# The best thrillers of 2018

From Searching to Burning: the 2018 thrillers that fans and critics rank highest (Taste of Cinema, Ranker, The Cinemaholic).

- 51 votes · 13 items
- Jul 6, 2022 · amy_matinee
- https://even.best/en/l/2140/the-best-thrillers-of-2018

## Top 13

1. **Searching (2018)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — A father searches for his missing daughter through her laptop.
2. **Burning (2018)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Lee Chang-dong's slow-burn mystery from Murakami.
3. **Widows (2018)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Viola Davis leads a heist after her husband's death; Steve McQueen.
4. **Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Strangers with secrets at a hotel on the Nevada-California border.
5. **The Guilty (2018)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A Danish emergency call operator and one call; all in one room.
6. **Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The sequel on the US-Mexico border.
7. **Unsane (2018)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Claire Foy committed against her will; shot on an iPhone by Steven Soderbergh.
8. **A Quiet Place (2018)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Silence or death.
9. **Hold the Dark (2018)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Wolves and something worse in Alaska; Jeremy Saulnier.
10. **Assassination Nation (2018)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — A small town turns on four teenage girls after a data leak.
11. **Beirut (2018)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jon Hamm negotiates a hostage release in 1980s Lebanon.
12. **Upgrade (2018)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A paralysed man and a chip with its own agenda.
13. **Bird Box (2018)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Sandra Bullock blindfolded down a river; Netflix.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.