The Best PG Suspense Movies

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List of PG suspense movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best PG suspense movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG Suspense movie of all time is. This list of popular PG suspense movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG Suspense movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG Suspense films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific PG Suspense film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

List contains movies like Rear Window and The Conversation.

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Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger
Released: 1951
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Rear Window
Grace Kelly, James Stewart
Released: 1954
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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The Conversation
Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall
Released: 1974
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow
Released: 1983
Directed by: Steven Spielberg, George Miller, John Landis, Joe Dante
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The 'Burbs
Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher
Released: 1989
Directed by: Joe Dante
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The Trouble with Harry
Shirley MacLaine, Alfred Hitchcock
Released: 1955
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Marnie
Sean Connery, Alfred Hitchcock
Released: 1964
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Death on the Nile
Bette Davis, Maggie Smith
Released: 1978
Directed by: John Guillermin
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The Hindenburg
Anne Bancroft, Burgess Meredith
Released: 1975
Directed by: Robert Wise
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
James Stewart, Doris Day
Released: 1956
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Sleuth
Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Released: 1972
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Coma
Tom Selleck, Michael Douglas
Released: 1978
Directed by: Michael Crichton
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The House on Carroll Street
Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin
Released: 1988
Directed by: Peter Yates
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Don't Bother to Knock
Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft
Released: 1952
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
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Scorpio
Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon
Released: 1973
Directed by: Michael Winner
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Asylum
Charlotte Rampling, Britt Ekland
Released: 1972
Directed by: Patrick Magee, Roy Ward Baker
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Jaws 3-D
Dennis Quaid, Lea Thompson
Released: 1983
Directed by: Joe Alves
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The Concorde...Airport '79
Alain Delon, Robert Wagner
Released: 1979
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
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Deathtrap
Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve
Released: 1982
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
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Sorcerer
Roy Scheider, Joe Spinell
Released: 1977
Directed by: William Friedkin
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Obsession
John Lithgow, Cliff Robertson
Released: 1976
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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Saboteur
Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Mitchum
Released: 1942
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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The China Syndrome
Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas
Released: 1979
Directed by: James Bridges
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Hanky Panky
Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner
Released: 1982
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
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Family Plot
Alfred Hitchcock, Bruce Dern
Released: 1976
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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