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| 1 |  | Metropolis (1927) |  3.9370 109 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$20.95
| In the future humans are divided into two classes: the thinkers and the workers. When the leader of ...more about Metropolis starring Alfred Abel and Gustav Fröhlich |
| 2 |  | Jaws (1975) | 3.9366 201 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$7.17
| After a teenager and a child are attacked by a Great White shark in a quiet beach community, the ...more about Jaws starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw |
| 3 |  | Rear Window (1954) | 3.9056 97 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$8.84
| In this Alfred Hitchcock Thriller, James Stewart plays L.B. Jefferies who is homebound after ...more about Rear Window starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly |
| 4 |  | Chinatown (1974) | 3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 5 |  | Psycho (1960) | 3.8620 106 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$9.41
| Marion Crane on impulse steals $40,000 that has been entrusted to her by her employer. On the ...more about Psycho starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh |
| 6 |  | Taxi Driver (1976) | 3.8124 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.95
| A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ...more about Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd |
| 7 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 8 |  | Double Indemnity (1944) | 3.7245 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.34
| Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband ...more about Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck |
| 9 |  | Third Man, The (1950) | 3.7039 64 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$23.99
| Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who ...more about Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Geoffrey Keen |
| 10 |  | Vertigo (1958) | 3.7026 132 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Romance |
$13.99
| Retired police detective Scottie Fergusson is asked by an old college friend to follow his wife, ...more about Vertigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak |
| 11 |  | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 3.6905 213 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.34
| Pulp Fiction is a mix of crime fiction and dark satire. The film follows two professional hit men ...more about Pulp Fiction starring John Travolta and Tim Roth |
| 12 |  | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 3.6888 45 reviews | NA | Thriller, Film-Noir |
$11.45
| An Alfred Hitchcock film about a girl named Charlie who feels her life is becoming very mundane. ...more about Shadow of a Doubt starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten |
| 13 |  | Alien (1979) | 3.6601 312 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver |
| 14 |  | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 3.6570 72 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy, Music |
$4.55
| Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time ...more about Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis |
| 15 |  | Touch of Evil (1958) | 3.6103 77 reviews | PG-13 | Thriller, Crime, Adaptation, Film-Noir |
$8.89
| A Mexican government investigator and his young American wife put their honeymoon on hold in an ...more about Touch of Evil starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh |
| 16 |  | Seventh Seal, The (1957) | 3.6102 34 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy |
$24.29
| A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they ...more about Seventh Seal starring Max von Sydow and Inga Landgré |
| 17 |  | Exorcist, The (1973) | 3.6087 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$5.24
| The Exorcist is based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and considered one of the scariest ...more about Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow |
| 18 |  | Rebecca (1940) | 3.6061 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$294.95
| A young woman is haunted by her new husband's dead wife, Rebecca. After a quick courtship and world ...more about Rebecca starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine |
| 19 |  | Notorious (1946) | 3.6021 28 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Film-Noir |
$39.95
| After her father is convicted of treason and commits suicide Alicia is asked by the U.S. government ...more about Notorious starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
| 20 |  | United 93 (2006) | 3.5565 372 reviews | R | Drama, History, Thriller |
$4.49
| Based on stories and pilot reports about how passengers on United flight 93 banned together on Sept. ...more about United 93 starring Christian Clemenson and Trish Gates |
| 21 |  | North by Northwest (1959) | 3.5541 115 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$10.53
| Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for a government ...more about North by Northwest starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint |
| 22 |  | Night of the Hunter, The (1955) | 3.5409 56 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$6.62
| While incarcerated with condemned killer Ben Harper (Peter Graves), fake preacher Harry Powell ...more about Night of the Hunter starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters |
| 23 |  | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) | 3.5377 71 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$14.92
| Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner ...more about Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor |
| 24 |  | Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) | 3.5363 105 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$4.86
| A Korean War veteran is sent home a hero. He later finds he was captured and brainwashed by ...more about Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey |
| 25 |  | Conversation, The (1974) | 3.5006 72 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.13
| Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ...more about Conversation starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale |
| 26 |  | Straw Dogs (1971) | 3.4996 70 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$7.59
| To avoid the Vietnam-era chaos, mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife, Amy ...more about Straw Dogs starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George |
| 27 |  | Aliens (1986) | 3.4949 153 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Ripley is discovered, 57 years after the Nostromo mission, drifting through space. Back on Earth, ...more about Aliens starring Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn |
| 28 |  | Halloween (1978) | 3.4886 195 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror |
$9.10
| From the age of six Michael Myers was institutionalized for killing his older sister. After 15 ...more about Halloween starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 29 |  | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 3.4828 63 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| An Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a famous tennis player named Guy Haines (Farley Granger) who is ...more about Strangers on a Train starring Farley Granger and Ruth Roman |
| 30 |  | Departed, The (2006) | 3.4663 258 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.15
| Irish-American mafia boss, Frank Costello, enrolled some of his most promising youngsters in the ...more about Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon |
| 31 |  | From Russia with Love (1963) | 3.4578 70 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$43.91
| The evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E is using Lextor, the Soviet’s encrypting machine, as bait to trap the ...more about From Russia with Love starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi |
| 32 |  | Night of the Living Dead (1968) | 3.4543 164 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$2.95
| The radiation from a fallen satellite causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek ...more about Night of the Living Dead starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea |
| 33 |  | Memento (2000) | 3.4288 439 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$3.86
| By using Polaroid pictures and tattoos, an insurance agent with short-term memory loss tries every ...more about Memento starring Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss |
| 34 |  | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 3.4235 291 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Foreign |
$12.18
| A fanciful young girl living with her mother and step-father after the Spanish civil war, discovers ...more about Pan's Labyrinth starring Maribel Verdú and Ivana Baquero |
| 35 |  | Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (1922) | 3.3950 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$15.39
| Count Orlok's move to Bremen brings the plague traceable to his dealings with the realtor Thomas ...more about Nosferatu starring Max Schreck and Alexander Granach |
| 36 |  | Goldfinger (1964) | 3.3716 85 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.99
| James Bond must stop evil tycoon Auric Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox and destroying the global ...more about Goldfinger starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman |
| 37 |  | King Kong (2005) | 3.3536 571 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$5.99
| A remake of the 1933 classic. A film crew goes to a remote island, captures a giant ape and brings ...more about King Kong starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black |
| 38 |  | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 3.3506 60 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime |
$5.36
| A desperate and half-crazed man attempts to rob a bank to help pay for his lover's sex change ...more about Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino and John Cazale |
| 39 |  | Children of Men (2006) | 3.3475 276 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$5.55
| In 2027, humans can no longer procreate. A British government agent agrees to transport a pregnant ...more about Children of Men starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore |
| 40 |  | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | 3.3399 129 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$14.96
| A British gang member is imprisoned and treated for his psychological deficiencies with "aversion ...more about Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee |
| 41 |  | Lives of Others, The (2007) | 3.3327 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Foreign, Politics, Religion |
$14.26
| An East-German loyalist is assigned to collect evidence against a popular writer and actress, but ...more about Lives of Others starring Martina Gedeck and Ulrich Muehe |
| 42 |  | Point Blank (1967) | 3.3128 36 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| Trying to help his gangster friend Reese, Walker is shot and left for dead by him and his own wife ...more about Point Blank starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson |
| 43 |  | Fallen Idol, The (1948) | 3.3118 37 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$21.95
| Philippe is the son of a prominent diplomat. He befriends the family buttler and when the police ...more about Fallen Idol starring Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan |
| 44 |  | Player, The (1992) | 3.2943 62 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Comedy |
$13.20
| A studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), is the person able to make films possible by ...more about Player starring Tim Robbins and Greta Scacchi |
| 45 |  | Spider-Man 2 (2004) | 3.2924 590 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Crime, Teen |
$1.99
| Struggling with his duel role as superhero and college student, Peter Parker conciders giving up ...more about Spider-Man 2 starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst |
| 46 |  | M (1931) | 3.2920 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$27.95
| A child murder is on the loose in the streets of the German city of Dusseldorf. With the police ...more about M starring Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann |
| 47 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 48 |  | Crying Game, The (1992) | 3.2863 76 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$7.95
| A member of the IRA quickly becomes friendly with Jody, his hostage. He promises to look after ...more about Crying Game starring Forest Whitaker and Miranda Richardson |
| 49 |  | Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (2003) | 3.2858 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$23.60
| Max (Jean Gabin) and his old crime friend Riton (Rene Dary) just got away with 50 million dollars ...more about Touchez Pas Au Grisbi starring Jean Gabin and René Dary |
| 50 |  | Run Lola Run (1999) | 3.2858 232 reviews | R | Thriller |
$8.99
| Lola (Franka Potente) receives a call from her boyfriend Mani (Mortiz Bleibteu), who when smuggling ...more about Run Lola Run starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu |
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