Best Suspense Thriller by Decade

from 1970-present here are my picks

70- The French Connection
80-The Shining
90- The Silence of the Lambs
00- Memento / Children of Men

Your choices?

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'20s- Safety Last (1923) - Of course, it's one of the best comedies too.
'30s- M (1931)
'40s- The Third Man (1949)
'50s- Rear Window (1954)
'60s- The Innocents (1961)
'70s- The Exorcist (1973)
'80s- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
'90s- SE7EN (1995)
'00s- The Incredibles (2004)

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50's- Rear Window, for sure
60's- Haven't seen much
70's- Ditto
80's- Don't know
90's- Silence of the Lambs
00's- State of Play

Because I love making lists:

30s: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
40s: I Walked with a Zombie
50s: Night of the Hunter
60s: Psycho
70s: Don't Look Now
80s: Blow Out
90s: Eyes Wide Shut
00s: Zodiac
10s: Martha Marcy May Marlene

40s: The Third Man
50s: Vertigo
60s: Psycho
70s: Chinatown
80s: Blue Velvet
90s: The Silence of the Lambs
00s: Zodiac

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50's - Rear Window
60's - Psycho
70's - Chinatown
80's - Eye of the Needle
90's - Seven
00's - Memento
10's - Shutter Island

* Kept horrors out from my list, if included, then 'The Shinning' instead of 'Eye of the Needle' from the 80's.