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Pusher (1996 film)
Pusher (1996) is Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish crime debut, starring Kim Bodnia as Copenhagen dealer Frank, indebted to Zlatko Buric's Milo; Mads Mikkelsen's film debut, first of the Pusher trilogy.
Q & A (1990 film)
Q & A (1990) is a Sidney Lumet crime drama adapted from Edwin Torres's novel, starring Nick Nolte as racist NYPD detective Mike Brennan and Timothy Hutton as assistant DA Al Reilly investigating a staged justifiable homicide; released April 27, 1990, 132 minutes, Tri-Star.
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.
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG)
Rainy Dog (極道黒社会 RAINY DOG, Gokudō kuroshakai) is a 1997 Japanese crime film by Takashi Miike, the second Black Society Trilogy entry, following exiled hitman Yuji (Show Aikawa) in rainy Taipei with a mute boy said to be his son.
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.
Rounders (film)
Rounders is a 1998 American drama directed by John Dahl, written by Koppelman and Levien, starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton as underground New York poker players; a box office disappointment that became a cult classic credited with fueling the poker boom.
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.
Running Out of Time (暗战)
Running Out of Time (暗战, Am zin) is a 1999 Johnnie To Hong Kong crime thriller starring Andy Lau as a dying thief playing a 72-hour game with Lau Ching-wan's police negotiator; it won Lau the 2000 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor and spawned a 2001 sequel.
Rush (1991 film)
Rush (1991) is Lili Fini Zanuck's directing debut, a crime drama starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Texas narcotics officers who become addicts, based on Kim Wozencraft's novel, released by MGM in December 1991.
Sealed with a Kiss
Sealed with a Kiss is a 1998 American thriller directed by Bill Corcoran and starring C. Thomas Howell, released on April 1, 1998, with a 90-minute runtime.
Serpent's Path (1998 film)
Serpent's Path (蛇の道, Hebi no michi) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 V-cinema revenge thriller with Sho Aikawa and Teruyuki Kagawa, shot back-to-back with Eyes of the Spider; 85 minutes, released February 21, 1998, restored in 4K in 2024.
Set It Off (film)
Set It Off is a 1996 American heist crime drama directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise as four Los Angeles women who rob banks; released by New Line Cinema, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Seven (1995 film)
Se7en (Seven), 1995 David Fincher crime thriller for New Line Cinema starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey as a killer themed on the seven deadly sins; $330 million worldwide, Metacritic 65, 2025 4K restoration.
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.
Shanghai Triad (摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥)
Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese crime drama directed by Zhang Yimou, set in the 1930 Shanghai underworld, starring Gong Li and nominated for an Academy Award.
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.
Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy, also known by its source novel by Nancy Price, is a 1991 Joseph Ruben thriller starring Julia Roberts as a woman faking her death to escape an abusive husband; a $19M-budget Fox film that grossed about $175M worldwide.
Snake Eyes (1998 film)
Snake Eyes (1998) is a Brian De Palma crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise, about an Atlantic City detective investigating the Secretary of Defense's assassination at a boxing match, famous for its opening long take.
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.
Sonatine (ソナチネ) (1993 film)
Sonatine (ソナチネ) is Takeshi Kitano's 1993 Japanese yakuza film, his fourth feature, starring him as gangster Murakawa sent to Okinawa. Cannes Un Certain Regard 1993, Joe Hisaishi score, a Western breakthrough for Kitano.
South Central (film)
South Central is a 1992 American drama directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson, adapted from Donald Bakeer's book Crips, starring Glenn Plummer as an ex-gang member trying to save his ten-year-old son from gang life; produced with Oliver Stone, released by Warner Bros., grossing $1,373,196.
State of Grace (1990 film)
State of Grace is a 1990 American crime drama directed by Phil Joanou, starring Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, and Robin Wright as an undercover cop infiltrating Hell's Kitchen's Irish mob, loosely based on the Westies; it flopped against GoodFellas but holds an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Straight Out of Brooklyn is a 1991 American drama, the debut feature of 19-year-old Matty Rich, about a Red Hook teenager robbing a drug dealer to escape poverty; it won a 1991 Sundance Special Jury Prize and the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Striking Distance
Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller directed by Rowdy Herrington, starring Bruce Willis as a Pittsburgh detective demoted to river patrol, with Sarah Jessica Parker in a supporting role.
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam: 1999 Spike Lee crime drama, also written by Victor Colicchio and Michael Imperioli, about an Italian-American Bronx neighborhood gripped by fear during David Berkowitz's 1977 Son of Sam murders; released July 2, 1999, 142 minutes, starring John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, and Mira Sorvino.
Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル) (1996 film)
Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル, Suwarōteiru), also SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY/燕尾蝶, is Shunji Iwai's 1996 Japanese drama about immigrants in the fictional near-future city Yen Town, starring Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, and Ayumi Ito, with a hit YEN TOWN BAND soundtrack and a 2026 4K re-release.