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 +Part of the [[AFI 100 Years… series]], '''AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills''' is a list of the top 100 thrilling movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the [[American Film Institute]] on June 12, 2001 during a [[CBS]] special hosted by [[Harrison Ford]].
 +==The List==
 +{| class="sortable wikitable"
 +! #
 +! Film
 +! Year
 +|-
 +| 1.
 +| ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''
 +| [[1960 in film|1960]]
 +|-
 +| 2.
 +| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
 +| [[1975 in film|1975]]
 +|-
 +| 3.
 +| ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''
 +| [[1973 in film|1973]]
 +|-
 +| 4.
 +| ''[[North by Northwest]]''
 +| [[1959 in film|1959]]
 +|-
 +| 5.
 +| ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''
 +| [[1991 in film|1991]]
 +|-
 +| 6.
 +| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
 +| [[1979 in film|1979]]
 +|-
 +| 7.
 +| ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''
 +| [[1963 in film|1963]]
 +|-
 +| 8.
 +| ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
 +| [[1971 in film|1971]]
 +|-
 +| 9.
 +| ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''
 +| [[1968 in film|1968]]
 +|-
 +| 10.
 +| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
 +| [[1981 in film|1981]]
 +|-
 +| 11.
 +| ''[[The Godfather]]''
 +| [[1972 in film|1972]]
 +|-
 +| 12.
 +| ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''
 +| [[1933 in film|1933]]
 +|-
 +| 13.
 +| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (film)|Bonnie and Clyde]]''
 +| [[1967 in film|1967]]
 +|-
 +| 14.
 +| ''[[Rear Window]]''
 +| [[1954 in film|1954]]
 +|-
 +| 15.
 +| ''[[Deliverance]]''
 +| [[1972 in film|1972]]
 +|-
 +| 16.
 +| ''[[Chinatown (film)|Chinatown]]''
 +| [[1974 in film|1974]]
 +|-
 +| 17.
 +| ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''
 +| [[1962 in film|1962]]
 +|-
 +| 18.
 +| ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''
 +| [[1958 in film|1958]]
 +|-
 +| 19.
 +| ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''
 +| [[1963 in film|1963]]
 +|-
 +| 20.
 +| ''[[High Noon]]''
 +| [[1952 in film|1952]]
 +|-
 +| 21.
 +| ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''
 +| [[1971 in film|1971]]
 +|-
 +| 22.
 +| ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 23.
 +| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
 +| [[1962 in film|1962]]
 +|-
 +| 24.
 +| ''[[Double Indemnity (film)|Double Indemnity]]''
 +| [[1944 in film|1944]]
 +|-
 +| 25.
 +| ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
 +| [[1997 in film|1997]]
 +|-
 +| 26.
 +| ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''
 +| [[1941 in film|1941]]
 +|-
 +| 27.
 +| ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]''
 +| [[1977 in film|1977]]
 +|-
 +| 28.
 +| ''[[Fatal Attraction]]''
 +| [[1987 in film|1987]]
 +|-
 +| 29.
 +| ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''
 +| [[1980 in film|1980]]
 +|-
 +| 30.
 +| ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
 +| [[1978 in film|1978]]
 +|-
 +| 31.
 +| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
 +| [[1977 in film|1977]]
 +|-
 +| 32.
 +| ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]''
 +| [[1951 in film|1951]]
 +|-
 +| 33.
 +| ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]''
 +| [[1993 in film|1993]]
 +|-
 +| 34.
 +| ''[[The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter]]''
 +| [[1955 in film|1955]]
 +|-
 +| 35.
 +| ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]''
 +| [[1993 in film|1993]]
 +|-
 +| 36.
 +| ''[[Bullitt]]''
 +| [[1968 in film|1968]]
 +|-
 +| 37.
 +| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
 +| [[1942 in film|1942]]
 +|-
 +| 38.
 +| ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]''
 +| [[1946 in film|1946]]
 +|-
 +| 39.
 +| ''[[Die Hard]]''
 +| [[1988 in film|1988]]
 +|-
 +| 40.
 +| ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
 +| [[1968 in film|1968]]
 +|-
 +| 41.
 +| ''[[Dirty Harry]]''
 +| [[1971 in film|1971]]
 +|-
 +| 42.
 +| ''[[The Terminator]]''
 +| [[1984 in film|1984]]
 +|-
 +| 43.
 +| ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''
 +| [[1939 in film|1939]]
 +|-
 +| 44.
 +| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
 +| [[1982 in film|1982]]
 +|-
 +| 45.
 +| ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''
 +| [[1998 in film|1998]]
 +|-
 +| 46.
 +| ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 47.
 +| ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
 +| [[1956 in film|1956]]
 +|-
 +| 48.
 +| ''[[Dial M for Murder]]''
 +| [[1954 in film|1954]]
 +|-
 +| 49.
 +| ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''
 +| [[1959 in film|1959]]
 +|-
 +| 50.
 +| ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 51.
 +| ''[[Raging Bull]]''
 +| [[1980 in film|1980]]
 +|-
 +| 52.
 +| ''[[Rocky]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 53.
 +| ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''
 +| [[1994 in film|1994]]
 +|-
 +| 54.
 +| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
 +| [[1969 in film|1969]]
 +|-
 +| 55.
 +| ''[[Wait Until Dark (film)|Wait Until Dark]]''
 +| [[1967 in film|1967]]
 +|-
 +| 56.
 +| ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
 +| [[1931 in film|1931]]
 +|-
 +| 57.
 +| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 58.
 +| ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''
 +| [[1957 in film|1957]]
 +|-
 +| 59.
 +| ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
 +| [[1968 in film|1968]]
 +|-
 +| 60.
 +| ''[[The Sixth Sense]]''
 +| [[1999 in film|1999]]
 +|-
 +| 61.
 +| ''[[Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]]''
 +| [[1962 in film|1962]]
 +|-
 +| 62.
 +| ''[[Spartacus (1960 film)|Spartacus]]''
 +| [[1960 in film|1960]]
 +|-
 +| 63.
 +| ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]''
 +| [[1962 in film|1962]]
 +|-
 +| 64.
 +| ''[[Touch of Evil]]''
 +| [[1958 in film|1958]]
 +|-
 +| 65.
 +| ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''
 +| [[1967 in film|1967]]
 +|-
 +| 66.
 +| ''[[The Matrix]]''
 +| [[1999 in film|1999]]
 +|-
 +| 67.
 +| ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''
 +| [[1948 in film|1948]]
 +|-
 +| 68.
 +| ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''
 +| [[1978 in film|1978]]
 +|-
 +| 69.
 +| ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''
 +| [[1969 in film|1969]]
 +|-
 +| 70.
 +| ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''
 +| [[1975 in film|1975]]
 +|-
 +| 71.
 +| ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
 +| [[1964 in film|1964]]
 +|-
 +| 72.
 +| ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''
 +| [[1986 in film|1986]]
 +|-
 +| 73.
 +| ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]''
 +| [[1944 in film|1944]]
 +|-
 +| 74.
 +| ''[[Blade Runner]]''
 +| [[1982 in film|1982]]
 +|-
 +| 75.
 +| ''[[The Third Man]]''
 +| [[1949 in film|1949]]
 +|-
 +| 76.
 +| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
 +| [[1991 in film|1991]]
 +|-
 +| 77.
 +| ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''
 +| [[1991 in film|1991]]
 +|-
 +| 78.
 +| ''[[Gaslight (1944 film)|Gaslight]]''
 +| [[1944 in film|1944]]
 +|-
 +| 79.
 +| ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''
 +| [[1960 in film|1960]]
 +|-
 +| 80.
 +| ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''
 +| [[1940 in film|1940]]
 +|-
 +| 81.
 +| ''[[The Omen]]''
 +| [[1976 in film|1976]]
 +|-
 +| 82.
 +| ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''
 +| [[1951 in film|1951]]
 +|-
 +| 83.
 +| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
 +| [[1925 in film|1925]]
 +|-
 +| 84.
 +| ''[[Poltergeist (film)|Poltergeist]]''
 +| [[1982 in film|1982]]
 +|-
 +| 85.
 +| ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]''
 +| [[1931 in film|1931]]
 +|-
 +| 86.
 +| ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
 +| [[1945 in film|1945]]
 +|-
 +| 87.
 +| ''[[The Thing from Another World]]''
 +| [[1951 in film|1951]]
 +|-
 +| 88.
 +| ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''
 +| [[1957 in film|1957]]
 +|-
 +| 89.
 +| ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''
 +| [[1961 in film|1961]]
 +|-
 +| 90.
 +| ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''
 +| [[1972 in film|1972]]
 +|-
 +| 91.
 +| ''[[Braveheart]]''
 +| [[1995 in film|1995]]
 +|-
 +| 92.
 +| ''[[Body Heat]]''
 +| [[1981 in film|1981]]
 +|-
 +| 93.
 +| ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''
 +| [[1968 in film|1968]]
 +|-
 +| 94.
 +| ''[[The China Syndrome]]''
 +| [[1979 in film|1979]]
 +|-
 +| 95.
 +| ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]''
 +| [[1987 in film|1987]]
 +|-
 +| 96.
 +| ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]''
 +| [[1986 in film|1986]]
 +|-
 +| 97.
 +| ''[[Safety Last!]]''
 +| [[1923 in film|1923]]
 +|-
 +| 98.
 +| ''[[Blood Simple]]''
 +| [[1984 in film|1984]]
 +|-
 +| 99.
 +| ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''
 +| [[1994 in film|1994]]
 +|-
 +| 100.
 +| ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''
 +| [[1938 in film|1938]]
 +|}
 +==List notes==
 +*The films span from ''[[Safety Last!]]'' released in 1923 to ''[[The Matrix]]'' and ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' released in 1999.
 +*[[Harrison Ford]] and [[Claude Rains]] are the two most celebrated actors on the list, each starring in four films. Ford starred in ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]'', and ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'', while Rains starred in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'' and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''.
 +*Nine films directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] made the list, including the #1 thriller, ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', making him the most represented director. His frequent cameos technically make him the most represented actor with appearances in every film on the list except ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', where he appears in a photograph on the wall.
 +*[[Steven Spielberg]] directed six films on the list, two of which are placed in the top 10. Spielberg also wrote and produced ''[[Poltergeist (film)|Poltergeist]]''. [[Stanley Kubrick]] directed five films on the list.
 +*The 1970s have the most thrilling films on the list with 22. The 1960s have 21 films, while the 1980s and 1950s each have fourteen.
 +*''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' is the only sequel on the list.
 +*Thrillers that cross generations include [[John Huston]] appearing with his father [[Walter Huston]] in ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'', [[Alfred Hitchcock]] working with his daughter [[Pat Hitchcock]] on ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]'' and ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' and [[Janet Leigh]] (''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', ''[[Touch of Evil]]'', ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'') and her daughter [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] (''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'') appearing in separate films. [[Kirk Douglas]] in Spartacus, and son [[Michael Douglas]] in ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'' and ''[[The China Syndrome]]''.
 +*The 100 thrills cover many genres including comedies (''[[Safety Last!]]'') courtroom dramas (''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]'') disasters (''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''), epics (''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''), horror (''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''), musicals (''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''), noir (''[[Double Indemnity (film)|Double Indemnity]]''), sci-fi (''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''), sports (''[[Rocky]]''), suspense (''[[North by Northwest]]''), war (''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'') and westerns (''[[High Noon]]'').
 +
 +==Criteria==
 +*Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
 +*American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from *the United States.
 +*Thrills: Regardless of genre, the total adrenaline-inducing impact of a film’s artistry and craft must create an experience that engages our bodies as well as our minds.
 +*Legacy: Films whose "thrills" have enlivened and enriched America’s film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.
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Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Thrills is a list of the top 100 thrilling movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 12, 2001 during a CBS special hosted by Harrison Ford.

The List

# Film Year
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

List notes

Criteria

  • Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
  • American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from *the United States.
  • Thrills: Regardless of genre, the total adrenaline-inducing impact of a film’s artistry and craft must create an experience that engages our bodies as well as our minds.
  • Legacy: Films whose "thrills" have enlivened and enriched America’s film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.


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