Crime/Thrillers 1980-1999
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1. Entangled (1993)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A car and lorry collide, the woman in the back seat is probably dead, the driver is severely hurt. In flashbacks we see what led to the tragedy. He is David, a writer living in France, ... See full summary »
Director: Max Fischer | Stars: Judd Nelson, Pierce Brosnan, Laurence Treil, Roy Dupuis
Votes: 506
2. Don't Talk to Strangers (1994 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After Jane's first marriage collapses, she and her new husband Patrick Brody attempt to build a new life and move to a new state. However, her ex-husband follows them with a view to revenge.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Shanna Reed, Terry O'Quinn, Keegan MacIntosh
Votes: 782
3. Victim of Love (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist (Williams) and her patient (Madsen) are involved with the same man, who may or may not be a murderer.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, JoBeth Williams, Virginia Madsen, Georgia Brown
Votes: 525
4. The Deceivers (1988)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell
Votes: 1,270 | Gross: $0.35M
5. Murder 101 (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Mystery, Thriller
After writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Charles returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Dey Young, Antoni Corone, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 1,307
6. Blink (1993)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Peter Friedman
Votes: 9,132 | Gross: $16.70M
7. Class Action (1991)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels, Joanna Merlin
Votes: 8,320 | Gross: $24.28M
8. The Chamber (1996)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky
Votes: 16,127 | Gross: $14.55M
9. Extreme Measures (1996)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse
Votes: 20,702 | Gross: $17.31M
10. Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
R | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A seasoned F.B.I. Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Jan Broberg, Elizabeth Johnson, Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Darlanne Fluegel
Votes: 1,134
11. Homeboy (1988)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.
Director: Michael Seresin | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Thomas Quinn
Votes: 2,831
12. The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren
Votes: 6,351 | Gross: $1.24M
13. City of Industry (1997)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen
Votes: 6,499 | Gross: $1.50M
14. A Killing Affair (1985)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband. She begins to fall for him but cannot be sure if she should trust him.
Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, Bill Smitrovich
Votes: 316
15. Combat Shock (1984)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Asaph Livni
Votes: 3,269
16. Crawlspace (1986)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis
Votes: 3,844
17. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Votes: 6,985 | Gross: $29.20M
18. Cut and Run (1984)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch
Votes: 2,673 | Gross: $0.37M
19. Freeway (1988)
R | 91 min | Thriller
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Director: Francis Delia | Stars: Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, Richard Belzer
Votes: 554 | Gross: $0.14M
20. Prime Suspect (1989)
89 min | Thriller
The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.
Director: Bruce Kimmel | Stars: Robert F. Lyons, Susan Strasberg, Frank Stallone, Billy Drago
Votes: 136
21. Sunset Heat (1992 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Photographer's life is endangered after his friend steals drug dealer's money.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Michael Paré, Adam Ant, Dennis Hopper, Daphne Ashbrook
Votes: 494
22. Blood Money (1996)
R | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A bank executive has a hidden past. His sins come back to haunt him when his fiancé and her sister are kidnapped and held hostage by a ruthless prison escapee seeking revenge.
Director: John Shepphird | Stars: James Brolin, Billy Drago, Dean Tarrolly, Traci Lords
Votes: 241
23. Breaking Point (1994)
R | 92 min | Thriller
A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Gary Busey, Kim Cattrall, Darlanne Fluegel, Jeff Griggs
Votes: 631
24. Canvas (1992)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
In order to save his brother from being killed by a group of murderous art thieves, a New York City artist agrees to help in an art heist.
Director: Alain Zaloum | Stars: Gary Busey, John Rhys-Davies, Vittorio Rossi, Nick Cavaiola
Votes: 157
25. The Night Stalker (1986)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
Director: Max Kleven | Stars: Charles Napier, Michelle Reese, Katherine Kelly Lang, Robert Viharo
Votes: 304
26. Captive (1986)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.
Director: Paul Mayersberg | Stars: Irina Brook, Oliver Reed, Xavier Deluc, Corinne Dacla
Votes: 461
27. Violated (1984)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.
Director: Richard Cannistraro | Stars: J.C. Quinn, John Heard, Daniel Balin, Richard Cannistraro
Votes: 142
28. Hunter's Blood (1986)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters into the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hughes | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Kim Delaney, Clu Gulager, Ken Swofford
Votes: 897
29. Sunset Grill (1993)
R | 105 min | Thriller
Ryder Hart is a disgraced ex-cop who is now a low-rent private investigator. His estranged wife, Anita, runs the Sunset Grill, and is now involved with Jeff, a Police Detective who used to ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Peter Weller, Lori Singer, Stacy Keach, Alexandra Paul
Votes: 523
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