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The best thriller movies of all time
The highest-rated thriller movies, ranked by Lantern Score, with where to watch each one. Top three right now: Parasite (9.7), Rear Window (9.7), Psycho (9.6). How the score works.
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Parasite9.7 - 2
Rear Window9.7 - 3
Psycho9.6 - 4
Rosemary's Baby9.5 - 5
The Third Man9.5 - 6
A Streetcar Named Desire9.5 - 7
Pulp Fiction9.4 - 8
The Dark Knight9.4 - 9
L.A. Confidential9.4 - 10
Vertigo9.4 - 11
M9.4 - 12
Double Indemnity9.4 - 13
The Maltese Falcon9.4 - 14
Notorious9.4 - 15
No Country for Old Men9.3 - 16
The Silence of the Lambs9.3 - 17
Whiplash9.3 - 18
Gravity9.3 - 19
Chinatown9.3 - 20
The French Connection9.3 - 21
Touch of Evil9.3 - 22
One Battle After Another9.2 - 23
Fargo9.2 - 24
Rebecca9.2 - 25
Yojimbo9.2
About this list
Best thriller movies of all time lists the 25 highest-rated movies in the genre, ranked by Lantern Score: one number on a 10-point scale that combines IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, so a title has to impress audiences and critics alike. Parasite leads with 9.7, and the list runs from 1931 to 2025, with an average score of 9.4. Only titles with plenty of votes qualify, so a film rated by a handful of people can't crowd out proven favourites. Open any title for its full score breakdown, cast, and where to stream, rent or buy it.