AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills

AFI's list of the hundred most thrilling American films from the first hundred years of American cinema.

This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.

Rank Title Year Rating
1 Psycho 1960
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2 Jaws 1975
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3 Exorcist, The 1973
4 North by Northwest 1959
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5 Silence of the Lambs, The 1991
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6 Alien 1979
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7 Birds, The 1963
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8 French Connection, The 1971
9 Rosemary's Baby 1968
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10 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
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11 Godfather, The 1972
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12 King Kong 1933
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13 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
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14 Rear Window 1954
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15 Deliverance 1972
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16 Chinatown 1974
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17 Manchurian Candidate, The 1962
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18 Vertigo 1958
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19 Great Escape, The 1963
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20 High Noon 1952
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21 A Clockwork Orange 1971
22 Taxi Driver 1976
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23 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
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24 Double Indemnity 1944
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25 Titanic 1997
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26 Maltese Falcon, The 1941
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27 Star Wars 1977
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28 Fatal Attraction 1987
29 Shining, The 1980
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30 Deer Hunter, The 1978
31 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
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32 Strangers on a Train 1951
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33 Fugitive, The 1993
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34 Night of the Hunter, The 1955
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35 Jurassic Park 1993
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36 Bullitt 1968
37 Casablanca 1942
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38 Notorious 1946
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39 Die Hard 1988
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40 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
41 Dirty Harry 1971
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42 Terminator, The 1984
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43 Wizard of Oz, The 1939
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44 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
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45 Saving Private Ryan 1998
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46 Carrie 1976
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47 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
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48 Dial M for Murder 1954
49 Ben-Hur 1959
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50 Marathon Man 1976
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51 Raging Bull 1980
52 Rocky 1976
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53 Pulp Fiction 1994
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54 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
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55 Wait Until Dark 1967
56 Frankenstein 1931
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57 All the President's Men 1976
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58 Bridge on the River Kwai, The 1957
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59 Planet of the Apes 1968
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60 Sixth Sense, The 1999
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61 Cape Fear 1962
62 Spartacus 1960
63 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
64 Touch of Evil 1958
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65 Dirty Dozen, The 1967
66 Matrix, The 1999
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67 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The 1948
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68 Halloween 1978
69 Wild Bunch, The 1969
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70 Dog Day Afternoon 1975
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71 Goldfinger 1964
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72 Platoon 1986
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73 Laura 1944
74 Blade Runner 1982
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75 Third Man, The 1949
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76 Thelma & Louise 1991
77 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
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78 Gaslight 1944
79 Magnificent Seven, The 1960
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80 Rebecca 1940
81 Omen, The 1976
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82 Day the Earth Stood Still, The 1951
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83 Phantom of the Opera, The 1925
84 Poltergeist 1982
85 Dracula 1931
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86 Picture of Dorian Gray, The 1945
87 Thing From Another World, The 1951
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88 12 Angry Men 1957
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89 Guns of Navarone, The 1961
90 Poseidon Adventure, The 1972
91 Braveheart 1995
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92 Body Heat 1981
93 Night of the Living Dead 1968
94 China Syndrome, The 1979
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95 Full Metal Jacket 1987
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96 Blue Velvet 1986
97 Safety Last! 1923
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98 Blood Simple. 1984
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99 Speed 1994
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100 Adventures of Robin Hood, The 1938
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