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Maximum-Engagement Thrillers

The twenty-four thrillers, crime films, mysteries, and horror titles with the canon’s strongest narrative pull.

Thriller, crime, mystery, and horror films compete here on Engagement: the strength of their hold on a viewer’s attention. The twenty-four highest matches offer different kinds of suspense and narrative pull. Master Rank breaks ties between equal Engagement scores.

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Films in this collection

  1. Parasite (2019)

    Bong Joon-ho · South Korea · 132 min

    Master Rank #1 · GCML Total 9.76

  2. The Raid (2011)

    Gareth Evans · Indonesia · 101 min

    Master Rank #116 · GCML Total 9.14

  3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    Frank Darabont · USA · 142 min

    Master Rank #5 · GCML Total 9.56

  4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    James Cameron · USA · 137 min

    Master Rank #23 · GCML Total 9.44

  5. Die Hard (1988)

    John McTiernan · USA · 131 min

    Master Rank #41 · GCML Total 9.36

  6. Jaws (1975)

    Steven Spielberg · USA · 124 min

    Master Rank #2 · GCML Total 9.64

  7. Pulp Fiction (1994)

    Quentin Tarantino · USA · 154 min

    Master Rank #8 · GCML Total 9.52

  8. GoodFellas (1990)

    Martin Scorsese · USA · 145 min

    Master Rank #10 · GCML Total 9.52

  9. Aliens (1986)

    James Cameron · USA · 137 min

    Master Rank #26 · GCML Total 9.42

  10. Police Story (1985)

    Jackie Chan · Hong Kong · 101 min

    Master Rank #71 · GCML Total 9.26

  11. Wild Tales (2014)

    Damián Szifrón · Argentina · 125 min

    Master Rank #80 · GCML Total 9.24

  12. Hard Boiled (1992)

    John Woo · Hong Kong · 126 min

    Master Rank #96 · GCML Total 9.20

  13. Bad Genius (2017)

    Nattawut Poonpiriya · Thailand · 130 min

    Master Rank #157 · GCML Total 9.06

  14. The Raid 2 (2014)

    Gareth Evans · Indonesia · 150 min

    Master Rank #218 · GCML Total 8.94

  15. North by Northwest (1959)

    Alfred Hitchcock · USA · 136 min

    Master Rank #9 · GCML Total 9.52

  16. Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    Jonathan Demme · USA · 119 min

    Master Rank #21 · GCML Total 9.44

  17. City of God (2002)

    Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund · Brazil · 130 min

    Master Rank #37 · GCML Total 9.36

  18. The Departed (2006)

    Martin Scorsese · USA · 151 min

    Master Rank #70 · GCML Total 9.26

  19. Se7en (1995)

    David Fincher · USA · 127 min

    Master Rank #74 · GCML Total 9.24

  20. Train to Busan (2016)

    Yeon Sang-Ho · South Korea · 118 min

    Master Rank #168 · GCML Total 9.04

  21. The Godfather (1972)

    Francis Ford Coppola · USA · 175 min

    Master Rank #11 · GCML Total 9.50

  22. Psycho (1960)

    Alfred Hitchcock · USA · 109 min

    Master Rank #12 · GCML Total 9.50

  23. Rear Window (1954)

    Alfred Hitchcock · USA · 112 min

    Master Rank #15 · GCML Total 9.48

  24. Memories of Murder (2003)

    Bong Joon-ho · South Korea · 129 min

    Master Rank #19 · GCML Total 9.46