Top Thriller Movies


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

101. 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
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.

102. 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
Plot: Captured by Nazis, a member of the French Resistance is determined to risk everything in order to escape.

103. Unbreakable

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark
Plot: After being the sole survivor of a horrific train crash, and with nary a scratch, a man is approached by a stranger with a rare bone disease who deduces that he is a real-life super hero.

104. The Hunt for Red October

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Plot: When Marko Ramius goes rogue and takes a revolutionary nuclear submarie to the U.S. the government is quick to judge him a threat, but CIA analyst Jack Ryan believes he is defecting. With the Russian and American navy both after the sub, it's only a matter of time before tough decisions will have to made on everyone's part.

105. Maria Full of Grace

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joshua Marston
Actors: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Virgina Ariza, Yenny Paola Vega, Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez
Plot: A young woman living in Mexico becomes pregnant and has no one to turn to. In desperation, she becomes a drug mule and smuggles drugs over the border.

106. Us

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jordan Peele
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex
Plot: A family on vacation is terrorized by the appearance of a second family - one that is wholly evil and looks just like them.

107. Now You See Me

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo
Plot: The FBI are after a thieving group of illusionists who pull off spectacular heists during their show and give audiences the loot.

108. In the Line of Fire

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott
Plot: A U.S. Secret Service agent, who was part of the team responsible for protecting JFK in Dallas, goes after a man who has threatened the life of the current president.

As the agent, who is paired up with a female agent, goes after the would-be assassin, the fugitive teases him with his failed attempt at saving JFK's life on that tragic day in November.

109. The Crying Game

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson
Plot: A British soldier is held capture by the IRA where he makes friends with one of them. After he escapes, he is sent by his new friend to meet his lover.

110. Play Misty for Me

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch
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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