AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills

AFI 100 Years... series
1998	100 Movies
1999	100 Stars
2000	100 Laughs
2001	100 Thrills
2002	100 Passions
2003	100 Heroes & Villains
2004	100 Songs
2005	100 Movie Quotes
2005	25 Scores
2006	100 Cheers
2006	25 Musicals
2007	100 Movies (Updated)
2008	AFI's 10 Top 10
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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 to the list, making him the most represented director.

List of films[]

#	Film	Director	Year
1	Psycho	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1960
2	Jaws	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1975
3	exorcist !The Exorcist	friedkin !William Friedkin	1973
4	North by Northwest	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1959
5	silence !The Silence of the Lambs	demme !Jonathan Demme	1991
6	Alien	scott !Ridley Scott	1979
7	birds !The Birds	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1963
8	french !The French Connection	friedkin !William Friedkin	1971
9	Rosemary's Baby	polanski !Roman Polanski	1968
10	Raiders of the Lost Ark	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1981
11	godfather !The Godfather	coppola !Francis Ford Coppola	1972
12	King Kong	cooper !Merian C. Cooper	1933
13	Bonnie and Clyde	penn !Arthur Penn	1967
14	Rear Window	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1954
15	Deliverance	boorman !John Boorman	1972
16	Chinatown	polanski !Roman Polanski	1974
17	manchurian !The Manchurian Candidate	frankenheimer !John Frankenheimer	1962
18	Vertigo	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1958
19	great !The Great Escape	sturges !John Sturges	1963
20	High Noon	zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann	1952
21	clock !A Clockwork Orange	kubrick !Stanley Kubrick	1971
22	Taxi Driver	scorsese !Martin Scorsese	1976
23	Lawrence of Arabia	lean !David Lean	1962
24	Double Indemnity	wilder !Billy Wilder	1944
25	Titanic	cameron !James Cameron	1997
26	maltese !The Maltese Falcon	huston !John Huston	1941
27	Star Wars	lucas !George Lucas	1977
28	Fatal Attraction	lyne !Adrian Lyne	1987
29	shining !The Shining	kubrick !Stanley Kubrick	1980
30	deer !The Deer Hunter	cimino !Michael Cimino	1978
31	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1977
32	Strangers on a Train	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1951
33	fugitive !The Fugitive	davis !Andrew Davis	1993
34	night !The Night of the Hunter	laughton !Charles Laughton	1955
35	Jurassic Park	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1993
36	Bullitt	yates !Peter Yates	1968
37	Casablanca	curtiz !Michael Curtiz	1942
38	Notorious	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1946
39	Die Hard	mctiernan !John McTiernan	1988
40	2001: A Space Odyssey	kubrick !Stanley Kubrick	1968
41	Dirty Harry	siegel !Don Siegel	1971
42	terminator !The Terminator	cameron !James Cameron	1984
43	wizard !The Wizard of Oz	fleming !Victor Fleming	1939
44	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1982
45	Saving Private Ryan	spielberg !Steven Spielberg	1998
46	Carrie	palma !Brian De Palma	1976
47	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	siegel !Don Siegel	1956
48	Dial M for Murder	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1954
49	Ben-Hur	wyler !William Wyler	1959
50	Marathon Man	schlesinger !John Schlesinger	1976
51	Raging Bull	scorsese !Martin Scorsese	1980
52	Rocky	avildsen !John G. Avildsen	1976
53	Pulp Fiction	tarantino !Quentin Tarantino	1994
54	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	hill !George Roy Hill	1969
55	Wait Until Dark	young !Terence Young	1967
56	Frankenstein	whale !James Whale	1931
57	All the President's Men	pakula !Alan J. Pakula	1976
58	bridge !The Bridge on the River Kwai	lean !David Lean	1957
59	Planet of the Apes	schaffner !Franklin J. Schaffner	1968
60	sixth !The Sixth Sense	shyamalan !M. Night Shyamalan	1999
61	Cape Fear	thompson !J. Lee Thompson	1962
62	Spartacus	kubrick !Stanley Kubrick	1960
63	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	aldrich !Robert Aldrich	1962
64	Touch of Evil	welles !Orson Welles	1958
65	dirty !The Dirty Dozen	aldrich !Robert Aldrich	1967
66	matrix !The Matrix	wachowskis !The Wachowskis	1999
67	treasure !The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	huston !John Huston	1948
68	Halloween	carpenter !John Carpenter	1978
69	wild !The Wild Bunch	peckinpah !Sam Peckinpah	1969
70	Dog Day Afternoon	lumet !Sidney Lumet	1975
71	Goldfinger	hamilton !Guy Hamilton	1964
72	Platoon	stone !Oliver Stone	1986
73	Laura	preminger !Otto Preminger	1944
74	Blade Runner	scott !Ridley Scott	1982
75	third !The Third Man	reed !Carol Reed	1949
76	Thelma & Louise	scott !Ridley Scott	1991
77	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	cameron !James Cameron	1991
78	Gaslight	cukor !George Cukor	1944
79	magnificent !The Magnificent Seven	sturges !John Sturges	1960
80	Rebecca	hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock	1940
81	omen !The Omen	donner !Richard Donner	1976
82	day !The Day the Earth Stood Still	wise !Robert Wise	1951
83	phantom !The Phantom of the Opera	julian !Rupert Julian	1925
84	Poltergeist	hooper !Tobe Hooper	1982
85	Dracula	browning !Tod Browning	1931
86	picture !The Picture of Dorian Gray	lewin !Albert Lewin	1945
87	thing !The Thing from Another World	nyby !Christian Nyby	1951
88	12 Angry Men	lumet !Sidney Lumet	1957
89	guns !The Guns of Navarone	thompson !J. Lee Thompson	1961
90	poseidon !The Poseidon Adventure	neame !Ronald Neame	1972
91	Braveheart	gibson !Mel Gibson	1995
92	Body Heat	kasdan !Lawrence Kasdan	1981
93	Night of the Living Dead	romero !George A. Romero	1968
94	china !The China Syndrome	bridges !James Bridges	1979
95	Full Metal Jacket	kubrick !Stanley Kubrick	1987
96	Blue Velvet	lynch !David Lynch	1986
97	Safety Last!	newmeyer !Fred C. Newmeyer Sam Taylor	1923
98	Blood Simple	coen !Joel Coen Ethan Coen	1984
99	Speed	bont !Jan de Bont	1994
100	adventures !The Adventures of Robin Hood	curtiz !Michael Curtiz	1938

Criteria[]

Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
Thrills: Regardless of genre, the total adrenaline-inducing impact of a film’s artistry and craft must create an experience that engages our bodies as well as our minds.
Legacy: Films whose "thrills" have enlivened and enriched America’s film heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

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1998	100 Movies
1999	100 Stars
2000	100 Laughs
2001	100 Thrills
2002	100 Passions
2003	100 Heroes & Villains
2004	100 Songs
2005	100 Movie Quotes
2005	25 Scores
2006	100 Cheers
2006	25 Musicals
2007	100 Movies (Updated)
2008	AFI's 10 Top 10
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