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20. Halloween
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – P. J. Soles, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 16 November 1978
Box Office – $60–70 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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19. Fight Club
Director – David Fincher
Cast – Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf Aday, Brad Pitt
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 10 September 1999
Box Office – $100.9 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
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18. Oldboy
Director – Park Chan-wook
Cast – Yoo Ji-tae, Choi Min-sik, Kang Hye-jung
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 21 November 2003
Box Office – $15 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
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17. Shutter Island
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – February 19, 2010
Box Office – $294.8 million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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16. Black Swan
Director – Darren Aronofsky
Cast – Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Cassel
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – December 3, 2010
Box Office – $329.4 million
Genre – Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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15. Vertigo
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Kim Novak, James Stewart
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 9 May 1958
Box Office – $7.3 million
Genre – Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Awards – None
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14. Reservoir Dogs
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 21 January 1992
Box Office – $2.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
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13. Memento
Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 5 September 2000
Box Office – $39.7 million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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12. Inception
Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Ellen Page, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – July 16, 2010
Box Office – $828.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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11. The Usual Suspects
Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Pete Postlethwaite, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Gabriel Byrne
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 19 July 1995
Box Office – $34.4 million
Genre – Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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10. Sin City
Director – Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Cast – Brittany Murphy, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 1 April 2005
Box Office – $158.8 million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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9. The Dark Knight Trilogy
Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman
IMDB Rating – 9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – July 18, 2008
Box Office – $1.005 billion
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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8. North by Northwest
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – James Mason, Cary Grant, Jessie Royce Landis, Eva Marie Saint
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 1 July 1959
Box Office – $9.8 million
Genre – Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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7. Rear Window
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Thelma Ritter, James Stewart, Wendell Corey, Grace Kelly
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 1 August 1954
Box Office – $36.8 million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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6. Jaws
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Richard Dreyfuss
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – June 20, 1975
Box Office – $470.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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5. No Country for Old Men
Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 November 2007
Box Office – $171.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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4. The Sixth Sense
Director – M. Night Shyamalan
Cast – Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Olivia Williams, Toni Collette
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 2 August 1999
Box Office – $672.8 million
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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3. Psycho
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – John Gavin, Anthony Perkins, John McIntire, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 16 June 1960
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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2. Se7en
Director – David Fincher
Cast – John C. McGinley, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan Freeman
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 15 September 1995
Box Office – $327.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
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1. The Silence of the Lambs
Director – Jonathan Demme
Cast – Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Levine, Scott Glenn
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 13 February 1991
Box Office – $272.7 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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So this was our list of 100 most popular thriller films of all time. Which one is your favorite? Who is your favorite thriller director? Which Thriller Sub genre you like the most? Shout out below in the comment section and also tell us if we missed any good thriller film in the list.
