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2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley is a 1996 American crime black comedy written and directed by John Herzfeld, starring Danny Aiello, James Spader, and Charlize Theron in her breakout role, set over 48 hours in the San Fernando Valley and grossing about $11 million domestically for MGM/UA.
8mm (film)
8mm (1999) is a Joel Schumacher crime thriller written by Andrew Kevin Walker, starring Nicolas Cage as PI Tom Welles investigating an apparent snuff film; it earned $96.4M worldwide, scored 21 on Metacritic, and Walker disowned the altered script.
A Hero Never Dies (真心英雄)
A Hero Never Dies (真心英雄) is a 1998 Hong Kong heroic-bloodshed action film directed by Johnnie To for Milky Way Image, starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-wan as rival hitmen betrayed by their bosses, winner of the 1998 HK Film Critics Society Best Director award.
A Moment of Romance (天若有情)
A Moment of Romance (天若有情) is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Benny Chan, starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu as lovers from different worlds.
A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder (1998) is a Warner Bros. thriller directed by Andrew Davis, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen; a New York-set reworking of Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder in which a husband hires his wife's lover to kill her.
A Perfect World
A Perfect World is a 1993 American crime drama directed by Clint Eastwood, written by John Lee Hancock, starring Kevin Costner, Eastwood, Laura Dern, and T.J. Lowther; set in 1963 Texas, released November 24, 1993, PG-13, Metascore 71, about $30 million box office.
A Simple Plan (film)
A Simple Plan (1998) is a Sam Raimi crime thriller adapted by Scott B. Smith from his 1993 novel, starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda as Minnesotans who find millions in a crashed plane.
Absolute Power (film)
Absolute Power (1997), Clint Eastwood political thriller, also called Poder absoluto, adapted by William Goldman from David Baldacci's novel; thief Luther Whitney witnesses the President's cover-up of a Secret Service murder; $50 million gross, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Affliction (1997 film)
Affliction is a 1997 drama directed and written by Paul Schrader from Russell Banks's novel, starring Nick Nolte as a unraveling New Hampshire cop, with James Coburn winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar; premiered at Venice 1997, released by Lionsgate in 1998-99.
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama directed by Tony Kaye, starring Edward Norton as reformed neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard and Edward Furlong as his brother Danny, released by New Line Cinema after a famous editing dispute.
American Me
American Me (1992) is Edward James Olmos's directorial debut for Universal, a crime drama about Montoya Santana, a Mexican Mafia leader in Folsom Prison, loosely based on Rodolfo Cadena.
Analyze This
Analyze This (1999) is a Harold Ramis gangster comedy starring Robert De Niro as mob boss Paul Vitti and Billy Crystal as his psychiatrist, released March 5, 1999 by Warner Bros., grossing $106.8M domestically, with sequel Analyze That (2002).
Apt Pupil (film)
Apt Pupil (1998) is Bryan Singer's psychological drama, adapted by Brandon Boyce from Stephen King's novella in Different Seasons, starring Brad Renfro as teen Todd Bowden and Ian McKellen as hiding Nazi Kurt Dussander; released October 23, 1998, grossed $8.8 million.
Arlington Road
Arlington Road is a 1999 American thriller directed by Mark Pellington, written by Ehren Kruger, starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack; a terrorism professor suspects his suburban neighbors, ending with a nihilistic twist.
Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant (1992) is Abel Ferrara's NC-17 crime drama starring Harvey Keitel as a corrupt, drug-addicted NYPD lieutenant investigating a nun's rape; co-written by Zoë Lund, Cannes premiere.
Barton Fink
Barton Fink (1991) is the Coen brothers' black comedy about a 1941 New York playwright, played by John Turturro, who suffers writer's block writing wrestling pictures in Hollywood. It won the Palme d'Or, Best Director, and Best Actor at Cannes, the festival's first triple-award film.
Beast Cops (野兽刑警)
Beast Cops (野獸刑警, Yeshou Xingjing) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime film co-directed by Gordon Chan and Dante Lam, starring Anthony Wong as corrupt cop Tung; it won five 1999 Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Beat (1997 film)
Beat (비트, Biteu) is a 1997 South Korean action drama by director Kim Sung-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ko So-young, Im Chang-jung, and Yu Oh-seong, based on a Huh Young-man comic about youth drifting into the underworld; distinct from the 2000 Walkow and 1998 Japanese films of the same title.
Belly (film)
Belly is a 1998 American crime drama directed by Hype Williams, his feature debut, starring Nas and DMX as criminal partners from Queens who grow apart.
Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon (Lunes de fiel) is Roman Polanski's 1992 French-British erotic drama, 139 minutes, adapted from Pascal Bruckner's 1981 novel, starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Peter Coyote as two couples entangled on a cruise ship.
Black Snow (本命年)
Black Snow (本命年, Ben ming nian) is Xie Fei's 1990 Chinese drama, adapted from Liu Heng's novel Hei de Xue, starring Jiang Wen as released prisoner Li Huiquan; it won the 1990 Berlin Silver Bear and Hundred Flowers Best Feature.
Blink (1993 film)
Blink is a 1993 American crime thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Madeleine Stowe as a blind Chicago musician whose sight returns as she witnesses a murder.
Blood In Blood Out
Blood In Blood Out (Bound by Honor) is Taylor Hackford's 1993, 180-minute crime drama about three East Los Angeles cousins, Miklo, Paco, and Cruz, whose lives split between the Vatos Locos gang, San Quentin prison, art, and the police; a box-office failure that became a Latino cult classic.
Boiling Point (3-4X10月) (1990 film)
Boiling Point (3-4X10月, 3-4 x jûgatsu) is Takeshi Kitano's 1990 Japanese yakuza comedy, his second feature and first from his own script, about a gas station attendant and baseball player who goes to Okinawa for a gun; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket (1996) is Wes Anderson's directorial debut feature, co-written with Owen Wilson, about three Texan friends botching petty crimes. It flopped commercially ($500,000 on $5 million) but launched Anderson and the Wilson brothers.
Breakdown (1997 film)
Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow, starring Kurt Russell as a husband searching for his wife who vanishes after their car breaks down on a remote desert highway.
Brother (Брат) (1997 film)
Brat (Брат, Brother), 1997 Russian crime drama by Aleksei Balabanov starring Sergei Bodrov Jr. as demobilized soldier Danila Bagrov, whose brother in St. Petersburg is a contract killer; Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere, Kinotavr Grand Prix, cult classic of 1990s Russia.
Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66 is a 1998 American independent comedy-drama and the directorial debut of Vincent Gallo, who stars as an ex-convict who abducts a young tap dancer, played by Christina Ricci, to pose as his wife.
Bullet (1996 film)
Bullet (1996) is an American crime film directed by Julien Temple, starring Mickey Rourke as ex-con Butch "Bullet" Stein and Tupac Shakur as drug dealer Tank; written by Bruce Rubenstein and Rourke, shot in Brooklyn in 1994, released direct-to-video after Shakur's death.
Bullets Over Broadway (1994 film)
Bullets Over Broadway, Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath's 1994 backstage comedy starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, and Chazz Palminteri; seven Oscar nominations, Wiest won, later a 2014 Broadway musical.