| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 260 | They Live | 1988 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Satire, Action, Alien Invasion, Black Comedy, Buddy, Postmodernism, Political Thriller | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 283 | The Dead Zone | 1983 | David Cronenberg | USA | Thriller | Low Fantasy, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Political Thriller, Psychological Drama | 56 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 1331 | Crimes of the Future | 2022 | David Cronenberg | Canada | Body Horror | Drama, Tech-Noir, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Satire, Erotica, Spy, Political Thriller | 23 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 1381 | Shin Gojira | 2016 | Hideaki Anno | Japan | Monster | Political Thriller, Disaster, Kaiju, Science Fiction, Satire, Political Drama, Action, Black Comedy | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 2417 | Children of the Damned | 1964 | Anton Leader | UK | Science Fiction | Political Thriller | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 2682 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | 1971 | Roman Polanski | UK | Drama | Tragedy, Medieval, Low Fantasy, Period Drama, New Hollywood, Political Thriller | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 2830 | The Shrouds | 2024 | David Cronenberg | Canada | Mystery | Psychological Drama, Science Fiction, Satire, Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Body Horror, Spy, Artificial Intelligence, Political Thriller, Postmodernism, Black Comedy | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 4628 | Kôkaku Kidôtai | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Japan | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk, Anime, Tech-Noir, Artificial Intelligence, Action, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Crime, Political Thriller, Police Procedural | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
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