Thriller Timeline By parmenter Feb 14, 1927 The Lodger A Story of the London Fog The Lodger is a film by Alfred Hitchcock and is an iomportant thriller as it was the first ever thriller made. the Thriller was a silent film and was 74 minutes long. Period: Feb 14, 1927 to Jun 21, 2012 Thriller Movies . Oct 14, 1994 Pulp Fiction .