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Best Thrillers in the history of film

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Filmaffinity's Ranking of the best Thrillers in the history of film with +1000 votes

1

Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction

1994

Quentin Tarantino

John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames ...

8.6

204,907
2

High and Low High and Low

1963

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Yutaka Sada, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi ...

8.4

11,036
3

Double Indemnity Double Indemnity

1944

Billy Wilder

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Tom Powers, Porter Hall ...

8.4

35,262
4

City of God City of God

2002

Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Seu Jorge ...

8.4

130,685
5

Psycho Psycho

1960

Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, John McIntire ...

8.4

111,257
6

Goodfellas Goodfellas

1990

Martin Scorsese

Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino ...

8.4

116,249
7

M M

1931

Fritz Lang

Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos ...

8.3

22,273
8

Seven Seven

1995

David Fincher

Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, John C. McGinley ...

8.3

178,152
9

The Silence of the Lambs The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Jonathan Demme

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald ...

8.2

177,785
10

Dial M for Murder Dial M for Murder

1954

Alfred Hitchcock

Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson ...

8.2

29,898
11

Twin Peaks - Pilot Episode Twin Peaks - Pilot Episode

1990

David Lynch

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Piper Laurie, Joan Chen, Lara Flynn Boyle ...

8.1

30,071
12

Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs

1992

Quentin Tarantino

Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn ...

8.1

139,299
13

The Dark Knight The Dark Knight

2008

Christopher Nolan

Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman ...

8.1

156,752
14

Fight Club Fight Club

1999

David Fincher

Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto ...

8.1

189,929
15

The Big Heat The Big Heat

1953

Fritz Lang

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby ...

8.1

12,168
16

Woman in the Dunes Woman in the Dunes

1964

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Ito, Hideo Kanze, Tamotsu Tamura ...

8.1

3,373
17

The Secret in Their Eyes The Secret in Their Eyes

2009

Juan José Campanella

Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella ...

8.1

90,733
18

The Wages of Fear The Wages of Fear

1953

H.G. Clouzot

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Véra Clouzot, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli ...

8.1

10,643
19

The Woman in the Window The Woman in the Window

1944

Fritz Lang

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea ...

8.1

17,049
20

The Night of the Hunter The Night of the Hunter

1955

Charles Laughton

Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Sally Ann Bruce, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish ...

8.1

32,847
21

The Asphalt Jungle The Asphalt Jungle

1950

John Huston

Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore ...

8.1

13,625
22

Notorious Notorious

1946

Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin ...

8.1

21,669
23

Casino Casino

1995

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles ...

8.1

79,992
24

Fury Fury

1936

Fritz Lang

Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis ...

8.0

6,365
25

Rififi Rififi

1955

Jules Dassin

Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Jules Dassin, Magali Noël ...

8.0

7,289
26

The Lives of Others The Lives of Others

2006

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme ...

8.0

77,221
27

The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties

1939

Raoul Walsh

James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn ...

8.0

6,711
28

Diabolique Diabolique

1955

H.G. Clouzot

Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard ...

8.0

11,295
29

The Usual Suspects The Usual Suspects

1995

Bryan Singer

Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Stephen Baldwin ...

8.0

87,834
30

Inception Inception

2010

Christopher Nolan

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard ...

8.0

159,673

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