Who are some of the most well known directors associated with this genre?

David Paul Cronenberg, (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is the director of many well known thrillers such as Crash, horrors of our minds and focuses on the psychological.

Christopher Nolan is also a very good example of a well known director of thrillers such as the dark night, inception and the prestige. His narrative structures often reflect the mental construction of characters.
This is the best scene from the film inception, I really felt on the edge of my seat when i watched this film as it does not stop being exciting.


Sir Alfred Hitchcock(the grandfather of thriller) is also a very well known director of films such as psycho and rebecca. His thriller are mostly to do with physiology. He was the one that helped shaped the modern-day thriller genre we know today.