Thriller/Suspense Movies Index
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Find below a breakdown of all Thriller/Suspense movies by year and first letter.
See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Thriller/Suspense Movies - Top Domestic Thriller/Suspense Movies - Top International Thriller/Suspense Movies - Top Worldwide Thriller/Suspense Movies - Top Domestic Thriller/Suspense Stars - Top International Thriller/Suspense Stars - Top Worldwide Thriller/Suspense Stars
The table below lists the top-grossing Thriller/Suspense movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Thriller/Suspense films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Thriller/Suspense movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 292 | ||||
| 2029 | 1 | ||||
| 2026 | 4 | ||||
| 2025 | Annual Stats | 93 | $44,500,000 | $28,776,557 | Flight Risk |
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 402 | $172,500,000 | $1,263,643,413 | Twisters |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 420 | $39,875,000 | $1,837,752,318 | Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她) |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 367 | $79,558,143 | $623,401,585 | Bullet Train |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 333 | $29,661,157 | $888,044,041 | Xuan Ya Zhi Shang (悬崖之上) |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 290 | $30,422,222 | $295,033,736 | Greenland |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 343 | $32,176,087 | $3,118,388,686 | Joker |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 303 | $17,602,667 | $1,505,007,567 | Wu Shuang |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 274 | $38,728,571 | $1,945,478,682 | Blade Runner 2049 |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 274 | $29,593,333 | $2,360,838,218 | Now You See Me 2 |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 218 | $12,916,000 | $1,144,769,720 | Bridge of Spies |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 133 | $14,263,478 | $1,104,382,100 | Gone Girl |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 162 | $28,269,459 | $2,800,552,991 | Gravity |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 130 | $24,657,308 | $2,915,418,015 | Prometheus |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 96 | $27,281,481 | $2,163,867,779 | Super 8 |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 82 | $33,036,580 | $2,992,279,512 | Inception |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 80 | $25,637,500 | $1,810,796,886 | Angels & Demons |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 71 | $31,369,231 | $2,036,429,932 | Taken |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 67 | $41,131,579 | $2,151,823,652 | I am Legend |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 36 | $35,658,263 | $1,094,039,491 | Inside Man |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 29 | $26,920,000 | $1,329,880,569 | Flightplan |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 35 | $38,663,704 | $1,458,968,707 | The Bourne Supremacy |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 31 | $28,650,000 | $690,454,326 | The Recruit |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 39 | $33,734,716 | $1,858,274,035 | Signs |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 34 | $32,413,043 | $1,500,027,082 | Ocean’s Eleven |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 33 | $32,602,536 | $1,223,601,396 | What Lies Beneath |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 25 | $30,563,733 | $1,504,418,854 | The Sixth Sense |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 25 | $27,504,857 | $555,695,711 | Snake Eyes |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 29 | $52,800,000 | $1,025,249,151 | Dante’s Peak |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 27 | $26,351,000 | $488,449,775 | Executive Decision |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 21 | $34,400,000 | $775,860,467 | Se7en |
| 1994 | 15 | $34,200,000 | $582,710,258 | Disclosure | |
| 1993 | 30 | $29,100,000 | $1,434,423,421 | The Fugitive | |
| 1992 | 18 | $2,600,000 | $748,246,754 | Basic Instinct | |
| 1991 | 20 | $23,000,000 | $758,101,879 | Cape Fear | |
| 1990 | 28 | $30,000,000 | $691,321,790 | Presumed Innocent | |
| 1989 | 22 | $24,500,000 | $309,355,324 | Black Rain | |
| 1988 | 22 | $4,000,000 | $266,574,974 | Masquerade | |
| 1987 | 21 | $14,000,000 | $502,401,971 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 21 | $18,000,000 | $103,227,985 | The Morning After | |
| 1985 | 10 | $1,750,000 | $117,700,546 | White Nights | |
| 1984 | 14 | $10,000,000 | $179,952,476 | Tightrope | |
| 1983 | 15 | $12,333,333 | $141,393,703 | WarGames | |
| 1982 | 13 | $15,625,000 | $71,662,287 | Blade Runner | |
| 1981 | 14 | $14,000,000 | $150,388,348 | Absence of Malice | |
| 1980 | 12 | $6,500,000 | $146,568,619 | American Gigolo | |
| 1979 | 10 | $57,864,257 | The China Syndrome | ||
| 1978 | 7 | $12,000,000 | $37,900,000 | The Boys from Brazil | |
| 1977 | 9 | $54,655,822 | Airport '77 | ||
| 1976 | 11 | $28,209,055 | Marathon Man | ||
| 1975 | 13 | $43,512,022 | Three Days of the Condor | ||
| 1974 | 13 | $2,700,000 | $52,091,952 | Airport 1975 | |
| 1973 | 10 | $259,437 | Persona | ||
| 1972 | 12 | $3,500,000 | $68,939,051 | Deliverance | |
| 1971 | 16 | $4,350,000 | $76,793,847 | The French Connection | |
| 1970 | 9 | $100,974,733 | Airport | ||
| 1969 | 9 | $4,000,000 | $20,283,305 | Z | |
| 1968 | 8 | $17,812,032 | The Boston Strangler | ||
| 1967 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $40,802 | Blow-Up | |
| 1966 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $13,000,802 | Torn Curtain | |
| 1965 | 4 | $5,800,000 | $14,410,857 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | |
| 1964 | 5 | $7,009,045 | Marnie | ||
| 1963 | 6 | $259,758 | Classe Tous Risques | ||
| 1962 | 8 | $7,861,938 | The Manchurian Candidate | ||
| 1961 | 4 | $25,676 | Victim | ||
| 1960 | 6 | $7,669,442 | Midnight Lace | ||
| 1959 | 3 | $13,527,249 | North by Northwest | ||
| 1958 | 3 | $5,553,734 | Vertigo | ||
| 1957 | 1 | $211 | Witness for the Prosecution | ||
| 1956 | 5 | $1,200,000 | $13,863,217 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | |
| 1955 | 3 | $8,752,085 | To Catch a Thief | ||
| 1954 | 2 | $33,705,045 | Rear Window | ||
| 1953 | 7 | $1,250,000 | $2,506,789 | Niagara | |
| 1952 | 2 | $24,760 | Sudden Fear | ||
| 1951 | 1 | $1,200,000 | $7,022,657 | Strangers on a Train | |
| 1950 | 6 | $1,574,955 | The Third Man | ||
| 1949 | 5 | $223,415 | The Fallen Idol | ||
| 1948 | 2 | $1,099 | Rope | ||
| 1947 | 9 | $36,372 | Roma città aperta | ||
| 1946 | 6 | $2,000,000 | $24,495,681 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 5 | $1,500,000 | $20,800,619 | Leave Her to Heaven | |
| 1944 | 1 | $99 | Lifeboat | ||
| 1943 | 5 | $454 | Shadow of a Doubt | ||
| 1942 | 3 | $70,782 | Went the Day Well? | ||
| 1941 | 1 | $4,500,000 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 4 | $1,288,000 | $6,002,919 | Rebecca | |
| 1939 | 3 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | $237 | The Lady Vanishes | ||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 1 | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | $239 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 1 | ||||
| 1933 | 1 | ||||
| 1932 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | 1 | ||||
| 1930 | 1 | ||||
| 1929 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | $18,835 | Der müde Tod | ||
| 1922 | 1 | ||||
| 1920 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5,337 | $28,804,368 | $53,449,154,600 | Joker |
The table below shows the highest-grossing Thriller/Suspense movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Thriller/Suspense movies beginning with that letter.
| Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | $51,750,000 | $633,122,747 | 1917 |
| 2 | 13 | $34,000,000 | $328,522,459 | 21 |
| 3 | 10 | $51,500,000 | $62,017,559 | 3 Days to Kill |
| 4 | 5 | $8,650,000 | $111,698,555 | 47 Meters Down |
| 5 | 4 | $6,988,608 | 52 Pick-Up | |
| 6 | 6 | $45,000,000 | $57,167,329 | 65 |
| 7 | 10 | $18,990,307 | 7 Days in Entebbe | |
| 8 | 6 | $35,000,000 | $130,534,225 | 8MM |
| 9 | 5 | $975,975 | The 9th Life of Louis Drax | |
| A | 344 | $24,872,213 | $3,072,592,898 | Angels & Demons |
| B | 398 | $35,552,220 | $5,082,114,412 | The Bourne Ultimatum |
| C | 357 | $21,044,255 | $2,523,148,085 | Cape Fear |
| D | 343 | $26,825,714 | $2,661,275,578 | District 9 |
| E | 143 | $37,735,294 | $1,180,926,099 | Entrapment |
| F | 211 | $24,350,207 | $2,364,599,624 | The Fugitive |
| G | 185 | $44,608,696 | $2,829,618,533 | Gravity |
| H | 221 | $22,813,462 | $1,486,633,276 | The Hunt for Red October |
| I | 212 | $40,048,214 | $3,156,346,362 | Inception |
| J | 81 | $52,045,455 | $2,167,604,385 | Joker |
| K | 145 | $18,650,000 | $554,417,041 | Knowing |
| L | 243 | $25,871,964 | $1,532,729,051 | London Has Fallen |
| M | 337 | $23,666,667 | $1,890,173,241 | Munich |
| N | 181 | $20,466,000 | $1,759,421,912 | Now You See Me |
| O | 123 | $33,984,615 | $1,617,831,330 | Ocean’s Eleven |
| P | 257 | $25,075,529 | $2,841,687,169 | Prometheus |
| Q | 19 | $14,973,415 | Q & A | |
| R | 239 | $24,787,694 | $1,491,933,659 | Red Dragon |
| S | 571 | $27,311,615 | $6,506,460,493 | The Sixth Sense |
| T | 243 | $27,637,838 | $2,908,491,325 | Taken 2 |
| U | 85 | $27,682,874 | $927,895,955 | Unbreakable |
| V | 79 | $59,383,282 | $1,138,406,493 | The Village |
| W | 158 | $30,153,125 | $1,459,688,448 | What Lies Beneath |
| X | 13 | $727,488,144 | Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她) | |
| Y | 33 | $16,257,597 | Yīng Wǔ Shā (鹦鹉杀) | |
| Z | 32 | $23,750,000 | $186,422,311 | Zero Dark Thirty |