examples of thrillers

• the silence of the lambs 1991
• se7en 1995
• rear window 1954
• taxi driver 1976
• the usual suspects 1995
• vertigo 1958
• jaws 1975
• the shining 1980
• no country for old men 2007
• the sixth sense 1999
• North by Northwest 1959
• manchurian candidate 1962
• fargo 1996
• dog day afternoon 1975
• the prestige 2006
• scarface 1983
• the birds 1963
• dial m for murder 1954
• old boy 2005
• the bourne ultimatum 2007

As you can see all good thrillers go right back to the 1950's.