Top Thriller Movies


The Top Thriller Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Thriller List". Lists are calculated daily.

31. Primal Fear

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney
Plot: A powerful, hotshot defense attorney takes on a case of a altar boy accused of murdering a respected Catholic archbishop who cared for him.

32. Touch of Evil

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Plot: Set in a border town of Mexico, a battle between good cop and bad cop, in which corruption is the main plot point.

33. A Few Good Men

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Plot: A marine lawer defends fellow marines against a muder they claim they did not commit.

34. Shadow of a Doubt

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge
Plot: A young woman who has not seen her uncle in years is excited to finally see him again - but that changes as her suspicion that he is a murder comes closer and closer to being the truth.

35. Collateral

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Peter Berg
Plot: An innocent Cab Driver (Fox) gets caught up in the middle of hit jobs when a hit man brings him into his murders through out L.A. He tries to do the right thing but is put to the test when the hit man tries to become his friend.

36. Amores Perros ( Love's a Bitch )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emilio Echevarr, Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rodrigo Murray
Plot: A severe car crash involves three different stories as they cope with life through changes, a different kind of love, and many regrets.

37. Black Swan

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey
Plot: At the New York City ballet a veteran dancer and an impressive upstart compete for the lead role in Swan Lake - but in this competitive world, finding the balance between light and dark can take its toll.

38. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Plot: A gargoylish former child star, Jane, and her former-movie-star sister, Blanche, now crippled, are isolated in their decaying home. Bodies begin to accumulate as Jane's grip on reality becomes more and more tenuous. Will Blanche survive her sister's delusions?

39. Enter the Dragon

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Clouse
Actors: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Kien Shih
Plot: A martial arts expert is recruited by the government to infiltrate the island of criminal mastermind lord Han during a brutal tournament.

40. Skyfall

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Rhys Ifans, Javier Bardem
Plot: Loyalties will be tested as M finds herself at the mercy of part of her past she had thought was done for good. With M16 coming under attack, Bond will have to track down and eliminate the threat, no matter how it may affect his personal relationships.

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