The table below lists the top-grossing Thriller/Suspense movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Thriller/Suspense films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Thriller/Suspense movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
| Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 302 | ||||
| 2026 | 3 | ||||
| 2025 | 27 | ||||
| 2024 | Annual Stats | 388 | $172,500,000 | $1,061,722,233 | Twisters |
| 2023 | Annual Stats | 420 | $39,875,000 | $1,837,717,179 | Xiāo Shī De Tā (消失的她) |
| 2022 | Annual Stats | 366 | $79,558,143 | $621,327,464 | Bullet Train |
| 2021 | Annual Stats | 313 | $29,661,157 | $932,208,070 | Xuan Ya Zhi Shang (悬崖之上) |
| 2020 | Annual Stats | 290 | $30,422,222 | $295,033,736 | Greenland |
| 2019 | Annual Stats | 343 | $32,176,087 | $3,123,397,198 | Joker |
| 2018 | Annual Stats | 303 | $17,602,667 | $1,432,795,241 | Wu Shuang |
| 2017 | Annual Stats | 274 | $38,728,571 | $1,945,529,761 | Blade Runner 2049 |
| 2016 | Annual Stats | 274 | $29,593,333 | $2,360,838,218 | Now You See Me 2 |
| 2015 | Annual Stats | 218 | $12,916,000 | $1,144,769,720 | Bridge of Spies |
| 2014 | Annual Stats | 133 | $14,263,478 | $1,104,280,690 | Gone Girl |
| 2013 | Annual Stats | 161 | $28,269,459 | $2,721,673,413 | Gravity |
| 2012 | Annual Stats | 130 | $24,657,308 | $2,915,418,015 | Prometheus |
| 2011 | Annual Stats | 95 | $27,281,481 | $2,163,867,779 | Super 8 |
| 2010 | Annual Stats | 79 | $33,691,833 | $2,895,839,610 | Inception |
| 2009 | Annual Stats | 78 | $25,637,500 | $1,808,630,111 | Angels & Demons |
| 2008 | Annual Stats | 70 | $31,369,231 | $1,983,429,932 | Taken |
| 2007 | Annual Stats | 67 | $40,075,000 | $2,182,527,497 | I am Legend |
| 2006 | Annual Stats | 36 | $35,658,263 | $1,094,039,491 | Inside Man |
| 2005 | Annual Stats | 29 | $26,920,000 | $1,329,880,569 | Flightplan |
| 2004 | Annual Stats | 34 | $38,663,704 | $1,458,968,707 | The Bourne Supremacy |
| 2003 | Annual Stats | 30 | $28,650,000 | $674,962,140 | The Recruit |
| 2002 | Annual Stats | 40 | $33,734,716 | $1,858,274,035 | Signs |
| 2001 | Annual Stats | 34 | $32,413,043 | $1,500,027,082 | Ocean's Eleven |
| 2000 | Annual Stats | 33 | $32,602,536 | $1,223,601,396 | What Lies Beneath |
| 1999 | Annual Stats | 25 | $28,762,875 | $1,528,108,263 | The Sixth Sense |
| 1998 | Annual Stats | 22 | $29,486,000 | $532,006,302 | Snake Eyes |
| 1997 | Annual Stats | 29 | $52,800,000 | $1,025,249,151 | Dante’s Peak |
| 1996 | Annual Stats | 27 | $26,351,000 | $488,449,775 | Executive Decision |
| 1995 | Annual Stats | 21 | $34,400,000 | $775,077,953 | Se7en |
| 1994 | 14 | $34,200,000 | $582,735,270 | Disclosure | |
| 1993 | 30 | $29,100,000 | $1,434,330,516 | The Fugitive | |
| 1992 | 18 | $2,600,000 | $748,245,950 | Basic Instinct | |
| 1991 | 20 | $23,000,000 | $758,101,879 | Cape Fear | |
| 1990 | 27 | $30,000,000 | $690,034,499 | Presumed Innocent | |
| 1989 | 22 | $24,500,000 | $309,355,324 | Black Rain | |
| 1988 | 22 | $4,000,000 | $266,574,974 | Masquerade | |
| 1987 | 21 | $14,000,000 | $502,401,971 | Fatal Attraction | |
| 1986 | 21 | $18,000,000 | $103,225,441 | The Morning After | |
| 1985 | 10 | $1,750,000 | $117,700,546 | White Nights | |
| 1984 | 14 | $10,000,000 | $179,952,476 | Tightrope | |
| 1983 | 15 | $12,333,333 | $141,393,703 | WarGames | |
| 1982 | 13 | $15,625,000 | $71,594,479 | Blade Runner | |
| 1981 | 14 | $14,000,000 | $150,388,295 | Absence of Malice | |
| 1980 | 11 | $6,500,000 | $135,568,619 | American Gigolo | |
| 1979 | 8 | $44,864,257 | The China Syndrome | ||
| 1978 | 7 | $12,000,000 | $37,900,000 | The Boys from Brazil | |
| 1977 | 9 | $54,655,822 | Airport '77 | ||
| 1976 | 11 | $28,209,055 | Marathon Man | ||
| 1975 | 13 | $43,512,022 | Three Days of the Condor | ||
| 1974 | 13 | $2,700,000 | $52,044,566 | Airport 1975 | |
| 1973 | 10 | $259,437 | Persona | ||
| 1972 | 12 | $3,500,000 | $68,939,051 | Deliverance | |
| 1971 | 16 | $4,350,000 | $76,793,833 | The French Connection | |
| 1970 | 8 | $100,969,733 | Airport | ||
| 1969 | 9 | $4,000,000 | $20,283,305 | Z | |
| 1968 | 8 | $17,812,032 | The Boston Strangler | ||
| 1967 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $40,802 | Blow-Up | |
| 1966 | 4 | $3,000,000 | $13,000,802 | Torn Curtain | |
| 1965 | 4 | $5,800,000 | $14,410,857 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | |
| 1964 | 5 | $7,009,045 | Marnie | ||
| 1963 | 6 | $259,758 | Classe Tous Risques | ||
| 1962 | 8 | $7,861,666 | The Manchurian Candidate | ||
| 1961 | 3 | $25,564 | Victim | ||
| 1960 | 6 | $7,669,442 | Midnight Lace | ||
| 1959 | 3 | $13,376,230 | North by Northwest | ||
| 1958 | 2 | $5,553,734 | Vertigo | ||
| 1957 | 1 | $211 | Witness for the Prosecution | ||
| 1956 | 5 | $1,200,000 | $13,863,217 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | |
| 1955 | 3 | $8,752,085 | To Catch a Thief | ||
| 1954 | 2 | $33,592,897 | Rear Window | ||
| 1953 | 7 | $1,250,000 | $2,506,789 | Niagara | |
| 1952 | 1 | $24,760 | Sudden Fear | ||
| 1951 | 1 | $1,200,000 | $7,022,725 | Strangers on a Train | |
| 1950 | 5 | $1,574,912 | The Third Man | ||
| 1949 | 5 | $223,415 | The Fallen Idol | ||
| 1948 | 2 | $1,099 | Rope | ||
| 1947 | 7 | $36,190 | Roma città aperta | ||
| 1946 | 6 | $2,000,000 | $24,495,661 | Notorious | |
| 1945 | 5 | $1,500,000 | $20,800,619 | Leave Her to Heaven | |
| 1944 | 1 | $99 | Lifeboat | ||
| 1943 | 5 | $395 | Shadow of a Doubt | ||
| 1942 | 3 | $70,782 | Went the Day Well? | ||
| 1941 | 1 | $4,500,000 | Suspicion | ||
| 1940 | 4 | $1,288,000 | $6,002,919 | Rebecca | |
| 1939 | 3 | ||||
| 1938 | 1 | $237 | The Lady Vanishes | ||
| 1937 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 | 1 | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | $239 | The 39 Steps | ||
| 1934 | 1 | ||||
| 1933 | 1 | ||||
| 1932 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | 1 | ||||
| 1930 | 1 | ||||
| 1929 | 2 | ||||
| 1927 | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | $18,835 | Der müde Tod | ||
| 1922 | 1 | ||||
| 1920 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5,220 | $28,713,794 | $52,950,194,796 | Joker | |