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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.
Fresh (1994 film)
Fresh is a 1994 American crime drama written and directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Sean Nelson as a twelve-year-old Brooklyn drug courier who uses chess strategy against the dealers around him.
Full Contact (侠盗高飞)
Full Contact (俠盜高飛, Xia dao Gao Fei) is a 1992 Hong Kong action film by Ringo Lam starring Chow Yun-fat as a betrayed Bangkok bouncer seeking revenge; known for bullet point-of-view shots and Simon Yam's villain, it grossed HK$16,793,011 and became a cult favorite.
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.
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.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (ゴースト・ドッグ) is Jim Jarmusch's 1999 crime film starring Forest Whitaker as a hitman living by the Hagakure, scored by RZA, released by Artisan and later restored by Criterion.
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.
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye (南國再見，南國) is a 1996 Taiwanese crime drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Jack Kao and Lim Giong, in competition at Cannes 1996, restored in 4K by Janus Films.
Goodfellas
Goodfellas (1990) is Martin Scorsese's crime film adapted from Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy, starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci; it won Pesci a Supporting Actor Oscar, grossed $46.8 million, and joined the National Film Registry in 2000.
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.
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.
Hana-bi (花火)
Hana-bi (花火, Fireworks) is Takeshi Kitano's 1997 Japanese crime drama about detective Nishi caring for his dying wife; it won the 1997 Venice Golden Lion.
Hard Eight (film)
Hard Eight (originally Sydney) is Paul Thomas Anderson's 1996 neo-noir feature debut, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Samuel L. Jackson in a Reno gambling drama retitled by Rysher.
Heat (1995 film)
Heat (1995) is Michael Mann's Los Angeles crime drama starring Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro as thief Neil McCauley, famous for their first shared screen scene, the downtown shootout, and zero Oscar nominations.
Heist (2001 film)
Heist (2001 film), also released in Italy as Il colpo, is a David Mamet crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, and Sam Rockwell about a jewel thief forced into one last job; released November 9, 2001 by Warner Bros.
Hoodlum (film)
Hoodlum is a 1997 American crime drama directed by Bill Duke, loosely based on 1930s Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson, played by Laurence Fishburne opposite Tim Roth's Dutch Schultz.
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.
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.
Island of Greed (黑金)
Island of Greed (黑金, also The Island of Greed) is a 1997 Hong Kong political thriller by Michael and Johnny Mak, starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Andy Lau, about Taiwanese black-gold politics; distinct from the 2026 iQIYI TV series of the same name.
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (1997) is Quentin Tarantino's crime film adapting Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oscar-nominated Robert Forster; his only adaptation, set in Los Angeles, released by Miramax.
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.
Joy Ride (2001 film)
Joy Ride (2001) is an American road thriller directed by John Dahl, written by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, starring Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, and Leelee Sobieski as travelers hunted by CB-radio trucker Rusty Nail; released October 5, 2001 as Roadkill in the UK.
Juice (1992 film)
Juice (1992) is Ernest R. Dickerson's directorial debut crime drama about four Harlem teens, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur, released by Paramount on January 17, 1992, grossing $20.1 million.
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.
Killing Zoe
Killing Zoe is Roger Avary's 1993 feature directorial debut, a crime thriller starring Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, and Jean-Hugues Anglade about a Bastille Day Paris bank heist that collapses into a hostage bloodbath; released 1994, grossed $418,961.
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.
Kiss of Death (1995 film)
Kiss of Death is a 1995 American crime thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring David Caruso as an ex-convict forced to inform on Nicolas Cage's Queens crime boss.
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.