IMDb's Thriller Top 50

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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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  1. 49 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 48 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 47 -

    Ah-ga-ssi

    2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 45 -

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 43 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 42 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 39 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 37 -1

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 35 -1

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 34 +3

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 33 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 31 -2

    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 30 +1

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 27 -1

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 26 +1

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 23 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 22 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 21 -1

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 20 +1

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 19 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 18 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 13 -

    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 12 -

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 9 -1

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 8 -2

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 7 +2

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 6 +1

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 4 -1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 3 +1

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  32. 1 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
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