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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. 78 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 86 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 90 -

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 87 -

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 81 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 55 -

    Wait Until Dark

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 94 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 89 -

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 98 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 92 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 50 -

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 84 -

    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 76 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 61 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 65 -

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 68 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 99 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 28 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 83 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 46 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 19 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 15 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 5 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 85 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 63 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 56 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 93 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 96 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 57 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 9 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 70 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 75 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 17 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 8 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 30 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 47 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 3 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 38 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 54 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 62 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 32 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 79 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 36 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 100 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 24 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 37 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  48. 73 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 12 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 49 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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