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1990s. 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. v. t. e. This is chronological list of thriller films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between thriller and other genres (including, action, crime, and horror films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to thriller, even if it bends genres.
v. t. e. 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 him the most represented director.
Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac, with a screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as a former San Francisco police detective who has retired after ...
In plots about crime, thriller films focus less on the criminal or the detective and more on generating suspense. Common themes include terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit and romantic triangles leading to murder. [3] In 2001, the American Film Institute (AFI) made its selection of the top 100 greatest American "heart-pounding" and ...
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was voted the greatest film of all time by Empire readers in "The 201 Greatest Movies of All Time" poll taken in March 2006. [31] Titanic (1997) was voted the greatest hit of all time in a poll of 6,000 movie fans conducted by English-language newspaper China Daily in March 2008. [32]
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935), first Ellery Queen film. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) After the Thin Man (1936) The Case of the Black Cat (1936) The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
s All-Time 100 Movies. All-TIME 100 Movies is a list compiled by TIME magazine of the 100 "greatest" films that were released between March 3, 1923—when the first issue of TIME was published—and early 2005, when the list was compiled. [1] Compiled by critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, the list generated significant attention ...