Top Thriller Movies


The Top Thriller Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Thriller List". Lists are calculated daily.

491. 36 Hours

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Werner Peters, John Banner, Russell Thorson
Plot: An American officer is deceived into believing that he has suffered from
amnesia and that World War II has ended years ago in an effort to get him
to reveal a vital secret.

492. In a Violent Nature

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Nash
Actors: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan
Plot: A group comes upon a lonesome, collapsed fire tower in the middle of the
wilderness and one of them picks up a locket. But this seemingly benign
event brings about the resurrection of Johnny - a vengeful killer who
wants retribution of a 70-year-old crime. Now he will stop at nothing to
get the precious locket back as we witness the tale of carnage but this
time shown from the slasher's perspective.

493. The Village

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: An isolated Pennsylvania village has a pact with the creatures of the woods: they will not enter the woods and the creatures won't enter the village. However, when one of their own needs medicine from the outside, the pact must be broken.

494. Foul Play

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Colin Higgins
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Dudley Moore, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche
Plot: A librarian and a cop team up when she becomes convinced that a dwarf and
an albino are out to get her. It all leads to a plot to assassinate the
pope and the two must solve the case before the deed is done.

495. Airport '77

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jerry Jameson
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Brenda Vaccaro, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart

496. The Serpent and the Rainbow

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Michael Gough, Paul Guilfoyle
Plot: A businessman tries to find out the active ingredients in a voodoo concoction that makes people zombie-like.

497. Ouija: Origin of Evil

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, Henry Thomas, Parker Mack, Halle Charlton
Plot: In 1967 a mother and her two daughters get by scamming people with their home-grown seances. But when they decide to add a new twist to their act, the unknowingly unleash true evil into their home. When the youngest daughter becomes possessed, the family will go to any lengths to set her free.

498. The Most Dangerous Game

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemente
Plot: A big-game hunter stalks shipwrecked "guests" through his fog-enshrouded
isle in a battle for survival.

499. One False Move

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carl Franklin
Actors: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Jim Metzler, Earl Billings

500. Daylight

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young
Plot: After an accident seals off both ends of a tunnel between Manhattan and
New Jersey, Kit Latura springs into action desperately working to save a
group of survivors trapped inside.

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