Best drama thrillers - Charts
Best drama thrillers
2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
4. Léon: The Professional (1994)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman
5. L.A. Confidential (1997)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe
7. The Sixth Sense (1999)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette
9. Fight Club (1999)
USA / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
10. Shutter Island (2010)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo
11. Le Prestige (2006)
USA / UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman
12. The Shining (1980)
UK / USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
13. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
USA / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods
14. The Usual Suspects (1995)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne
15. The Fugitive (1993)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
17. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
18. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
21. Prisoners (2013)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal
22. The Departed (2006)
USA / Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
24. Lord of War (2005)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan
25. L'enlèvement (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
29. JFK (1991)
USA / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon
31. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
32. Falling Down (1993)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall
33. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
34. La Tour infernale (1974)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman
36. The Professional (1981)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
37. Les Apparences (2014)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Fincher
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
38. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
USA / Germany, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino
39. The Lives of Others (2006)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch
40. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
41. Jaws (1975)
USA, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
42. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
UK / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Michel Auclair
43. High and Low (1963)
Japan, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
44. Mississippi Burning (1988)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
45. Enemy of the State (1998)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman
46. Woman of the Dunes (1964)
Japan, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida
48. L'Echange (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
49. 21 Grams (2003)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
50. Double Indemnity (1944)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
51. Fail-Safe (1964)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau
53. The Old Gun (1975)
France / West Germany, War / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider
55. The Killing (1956)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray
56. The Invisible Guest (2016)
Spain, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Oriol Paulo
Cast: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener
57. Wind River (2017)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
58. Captain Phillips (2013)
USA, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
59. Blood Diamond (2006)
USA / Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou
60. The Defiant Ones (1958)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
61. The Name of the Rose (1986)
Italy / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham
62. Fargo (1996)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy
63. Parasite (2019)
South Korea, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Joon-ho Bong
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee
64. The Wages of Fear (1953)
France / Italy, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel
65. Chinatown (1974)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
66. Metro Manila (2013)
Philippines / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
69. A Perfect World (1993)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood
70. The Hole (1960)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy
73. The Return (2003)
Russia, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Иван Добронравов, Владимир Гарин
74. Riders of Justice (2020)
Denmark, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
76. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
77. The Others (2001)
Spain / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
78. Sling Blade (1996)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam
79. Basic Instinct (1992)
USA / France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
80. JSA - Joint Security Area (2000)
South Korea, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Kang-ho Song
81. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
82. Knives Out (2019)
USA, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas
84. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
86. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
87. The Rainmaker (1997)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito
88. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
89. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
90. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
92. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
93. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
94. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin
95. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
96. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
98. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane
99. Traffic (2000)
USA / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle
100. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier