Best thrillers 2001 – 2010 - Charts
Best thrillers 2001 – 2010
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
3. Shutter Island (2010)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo
4. Le Prestige (2006)
USA / UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman
5. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
6. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
7. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
USA, Sci-fi / Mystery
Directed by: Jonathan Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
8. The Departed (2006)
USA / Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
9. Lord of War (2005)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan
10. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente
11. The Bourne Identity (2002)
USA / Germany, Action / Mystery
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente
12. L'enlèvement (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
13. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
14. The Lives of Others (2006)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch
15. United 93 (2006)
UK / USA, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Cheyenne Jackson, Khalid Abdalla
16. L'Echange (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
17. 21 Grams (2003)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
18. Phone Booth (2002)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland
19. Blood Diamond (2006)
USA / Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou
20. The Return (2003)
Russia, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Иван Добронравов, Владимир Гарин
21. The Others (2001)
Spain / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
22. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
24. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Japan, Animation / Thriller
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
25. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
26. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon
27. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
28. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
29. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin
30. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
31. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
32. Minority Report (2002)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell
33. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
34. The Wave (2008)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau
35. X-Men 2 (2003)
USA / Canada, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman
36. No Country for Old Men (2007)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
37. My Name is Khan (2010)
India, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Karan Johar
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol
38. District 9 (2009)
South Africa / USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope
39. Oldboy (2003)
South Korea, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Min-shik Choi, Ji-tae Yoo
40. The Life of David Gale (2003)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet
41. Valkyrie (2008)
USA / Germany, War / Historical
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh
42. Mulholland Drive (2001)
USA / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
43. Black Book (2006)
Netherlands / Belgium, Thriller / War
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch
44. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III (2005)
Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labovic
45. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
46. In Bruges (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
47. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
48. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brandon Vietti, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jason Isaacs
50. Mystic River (2003)
USA / Australia, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
51. Confessions (2010)
Japan, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Tetsuya Nakashima
Cast: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura
52. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
53. Constantine (2005)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Mystery
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
54. Black Swan (2010)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis
55. Eastern Promises (2007)
UK / Canada, Drama / Crime
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
56. 127 Hours (2010)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn
57. The Next Three Days (2010)
USA / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks
58. There Will Be Blood (2007)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
59. Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Ha-kyun Shin, Doo-na Bae
60. In My Father's Den (2004)
New Zealand / UK, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Brad McGann
Cast: Emily Barclay, Matthew Macfadyen
61. Sin City (2005)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Cast: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis
62. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
63. V for Vendetta (2005)
USA / Germany, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: James McTeigue
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving
64. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
65. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
South Korea, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jeong-beom Lee
Cast: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim
68. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
69. Munich (2005)
USA / Canada, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig
71. Lady Vengeance (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-shik Choi
72. The Ring (2002)
USA / Japan, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson
73. The Tunnel (2001)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Roland Suso Richter
Cast: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz
74. Kontroll (2003)
Hungary, Thriller / Comedy
Directed by: Nimród Antal
Cast: Sándor Csányi, Zoltán Mucsi
75. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
76. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx
77. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
South Africa, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ralph Ziman
Cast: Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Nkosi
78. In a Better World (2010)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm
79. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine
80. Lucky # Slevin (2006)
Germany / USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis
81. The King and the Clown (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joon-ik Lee
Cast: Jin-yeong Jeong, Joon-gi Lee
82. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
South Korea / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Jeong-min Hwang
83. Ben X (2007)
Belgium / Netherlands, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Nic Balthazar
Cast: Marijke Pinoy, Greg Timmermans
84. Rambo (2008)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz
85. Insomnia (2002)
USA / Canada, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams
86. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
87. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
88. The Method (2005)
Argentina / Spain, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Marcelo Piñeyro
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri
89. Sin nombre (2009)
Mexico / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores
90. Protégé (2007)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tung-shing Yee
Cast: Daniel Wu Yin-cho, Andy Lau
91. New Police Story (2004)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Crime
Directed by: Benny Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse
93. The Unknown Woman (2006)
Italy / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido
94. Cell 211 (2009)
Spain / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Daniel Monzón
Cast: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann
95. Department 36 (2004)
France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Olivier Marchal
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu
96. A Dirty Carnival (2006)
South Korea, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ha Yu
Cast: In-sung Jo, Min Namgung
97. Memories of Murder (2003)
South Korea, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Joon-ho Bong
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim
98. Children of Men (2006)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore
99. Training Day (2001)
USA / Australia, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke
100. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
USA / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman