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68		Taken 3 (Action, Thriller, 2014)
66		The 39 Steps (Mystery, Thriller, 1935)
65		The Grey (Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
65		Runaway Train (Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1985)
64		Transsiberian (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2008)
64		Defiance (Action, Drama, History, Thriller, 2008)
64		Cowboys & Aliens (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2011)
61		Behind Enemy Lines (Action, War, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
60		The Hitcher (Thriller, 1986)
60		THX 1138 (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1971)
60		No Escape (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1994)
59		Erased (Action, Thriller, 2012)
59		Buried (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2010)
59		Cube (Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1997)
59		In Time (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2011)
59		Total Recall (Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, 2012)
59		Rambo III (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1988)
58		Doomsday (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
58		Casino Royale (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2006)
56		Lions for Lambs (Drama, Thriller, War, 2007)
55		Get Carter (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
55		The Hills Have Eyes (Horror, Thriller, 1977)
54		Homefront (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
54		Ninja Assassin (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2009)
54		The Revenant (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
54		Skyfall (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2012)
54		Hanna (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
53		Red Eye (Mystery, Thriller, 2005)
53		The Constant Gardener (Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, 2005)
53		Premium Rush (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2012)
53		Mystic River (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2003)
53		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
53		When a Stranger Calls (Horror, Thriller, 2006)
53		Vice (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
52		Dead Man's Shoes (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
52		Wrong Turn (Horror, Thriller, 2003)
52		The Scorch Trials (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
52		Insurgent (Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
52		Survivor (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2015)
52		The Purge: Election Year (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2016)
51		Black Book (Drama, Thriller, War, 2006)
51		Deliverance (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1972)
51		Heaven (Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2002)
51		What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1962)
51		Dark City (Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, 1998)
50		La Femme Nikita (Action, Thriller, 1990)
50		They Live (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1988)
50		Firestarter (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1984)
50		The Boys from Brazil (Drama, Thriller, 1978)
50		No Country for Old Men (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
50		The Eiger Sanction (Action, Thriller, 1975)
50		Insomnia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
50		The Ghost Writer (Mystery, Thriller, 2010)
50		From Paris with Love (Action, Thriller, 2010)
50		Mad Max: Fury Road (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
50		Fortress (Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1992)
50		Lone Survivor (Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
50		The Man from Nowhere (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2010)
50		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
50		The One (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2001)
49		Jumper (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
49		Rogue (Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, 2007)
49		Double Jeopardy (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1999)
49		Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2007)
49		The Expendables (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2010)
49		Redemption (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
49		Red Dawn (Action, Thriller, 2012)
49		Act of Valor (Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2012)
48		The Visit (Horror, Thriller, 2015)
48		Assault on Precinct 13 (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
48		The Island (Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, 2005)
48		Green Room (Crime, Horror, Music, Thriller, 2015)
48		Quarantine (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
48		The Children (Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 2008)
48		The Maze Runner (Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2014)
48		Disturbia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
48		Death Sentence (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2007)
48		The Strangers (Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 2008)
47		Rules of Engagement (Drama, Thriller, War, 2000)
47		Memento (Mystery, Thriller, 2000)
47		Mission: Impossible III (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2006)
46		The Clearing (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2004)
46		In Hell (Action, Thriller, Drama, 2003)
46		The Final Cut (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2004)
46		Dog Soldiers (Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, 2002)
45		Whiteout (Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2009)
45		F/X (Action, Thriller, 1986)
45		Sabotage (Thriller, 1936)
45		The Bourne Ultimatum (Action, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
45		Dressed to Kill (Mystery, Thriller, 1980)
45		Get Carter (Crime, Thriller, 1971)
45		Frozen (Thriller, 2010)
45		The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2013)
45		Death Warrant (Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1990)
45		Peeping Tom (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1960)
45		9 (Animation, Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2009)
45		The Loved Ones (Horror, Thriller, 2009)
45		Capricorn One (Action, Thriller, 1977)
45		The Perfect Storm (Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
45		You're Next (Horror, Thriller, 2011)
45		District 9 (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2009)
45		Jaws (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1975)
44		Dante's Peak (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1997)
44		Animal Kingdom (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
44		The Host (Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, 2013)
44		The Quick and the Dead (Action, Romance, Thriller, 1995)
44		The Eagle Has Landed (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1976)
44		A Perfect World (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
44		A Good Day to Die Hard (Action, Thriller, 2013)
44		The Number 23 (Mystery, Thriller, 2007)
44		Fast & Furious (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2009)
44		Eden Lake (Horror, Thriller, 2008)
44		Octopussy (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1983)
44		Shooter (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
44		Abduction (Action, Mystery, Thriller, 2011)
44		Black Christmas (Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 1974)
44		Serenity (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2005)
44		Gangster No. 1 (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
44		U.S. Marshals (Action, Crime, Thriller, 1998)
44		Death Proof (Thriller, 2007)
43		Creep (Horror, Thriller, 2014)
43		Poseidon (Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 2006)
43		Escobar: Paradise Lost (Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, 2014)
43		Broken City (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2013)
43		Hardcore Henry (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
43		The Condemned (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2007)
43		The Last Stand (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2013)
42		North by Northwest (Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, 1959)
42		The Great Escape (Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, 1963)
42		Paycheck (Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2003)
42		The Good German (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2006)
42		Lucy (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2014)
42		I, Robot (Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2004)
42		Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2014)
42		Minority Report (Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2002)
42		The Bourne Supremacy (Action, Mystery, Thriller, 2004)
42		The Chronicles of Riddick (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2004)
42		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2001)
41		The Train (Thriller, War, 1964)
41		On the Waterfront (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1954)
41		The Boy (Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 2016)
41		Prisoners (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2013)
41		Narc (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
41		Lost Highway (Mystery, Thriller, 1997)
41		The Fugitive (Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, 1993)
40		Enemy of the State (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
40		Marathon Man (Crime, Thriller, 1976)
40		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1997)
40		Courage Under Fire (Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1996)
40		The Tournament (Action, Thriller, 2009)
40		The Girl Who Played with Fire (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2009)
40		Frantic (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1988)
40		I Spit on Your Grave (Horror, Thriller, 2010)
40		Repo Men (Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2010)
40		I Am Number Four (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2011)
40		Harry Brown (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2009)
40		The Hidden (Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller, 1987)
40		Die Another Day (Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2002)
40		The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Horror, Thriller, 1974)
40		The Thing (Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2011)
40		Unthinkable (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
40		Dreamscape (Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, 1984)
40		Patriot Games (Action, Thriller, 1992)
40		Tightrope (Mystery, Thriller, 1984)
39		Death and the Maiden (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1994)
39		Killer Joe (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
39		Escape Plan (Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2013)
39		Lord of the Flies (Adventure, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
39		Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2007)
39		Pi (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1998)
39		Rendition (Drama, Thriller, 2007)
39		Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, 2010)
39		The Killer Inside Me (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2010)
39		Funny Games (Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, 2007)
39		The Getaway (Action, Crime, Thriller, 1972)
39		Super 8 (Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2011)
39		Sicario (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
39		Outlaw (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2007)
39		Safe House (Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2012)
39		Push (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2009)
39		The Lovely Bones (Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, 2009)
39		Menace II Society (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1993)
39		Maniac (Horror, Thriller, 2012)
39		Con Air (Action, Crime, Thriller, 1997)
39		The Company You Keep (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
38		Dou fo sin (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2007)
38		Unleashed (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
38		Solace (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2015)
38		Everest (Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller, 2015)
38		War (Action, Crime, Thriller, 2007)
38		Untraceable (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2008)
38		Dhoom 2 (Action, Thriller, 2006)
38		Chaos (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
38		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
38		Secret in Their Eyes (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2015)
38		Captivity (Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 2007)

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