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Someone to Watch Over Me (film)
Someone to Watch Over Me is Ridley Scott's 1987 Columbia Pictures romantic thriller starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, and Lorraine Bracco, about a detective protecting a socialite murder witness; released 9 October 1987, 106 minutes, distinct from the Gershwin song and other same-titled works.
Spike of Bensonhurst
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) is Paul Morrissey's last narrative feature, a Brooklyn mob comedy starring Sasha Mitchell as boxer Spike Fumo and Ernest Borgnine as don Baldo Cacetti; released by FilmDallas, it grossed $623,112 and was restored on 4K UHD by Fun City Editions.
Stick (1985 film)
Stick is a 1985 American crime thriller directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on Elmore Leonard's novel, about an ex-convict in Miami seeking revenge after his friend is murdered during a drug-money delivery.
Subway (1985 film)
Subway (1985) is a French crime film by Luc Besson starring Christophe Lambert and Isabelle Adjani, about a thief hiding in the Paris Métro; a cinéma du look landmark that won three César Awards.
Tenebrae (film)
Tenebrae (Tenebre, US title Unsane) is Dario Argento's 1982 Italian giallo in which a killer imitates novelist Peter Neal's book in Rome; a self-reflexive, once video-nasty-listed film now rated among Argento's best.
Tequila Sunrise (film)
Tequila Sunrise (film) is a 1988 American crime thriller directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kurt Russell in a love triangle involving cocaine trafficking.
The Big Easy (film)
The Big Easy (1987) is a Jim McBride romantic crime thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin, set in New Orleans, written by Daniel Petrie Jr., grossing $15.5 million with a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is Peter Greenaway's 1989 drama starring Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Alan Howard, Richard Bohringer, and Tim Roth, about a gangster's wife having a restaurant affair, with color-coded sets and Nyman's Memorial score.
The Draughtsman's Contract
The Draughtsman's Contract is Peter Greenaway's 1982 British debut narrative feature, a country-house murder mystery set in 1694 in which draughtsman Mr Neville draws twelve estate views for Mrs Herbert, paid in money and sexual favors, with a Michael Nyman Purcell score.
The Fourth Protocol (film)
The Fourth Protocol is a 1987 British Cold War spy thriller directed by John Mackenzie, starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's novel.
The Honorary Consul
The Honorary Consul (US title Beyond the Limit) is John Mackenzie's 1983 film adaptation of Graham Greene's 1973 novel, scripted by Christopher Hampton, starring Michael Caine, Richard Gere, and Bob Hoskins; Greene disowned it, calling Gere completely miscast.
The Last Days of the Victim
The Last Days of the Victim (Últimos días de la víctima) is a 1982 Argentine noir thriller by Adolfo Aristarain, adapted from José Pablo Feinmann's 1979 novel, starring Federico Luppi as hit man Mendizábal; released days before the Falklands war, it won Cóndor de Plata awards.
The Little Drummer Girl (1984 film)
The Little Drummer Girl (1984) is George Roy Hill's film of John le Carre's spy novel, starring Diane Keaton as actress Charlie, recruited by Israeli intelligence; Klaus Kinski, Yorgo Voyagis, Sami Frey co-star; released 19 October 1984, 130 minutes, Warner Bros.
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday: 1979-80 British gangster thriller by John Mackenzie, written by Barrie Keeffe, starring Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand and Helen Mirren; an IRA Easter-weekend rampage destroys a London mobster's Docklands redevelopment deal.
The Mirror Crack'd
The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton, adapting Agatha Christie's 1962 Miss Marple novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis.
The Morning After
The Morning After is a 1986 American mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Jane Fonda as an alcoholic actress who wakes beside a corpse with no memory.
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Pope of Greenwich Village: 1984 American crime drama directed by Stuart Rosenberg, from Vincent Patrick's 1979 novel, starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, and Daryl Hannah as Little Italy cousins who rob the mob; Geraldine Page earned an Oscar nomination.
The Sicilian (film)
The Sicilian is Michael Cimino's 1987 film adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel about bandit Salvatore Giuliano, starring Christopher Lambert; a 115-minute cut flopped in the US while a longer director's version played Europe.
The Star Chamber
The Star Chamber is a 1983 American legal thriller directed by Peter Hyams and starring Michael Douglas as a Los Angeles judge who joins a secret society of judges.
The Story of Woo Viet (胡越的故事)
The Story of Woo Viet (胡越的故事) is a 1981 Ann Hui Hong Kong drama starring Chow Yun-fat as a Vietnamese refugee turned Manila hitman; second of her Vietnam Trilogy, first Hong Kong Film Awards Best Screenplay winner.
The Untouchables (film)
The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime drama directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro as Eliot Ness fighting Al Capone.
The Vanishing (1988 film)
The Vanishing (Spoorloos, 1988) is a Dutch-French psychological thriller by George Sluizer, adapted from Tim Krabbé's Het Gouden Ei, about Saskia's disappearance and Rex's three-year search; it won the first European Film Award for Best Film and a 1993 American remake flopped.
The Whistle Blower
The Whistle Blower is a 1987 British political thriller directed by Simon Langton, starring Michael Caine as a father who investigates his son's death at the intelligence agency GCHQ.
They're Playing with Fire
They're Playing with Fire is a 1984 American horror-thriller directed by Howard Avedis and starring Sybil Danning, about a college professor whose scheme to seize an inheritance is overtaken by murder.
Thief (film)
Thief (1981) is Michael Mann's theatrical debut neo-noir crime thriller, starring James Caan as safecracker Frank, based on Frank Hohimer's The Home Invaders, scored by Tangerine Dream, and a template for Heat.
Time for Revenge
Time for Revenge (Tiempo de revancha) is Adolfo Aristarain's 1981 Argentine political thriller starring Federico Luppi as an explosives expert who fakes muteness after a staged mining accident to extort the corrupt Tulsaco company; it won the Havana Grand Coral and seven Silver Condors.
To Live and Die in L.A. (film)
To Live and Die in L.A. is William Friedkin's 1985 neo-noir crime thriller, adapted from Gerald Petievich's novel, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe, famous for its wrong-way freeway car chase and Wang Chung score.
Village in the Mist (안개 마을)
Village in the Mist (안개마을, Village of Haze) is a 1982 South Korean drama-mystery film by Im Kwon-taek, adapted from Yi Mun-yol's story An Anonymous Island, starring Jeong Yun-hui and Ahn Sung-ki, a Baeksang Best Film winner about a teacher in a village hiding a sexual secret.
Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき)
Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき) is Takeshi Kitano's 1989 directorial debut, a 103-minute Shochiku-Fuji crime film in which Beat Takeshi plays a rogue detective investigating drug corruption; originally planned with Kinji Fukasaku directing.
WarGames
WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War techno-thriller directed by John Badham, in which Matthew Broderick's teenage hacker nearly starts nuclear war through a military supercomputer.