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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).
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.
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.
Entrapment (film)
Entrapment (1999) is a Jon Amiel caper thriller starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones as a thief and an undercover insurance investigator; it grossed $212 million worldwide on a $66 million budget.
Fargo (1996 film)
Fargo (1996) is the Coen brothers' black comedy crime film starring Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson; its 'true story' opening is fictional, and it won two Oscars.
Freeway (1996 film)
Freeway (1996) is Matthew Bright's dark comedy thriller, a modern Little Red Riding Hood starring Reese Witherspoon as runaway Vanessa Lutz and Kiefer Sutherland as the I-5 Killer; a small-budget cult film with a 76% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Get Shorty (film)
Get Shorty (1995) is an American crime comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Scott Frank from Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel, starring John Travolta as loan shark Chili Palmer; MGM release that opened number one and grossed $115 million worldwide.
Go (1999 film)
Go (1999) is a Doug Liman comedy-thriller, written by John August, telling three interlocking stories around an ecstasy deal and a Christmas rave. Released April 9, 1999 by Columbia Pictures, it flopped theatrically against The Matrix but became a cult classic.
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd is a 1997 black comedy-drama, the directing debut of Vondie Curtis-Hall, starring Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth as addict musicians navigating detox bureaucracy in Detroit; released January 29, 1997 by Gramercy Pictures.
I Went Down
I Went Down (1997) is an Irish comedy-crime road movie directed by Paddy Breathnach, written by Conor McPherson, starring Brendan Gleeson and Peter McDonald; it won San Sebastián and Thessaloniki prizes and became the highest-grossing independent Irish film of its time.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is Guy Ritchie's 1998 British crime-comedy debut, produced by Matthew Vaughn for about £1 million, about friends who owe £500,000 after a rigged card game; it grossed $28 million worldwide and launched Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones.
Man Bites Dog (film)
Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) is a 1992 Belgian black-and-white mockumentary by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoît Poelvoorde, in which a film crew documenting serial killer Ben becomes his accomplice; it won the International Critics' Prize at Cannes 1992.
My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven (1990) is a Warner Bros. crime comedy directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron, starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack; loosely based on Henry Hill, released a month before Goodfellas, grossing $22.8 million.
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers is Oliver Stone's 1994 satirical crime drama, from a Quentin Tarantino story, starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as killer-celebrities Mickey and Mallory Knox; noted for MPAA cuts, UK censorship battles, and copycat-crime controversy.
No. 3 (넘버 3)
No. 3 (넘버 3, NO.3) is a 1997 South Korean gangster black comedy, the directorial debut of Song Neung-han, starring Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, and Song Kang-ho; released August 2, 1997, it won Blue Dragon and Daejong new-talent awards.
Once a Thief (纵横四海)
Once a Thief (纵横四海) is a 1991 Hong Kong heist action-comedy directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung as art thieves betrayed by their boss.
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, interweaving three stories of hitmen, a boxer, and a gangster's wife in Los Angeles.
Quick Change
Quick Change (1990) is a Warner Bros. heist comedy, the directorial debut of Bill Murray co-directed with Howard Franklin, based on Jay Cronley's 1981 novel. Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid rob a Manhattan bank as a clown, then struggle to escape New York; it flopped commercially but holds 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Shallow Grave (1994 film)
Shallow Grave (1994) is Danny Boyle's debut British black comedy thriller, written by John Hodge, in which Edinburgh flatmates (Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor) keep a dead boarder's suitcase of cash; it won the 1995 BAFTA for Best British Film.
Sleazy Dizzy
Sleazy Dizzy (小偷阿星, Siu tau ah sing) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy-crime film directed by Chor Yuen, starring Stephen Chow as a thief helping an amnesiac undercover cop find missing HK$50 million; box office HK$7,968,106.
Sneakers (1992 film)
Sneakers (1992) is Phil Alden Robinson's caper-comedy thriller starring Robert Redford as Martin Bishop, whose security-testing team is blackmailed into stealing a universal decryption box; made over nine years by the WarGames writers, it grossed $50.6M in the US.
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 Coen brothers comedy starring Jeff Bridges as the Dude, a slacker mistaken for a millionaire; a box-office disappointment that became a major cult film with Lebowski Fest and Dudeism.
The Doom Generation
The Doom Generation is Gregg Araki's 1995 independent road film, second in his Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, starring James Duval, Rose McGowan, and Johnathon Schaech; subtitled "A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki".
The Freshman (1990 film)
The Freshman (1990) is an Andrew Bergman comedy for TriStar in which Marlon Brando, in his first starring role in a decade, parodies his Godfather persona as mobster Carmine Sabatini opposite Matthew Broderick's NYU film student.
The Odd One Dies
The Odd One Dies (兩個只能活一個) is a 1997 Hong Kong Milkyway Image crime comedy directed by Patrick Yau, written by Wai Ka-Fai, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Carman Lee as hitmen who fall in love; first Milkyway film, 89 minutes, 1998 HK Film Award nominee.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)
The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 American romantic heist thriller directed by John McTiernan, in which billionaire art thief Thomas Crown, played by Pierce Brosnan, matches wits with insurance investigator Catherine Banning.