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Gang Related
Gang Related is a 1997 American crime thriller directed by Jim Kouf and starring Tupac Shakur and James Belushi as corrupt detectives; it was Shakur's final completed film.
Guilty as Sin
Guilty as Sin (1993) is a Sidney Lumet courtroom thriller written by Larry Cohen, starring Rebecca De Mornay as a Chicago defense attorney and Don Johnson as a client accused of murdering his wife.
Internal Affairs (film)
Internal Affairs is a 1990 American police thriller directed by Mike Figgis, written by Henry Bean, starring Richard Gere as corrupt LAPD officer Dennis Peck and Andy Garcia as investigator Raymond Avila; released January 12, 1990 by Paramount, grossing $25.8 million, and unrelated to Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs.
JFK (film)
JFK (1991) is Oliver Stone's political thriller about Jim Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw over the Kennedy assassination. Kevin Costner stars; it grossed over $200 million, won two Oscars, and prompted the 1992 JFK Records Act.
Just Cause (film)
Just Cause is a 1995 American legal thriller directed by Arne Glimcher, based on John Katzenbach's 1992 novel, starring Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, and Ed Harris.
Kalifornia
Kalifornia is a 1993 American crime thriller directed by Dominic Sena, starring Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes on a road trip with a serial killer.
King of New York
King of New York: 1990 Abel Ferrara crime film, written by Nicholas St. John, starring Christopher Walken as drug lord Frank White; Italian-funded, New Line-distributed cult classic.
L.A. Confidential (film)
L.A. Confidential (1997), also known by its full title, is Curtis Hanson's neo-noir crime film adapted from James Ellroy's novel, starring Spacey, Crowe, Pearce, and Basinger; nine Oscar nominations, two wins, Cannes 1997 premiere.
La Cérémonie
La Cérémonie (1995) is Claude Chabrol's French-German thriller adapted from Ruth Rendell's A Judgement in Stone, starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert as a maid and postmistress who murder their employers; both won the Venice Volpi Cup, and Huppert won a 1996 César.
Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional (Léon) is Luc Besson's 1994 French-made English-language crime thriller starring Jean Reno, Natalie Portman in her debut, and Gary Oldman, released in the US as The Professional.
Lifeline (十万火急) (1997 film)
Lifeline (十萬火急, Shi wan huo ji) is Johnnie To's 1997 Hong Kong firefighter drama starring Lau Ching-wan, described as the first Chinese-language firefighter film, shot with real fire, earning HK$20.76 million and two Hong Kong Film Awards.
Lone Star (1996 film)
Lone Star is a 1996 American neo-Western mystery drama written, directed, and edited by John Sayles, starring Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, and Kris Kristofferson.
Mercury Rising
Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller directed by Harold Becker, starring Bruce Willis as an FBI agent protecting an autistic boy hunted by the NSA.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film): 1997 Clint Eastwood mystery thriller adapted by John Lee Hancock from John Berendt's book, starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey as Jim Williams, filmed in Savannah, Georgia.
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin (1990) is a Peter Hyams action thriller starring Gene Hackman and Anne Archer, a remake of the 1952 RKO noir The Narrow Margin, set on a train through the Canadian Rockies; it grossed $10.1 million on a $21 million budget.
Nowhere to Hide (인정사정 볼 것 없다)
Nowhere to Hide (인정사정 볼 것 없다, Injeong sajeong bol geot eoptda) is Lee Myung-se's 1999 Korean action film about a 72-day manhunt for killer Chang Sung-min, starring Park Joong-hoon and Ahn Sung-ki, Blue Dragon Best Film winner.
One Eight Seven
One Eight Seven, also known as 187, is a 1997 American drama-thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson as a teacher stabbed by a student in Brooklyn who returns to teaching in Los Angeles.
Open Your Eyes (1997 film)
Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) is a 1997 Spanish psychological sci-fi thriller by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Eduardo Noriega and Penélope Cruz, about a disfigured man in a programmed cryonic dream; remade as Vanilla Sky (2001).
Pacific Heights (film)
Pacific Heights is a 1990 American psychological thriller directed by John Schlesinger, starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton as a tenant who torments a San Francisco couple.
Payback (1999 film)
Payback is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson as Porter, a thief betrayed by his partner and wife who returns to reclaim his money.
Pi (film)
Pi (π) is Darren Aronofsky's 1998 black-and-white debut thriller starring Sean Gullette as mathematician Max Cohen, who seeks a 216-digit number linking stock market patterns and God's name; made for about $60,000, it won Sundance's Directing Award and grossed $3.2 million.
Point Break
Point Break (1991) is Kathryn Bigelow's action film in which FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) infiltrates surfing bank robbers, the Ex-Presidents, led by Bodhi (Patrick Swayze); originally titled Riders on the Storm, remade in 2015, sequel series planned.
Point of No Return (1993 film)
Point of No Return (The Assassin) is John Badham's 1993 American remake of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita, starring Bridget Fonda as Maggie, a condemned killer retrained as a government assassin; it grossed $30 million domestically.
Presumed Innocent (film)
Presumed Innocent (1990) is Alan J. Pakula's courtroom thriller starring Harrison Ford as prosecutor Rusty Sabich, tried for murdering his colleague and lover Carolyn Polhemus; adapted from Scott Turow's 1987 bestseller, it grossed $59.6 million in five weeks and was remade as a 2024 Apple TV+ series.
Ransom (1996 film)
Ransom is a 1996 American kidnap thriller directed by Ron Howard, starring Mel Gibson as a New York airline tycoon who converts a $2 million ransom into a bounty on the kidnappers.
Red Corner
Red Corner is a 1997 American legal thriller directed by Jon Avnet, starring Richard Gere as an entertainment lawyer in Beijing who is framed for murder.
Resurrection Man
Resurrection Man: 1994 Eoin McNamee novel fictionalizing Belfast's Shankill Butchers through killer Victor Kelly, and its 1998 Marc Evans film adaptation, noted for stylized violence and controversy.
Rising Sun (1993 film)
Rising Sun (1993) is a Philip Kaufman mystery thriller starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, adapted from Michael Crichton's Japan-bashing bestseller; released by Fox July 30, 1993, protested by Asian-American groups, grossing $62.5 million.
Rock n' Roll Cop (省港一号通缉犯)
Rock n' Roll Cop (省港一號通緝犯) is a 1994 Hong Kong crime action thriller directed by Kirk Wong, starring Anthony Wong as a Hong Kong inspector partnered with a mainland detective (Wu Hsing-kuo) hunting border-crossing robbers; the finale of Wong's cop trilogy.
Run Away (런어웨이) (1995 film)
Run Away (런어웨이) is a 1995 South Korean action thriller, Kim Sung-soo's feature debut, starring Lee Byung-hun and Kim Eun-jeong as murder witnesses hunted by a criminal organization; released December 30, 1995, 106 minutes, no-minors rating.