Best of all Time

Which thrillers are considered to be the 'Best of all Time'?

1. Psycho

This is probably the most popular thriller ever been produced. It is an American suspense/ horror thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcook and it is based on a suspense novel, written in 1959 by Robert Bloch.

Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.

2. Seven

This is a 1995 American thriller film, which contains  horror and neo-noir elements. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker. The director David Fincher has chosen two very famous actors, Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

This thriller portrays the exploits of a deranged serial-killer. His twisted agenda involves choosing seven victims who represent egregious examples of transgressions of each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He then views himself as akin to the Sword of God, handing out horrific punishment to these sinners. Two cops, an experienced veteran of the streets who is about to retire and the ambitious young homicide detective hired to replace him, team up to capture the perpetrator of these gruesome killings. Unfortunately, they too become ensnared in his diabolical plan.

Here are two websites, which shows a list of the best thrillers of all time, but they differ from each other, due to the different assessments they used.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/10/15/top-25-thrillers-of-all-time

http://www.imdb.com/list/ycXik2LXank/