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The Most Critically Acclaimed Thrillers of All Time According to Stacker

What is a thriller exactly? Unlike the sci-fi or comedy genres, a film can fit into this corner of cinema if it manages to keep viewers on the edges of their seats with intense thrills and palpable suspense. As long as the movie is able to build tension, it's fair game. Of course, there are plenty of subgenres within, which filmmakers use to craft excellent thrillers, from war-time stories like "The Hurt Locker" to social allegories like "Parasite" to pretty much all of Alfred Hitchcock's filmography. No matter what you're in the mood to watch, there's a good chance something in this list will encourage you to get drawn into the often bloody, always exciting storytelling that this genre has to offer. Here are Stacker's picks as the top 100 thriller movies of all time.
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The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
2
After Hours (1985)
After Hours (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
3
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
American Hustle (2013)
American Hustle (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
5
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Baby Driver (2017)
Baby Driver (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
9
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
11
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
12
Carlos (2010)
Carlos (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
13
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
14
The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
15
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
16
Deep Red (1975)
Deep Red (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
17
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
18
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
20
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
21
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Drug War (2012)
Drug War (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
25
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
26
Elle (2016)
Elle (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
27
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
31
Frenzy (1972)
Frenzy (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
32
The Fugitive (1993)
The Fugitive (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
34
Gangs of Wasseypur II (2012)
Gangs of Wasseypur II (2012)
35
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
36
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
Goldfinger (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Gravity (2013)
Gravity (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Grifters (1990)
The Grifters (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
40
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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