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    This document analyzes the top 10 thriller movies according to IMDB ratings. It finds that they are all highly rated between 8.6 to 8.9. They share similarities like featuring action, comedy at times, a protagonist with a lover, a young adult cast, a troubled protagonist, fast or malicious music, and involving a crime. However, they also have differences like some being fiction/sci-fi while others depict real crimes, most having male but some female protagonists, and the music genres varying depending on the film's setting. Famous directors like Hitchcock and Christopher Nolan have directed multiple films on the list.

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    This document analyzes the top 10 thriller movies according to IMDB ratings. It finds that they are all highly rated between 8.6 to 8.9. They share similarities like featuring action, comedy at times, a protagonist with a lover, a young adult cast, a troubled protagonist, fast or malicious music, and involving a crime. However, they also have differences like some being fiction/sci-fi while others depict real crimes, most having male but some female protagonists, and the music genres varying depending on the film's setting. Famous directors like Hitchcock and Christopher Nolan have directed multiple films on the list.

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    This document analyzes the top 10 thriller movies according to IMDB ratings. It finds that they are all highly rated between 8.6 to 8.9. They share similarities like featuring action, comedy at times, a protagonist with a lover, a young adult cast, a troubled protagonist, fast or malicious music, and involving a crime. However, they also have differences like some being fiction/sci-fi while others depict real crimes, most having male but some female protagonists, and the music genres varying depending on the film's setting. Famous directors like Hitchcock and Christopher Nolan have directed multiple films on the list.

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    Research on Thriller movies

    Which are the Top Ten? Why are


    They so Successful?
    Table taken from http://www.imdb.com/chart/thriller

    Rank Rating Title Votes


    1. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 445,663
    2. 8.9 Inception (2010) 292,814
    3. 8.8 The Dark Knight 498,434
    (2008)
    4. 8.8 Goodfellas (1990) 245,294
    5. 8.8 Fight Club (1999) 410,885
    6. 8.7 Rear Window 126,440
    (1954)
    7. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 153,484
    8. 8.7 The Usual 282,680
    Suspects (1995)
    9. 8.7 The Silence of the 263,406
    Lambs (1991)
    10. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 300,905
    Similarities
    • All have action
    • Some comedy
    • A protagonist with a lover
    • A teenage-young adult cast
    • A protagonist who is troubled
    • Music is always fast tempo or quite malicious and mischievous
    • The same directors- Hitchhock directed both Psycho and Rear Window,
    Christopher Nolan directed both Inception ad The Dark Night.
    • Plot involves a crime
    • Protagonist is always good looking with a mysterious and scary looking
    antagonist.
    • Settings are all based in current periods of film releases
    Differences
    • Some are fiction and involve sci-fi, others are
    reality crime scene and mystery.
    • Most protagonists are men however women as
    protagonist are also used in “Psycho” and “The
    Silence of the Lambs” therefore there is no real
    trend.
    • Music is the same in tempo however different
    in genre in the film “Goodfellas” possibly due to
    its setting.

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