After choosing the 100 Greatest Films, the 100 Greatest Stars, and the 100 Greatest Comedies during the past three years (all ranked in order), the American Film Institute is now prepared to choose the 100 Greatest Thrills. 
Ballots have been distributed to a whole bunch of movie people, and the three-hour TV show will be broadcast on Tuesday, June 12th. This one may be a tad more controversial, since in addition to the usual differences of opinion about which movies are the best, there is also the issue of exactly what fits into this category. While using the word "thrills" in the title, the AFI is a little less specific in their actual description of the category, using terms like "heart-pounding movies" and "adrenaline-inducing impact." So we can't assume that this category is only intended to include "thrillers" or "adventure" films. The only way to truly understand what they're talking about is to read the list of 400. I will refrain from making any comments at this point. Aside from the fact that, at first glance, there appear to be a few missing films, such as Key Largo, Mutiny on the Bounty, and Midnight Lace. Those are just off the top of my head, quite literally. I know you can think of more.
Here's the list. There's also a printable version if you'd like to have that for reference. It's very long, as you can imagine, so be sure you have lots of paper in your printer.
Voting in our informal poll to determine what films WE think should be on the final list is now closed. It was strictly unofficial, of course. I didn't get a vote in this thing (once again), either.
Here are the results. My original intention was to present the top 50 vote getters, but there were 30 films tied for 41st with 3 votes each, so I'm listing them all, in alphabetical order. I don't know if Rear Window will actually be the #1 film (it was a strong favorite among our voters), but I'd say the odds are pretty good that a Hitchcock film will finish first. (And it did; see below.)
1 - Rear Window 1954
2 - Gaslight 1944
3 - North By Northwest 1959
4 - Jaws 1975
4 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark 1981
4 - Silence Of The Lambs, The 1991
7 - Psycho 1960
8 - Notorious 1946
9 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1991
10 - Alien 1979
11 - Jurassic Park 1993
11 - Rebecca 1940
11 - Wizard Of Oz, The 1939
14 - Gunga Din 1939
14 - Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1956
14 - Shadow Of A Doubt 1943
14 - Shining, The 1980
18 - Star Wars 1977
19 - Adventures Of Robin Hood, The 1938
19 - Aliens 1986
19 - Birds, The 1963
19 - Casablanca 1942
19 - High Noon 1952
19 - Manchurian Candidate, The 1962
19 - Vertigo 1958
19 - Wait Until Dark 1967
27 - Halloween 1978
27 - Sixth Sense, The 1999
27 - Speed 1994
30 - African Queen, The 1951
30 - Double Indemnity 1944
30 - Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom 1984
30 - Sorry, Wrong Number 1948
30 - Third Man, The 1949
30 - Touch Of Evil 1958
30 - Usual Suspects, The 1995
30 - What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? 1962
38 - Natural Born Killers 1994
39 - Se7en 1995
40 - Cape Fear 1962
30 Tied for 41st with 3 votes each
All Quiet On The Western Front 1930
Ben-Hur 1959
Braveheart 1995
Charade 1963
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 1977
Die Hard 1988
Exorcist, The 1973
Fugitive, The 1993
Goldfinger 1964
Guns Of Navarone, The 1961
King Kong 1933
Lawrence Of Arabia 1962
Matrix, The 1999
Misery 1990
Night Of The Hunter, The 1955
Nightmare On Elm Street, A 1984
Out Of The Past 1947
Play Misty For Me 1971
Poltergeist 1982
Predator 1987
Prisoner Of Zenda, The 1937
Public Enemy, The 1931
Rebel Without A Cause 1955
Rosemary's Baby 1968
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Spartacus 1960
Taxi Driver 1976
Thing (From Another World), The 1951
Train, The 1965
Wind, The 1928
Several dozen more films received one or two votes each, more than can be listed here. Almost every film among the nominees managed to thrill somebody!
And the Winners Are...
Here's the final AFI 100 Thrills list. You may note a few classic thrillers that somehow didn't get included, such as Sorry, Wrong Number, The African Queen, and Gunga Din, which classic fans might have included rather than Speed, Blue Velvet, or Fatal Attraction. But at least Hitchcock is well represented, and there are even one or two from the early days.
For an excellent commentary on the complete list, be sure to visit Tim Dirks' Greatest Films site.
1 - Psycho (1960)
2 - Jaws (1975)
3 - The Exorcist (1973)
4 - North By Northwest (1959)
5 - Silence of the Lambs (1991)
6 - Alien (1979)
7 - The Birds (1963)
8 - French Connection (1971)
9 - Rosemary's Baby (1968)
10 - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
11 - The Godfather (1972)
12 - King Kong (1933)
13 - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
14 - Rear Window (1954)
15 - Deliverance (1972)
16 - Chinatown (1974)
17 - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
18 - Vertigo (1958)
19 - The Great Escape (1963)
20 - High Noon (1952)
21 - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
22 - Taxi Driver (1976)
23 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
24 - Double Indemnity (1944)
25 - Titanic (1997)
26 - The Maltese Falcon (1941)
27 - Star Wars (1977)
28 - Fatal Attraction (1987)
29 - The Shining (1980)
30 - The Deer Hunter (1978)
31 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
32 - Strangers on a Train (1951)
33 - The Fugitive (1993)
34 - Night of the Hunter (1955)
35 - Jurassic Park (1933)
36 - Bullitt (1968)
37 - Casablanca (1942)
38 - Notorious (1946)
39 - Die Hard (1988)
40 - 2001 (1968)
41 - Dirty Harry (1971)
42 - The Terminator (1984)
43 - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
44 - E.T. (1982)
45 - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
46 - Carrie (1976)
47 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
48 - Dial M For Murder (1954)
49 - Ben-Hur (1959)
50 - Marathon Man (1976)
51 - Raging Bull (1980)
52 - Rocky (1976)
53 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
54 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
55 - Wait Until Dark (1967)
56 - Frankenstein (1931)
57 - All the President's Men (1976)
58 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
59 - Planet of the Apes (1968)
60 - The Sixth Sense (1999)
61 - Cape Fear (1962)
62 - Spartacus (1960)
63 - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
64 - Touch of Evil (1958)
65 - The Dirty Dozen (1967)
66 - The Matrix (1999)
67 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
68 - Halloween (1978)
69 - The Wild Bunch (1969)
70 - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
71 - Goldfinger (1964)
72 - Platoon (1986)
73 - Laura (1944)
74 - Blade Runner (1982)
75 - The Third Man (1949)
76 - Thelma and Louise (1991)
77 - Terminator 2 (1991)
78 - Gaslight (1944)
79 - The Magnificent Seven (1960)
80 - Rebecca (1940)
81 - The Omen (1976)
82 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
83 - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
84 - Poltergeist (1982)
85 - Dracula (1931)
86 - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
87 - The Thing From Another World (1951)
88 - 12 Angry Men (1957)
89 - The Guns of Navarone (1961)
90 - The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
91 - Braveheart (1995)
92 - Body Heat (1981)
93 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
94 - The China Syndrome (1979)
95 - Full Metal Jacket (1987)
96 - Blue Velvet (1986)
97 - Safety Last (1923)
98 - Blood Simple (1984)
99 - Speed (1994)
100 - The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
