45 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 48 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
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