Here are the ten most thrilling classic movies, ranked.

Welles original novel performed byOrson Wellesto be an actual news report.

High Noonhad more emotional authenticity than any other Westernand was not afraid to get genuinely dark in moments.

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When it comes toFrankenstein, simplicity is the best option.

Robin Hood, played by actor Erroll Flynn, and Will Scarlet, played by actor Patric Knowles, both on horseback in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

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John Wayne as The Ringo Kid standing in an open field in Stagecoach

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A spaceship destroying a city in The War of the Worlds (1953)

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High Noon - 1952

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Lead characters of The Bridge on the River Kwai looking upward in the daylight

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Frankenstein’s monster (Boris Karloff) peers through the bushes in 1931’s ‘Frankenstein.'

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Kong towering over the city and a helicopter in 1933 King Kong

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Humphrey Bogart looks serious in a suit as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Barbara Stanwyck standing behind a door as Fred MacMurray stands in the doorway in Double Indemnity

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Rita Hayworth as Elsa Bannister pointing a gun at a man as Orson Welles as Michael O’Hara stands behind her in The Lady from Shanghai

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