The best thriller of every year
The highest-scoring thriller from each year, scored 0–100 on IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office against every film from the same year. Pick a year for its full list of thrillers.
- 2026: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Score 84.8 · 50 thrillers
- 2025: One Battle After Another Score 95.9 · 109 thrillers
- 2024: Conclave Score 80.1 · 114 thrillers
- 2023: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Score 76.5 · 136 thrillers
- 2022: Talk to Me Score 70.3 · 137 thrillers
- 2021: No Time to Die Score 75.5 · 118 thrillers
- 2020: Tenet Score 74.3 · 86 thrillers
- 2019: Parasite Score 97.7 · 126 thrillers
- 2018: Mission: Impossible - Fallout Score 76.8 · 118 thrillers
- 2017: Get Out Score 80.4 · 115 thrillers
- 2016: Hell or High Water Score 72.3 · 99 thrillers
- 2015: Bridge of Spies Score 79.4 · 91 thrillers
- 2014: The Imitation Game Score 82.8 · 94 thrillers
- 2013: Gravity Score 97.8 · 116 thrillers
- 2012: Skyfall Score 85.0 · 94 thrillers
- 2011: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Score 73.4 · 80 thrillers
- 2010: Inception Score 90.0 · 80 thrillers
- 2009: District 9 Score 77.9 · 86 thrillers
- 2008: The Hurt Locker Score 85.6 · 84 thrillers
- 2007: No Country for Old Men Score 96.0 · 80 thrillers
- 2006: The Departed Score 95.5 · 68 thrillers
- 2005: Munich Score 74.3 · 53 thrillers
- 2004: Crash Score 77.2 · 54 thrillers
- 2003: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Score 70.8 · 39 thrillers
- 2002: Road to Perdition Score 75.8 · 58 thrillers
- 2001: Ocean's Eleven Score 72.9 · 37 thrillers
- 2000: Traffic Score 85.8 · 40 thrillers
- 1999: The Sixth Sense Score 76.6 · 37 thrillers
- 1998: Enemy of the State Score 66.4 · 35 thrillers
- 1997: Jackie Brown Score 66.7 · 31 thrillers
- 1996: Fargo Score 80.3 · 33 thrillers
- 1995: 12 Monkeys Score 72.9 · 35 thrillers
- 1994: Speed Score 78.3 · 25 thrillers
- 1993: Carlito's Way Score 67.7 · 26 thrillers
- 1992: A Few Good Men Score 75.0 · 27 thrillers
- 1991: JFK Score 83.6 · 18 thrillers
- 1990: Misery Score 72.1 · 26 thrillers
- 1989: Lethal Weapon 2 Score 70.1 · 21 thrillers
- 1988: Die Hard Score 76.3 · 20 thrillers
- 1987: The Untouchables Score 76.3 · 23 thrillers
- 1986: The Name of the Rose Score 66.3 · 19 thrillers
- 1985: Come and See Score 69.4 · 17 thrillers
- 1984: Blood Simple Score 57.4 · 17 thrillers
- 1983: The Dead Zone Score 60.9 · 17 thrillers
- 1982: Poltergeist Score 71.1 · 14 thrillers
- 1981: Absence of Malice Score 59.3 · 25 thrillers
- 1980: Altered States Score 55.9 · 17 thrillers
- 1979: The China Syndrome Score 67.6 · 9 thrillers
- 1978: Halloween Score 74.8 · 15 thrillers
- 1977: The Spy Who Loved Me Score 59.8 · 11 thrillers
- 1976: All the President's Men Score 92.5 · 17 thrillers
- 1975: Three Days of the Condor Score 63.3 · 9 thrillers
- 1974: Chinatown Score 82.0 · 18 thrillers
- 1973: The Day of the Jackal Score 65.6 · 13 thrillers
- 1972: Deliverance Score 72.5 · 14 thrillers
- 1971: Dirty Harry Score 71.8 · 19 thrillers
- 1970: The Red Circle Score 62.4 · 7 thrillers
- 1969: Z Score 68.6 · 6 thrillers
- 1968: Bullitt Score 71.7 · 6 thrillers
- 1967: In the Heat of the Night Score 86.9 · 8 thrillers
- 1966: Blow-Up Score 73.7 · 10 thrillers
- 1965: Repulsion Score 59.7 · 11 thrillers
- 1964: Goldfinger Score 78.4 · 9 thrillers
- 1963: The Great Escape Score 70.6 · 9 thrillers
- 1962: The Manchurian Candidate Score 67.6 · 11 thrillers
- 1961: Yojimbo Score 63.2 · 3 thrillers
- 1960: Le Trou Score 58.9 · 6 thrillers
- 1959: Suddenly, Last Summer Score 49.3 · 3 thrillers
- 1958: Vertigo Score 73.9 · 3 thrillers
- 1957: 3:10 to Yuma Score 54.5 · 2 thrillers
- 1956: A Man Escaped Score 63.1 · 3 thrillers
- 1955: The Night of the Hunter Score 62.0 · 2 thrillers
- 1954: On the Waterfront Score 87.6 · 3 thrillers
- 1953: The Wages of Fear Score 67.7 · 5 thrillers
- 1952: High Noon Score 90.6 · 3 thrillers
- 1951: The Enforcer Score 48.0 · 4 thrillers
- 1950: Stage Fright Score 30.8 · 1 thriller
- 1949: The Window Score 53.0 · 1 thriller
- 1948: Act of Violence Score 46.1 · 1 thriller
- 1947: Black Narcissus Score 67.8 · 2 thrillers
- 1945: Rome, Open City Score 61.6 · 2 thrillers
- 1944: Arsenic and Old Lace Score 59.8 · 1 thriller
- 1943: Hangmen Also Die! Score 51.6 · 6 thrillers
- 1942: Cat People Score 48.9 · 3 thrillers
- 1941: The 49th Parallel Score 61.3 · 1 thriller
- 1940: Night Train to Munich Score 42.8 · 1 thriller
- 1939: The Roaring Twenties Score 58.4 · 3 thrillers
- 1936: The Petrified Forest Score 51.5 · 2 thrillers
- 1935: The 39 Steps Score 59.1 · 1 thriller
- 1933: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Score 54.2 · 2 thrillers
- 1932: Number 17 Score 28.1 · 1 thriller
- 1931: M Score 57.9 · 1 thriller
- 1928: The Wind Score 53.0 · 1 thriller
- 1926: A Page of Madness Score 59.3 · 1 thriller
- 1925: Battleship Potemkin Score 56.2 · 1 thriller
- 1924: Greed Score 54.8 · 1 thriller
- 1923: Our Hospitality Score 72.6 · 1 thriller
- 1922: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler Score 85.3 · 1 thriller
- 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Score 73.5 · 1 thriller