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Thrillers

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  • Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, and George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    19692h 22mPG61Metascore
    6.7 (104K)
    British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.
    DirectorPeter R. HuntStarsGeorge LazenbyDiana RiggTelly Savalas
  • Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger (1964)

    2. Goldfinger

    19641h 50mApproved87Metascore
    7.7 (210K)
    While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryGert FröbeHonor Blackman
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    3. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (362K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason
  • Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy, Judith Evelyn, and Harry Landers in Rear Window (1954)

    4. Rear Window

    19541h 52mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (552K)
    A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell Corey
  • Grace Kelly and Anthony Dawson in Dial M for Murder (1954)

    5. Dial M for Murder

    19541h 45mPG75Metascore
    8.2 (199K)
    A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRay MillandGrace KellyRobert Cummings
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    6. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (759K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    7. The Man Who Knew Too Much

    19562hPG76Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de Banzie
  • Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)

    8. Dirty Harry

    19711h 42mR87Metascore
    7.7 (176K)
    When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
    DirectorsDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry Guardino
  • The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

    9. The Cassandra Crossing

    19762h 9mR30Metascore
    6.3 (11K)
    Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
    DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsSophia LorenRichard HarrisMartin Sheen
  • Clint Eastwood in The Enforcer (1976)

    10. The Enforcer

    19761h 36mR58Metascore
    6.7 (52K)
    Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
    DirectorJames FargoStarsClint EastwoodTyne DalyHarry Guardino
  • Hysteria (1965)

    11. Hysteria

    19651h 25mNot Rated
    6.0 (931)
    After a car accident in England, an American develops amnesia and tries to find his true identity, using various clues, but ends-up in the midst of a mysterious murder.
    DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsRobert WebberAnthony NewlandsJennifer Jayne
  • The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

    12. The Night My Number Came Up

    19551h 34mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.7K)
    On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare.
    DirectorLeslie NormanStarsMichael RedgraveSheila SimAlexander Knox
  • Time Lock (1957)

    13. Time Lock

    19571h 13m
    6.1 (631)
    A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than ten hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
    DirectorGerald ThomasStarsRobert BeattyLee PattersonBetty McDowall
  • The Fallen Idol (1948)

    14. The Fallen Idol

    19481h 35mApproved88Metascore
    7.6 (10K)
    A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonMichèle MorganSonia Dresdel
  • Tomorrow at Ten (1963)

    15. Tomorrow at Ten

    19631h 20m
    6.7 (522)
    It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
    DirectorLance ComfortStarsJohn GregsonAlec ClunesRobert Shaw
  • Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart in No Highway in the Sky (1951)

    16. No Highway in the Sky

    19511h 38mApproved
    7.1 (4.8K)
    An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartMarlene DietrichGlynis Johns
  • The Ipcress File (1965)

    17. The Ipcress File

    19651h 49mApproved66Metascore
    7.2 (19K)
    In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
    DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsMichael CaineNigel GreenGuy Doleman
  • Sabotage (1936)

    18. Sabotage

    19361h 16mApproved85Metascore
    7.0 (20K)
    A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSylvia SidneyOscar HomolkaDesmond Tester
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    19. The 39 Steps

    19351h 26mApproved93Metascore
    7.6 (64K)
    A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie Mannheim
  • Vince Edwards in City of Fear (1959)

    20. City of Fear

    19591h 21mApproved
    6.4 (1.8K)
    A vicious killer escapes from San Quentin with a canister of what he believes to be heroin but is actually a radioactive substance that threatens all Los Angeles.
    DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsLyle TalbotJohn Archer
  • Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)

    21. The Birds

    19631h 59mPG-1390Metascore
    7.6 (214K)
    A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica Tandy
  • James Stewart, Joan Chandler, and John Dall in Rope (1948)

    22. Rope

    19481h 20mApproved73Metascore
    7.9 (161K)
    Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley Granger
  • Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)

    23. Saboteur

    19421h 49mPG64Metascore
    7.1 (29K)
    A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsPriscilla LaneRobert CummingsOtto Kruger
  • Seven Days to Noon (1950)

    24. Seven Days to Noon

    19501h 34mNot Rated
    7.0 (2.3K)
    When a scientist threatens to detonate a powerful bomb in the heart of London, Scotland Yard has just seven days to find him before it is too late.
    DirectorsJohn BoultingRoy BoultingStarsBarry JonesAndré MorellOlive Sloane
  • The Great Manhunt (1950)

    25. The Great Manhunt

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.0 (909)
    In post-WW2 Europe, when the dictator of a small police state dies during surgery, the operating surgeon, who's a visiting American doctor, is held captive in order to preserve the terrible state secret.
    DirectorSidney GilliatStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glynis JohnsJack Hawkins

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