Top 100 Thrills Movies

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1  PSYCHO 1960

2  JAWS 1975

3  THE EXORCIST 1973

4  NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959

5  THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991

6  ALIEN 1979

7  THE BIRDS 1963

8  THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971

9  ROSEMARY'S BABY 1968

10  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981

11  THE GODFATHER 1972

12  KING KONG 1933

13  BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967

14  REAR WINDOW 1954

15  DELIVERANCE 1972

16  CHINATOWN 1974

17  THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1962

18  VERTIGO 1958

19  THE GREAT ESCAPE 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  THE MALTESE FALCON 1941

27  STAR WARS 1977

28  FATAL ATTRACTION 1987

29  THE SHINING 1980

30  THE DEER HUNTER 1978

31  CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977

32  STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951

33  THE FUGITIVE 1993

34  THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 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  THE TERMINATOR 1984

43  THE WIZARD OF OZ 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  THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957

59  PLANET OF THE APES 1968

60  THE SIXTH SENSE 1999

61  CAPE FEAR 1962

62  SPARTACUS 1960

63  WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 1962

64  TOUCH OF EVIL 1958

65  THE DIRTY DOZEN 1967

66  THE MATRIX 1999

67  THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948

68  HALLOWEEN 1978

69  THE WILD BUNCH 1969

70  DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975

71  GOLDFINGER 1964

72  PLATOON 1986

73  LAURA 1944

74  BLADE RUNNER 1982

75  THE THIRD MAN 1949

76  THELMA & LOUISE 1991

77  TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991

78  GASLIGHT 1944

79  THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1960

80  REBECCA 1940

81  THE OMEN 1976

82  THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951

83  THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925

84  POLTERGEIST 1982

85  DRACULA 1931

86  THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1945

87  THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 1951

88  12 ANGRY MEN 1957

89  THE GUNS OF NAVARONE 1961

90  THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE 1972

91  BRAVEHEART 1995

92  BODY HEAT 1981

93  NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968

94  THE CHINA SYNDROME 1979

95  FULL METAL JACKET 1987

96  BLUE VELVET 1986

97  SAFETY LAST 1923

98  BLOOD SIMPLE 1984

99  SPEED 1994

100  THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1938

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