What is the best 2020s thriller so far?

By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, The Zone of Interest (193) anchors the decade so far. Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Power of the Dog round out the canonical entries.

How does TVI rank 2020s thrillers?

Every 2020s thriller is scored on the same rubric: Cognitive Stimulation (40%), Educational Value (35%), Craft & Quality (25%). The decade so far is characterized by auteur-thriller dominance — Scorsese, Glazer, Triet, Lonergan, Park Chan-wook all operating inside thriller register.

Will this list change as more 2020s films release?

Yes — the page is updated each Monday as new titles are scored. Late-decade entries from Villeneuve, the Daniels, Hamaguchi, and other auteurs will reshape the ranking.

Thriller Films · 2020s So Far

Best Thriller Films of the 2020s So Far, Ranked by IQ Score

Half-decade into the 2020s — the thrillers that have already entered the canon. Ranked by IQ Score.

The 2020s in thriller cinema is the decade auteur-thriller continued to dominate critical reception. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) won Best Original Screenplay. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) is Scorsese's most-recent canonical entry. The Zone of Interest (2023) at 193 is among the database's highest-scoring films.

Anchor picks: The Zone of Interest sits at the top. Anatomy of a Fall is the canonical courtroom-thriller entry. Killers of the Flower Moon is the canonical historical-thriller. Nope (2022) and Saltburn (2023) round out the canonical 2020s thrillers.

18 titles · ranked by IQ Score