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Top Thriller Movies
The most gripping and suspenseful thriller films ever made, from psychological tension to pulse-pounding crime.
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Title↕ | Year↕ | Director↕ | Sub-Genre↕ | IMDb Rating↕ | Twist Factor↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Se7en | 1,995 | David Fincher | Crime / Psychological | 8.6 | Iconic ending |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1,991 | Jonathan Demme | Crime / Psychological | 8.6 | High — Hannibal's escape |
| Memento | 2,000 | Christopher Nolan | Psychological / Neo-noir | 8.4 | Structural twist |
| Gone Girl | 2,014 | David Fincher | Psychological / Domestic | 8.1 | Major mid-film twist |
| The Usual Suspects | 1,995 | Bryan Singer | Crime / Mystery | 8.5 | Classic ending twist |
| Oldboy | 2,003 | Park Chan-wook | Korean Neo-noir | 8.4 | Devastating twist |
| No Country for Old Men | 2,007 | Joel & Ethan Coen | Crime / Western Thriller | 8.2 | Subverted expectations |
| Prisoners | 2,013 | Denis Villeneuve | Crime / Psychological | 8.1 | Morally complex |
| Zodiac | 2,007 | David Fincher | Crime / Mystery | 7.7 | Unresolved (true crime) |
| Black Swan | 2,010 | Darren Aronofsky | Psychological / Dance | 8 | Unreliable narrator |
| Parasite | 2,019 | Bong Joon-ho | Dark Comedy / Social Thriller | 8.5 | Genre-shifting twist |
| Shutter Island | 2,010 | Martin Scorsese | Psychological / Mystery | 8.1 | Identity twist |
| The Sixth Sense | 1,999 | M. Night Shyamalan | Supernatural / Drama | 8.2 | Legendary twist |
| Nightcrawler | 2,014 | Dan Gilroy | Crime / Dark Drama | 7.9 | Antihero reveal |
| Drive | 2,011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Neo-noir / Action | 7.8 | Sudden violence |
| Knives Out | 2,019 | Rian Johnson | Whodunit / Mystery | 7.9 | Early reveal, second twist |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2,011 | David Fincher | Crime / Mystery | 7.8 | Hidden killer revealed |
| Rear Window | 1,954 | Alfred Hitchcock | Classic Suspense | 8.5 | Confirmation of guilt |
| Parasite (Korean) | 2,019 | Bong Joon-ho | Social Thriller | 8.5 | Hidden basement revelation |
| A Simple Plan | 1,998 | Sam Raimi | Crime / Psychological | 7.6 | Moral descent |
| Coherence | 2,013 | James Ward Byrkit | Sci-Fi / Psychological | 7.2 | Multiverse paranoia |
| Enemy | 2,013 | Denis Villeneuve | Psychological / Surreal | 6.9 | Ambiguous surreal ending |
| Whiplash | 2,014 | Damien Chazelle | Drama / Psychological | 8.5 | Setback then triumph |
| Hereditary | 2,018 | Ari Aster | Horror / Psychological | 7.3 | Slow-burn cult reveal |
| Mulholland Drive | 2,001 | David Lynch | Surreal / Neo-noir | 7.9 | Dream-logic structure |
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