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Best Thriller on Max, ranked by IMDb rating

105 thriller titles on Max rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.

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The Dark Knight (2008)
★ 9.1 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 85   PG-13 · 2h 32m · Action · Thriller · Crime
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.5 IMDb   🍅 87%   MC 76   R · 1h 46m · Drama · Crime · Thriller
The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the center
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
★ 8.4 IMDb   🍅 87%   MC 78   PG-13 · 2h 44m · Action · Crime · Thriller
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years
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High and Low (1963)
★ 8.4 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 90   Not Rated · 2h 23m · Drama · Crime · Thriller · Mystery
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Joker (2019)
★ 8.3 IMDb   🍅 68%   MC 59   R · 2h 2m · Crime · Thriller · Drama
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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M (1931)
★ 8.3 IMDb   🍅 100%   Passed · 1h 39m · Drama · Thriller · Crime
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is
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Room (2015)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 86   R · 1h 58m · Drama · Thriller
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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Diabolique (1955)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 95%   Not Rated · 1h 57m · Thriller · Mystery
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd oc
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Z (1969)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 86   M/PG · 2h 7m · Thriller · Crime · Drama
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
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Safety Last! (1923)
★ 8.1 IMDb   🍅 97%   Not Rated · 1h 14m · Comedy · Romance · Thriller
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Infernal Affairs (2002)
★ 8.0 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 75   R · 1h 41m · Drama · Thriller · Crime
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Ins
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Le Samouraï (1967)
★ 8.0 IMDb   🍅 92%   MC 90   GP · 1h 41m · Crime · Thriller · Drama
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora
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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
★ 7.9 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 94   Not Rated · 1h 31m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
★ 7.9 IMDb   🍅 86%   Not Rated · 2h 2m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
★ 7.9 IMDb   🍅 100%   Not Rated · 1h 21m · Action · Drama · Adventure · Thriller
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
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The Batman (2022)
★ 7.8 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 72   PG-13 · 2h 56m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
★ 7.7 IMDb   🍅 83%   MC 74   PG-13 · 1h 56m · Thriller · Crime
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Ve
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Sicario (2015)
★ 7.7 IMDb   🍅 91%   MC 82   R · 2h 1m · Action · Crime · Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Open Your Eyes (1997)
★ 7.7 IMDb   🍅 87%   R · 1h 59m · Drama · Thriller · Science Fiction
Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after
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Victim (1961)
★ 7.7 IMDb   🍅 100%   MC 85   Not Rated · 1h 40m · Drama · Crime · Thriller
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
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The Iceman and the Psychiatrist (2004)
★ 7.7 IMDb   Not Rated · 48m · Documentary · Crime · Thriller · Horror
For the third time, HBO cameras go inside Trenton State Maximum Security Prison--and inside the mind of one of the most prolific killers in U.S. history--in this gripping documentary. Mafia hit man Richard Kuklinski free
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 82%   MC 68   PG-13 · 1h 45m · Thriller · Action · Drama · Science Fiction
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him
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One Battle After Another (2025)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 95   R · 2h 41m · Thriller · Crime · Comedy
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radic
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 96%   MC 86   R · 2h 31m · Thriller · Mystery · Crime
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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Godzilla (1954)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 79   Not Rated · 1h 36m · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall mo
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Eyes Without a Face (1960)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 90   Approved · 1h 30m · Drama · Horror · Thriller
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory
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Odd Man Out (1947)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 100%   MC 87   Approved · 1h 56m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
★ 7.6 IMDb   🍅 85%   Not Rated · 1h 24m · Drama · Action · Adventure · Thriller
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
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The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 86%   MC 68   R · 1h 52m · Horror · Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case
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Sinners (2025)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 84   R · 2h 17m · Horror · Action · Thriller
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Marty Supreme (2025)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 93%   MC 89   R · 2h 29m · Drama · Thriller
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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Blood Simple (1985)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 84   R · 1h 39m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdere
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Miss Sloane (2016)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 76%   MC 64   R · 2h 12m · Thriller · Drama · Crime
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
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The Player (1992)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 86   R · 2h 4m · Mystery · Drama · Thriller
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 82   R · 1h 54m · Crime · Thriller · Drama
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the po
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 86%   MC 74   Approved · 1h 36m · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 95%   MC 80   Approved · 1h 38m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's cha
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 82%   1h 55m · Crime · Thriller · Drama
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enha
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Act of Violence (1949)
★ 7.5 IMDb   🍅 94%   Approved · 1h 22m · Thriller · Drama
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay fo
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
★ 7.5 IMDb   R · 1h 29m · Drama · Action · Adventure · Thriller
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
★ 7.5 IMDb   Not Rated · 1h 21m · Action · Adventure · Thriller
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
★ 7.5 IMDb   Not Rated · 1h 29m · Action · Crime · Thriller · Adventure
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
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The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman (2001)
★ 7.5 IMDb   Not Rated · 43m · Documentary · Crime · Thriller · Horror
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, a loving father...and a ruthless killer. A decade after HBO last visited him in prison, the convicted murderer, who freely admits having whacked more than 100 people in cold blood
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The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer (1992)
★ 7.5 IMDb   Not Rated · 47m · Documentary · Crime · Thriller · Horror
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that features one of the most vivid and disturbing interviews ever recorded--ta
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A History of Violence (2005)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 88%   MC 82   R · 1h 36m · Drama · Thriller · Crime
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
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Carrie (1976)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 94%   MC 86   R · 1h 38m · Horror · Thriller
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent tu
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Maria Full of Grace (2004)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 87   R · 1h 41m · Drama · Thriller · Crime
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
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Knife in the Water (1962)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 97%   MC 83   Not Rated · 1h 34m · Drama · Thriller
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker res
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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
★ 7.4 IMDb   🍅 90%   Not Rated · 1h 32m · Drama · Thriller · Crime
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they
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It (2017)
★ 7.3 IMDb   🍅 85%   MC 69   R · 2h 15m · Horror · Thriller · Drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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