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s split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between thriller and other genres (including,

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, and horror films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to thriller, even if it bends genres.

Films by decade

* List of thriller films before 1940 * List of thriller films of the 1940s * List of thriller films of the 1950s * List of thriller films of the 1960s * List of thriller films of the 1970s *

List of thriller films of the 1980s A list of thriller films released in the 1980s. See also * 1980 in film Notes {{films by genre * 1980s File:1980s replacement montage02.PNG, 420px, From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, ''Columbia'', lifts off in 198 ...

List of thriller films of the 1990s A list of thriller films released in the 1990s. , , , - , '' Bad Influence'', , Curtis Hanson, , Rob Lowe, James Spader, Lisa Zane, , United States, , , - , '' Blue Steel'', , Kathryn Bigelow, , Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Eli ...

* List of thriller films of the 2000s * List of thriller films of the 2010s * List of thriller films of the 2020s