AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox". 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 the list, making "the master of suspense" the most represented director.
List of films
| # | Film | Director | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psycho | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1960 |
| 2 | Jaws | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1975 |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1973 |
| 4 | North by Northwest | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1959 |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1991 |
| 6 | Alien | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1979 |
| 7 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1963 |
| 8 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1971 |
| 9 | Rosemary's Baby | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1968 |
| 10 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1981 |
| 11 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1972 |
| 12 | King Kong | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1933 |
| 13 | Bonnie and Clyde | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1967 |
| 14 | Rear Window | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1954 |
| 15 | Deliverance | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1972 |
| 16 | Chinatown | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1974 |
| 17 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1962 |
| 18 | Vertigo | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1958 |
| 19 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1963 |
| 20 | High Noon | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1952 |
| 21 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1971 |
| 22 | Taxi Driver | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 23 | Lawrence of Arabia | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1962 |
| 24 | Double Indemnity | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1944 |
| 25 | Titanic | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1997 |
| 26 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1941 |
| 27 | Star Wars | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1977 |
| 28 | Fatal Attraction | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1987 |
| 29 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1980 |
| 30 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1978 |
| 31 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1977 |
| 32 | Strangers on a Train | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1951 |
| 33 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1993 |
| 34 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1955 |
| 35 | Jurassic Park | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1993 |
| 36 | Bullitt | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1968 |
| 37 | Casablanca | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1942 |
| 38 | Notorious | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1946 |
| 39 | Die Hard | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1988 |
| 40 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1968 |
| 41 | Dirty Harry | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1971 |
| 42 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1984 |
| 43 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1939 |
| 44 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1982 |
| 45 | Saving Private Ryan | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1998 |
| 46 | Carrie | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 47 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1956 |
| 48 | Dial M for Murder | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1954 |
| 49 | Ben-Hur | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1959 |
| 50 | Marathon Man | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 51 | Raging Bull | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1980 |
| 52 | Rocky | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 53 | Pulp Fiction | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1994 |
| 54 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1969 |
| 55 | Wait Until Dark | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1967 |
| 56 | Frankenstein | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1931 |
| 57 | All the President's Men | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 58 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1957 |
| 59 | Planet of the Apes | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1968 |
| 60 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 |
| 61 | Cape Fear | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1962 |
| 62 | Spartacus | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1960 |
| 63 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1962 |
| 64 | Touch of Evil | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1958 |
| 65 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1967 |
| 66 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 |
| 67 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1948 |
| 68 | Halloween | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1978 |
| 69 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1969 |
| 70 | Dog Day Afternoon | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1975 |
| 71 | Goldfinger | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1964 |
| 72 | Platoon | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1986 |
| 73 | Laura | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1944 |
| 74 | Blade Runner | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1982 |
| 75 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1949 |
| 76 | Thelma & Louise | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1991 |
| 77 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1991 |
| 78 | Gaslight | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1944 |
| 79 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1960 |
| 80 | Rebecca | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1940 |
| 81 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1976 |
| 82 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1951 |
| 83 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1925 |
| 84 | Poltergeist | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1982 |
| 85 | Dracula | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1931 |
| 86 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1945 |
| 87 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1951 |
| 88 | 12 Angry Men | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1957 |
| 89 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1961 |
| 90 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1972 |
| 91 | Braveheart | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1995 |
| 92 | Body Heat | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1981 |
| 93 | Night of the Living Dead | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1968 |
| 94 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1979 |
| 95 | Full Metal Jacket | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1987 |
| 96 | Blue Velvet | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1986 |
| 97 | Safety Last! | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1923 |
| 98 | Blood Simple | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1984 |
| 99 | Speed | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1994 |
| 100 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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.