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Thriller/Suspense Movie Index


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

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

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.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    269      
2029    1      
2025    3  $40,000,000    
2024 Annual Stats  158    $73,528,500  Night Swim
2023 Annual Stats  416  $39,875,000  $1,833,809,583  Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她)
2022 Annual Stats  367  $86,151,167  $620,231,653  Bullet Train
2021 Annual Stats  313  $29,661,157  $1,077,903,052  Xuan Ya Zhi Shang (悬崖之上)
2020 Annual Stats  288  $30,422,222  $294,677,607  Greenland
2019 Annual Stats  344  $31,668,750  $3,378,788,832  Joker
2018 Annual Stats  303  $17,602,667  $1,432,728,661  Wu Shuang
2017 Annual Stats  273  $40,165,000  $1,917,142,033  Blade Runner 2049
2016 Annual Stats  275  $32,187,097  $2,663,104,081  Now You See Me 2
2015 Annual Stats  220  $18,681,905  $2,444,743,787  The Martian
2014 Annual Stats  135  $18,081,978  $1,870,920,913  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2013 Annual Stats  158  $30,683,421  $2,923,117,301  Gravity
2012 Annual Stats  131  $26,137,439  $3,664,024,528  The Hunger Games
2011 Annual Stats  95  $27,281,481  $2,164,440,943  Super 8
2010 Annual Stats  78  $33,691,833  $2,855,092,759  Inception
2009 Annual Stats  77  $25,637,500  $1,808,630,111  Angels & Demons
2008 Annual Stats  70  $31,369,231  $1,983,429,932  Taken
2007 Annual Stats  67  $40,075,000  $2,182,527,497  I am Legend
2006 Annual Stats  36  $40,125,350  $1,861,859,950  The Da Vinci Code
2005 Annual Stats  29  $26,920,000  $1,329,880,569  Flightplan
2004 Annual Stats  34  $38,663,704  $1,458,968,707  The Bourne Supremacy
2003 Annual Stats  29  $28,650,000  $674,962,140  The Recruit
2002 Annual Stats  37  $33,734,716  $1,858,274,035  Signs
2001 Annual Stats  32  $32,413,043  $1,500,027,082  Ocean's Eleven
2000 Annual Stats  30  $32,602,536  $1,223,409,160  What Lies Beneath
1999 Annual Stats  23  $30,680,000  $1,527,057,553  The Sixth Sense
1998 Annual Stats  22  $29,486,000  $532,006,302  Snake Eyes
1997 Annual Stats  28  $52,800,000  $1,024,644,721  Dante’s Peak
1996 Annual Stats  25  $26,351,000  $488,449,592  Executive Decision
1995 Annual Stats  21  $34,400,000  $775,077,953  Se7en
1994    13  $34,200,000  $573,232,719  Disclosure
1993    29  $29,100,000  $1,434,279,701  The Fugitive
1992    19  $10,066,667  $1,159,252,649  The Bodyguard
1991    20  $23,000,000  $758,098,564  Cape Fear
1990    27  $30,000,000  $690,025,244  Presumed Innocent
1989    22  $24,500,000  $309,355,324  Black Rain
1988    21  $4,000,000  $266,495,544  Masquerade
1987    21  $14,000,000  $502,401,971  Fatal Attraction
1986    20  $18,000,000  $103,199,872  The Morning After
1985    10  $1,750,000  $117,700,546  White Nights
1984    14  $10,000,000  $179,951,988  Tightrope
1983    14  $12,333,333  $141,393,703  WarGames
1982    13  $15,625,000  $71,594,479  Blade Runner
1981    14  $14,000,000  $150,384,766  Absence of Malice
1980    10  $6,500,000  $135,568,619  American Gigolo
1979    8    $44,864,257  The China Syndrome
1978    7  $12,000,000  $37,900,000  The Boys from Brazil
1977    8    $30,000,000  Airport '77
1976    11    $28,209,055  Marathon Man
1975    12    $43,512,022  Three Days of the Condor
1974    13  $2,700,000  $51,860,414  Airport 1975
1973    10    $256,159  Persona
1972    12  $3,500,000  $68,761,836  Deliverance
1971    16  $4,350,000  $76,793,618  The French Connection
1970    8    $100,969,733  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    5    $188,946  Classe Tous Risques
1962    7    $7,861,496  The Manchurian Candidate
1961    3    $25,564  Victim
1960    6    $7,664,503  Midnight Lace
1959    2    $13,375,373  North by Northwest
1958    2    $5,553,734  Vertigo
1957    1      
1956    5  $1,200,000  $13,862,512  The Man Who Knew Too Much
1955    3    $8,752,085  To Catch a Thief
1954    2    $33,592,897  Rear Window
1953    7  $1,250,000  $2,506,324  Niagara
1952    1    $24,760  Sudden Fear
1951    1  $1,200,000  $7,021,533  Strangers on a Train
1950    5    $1,490,498  The Third Man
1949    4    $198,324  The Fallen Idol
1948    2    $545  Rope
1947    6    $25,186  Roma città aperta
1946    6  $2,000,000  $24,493,380  Notorious
1945    5  $1,500,000  $20,800,000  Leave Her to Heaven
1944    1      
1943    4    $395  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      
1937    1      
1936    1      
1935    2      
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  4,897  $29,271,019  $56,750,598,370  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.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  23  $51,750,000  $635,647,042  1917
2  13  $34,000,000  $256,308,847  21
3  9  $51,500,000  $62,017,320  3 Days to Kill
4  4  $8,650,000  $111,489,296  47 Meters Down
5  3    $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  4    $975,975  The 9th Life of Louis Drax
A  321  $24,520,404  $2,969,289,513  Angels & Demons
B  366  $35,370,532  $5,341,557,342  The Bourne Ultimatum
C  327  $21,216,481  $2,485,409,951  Cape Fear
D  307  $30,311,429  $3,370,263,524  The Da Vinci Code
E  129  $37,735,294  $1,177,186,793  Entrapment
F  192  $25,227,778  $2,337,397,943  The Fugitive
G  178  $44,608,696  $2,885,709,064  Gravity
H  206  $33,648,214  $3,494,511,365  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
I  194  $40,048,214  $3,142,326,540  Inception
J  77  $38,250,000  $1,859,115,952  Joker
K  131  $18,650,000  $553,053,894  Knowing
L  211  $25,871,964  $1,519,858,498  London Has Fallen
M  312  $26,387,097  $2,493,375,270  The Martian
N  167  $20,448,077  $1,835,612,079  Now You See Me
O  115  $40,128,571  $1,878,574,744  Ocean's Eleven
P  242  $27,501,943  $2,950,007,145  Prometheus
Q  18    $14,973,415  Q & A
R  221  $24,787,694  $1,452,623,028  Red Dragon
S  522  $26,507,918  $6,430,664,450  The Sixth Sense
T  221  $24,100,000  $2,450,312,550  Taken 2
U  78  $27,202,694  $1,162,889,620  Us
V  72  $59,383,282  $1,129,729,877  The Village
W  138  $30,153,125  $1,454,752,003  What Lies Beneath
X  14    $732,983,281  Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她)
Y  32    $161,522,869  Yang Ming Li Wan (扬名立万)
Z  28  $23,750,000  $186,290,095  Zero Dark Thirty