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The 4,800 Best Thriller Movies, Ranked
5,166 of the 25,181 thriller films on the site are ranked. These 100 pages list the top 4,800, starting with the best: The Godfather (1972), then Rear Window (1954). Filter by decade, year or language to reach the rest; the list updates as you choose.
- thriller films on the site
- 25,181
- ranked by score
- 5,166
- worldwide gross of 7,621 films
- $248.1B
- with a plot summary
- 9,070
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Ranked by Echo Score; 3,070 of these 5,166 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings. 5,166 of the 25,181 thriller films are ranked; the pages cover the top 4,800, and a decade, year or language filter reaches every one. Switch the sort to see the newest releases, the biggest box office hits or every film from A to Z.
Top 4,800 of 5,166 ranked thriller films
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The list pages through the first 4,800 of 5,166 thriller films. Add a filter to reach the rest.
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The Full Thriller List: Questions & Answers
How the 5,166 ranked thriller films on this list are ordered, why the other 20,015 are not ranked and how to narrow the list down.
How is the full list of thriller movies ranked?
Best first. Ranked by Echo Score; 3,070 of these 5,166 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings. The Godfather (1972) is #1, ahead of Rear Window (1954). A film is ranked when it runs at least an hour and has a score, box office, an award nomination or enough votes.
The thriller ranking Why are only 5,166 of the 25,181 thriller films ranked?
A film is ranked when it runs at least an hour and has a score, box office, an award nomination or enough votes; shorts, films with too few ratings and re-release records stay off the ranking, which leaves 20,015 thriller films unranked. They are still on the site: sort the list by newest, oldest or title A–Z to reach them. The ranked pages stop at the top 4,800; a decade, year or language filter reaches every ranked film.
How do I filter thriller movies by decade or language?
Use the filters above the list: a decade or year, an original language, or only films with a plot summary, the ending explained or an after-credits scene; the sort switches between rating, release date, box office, budget and title. The 2010s have the most ranked thriller films (1,681), then the 2020s (1,492). Outside English, Spanish (1,125 films) and French (899 films) have the most thriller films.
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