The best thriller movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 1,145 films listed as thriller; here are the top 250, best first. The top three are Pulp Fiction (1994), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Dark Knight (2008). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	Pulp Fiction	1994	99.2	2
2	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	98.8	3
3	The Dark Knight	2008	97.0	12
4	No Country for Old Men	2007	96.0	20
5	Parasite	2019	95.6	24
6	L.A. Confidential	1997	94.7	33
7	The Departed	2006	94.4	36
8	Chinatown	1974	94.1	39
9	Rear Window	1954	93.9	42
10	Psycho	1960	93.5	47
11	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	93.2	51
12	Blade Runner	1982	92.8	56
13	One Battle After Another	2025	92.5	60
14	Fargo	1996	92.4	62
15	North by Northwest	1959	92.1	67
16	The Third Man	1949	91.7	73
17	Rebecca	1940	91.4	78
18	All the President's Men	1976	91.3	79
19	The French Connection	1971	90.8	88
20	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	90.7	89
21	Fight Club	1999	90.4	94
22	Double Indemnity	1944	90.4	95
23	Whiplash	2014	89.9	104
24	Gravity	2013	89.7	107
25	Rosemary's Baby	1968	88.8	124
26	Dog Day Afternoon	1975	88.6	129
27	Memento	2000	88.3	134
28	Jaws	1975	88.3	135
29	The Hurt Locker	2008	88.1	140
30	Vertigo	1958	88.0	141
31	Notorious	1946	87.7	148
32	Oldboy	2003	87.6	150
33	The Maltese Falcon	1941	87.2	158
34	Aliens	1986	87.1	160
35	Mystic River	2003	87.1	162
36	Argo	2012	86.8	167
37	Inglourious Basterds	2009	86.5	175
38	In the Heat of the Night	1967	85.5	198
39	Get Out	2017	85.4	202
40	Die Hard	1988	84.4	226
41	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood	2019	84.4	228
42	Room	2015	84.0	238
43	The Imitation Game	2014	83.9	240
44	The Usual Suspects	1995	83.8	244
45	Gaslight	1944	83.6	249
46	The Night of the Hunter	1955	83.5	250
47	The Lives of Others	2006	83.2	259
48	Skyfall	2012	82.1	291
49	The Bourne Ultimatum	2007	81.9	297
50	The Shining	1980	81.6	305
51	Black Swan	2010	81.5	308
52	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	1962	81.5	310
53	The Untouchables	1987	81.4	312
54	Se7en	1995	81.4	313
55	Drive	2011	81.1	320
56	The Insider	1999	81.1	322
57	Shoplifters	2018	81.0	324
58	The Fugitive	1993	80.9	329
59	The Sixth Sense	1999	80.8	331
60	Halloween	1978	80.8	332
61	Anatomy of a Fall	2023	79.8	361
62	The Terminator	1984	79.7	366
63	The Birds	1963	79.4	374
64	Children of Men	2006	79.4	377
65	The Wages of Fear	1953	79.2	382
66	Joker	2019	79.1	385
67	Reservoir Dogs	1992	78.8	395
68	Shutter Island	2010	78.8	396
69	Traffic	2000	78.5	407
70	The Manchurian Candidate	1962	78.4	410
71	Misery	1990	78.2	415
72	Casino Royale	2006	78.2	416
73	Mulholland Drive	2001	77.7	432
74	Shadow of a Doubt	1943	77.7	434
75	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	77.6	438
76	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	1970	77.6	439
77	Sicario	2015	77.5	440
78	Twelve Monkeys	1995	77.5	441
79	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	77.4	443
80	Gone Girl	2014	77.4	446
81	Speed	1994	77.3	449
82	Blue Velvet	1986	77.0	459
83	JFK	1991	76.9	462
84	Mississippi Burning	1988	76.8	467
85	Sinners	2025	76.4	480
86	Yojimbo	1961	76.0	497
87	Touch of Evil	1958	75.8	502
88	Deliverance	1972	75.6	512
89	Zero Dark Thirty	2012	75.5	516
90	Son of Saul	2015	74.9	538
91	It Was Just an Accident	2025	74.6	548
92	Woman in the Dunes	1964	74.5	554
93	Z	1969	74.3	563
94	The Big Sleep	1946	74.1	569
95	Nightcrawler	2014	74.1	570
96	Goldfinger	1964	74.0	574
97	Ocean's Eleven	2001	73.9	577
98	Carrie	1976	73.9	579
99	Captain Phillips	2013	73.6	589
100	Michael Clayton	2007	73.6	591
101	Memories of Murder	2003	73.5	595
102	High and Low	1963	73.4	597
103	M	1931	73.3	603
104	Bad Day at Black Rock	1955	73.2	604
105	The Others	2001	73.2	606
106	Mad Max 2	1981	72.9	617
107	Bridge of Spies	2015	72.7	628
108	The Secret in Their Eyes	2009	72.6	631
109	The Secret Agent	2025	72.5	635
110	Barton Fink	1991	72.5	636
111	Dogville	2003	72.4	638
112	The Godfather Part III	1990	72.2	648
113	Road to Perdition	2002	72.2	649
114	Spellbound	1945	71.9	658
115	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	71.9	659
116	Collateral	2004	71.9	661
117	The Handmaiden	2016	71.8	662
118	Strangers on a Train	1951	71.8	665
119	Prisoners	2013	71.6	672
120	Missing	1982	71.5	675
121	Zodiac	2007	71.5	677
122	The Crying Game	1992	71.5	679
123	Out of the Past	1947	71.2	692
124	A History of Violence	2005	70.9	701
125	Gosford Park	2001	70.5	720
126	Witness	1985	70.3	728
127	127 Hours	2010	70.1	740
128	The Killers	1946	70.0	742
129	Minority Report	2002	69.9	749
130	Promising Young Woman	2020	69.7	757
131	The Talented Mr. Ripley	1999	69.6	761
132	Blow-Up	1966	69.3	774
133	Amores Perros	2000	69.1	782
134	United 93	2006	69.0	789
135	The Skin I Live In	2011	68.9	795
136	21 Grams	2003	68.8	800
137	Eastern Promises	2007	68.7	801
138	V for Vendetta	2005	68.5	812
139	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	68.4	816
140	The Hunt for Red October	1990	68.4	818
141	The Defiant Ones	1958	67.8	844
142	Murder on the Orient Express	1974	67.8	846
143	To Catch a Thief	1955	67.7	848
144	Perfect Blue	1997	67.6	854
145	Blood Diamond	2006	67.4	863
146	Wild Tales	2014	67.3	867
147	Munich	2005	67.3	869
148	Run Lola Run	1998	67.1	877
149	Ghost	1990	67.1	878
150	Dirty Harry	1971	66.7	898
151	Diabolique	1954	66.7	899
152	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	1920	66.4	913
153	Safety Last!	1923	66.4	914
154	Carlito's Way	1993	66.4	915
155	Scarface	1932	66.3	917
156	Infernal Affairs	2002	66.1	927
157	The China Syndrome	1979	66.1	928
158	Repulsion	1965	65.9	939
159	Key Largo	1948	65.8	943
160	Leave Her to Heaven	1945	65.7	947
161	White Heat	1949	65.7	950
162	The Player	1992	65.5	959
163	Inside Man	2006	65.4	961
164	Bullitt	1968	65.4	962
165	Wild at Heart	1990	65.4	965
166	The Salesman	2016	65.2	974
167	Caché	2005	65.0	984
168	Suspicion	1941	64.9	987
169	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	64.9	990
170	Jackie Brown	1997	64.8	991
171	Train to Busan	2016	64.8	993
172	In the Bedroom	2001	64.7	1,000
173	Donnie Brasco	1997	64.6	1,005
174	Nightmare Alley	2021	64.5	1,010
175	John Wick: Chapter 4	2023	64.4	1,013
176	Obsession	2025	64.2	1,023
177	Sleuth	1972	64.1	1,029
178	Paprika	2006	64.0	1,035
179	Cape Fear	1991	64.0	1,036
180	Klute	1971	63.8	1,047
181	The Day the Earth Stood Still	1951	63.6	1,055
182	The Hunger Games	2012	63.5	1,060
183	The Towering Inferno	1974	63.5	1,063
184	Insomnia	2002	63.3	1,073
185	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One	2023	63.2	1,077
186	Three Days of the Condor	1975	63.2	1,079
187	Dr. No	1962	62.8	1,096
188	Natural Born Killers	1994	62.4	1,122
189	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	2019	62.2	1,128
190	The Killing	1956	62.2	1,132
191	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	2014	62.1	1,134
192	28 Days Later	2002	61.8	1,155
193	Kill Bill: Vol. 2	2004	61.6	1,162
194	Elevator to the Gallows	1958	61.5	1,167
195	John Wick	2014	61.4	1,172
196	The Impossible	2012	61.4	1,176
197	Fatal Attraction	1987	61.4	1,177
198	Dial M for Murder	1954	61.3	1,178
199	Army of Shadows	1969	61.3	1,181
200	Sleepers	1996	61.2	1,186
201	Blood Simple	1984	61.1	1,191
202	The Constant Gardener	2005	61.0	1,198
203	Le Samouraï	1967	61.0	1,199
204	In a Lonely Place	1950	60.9	1,204
205	Eyes Without a Face	1960	60.8	1,210
206	The Omen	1976	60.5	1,223
207	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	2007	60.4	1,228
208	Suddenly, Last Summer	1959	60.1	1,250
209	Eyes Wide Shut	1999	60.0	1,252
210	The Game	1997	59.8	1,262
211	Uncut Gems	2019	59.8	1,264
212	The Town	2010	59.6	1,274
213	The Seed of the Sacred Fig	2024	59.5	1,281
214	The Lighthouse	2019	59.5	1,284
215	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	59.4	1,290
216	The Lady Vanishes	1938	59.2	1,298
217	Elle	2016	59.2	1,301
218	Fury	1936	59.1	1,302
219	The Rock	1996	59.1	1,305
220	Nocturnal Animals	2016	59.0	1,308
221	From Russia with Love	1963	59.0	1,312
222	Marty Supreme	2025	58.9	1,317
223	The Train	1964	58.8	1,320
224	Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte	1964	58.8	1,324
225	The Big Heat	1953	58.8	1,325
226	Don't Look Now	1973	58.7	1,329
227	RoboCop	1987	58.7	1,330
228	Miller's Crossing	1990	58.6	1,334
229	The Name of the Rose	1986	58.5	1,337
230	Marathon Man	1976	58.5	1,342
231	Looper	2012	58.3	1,349
232	Spectre	2015	58.2	1,360
233	Sin City	2005	58.1	1,363
234	Frenzy	1972	58.1	1,366
235	Predator	1987	58.0	1,367
236	The Batman	2022	58.0	1,369
237	Wait Until Dark	1967	57.9	1,374
238	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	57.9	1,377
239	Conclave	2024	57.8	1,382
240	Duel	1971	57.6	1,391
241	Peeping Tom	1960	57.5	1,399
242	A Perfect World	1993	57.5	1,401
243	Sleepy Hollow	1999	57.4	1,402
244	The Passenger	1975	57.4	1,404
245	Gilda	1946	57.2	1,416
246	Syriana	2005	57.2	1,417
247	Prey	2022	56.8	1,438
248	Godzilla	1954	56.7	1,449
249	The Bourne Identity	2002	56.6	1,451
250	Margin Call	2011	56.6	1,455