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Thrillers are often hybrids with other genres - there are action-thrillers, western-thrillers, film-noir thrillers, even romantic comedy-thrillers. Another closely-related genre is the horror film genre. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations. They are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. The acclaimed Master of Suspense is Alfred Hitchcock. Spy films may be considered a type of thriller/suspense film.

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    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
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    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
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    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Gisaengchung

    2019 — a.k.a. Parasite, in 23 top lists
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    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
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    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
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    Joker

    2019, in 12 top lists
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    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
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    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 11 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 24 top lists Check
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    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
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    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
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    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
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    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
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    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 21 top lists Check
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    Gangs of Wasseypur

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
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    Logan

    2017, in 9 top lists Check
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    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
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    Ah-ga-ssi

    2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 14 top lists Check
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    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
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    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
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    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 19 top lists Check
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