Top Crime Movies of the 1990's
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- DirectorRaja GosnellStarsAlex D. LinzOlek KrupaRya KihlstedtAlex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.10/10
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternOne year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.10/10
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.10/10
- DirectorAllan A. GoldsteinStarsBrian BosworthLeah PinsentDavid FoxA United States Presidential bodyguard risks everything to save the day when a truck chock full of biological weapons contrives to crash in a National Park.10/10
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsVictor WongMichael TreanorMax Elliott SladeEach year, three brothers visit their grandfather for the summer. He is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques.10/10
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsJamie Lee CurtisJosh HartnettAdam ArkinLaurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.10/10
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.10/10
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsSylvester StalloneJohn LithgowMichael RookerA botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.10/10
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonDanny DeVitoMichelle PfeifferWhile Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.10/10
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTwo years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.10/10
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsChristopher ReeveDaryl HannahRobert ForsterModern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.10/10
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsJennifer Love HewittFreddie Prinze Jr.Brandy NorwoodThe murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.10/10
- DirectorStuart MargolinStarsHarry HamlinRebecca JenkinsGraham GreeneNew to a small town, a city teen grows suspicious of a man who befriended him and his single mother.10/10
- DirectorGail HarveyStarsShannen DohertyJoseph GriffinTamara GorskiWhen a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy.10/10
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.10/10
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsJoanna CassidyJere BurnsDennis BurkleyA college student is stalked by a disturbed older man.10/10
- DirectorMike RobeStarsJoBeth WilliamsTom SkerrittSeason HubleyA psychologist treats an 8 year old boy who witnessed his father's murder but the child blocks out details that could help the police.10/10
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn TurturroJohn GoodmanJudy DavisA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.10/10
- DirectorRob FrescoStarsSean YoungWilliam R. MosesJoe GuzaldoA talented young female police sketch artist uses her abilities to track down an evil child molester.10/10
- DirectorAlec MillsStarsLeon LissekChristine AmorIan WilliamsA serial killer is loose at an all girl school, where he strangles girls with a piece of barbed wire.10/10
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.10/10
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGabriel ByrneAlbert FinneyJohn TurturroTom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.10/10
- DirectorMary LambertStarsTracey GoldPerry KingShawnee SmithOn her wedding night, 20-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up killing her. Darcy assumes Brianne's identity, enrolls in her place at college, and kills anyone who gets in her way. When Darcy becomes interested in her roommate Jeanelle's wealthy widowed father, she poisons Jeanelle so that she's too sick to spend time with him when he visits the campus, and Darcy takes her place. Suspecting her dirty deeds, Jeanelle confronts her roommate, who coolly admits to killing many people and stealing their identities. Then, Darcy attacks... Just in the nick of time, Jeanelle's father rescues her from harm. Darcy escapes but is caught just as she's about to snare her next victim.10/10
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.10/10
- DirectorKenneth FinkStarsJack ScaliaKim DelaneyTodd AllenAfter breaking up with her boyfriend Sam, engineering designer Maggie falls in love with a very romantic and mysterious Roy Calvin. But soon he turns to be a violent man and makes Maggie's life a hell.10/10
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsRichard ThomasBrooke ShieldsViveka DavisA young beautiful computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the 1980s is stalked and harassed by a deranged colleague with a twisted obsession.10/10
- DirectorKevin MeyerStarsTeri GarrHector ElizondoAlex McArthurMelanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from France. Everything seems to run perfectly. Janine looks shy and timid and well disposed towards the family. But casually Paula, Melanies's sister, finds out that Janine and Keith are lovers and afterwards she dies in an accident.10/10
- DirectorFred WaltonStarsCarol KaneCharles DurningJill SchoelenA young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...10/10
- DirectorMike RobeStarsDaphne ZunigaDavid James ElliottPatricia KalemberTwo part movie that follows attorney Christopher Paget and his assistant Teri Peralta. The first part has Paget being asked by his former lover and mother of his son to defend her when she is charged with murder despite being aware that Paget hasn't practice criminal law in years. During the case Paget and Peralta whose marriage is in trouble get close. And the second part has Paget being accused of killing Peralta's husband.10/10
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsSusan LucciDavid CharvetMary Ellen TrainorWhen Victoria Landers contracts Dan Hiller, a married father with one son, for the restauration of her house, the o.k. Converts for both of them in a little bit more than just a job.10/10
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsKellie MartinTori SpellingJames AveryWho could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica, it could've been angst-ridden Jill--or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.10/10
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.10/10
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsTori SpellingPatrick MuldoonRichard BelzerA former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.10/10
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsRena SoferBridgette Wilson-SamprasRichard Joseph PaulA young psych major uses her wits to expose the deadly intentions of her father's new bride and the woman's conniving daughter.10/10
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsVeronica HamelSusan RuttanStephen TobolowskyA pediatrician becomes trapped in a web of betrayal and guilt when her best friend, a nurse, seems to be a baby-killer.10/10
- DirectorCharles CorrellStarsJack WagnerAlexandra PaulClare CareyIdentical twins, separated at birth, meet each other.10/10
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsMario Van PeeblesHolly Robinson PeeteMichael J. PaganBank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.10/10
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsCandace Cameron BureFred SavageGregory Alan WilliamsA shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous.10/10
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsRutger HauerRebecca De MornayRon SilverA rich couple's car hits a Mexican cop. Fearing prison for the accident, the couple continues to USA. An insistent man wants a job at their furniture store/factory, vaguely hinting to the accident.9/10
- DirectorSandor SternStarsTiffani ThiessenEric CloseLorrie MorganThere's a rapist plaguing a neighborhood. Now a young newlywed suspects that her new husband may be the one doing this.9/10
- DirectorRobert SiglStarsKatharina WackernagelNiels-Bruno SchmidtMarlene Meyer-DunkerAfter escaping from a nearby mental institution, a violent lunatic and sexual deviant terrorizes a group of seniors at their end-of-the-year high school dance.9/10
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsDaniel McVicarLaraine NewmanSarah BibbAfter unwittingly climbing into the wrong van on the way to grandma's cabin for Thanksgiving, ten year-old Justin discovers he's driving with two bumbling kidnappers and the daughter of a billionaire toy magnate.9/10
- DirectorJorge MontesiStarsGigi RiceEd MarinaroJohn Wesley ShippA divorced mother (Gigi Rice) is targeted by an on-line stalker known as Cybergod, and she teams with an ex-cop (Ed Marinaro) to track down the maniac.9/10
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsShanna ReedJohn MartinLuAnne PonceA teen girl is stalked and harassed by a perverted man ten years older than she is, but despite help from her family, there's little the police can do to get rid of him.9/10
- DirectorJohn PieplowStarsKevin GageElizabeth PeñaDee SniderA detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.9/10
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.9/10
- DirectorMichael Toshiyuki UnoStarsDonna MillsCorbin BernsenAllison HossackA man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.8 or 9/10
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsRon LivingstonJennifer AnistonDavid HermanThree company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.8 or 9/10
- DirectorMark HerrierAlan OrmsbyStarsJill SchoelenTom VillardDee WallaceA master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.8/10
- DirectorChuck BowmanStarsLynda CarterJessica BowmanScott FoleyA promiscuous girl is raped by a fellow student.8/10
- DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.8/10
- DirectorJamie BlanksStarsJared LetoAlicia WittRebecca GayheartA college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.8/10
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsBridget FondaJennifer Jason LeighSteven WeberA woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.8/10
- DirectorBobby RothStarsLori LoughlinBruce GreenwoodJoe FlaniganJess Koster is a young attorney in LA who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.8/10
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsAnnabella SciorraRebecca De MornayMatt McCoyAfter her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.8/10
- DirectorHendel ButoyMike GabrielStarsBob NewhartEva GaborJohn CandyR.A.S. agents Miss Bianca and Bernard race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.8/10
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsSusan SarandonTommy Lee JonesBrad RenfroA young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.8/10
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerVanessa WilliamsJames CaanA Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.8/10
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsBruce WillisMiko HughesAlec BaldwinShadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.8/10
- DirectorBill NortonStarsKristin DavisMatthew SettlePeter BoyleA waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.8/10
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsKellie MartinKevin DobsonLinda KelseyA young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.8/10
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsHarrison FordTommy Lee JonesSela WardDr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.8/10
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsLiam NeesonFrances McDormandColin FrielsA brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.8/10
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsVince VaughnAnne HecheJulianne MooreA young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.8/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.8/10
- DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsBen KingsleyAmy IrvingRyan MarsiniA High powered NY litigator, hired to defend a murderer who avenged his young son's death, struggles with his own desires for success versus the moral wishes of his client to choose the path of truth.8/10
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsKathleen TurnerDennis QuaidFiona ShawA spy couple on maternity leave in New Orleans, entertained by a mugger named Muerte, is called in when Novacek steals explosives.7 or 8/10
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.7 or 8/10
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonJerry AdlerA middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.7 or 8/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroSharon StoneJoe PesciIn Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.7 or 8/10
- DirectorRobert Allan AckermanStarsValerie BertinelliHarry HamlinKaren SillasA female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is abducted. Her investigation leads to a bigger series of abductions and murders dating back over 20 years. Her investigation also brings her into a mutual attraction with the small-town police chief who shares her investigation.7/10
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsJudith HoagElias KoteasJosh PaisFour teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.7/10
- DirectorJohn PowerStarsJohn StamosCynthia GibbDavid FaustinoA woman unwittingly marries a psychopathic serial killer.7/10
- DirectorJack BenderStarsScott BairstowAmy Jo JohnsonMario LopezA hated teacher is kidnapped by high school students as a prank. He's killed - but by whom?7/10
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsHolly Marie CombsDavid LipperCassidy RaeDiane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.7/10
- DirectorBrian LevantStarsCharles GrodinBonnie HuntDean JonesA slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchmen.6 or 7/10
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerPenelope Ann MillerPamela ReedA tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.6 or 7/10
- DirectorBryan SpicerStarsTim AllenKirstie AlleyJay O. SandersAn unhappily married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the I.R.S. and end up in Amish country where they pretend to be visiting relatives.6 or 7/10
- DirectorMichael BayStarsWill SmithMartin LawrenceLisa BoyleTwo hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.6 or 7/10
- DirectorMatthew HarrisonStarsKevin CorriganLinda FiorentinoMichael RapaportRedmond is on a spiritual quest in NYC. Uncle Sam gives him a bag to deliver. That and his friend Stretch bring him in the middle of shoot-outs - not good for his angst. He meets a cute stewardess.6 or 7/10
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.6/10
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne BobbyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.6/10