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