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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.
Little Odessa (film)
Little Odessa (1994) is James Gray's debut crime drama, starring Tim Roth as a hit man returning to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; it won the Venice Silver Lion and earned $1,095,885 domestically.
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.
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.
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.
Menace II Society
Menace II Society is a 1993 American crime drama directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. It stars Tyrin Turner and Samuel L. Jackson, following a drug dealer's struggle.
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.
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing (1990) is the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era gangster noir starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, and Marcia Gay Harden, inspired by Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest and The Glass Key, released by 20th Century Fox and Circle Films.
Mobsters (film)
Mobsters is a 1991 American crime drama directed by Michael Karbelnikoff, loosely based on the rise of Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Frank Costello.
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.
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.
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.
New Jack City
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime drama directed by Mario Van Peebles, starring Wesley Snipes as Harlem crack kingpin Nino Brown, with Ice-T, Chris Rock, and Judd Nelson; it grossed about $47.6 million on an $8.5 million budget and spawned the 1990s hood-film wave.
Night Falls on Manhattan
Night Falls on Manhattan is Sidney Lumet's 1997 crime drama, adapted from Robert Daley's novel Tainted Evidence, starring Andy Garcia as a New York DA uncovering police corruption that may implicate his father.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Organized Crime & Triad Bureau
Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB, 有組織罪案及三合會調查科, O記) is a Hong Kong Police unit investigating triad, organized, cross-border, and terrorist crime; also the title of Kirk Wong's 1994 film 重案實錄Ｏ記.
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.
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (Pizza, birra, faso; also Pizza, Beer & Smokes) is a 1998 Argentine crime drama by Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro about marginal Buenos Aires youths, the founding film of the New Argentine Cinema.
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.
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.