The Top 100 Thrillers of All Time, According to Critics
By Joseph Bien-Kahn, Stacker News
AND Abby Monteil, Stacker News
On 6/30/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
What is a thriller exactly? Unlike the sci-fi or comedy genres, a film can fit into this corner of cinema if it manages to keep viewers on the edges of their seats with intense thrills and palpable suspense. As long as the movie is able to build tension, it s fair game. Of course, there are plenty of subgenres within, which filmmakers use to craft excellent thrillers, from war-time stories like
The Hurt Locker to social allegories like
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US, 1992, 105 min, Dir. Norman René
Mary-Louise Parker got booted from this role for Meg. Courtesy of Meridian Film Distribution CompanyIf you’ve ever wanted to see Alec Baldwin have awkward sexual chemistry with an elderly man, boy do I have a film for you.
Prelude to a Kiss is a ridiculous romantic fantasy film that stuffs some good old-fashioned body-switching, a quick wedding engagement, and a weird kiss into its hour and forty-eight minutes. Director-screenwriter team Norman René and Craig Lucas adapt the film from a Broadway play the duo also created the unstreamable films
Longtime Companion and
Reckless. It features Baldwin, who plays Peter, a square who falls in love with Rita (Meg Ryan), a pessimistic bartender he meets at a party. Rita is free-spirited and not quite ready for marriage but decides to go through with it anyway after Peter pops the question. But just after exchanging vows, Rita kisses a random older gentleman named Julius (Sydney Walker), who drools