Underrated Thriller Movies
Thriller films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Thriller Films
- 1
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock·1958·MysteryTML 94★ 8.3$3.2M box officeStarring
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
- 2
Du rififi chez les hommes
Jules Dassin·1955·CrimeTML 92★ 8.2$57K box officeStarring
Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
- 3
Bronenosets Potemkin
Sergei M. Eisenstein·1925·DramaTML 91★ 8.0$51K box officeStarring
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
- 4
The Third Man
Carol Reed·1949·Film-NoirTML 91★ 8.1$449K box officeStarring
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
- 5
Rififi
Jules Dassin·1955·CrimeTML 91★ 8.1$518K box officeStarring
Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey
- 6
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa·1961·ActionTML 90★ 8.2$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
- 7
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein·1925·DramaTML 90★ 7.9$51K box officeStarring
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
- 8
Elevator to the Gallows
Louis Malle·1958·CrimeTML 89★ 7.9$375K box officeStarring
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin
- 9
The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer·1962·DramaTML 89★ 7.9$2.8M box officeStarring
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
- 10
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Koreeda·2018·CrimeTML 89★ 7.9$3.3M box officeStarring
Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
- 11
Come and See
Elem Klimov·1985·DramaTML 88★ 8.4$72K box officeStarring
Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
- 12
The Red Circle
Jean-Pierre Melville·1970·CrimeTML 88★ 7.9$433K box officeStarring
Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
- 13
The Wages of Fear
Henri-Georges Clouzot·1953·AdventureTML 87★ 8.1$21K box officeStarring
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
- 14
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Fritz Lang·1931·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$29K box officeStarring
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
- 15
M
Fritz Lang·1931·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$36K box officeStarring
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
- 16
Z
Costa-Gavras·1969·CrimeTML 87★ 8.1$83K box officeStarring
Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
- 17
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero·1968·HorrorTML 87★ 7.9$89K box officeStarring
Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
- 18
Vikram
Lokesh Kanagaraj·2022·ActionTML 87★ 8.3$1.8M box officeStarring
Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Narain
- 19
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook·2016·DramaTML 87★ 8.1$2.0M box officeStarring
Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
- 20
Mean Streets
Martin Scorsese·1973·CrimeTML 86★ 7.2$33K box officeStarring
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson
- 21
Ah-ga-ssi
Chan-wook Park·2016·DramaTML 86★ 8.1$2.0M box officeStarring
Kim Min-hee, Jung-woo Ha, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-Ri
- 22
Sarfarosh
John Mathew Matthan·1999·ActionTML 85★ 8.1$289K box officeStarring
Ali Khan, Akhilendra Mishra, Makrand Deshpande, Rajesh Joshi
- 23
The Passenger
Michelangelo Antonioni·1975·DramaTML 85★ 7.5$620K box officeStarring
Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry
- 24
Kahaani
Sujoy Ghosh·2012·MysteryTML 85★ 8.1$1.0M box officeStarring
Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- 25
Pink
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury·2016·DramaTML 85★ 8.1$1.2M box officeStarring
Taapsee Pannu, Amitabh Bachchan, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang
- 26
Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino·1992·CrimeTML 85★ 8.3$2.8M box officeStarring
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
- 27
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Robert Wiene·1920·HorrorTML 84★ 8.0$9K box officeStarring
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
- 28
The Beasts
Rodrigo Sorogoyen·2022·DramaTML 84★ 7.5$46K box officeStarring
Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
- 29
The Bad Sleep Well
Akira Kurosawa·1960·CrimeTML 84★ 8.0$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
- 30
Wake in Fright
Ted Kotcheff·1971·DramaTML 84★ 7.6$50K box officeStarring
Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay