This is the American Film Institute's list of the top
100 Most Heart-Pounding American Movies.
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PSYCHO 1960
JAWS 1975
THE EXORCIST 1973
NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 1991
ALIEN 1979
THE BIRDS 1963
THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971
ROSEMARY'S BABY 1968
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981
THE GODFATHER 1972
KING KONG 1933
BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
REAR WINDOW 1954
DELIVERANCE 1972
CHINATOWN 1974
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1962
VERTIGO 1958
THE GREAT ESCAPE 1963
HIGH NOON 1952
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
TAXI DRIVER 1976
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
TITANIC 1997
THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
STAR WARS 1977
FATAL ATTRACTION 1987
THE SHINING 1980
THE DEER HUNTER 1978
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951
THE FUGITIVE 1993
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 1955
JURASSIC PARK 1993
BULLITT 1968
CASABLANCA 1942
NOTORIOUS 1946
DIE HARD 1988
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
DIRTY HARRY 1971
THE TERMINATOR 1984
THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
CARRIE 1976
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956
DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954
BEN-HUR 1959
MARATHON MAN 1976
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RAGING BULL 1980
ROCKY 1976
PULP FICTION 1994
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969
WAIT UNTIL DARK 1967
FRANKENSTEIN 1931
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
PLANET OF THE APES 1968
THE SIXTH SENSE 1999
CAPE FEAR 1962
SPARTACUS 1960
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 1962
TOUCH OF EVIL 1958
THE DIRTY DOZEN 1967
THE MATRIX 1999
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
HALLOWEEN 1978
THE WILD BUNCH 1969
DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975
GOLDFINGER 1964
PLATOON 1986
LAURA 1944
BLADE RUNNER 1982
THE THIRD MAN 1949
THELMA & LOUISE 1991
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 1991
GASLIGHT 1944
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1960
REBECCA 1940
THE OMEN 1976
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925
POLTERGEIST 1982
DRACULA 1931
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1945
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 1951
12 ANGRY MEN 1957
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE 1961
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE 1972
BRAVEHEART 1995
BODY HEAT 1981
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968
THE CHINA SYNDROME 1979
FULL METAL JACKET 1987
BLUE VELVET 1986
SAFETY LAST 1923
BLOOD SIMPLE 1984
SPEED 1994
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1938
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