The most thrilling movies according to the AFI
The top 3 according to 173 votes from people: Psycho (1960) · Jaws (1975) · The Exorcist (1973). (Updated Feb 12, 2019.)
Psycho, Jaws, The Exorcist, North by Northwest, The Silence of the Lambs and Alien: the top twenty of AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the most heart-pounding American films.
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Top 20
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1
Psycho (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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2
Jaws (1975)
Steven Spielberg.
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3
The Exorcist (1973)
William Friedkin.
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4
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme.
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5
North by Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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6
The Birds (1963)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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7
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Steven Spielberg.
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8
Alien (1979)
Ridley Scott.
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9
The French Connection (1971)
William Friedkin.
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10
Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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11
King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper.
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12
Deliverance (1972)
John Boorman.
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13
The Great Escape (1963)
John Sturges.
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14
Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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15
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Roman Polanski.
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16
Chinatown (1974)
Roman Polanski.
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17
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Arthur Penn.
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18
The Godfather (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola.
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19
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
John Frankenheimer.
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20
High Noon (1952)
Fred Zinnemann.
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.
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Comments (4)
El silencio de los corderos tan arriba me alegra, Hopkins sale 16 minutos y se come la película.
Tiburón segunda me parece perfecto. Spielberg nos dejó a todos sin bañarnos en el mar un verano entero.
Psicosis primera, normal. La escena de la ducha sigue funcionando 60 años después.
Echo en falta La noche de los muertos vivientes, pero es una lista americana muy de Hollywood