Within the thriller genre along with iconic actors and directors who are renowned for their contributions, so their are certain films which are considered to be the greatest in the genre, and are therefore awarded the title, 'The Best Thrillers Of All Time'., I have researched the top - rated Thriller films of all time, although opinions vary on which should be top of the list, here is the top ten as cited by the film website, IMDb:
1.

Pulp Fiction (1994)
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
2.
8MM (1999)
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not. (123 mins.)
Director: Joel Schumacher
3.
A History of Violence (2005)
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. (96 mins.)
Director: David Cronenberg
4.
American Gangster (2007)
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East. (157 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
5.
Angel Heart (1987)
Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. (113 mins.)
Director: Alan Parker
6.
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. (118 mins.)
Director: Oliver Stone
7.
Awake (2007)
The story focuses on a man who suffers "anesthetic awareness" and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. His mother must wrestle with her own demons as a turn of events unfolds around them, while trying to unfold the story hidden behind her son's young wife. (84 mins.)
Director: Joby Harold
8.
Birthday Girl (2001)
A thirtysomething bank clerk from St Albans has his small-town life exploded by the arrival of his Russian mail-order bride. (93 mins.)
Director: Jez Butterworth
9.
Breaking News (2004)
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown... (90 mins.)
Director: Johnnie To
10.
Cellular (2004)
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next. (94 mins.)
Director: David R. Ellis
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