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Top 10 by Genre

The standouts, the classics, the ones that stay with you. Find your next Movie, TV show or Game.

Pepper Ratings / Top 10 by Genre / Movies / Thriller

Top 10 Thriller Movies

Escalating danger and sustained suspense, ranked from our top pick down.

10 EDITORIAL PICKS
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MovieParasiteCover pending
Movie2019

Parasite

An ambitious family enters a wealthy household in a story whose shifting tone exposes uncomfortable tensions around class and dependence.

9.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
2
MovieThe Silence of the LambsCover pending
Movie1991

The Silence of the Lambs

An FBI trainee seeks help from an imprisoned killer, creating a battle of perception as gripping as the criminal investigation itself.

9.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
3
MovieMemories of MurderCover pending
Movie2003

Memories of Murder

A murder investigation in rural South Korea becomes a darkly comic and deeply unsettling study of flawed methods and human frustration.

9.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
4
MovieSe7enCover pending
Movie1995

Se7en

Two detectives follow a series of murders through a rain-soaked city, with atmosphere and moral unease tightening the investigation.

8.8/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
5
MovieNo Country for Old MenCover pending
Movie2007

No Country for Old Men

A discovery in the desert draws several men into a pursuit shaped by chance, violence and a chilling lack of reassurance.

8.8/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
6
MovieHeatCover pending
Movie1995

Heat

A meticulous thief and a driven detective recognise something of themselves in each other as their paths move towards confrontation.

8.8/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
7
MovieThe DepartedCover pending
Movie2006

The Departed

An undercover officer and a criminal infiltrator struggle to protect their identities in a pressure-filled contest of loyalty and suspicion.

8.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
8
MoviePrisonersCover pending
Movie2013

Prisoners

A child’s disappearance pushes a parent and a detective towards different extremes in a tense examination of certainty and desperation.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
9
MovieZodiacCover pending
Movie2007

Zodiac

An obsessive investigation unfolds across years, finding suspense in incomplete evidence, institutional friction and the cost of pursuing answers.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller
10
MovieSicarioCover pending
Movie2015

Sicario

An FBI agent enters a secretive operation on the US–Mexico border, where uncertainty about its methods becomes the film’s central threat.

8.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Thriller

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