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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills is a list of the top 100 most exciting movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 12, 2001, during a CBS special hosted by Harrison Ford.

Nine Alfred Hitchcock films made the list, making "the master of suspense" the most represented director.

List of films

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"

! #

! Film

! Director

! Year

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| 1 || Psycho || || 1960

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| 2 || Jaws || || 1975

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| 3 || || || 1973

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| 4 || North by Northwest || || 1959

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| 5 || || || 1991

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| 6 || Alien || || 1979

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| 7 || || || 1963

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| 8 || || || 1971

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| 9 || Rosemary's Baby || || 1968

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| 10 || Raiders of the Lost Ark || || 1981

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| 11 || || || 1972

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| 12 || King Kong || || 1933

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| 13 || Bonnie and Clyde || || 1967

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| 14 || Rear Window || || 1954

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| 15 || Deliverance || || 1972

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| 16 || Chinatown || || 1974

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| 17 || || || 1962

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| 18 || Vertigo || || 1958

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| 19 || || || 1963

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| 20 || High Noon || || 1952

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| 21 || || || 1971

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| 22 || Taxi Driver || || 1976

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| 23 || Lawrence of Arabia || || 1962

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| 24 || Double Indemnity || || 1944

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| 25 || Titanic || || 1997

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| 26 || || || 1941

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| 27 || Star Wars || || 1977

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| 28 || Fatal Attraction || || 1987

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| 29 || || || 1980

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| 30 || || || 1978

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| 31 || Close Encounters of the Third Kind || || 1977

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| 32 || Strangers on a Train || || 1951

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| 33 || || || 1993

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| 34 || || || 1955

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| 35 || Jurassic Park || || 1993

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| 36 || Bullitt || || 1968

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| 37 || Casablanca || || 1942

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| 38 || Notorious || || 1946

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| 39 || Die Hard || || 1988

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| 40 || 2001: A Space Odyssey || || 1968

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| 41 || Dirty Harry || || 1971

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| 42 || || || 1984

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| 43 || || || 1939

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| 44 || E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial || || 1982

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| 45 || Saving Private Ryan || || 1998

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| 46 || Carrie || || 1976

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| 47 || Invasion of the Body Snatchers || || 1956

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| 48 || Dial M for Murder || || 1954

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| 49 || Ben-Hur || || 1959

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| 50 || Marathon Man || || 1976

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| 51 || Raging Bull || || 1980

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| 52 || Rocky || || 1976

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| 53 || Pulp Fiction || || 1994

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| 54 || Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid || || 1969

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| 55 || Wait Until Dark || || 1967

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| 56 || Frankenstein || || 1931

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| 57 || All the President's Men || || 1976

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| 58 || || || 1957

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| 59 || Planet of the Apes || || 1968

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| 60 || || || 1999

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| 61 || Cape Fear || || 1962

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| 62 || Spartacus || || 1960

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| 63 || What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? || || 1962

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| 64 || Touch of Evil || || 1958

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| 65 || || || 1967

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| 66 || || || 1999

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| 67 || || || 1948

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| 68 || Halloween || || 1978

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| 69 || || || 1969

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| 70 || Dog Day Afternoon || || 1975

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| 71 || Goldfinger || || 1964

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| 72 || Platoon || || 1986

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| 73 || Laura || || 1944

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| 74 || Blade Runner || || 1982

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| 75 || || || 1949

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| 76 || Thelma & Louise || || 1991

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| 77 || Terminator 2: Judgment Day || || 1991

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| 78 || Gaslight || || 1944

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| 79 || || || 1960

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| 80 || Rebecca || || 1940

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| 81 || || || 1976

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| 82 || || || 1951

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| 83 || || || 1925

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| 84 || Poltergeist || || 1982

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| 85 || Dracula || || 1931

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| 86 || || || 1945

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| 87 || || || 1951

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| 88 || 12 Angry Men || || 1957

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| 89 || || || 1961

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| 90 || || || 1972

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| 91 || Braveheart || || 1995

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| 92 || Body Heat || || 1981

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| 93 || Night of the Living Dead || || 1968

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| 94 || || || 1979

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| 95 || Full Metal Jacket || || 1987

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| 96 || Blue Velvet || || 1986

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| 97 || Safety Last! || || 1923

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| 98 || Blood Simple || || 1984

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| 99 || Speed || || 1994

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| 100 || || || 1938

|}

Criteria

  • Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
  • American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  • Thrills: Regardless of genre, the total adrenaline-inducing impact of a film’s artistry and craft must create an experience that engages our bodies as well as our minds.
  • Legacy: Films whose "thrills" have enlivened and enriched America’s film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.
  • American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Thrills (winners)
  • List of the 400 nominated thrillers.