Top Thriller Movies


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

91. Conformist, The ( conformista, Il )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Stefania Sandrelli, Fosco Giachetti, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gastone Moschin, Pierre Clémenti, Enzo Tarascio
Plot: An Italian fascist with a complicated past is tasked with hunting down his old professor, who has fled Italy and is not considered an anti-fascist threat.

92. Knife in the Water ( Nóz w wodzie )

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
Plot: A man and his wife almost hit a young student on the road and invite him to their yacht. The two men suddenly find themselves in a rivalry - and as the tension slowly increases, there will be consequences.

93. Lady Vengeance ( Chinjeolhan geumjassi )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Seung-Shin Lee, Hye-jeong Kang, Yea-young Kwon, Shi-hoo Kim
Plot: After spending 13 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old boy, beautiful and shrewd Lee Guem-ja seeks revenge against the person who really committed the crime.

94. Changeling

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Gattlin Griffith, Devon Conti
Plot: Based on a true story, a woman's son is kidnapped and returned to her months later. Unfortunately, it's not her son and the corrupt LA police department refuse to admit the mistake.

95. First Reformed

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill
Plot: Reverend Ernst Toller presides over a dwindling congregation in the historic First Reformed Church in upstate New York. As the church prepares for a 250th anniversary celebration, Toller, who struggles with depression and loneliness, finds his life slipping out of control when he tries to help a pregnant parishioner.

96. Jacob's Ladder

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pe?a, Danny Aiello, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Matt Craven, Eriq La Salle
Plot: A New York postal worker, has increasingly harrowing flashbacks to Vietnam as his life unravels before him.

97. Tenant, The ( locataire, Le )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova
Plot: A man searching for the apartment finds the perfect place. One day he
starts becoming like the former tenant, even though he had no previous
knowledge of him.

98. Man Escaped, A ( condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, Un )

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau
Plot: Captured by Nazis, a member of the French Resistance is determined to risk everything in order to escape.

99. We Need to Talk About Kevin

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Actors: John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon, Ursula Parker, Lauren Fox
Plot: A woman reaches out to her estranged husband to deal with her grief and sense of responsibility after her son goes on a school-shooting rampage.

100. Play Misty for Me

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Don Siegel
Plot: Clint Eastwood stars and directs the original crazy ex-girlfriend flick.
When a popular California Jazz DJ gets mixed up with his stalker, things
go terribly wrong.

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