Thrillers: Top 25

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Top 25 Thrillers This is a list of the top 25 thrillers of all time. Included in the mix are suspense, mystery, horror, and film noir. The list was created by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page. 1. Vertigo (1958) 2. Rear Window (1954) 3. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 4. Psycho (1960) 5. North by Northwest (1959) 6. Chinatown (1974) 7. Se7en (1995) 8. Memento (2001) 9. L.A. Confidential (1997) 10. No Country for Old Men (2007) 11. The Third Man (1949) 12. Blue Velvet (1986) 13. The Usual Suspects (1995) 14. Zodiac (2007) 15. Dial M for Murder (1954) 16. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 17. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 18. The Sixth Sense (1999) 19. Strangers on a Train (1951) 20. Double Indemnity (1944) 21. The Conversation (1974) 22. Rebecca (1940) 23. Shutter Island (2010) 24. The French Connection (1971) 25. The Shining (1980) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists ABC News/People Magazine (3/22/2011). “Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time” (includes top 5 suspense/thriller movies) American Film Institute (2016). “Top 10 Mystery” American Film Institute (6/12/2001). “100 Most Thrilling American Films” TheCinemaholic.com (8/11/2019). “20 Best Suspense and Mystery Movies of All Time” Esquire.com (6/12/2018). “The Best Thriller Films Ever Made” Guinness Book of Film (1999). “The Top 100 Films by Genre Type” (includes top 5 thrillers) HiConsumption.com (8/27/2019). “The 25 Best Thrillers & Suspense Movies of All Time” Internet Movie Database (3/27/2013). “Best Suspense/Thriller Movies Ever” Norman, Barry (1993). “100 Greatest Films of All Time” (includes top 10 thrillers) Ranker.com “The Best Psychological Thrillers of All Time” ScoopWhoop.com (5/5/2016). “21 Intriguing Hollywood Suspense Thriller Movies That Will Keep You Guessing Till the End” Taschen (July 2014). “Film Noir: 100 All-Time Favorites” TasteOfCinema.com (12/7/2018). “The 20 Best Suspense Thrillers of All Time” Originally posted 8/31/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.