Thrillers 1980-1999
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101. 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: 783
102. 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
103. 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
104. Night Visions (1990 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A cop teams up with a psychic to track down a serial killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: James Remar, Loryn Locklin, Penny Johnson Jerald, Francis X. McCarthy
Votes: 527
105. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,238 | Gross: $0.67M
106. Straight Shooter (1999)
Unrated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After his daughter died of cancer, former French foreign legionnaire "Straight Shooter" alias Volker Bretz threatens those who financed, built, favoured and now work the nuclear power plant... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bohn | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Heino Ferch, Katja Flint, Hannelore Hoger
Votes: 742
107. Renegade Force (1998)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
An F.B.I. Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are killing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades, and Louis ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Kunert | Stars: Michael Rooker, Robert Patrick, Diane DiLascio, Louis Mandylor
Votes: 819
108. The Mean Season (1985)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
When a teenager is shot at the beach, a journalist from The Miami Journal is sent to cover the story. He's called by the murderer and told there'll be four more.
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur
Votes: 5,044 | Gross: $4.35M
109. Unlawful Entry (1992)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends up befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 19,133 | Gross: $57.14M
110. Funny Games (1997)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two 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.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 84,143
111. Disclosure (1994)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 54,431 | Gross: $83.02M
112. Fatal Attraction (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen
Votes: 97,139 | Gross: $156.65M
113. A Perfect Murder (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Votes: 92,243 | Gross: $67.64M
114. Ekipazh (1980)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Georgi Zhzhyonov, Anatoliy Vasilev, Leonid Filatov, Alexandra Yakovleva
Votes: 2,633
115. Legal Deceit (1997)
93 min | Thriller
Sydney Banks learns the hard way that being driven and educated is not the path to success. With the help of Todd Hunter her career takes off. Sydney gets pulled into corporate blackmail ... See full summary »
Director: Monika Harris | Stars: Lela Rochon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Phil Morris, Cheryl Francis Harrington
Votes: 79
116. The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
R | 130 min | Drama
An American actress with a penchant for lying is forcibly recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey
Votes: 2,375 | Gross: $7.83M
117. Fear (1990 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Psychic Cayce Bridges helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with ... See full summary »
Director: Rockne S. O'Bannon | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Lauren Hutton, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw
Votes: 1,376
118. Trauma (1993)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 8,067
119. Following (1998)
R | 69 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan
Votes: 101,786 | Gross: $0.05M
120. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 95,853 | Gross: $17.19M
121. Fortress (1985)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.
Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: Sean Garlick, Rachel Ward, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran
Votes: 3,546
122. Dream Lover (1986)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected... See full summary »
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar, Justin Deas
Votes: 647 | Gross: $0.50M
123. Jagged Edge (1985)
R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy woman is murdered in her beach house. The husband is allegedly knocked out first. He inherits all. He has a female ex criminal prosecutor represent him in court.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia
Votes: 16,818 | Gross: $40.50M
124. The Bedroom Window (1987)
R | 112 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young executive starts an affair with his boss's wife which then escalates into a nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar
Votes: 6,819 | Gross: $12.64M
125. Zandalee (1991)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Thierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor party. The painter Johnny can satisfy Zandalee.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Erika Anderson, Judge Reinhold, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 4,185
126. Single White Female (1992)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman
Votes: 41,979 | Gross: $47.92M
127. Final Analysis (1992)
R | 124 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts
Votes: 15,302 | Gross: $28.59M
128. New Year's Evil (1980)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
Director: Emmett Alston | Stars: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace, Grant Cramer
Votes: 3,847
129. Christmas Evil (1980)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
Director: Lewis Jackson | Stars: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick
Votes: 8,575
130. Fade to Black (1980)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Director: Vernon Zimmerman | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton
Votes: 4,998
131. The Russia House (1990)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A British publisher is sent a manuscript detailing Soviet Union nuclear missile capabilities. British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox
Votes: 17,546 | Gross: $23.00M
132. Red Eagle (1994 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 180 min | Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Her friend, Doctor Peter Husak, introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on first sight. But when she learns, in a dramatic incident, that Jack's a C.I.A... See full summary »
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Marg Helgenberger, Nigel Havers, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 230
133. Double Take (1997)
R | 86 min | Thriller
A writer gets caught up in something dangerous after witnessing a crime and identifying the supposed perpetrator in a line-up.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Brigitte Bako, Costas Mandylor, Dan Lett
Votes: 315
134. Gloria (1980)
PG | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich
Votes: 11,435
135. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Lieh Lo, Chen-Chi Lin, Albert Au, Tin Sang Lung
Votes: 1,097
136. Hider in the House (1989)
R | 108 min | Thriller
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
Director: Matthew Patrick | Stars: Gary Busey, Mimi Rogers, Michael McKean, Kurt Christopher Kinder
Votes: 1,908
137. Alone in the Dark (1982)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 6,997
138. Betrayal (1983)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife. The story unfolds in reverse-chronological order.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar
Votes: 1,745
139. Dead of Winter (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ
Votes: 4,676 | Gross: $2.41M
140. The Needle (1988)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Nugmanov | Stars: Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, Pyotr Mamonov, Aleksandr Bashirov
Votes: 2,938
141. Sins of Desire (1993)
R | 87 min | Crime, Thriller
Suspecting foul play, Kay Egan goes undercover to work in a suspicious sex clinic where her sister went to therapy before killing herself. And Kay is not the only one watching the sinister married couple who runs the place.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Gail Thackray, John Henry Richardson, Delia Sheppard, Tanya Roberts
Votes: 675
142. 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
143. Stir of Echoes (1999)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
Votes: 87,528 | Gross: $21.13M
144. Nuts (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, Thriller
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden
Votes: 7,593 | Gross: $30.95M
145. The Trial (1993)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Joseph K. (Kyle MacLachlan) awakens one morning to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told with what he is charged, and despite being "... See full summary »
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards, Juliet Stevenson
Votes: 2,534
146. The Secret Agent (1996)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Verloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother. He's an agent for the Russian embassy. A new ambassador wants more from him than in the past years - something with a bomb. Verloc also informs the police.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 2,560 | Gross: $0.11M
147. Standoff (1998)
R | 91 min | Mystery, Thriller
A heavily armed cult in rural Texas is stormed by FBI and local police at dawn. Hell breaks loose. Some cops make it to an abandoned farmhouse, where they find two cute cult women.
Director: Andrew Chapman | Stars: Robert Sean Leonard, Dennis Haysbert, Natasha Henstridge, Keith Carradine
Votes: 538
148. She Was Marked for Murder (1988 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
While jogging in New York Central Park, the rich widow Elena meets Eric. Although he's 10 years younger, she falls in love with him and they marry shortly after. Soon she discovers that he ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Thomson, Chris Thomson | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Lloyd Bridges, Hunt Block, Debrah Farentino
Votes: 102
149. She Woke Up (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Fourteen months after being attacked by an unidentified assailant, a wealthy socialite emerges from a coma determined to find out who was responsible before they strike again.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, David Dukes, Frances Sternhagen, Maureen Mueller
Votes: 272
150. Uncovered (1994)
R | 103 min | Mystery, Thriller
While restoring an old painting showing a woman and two men playing chess, Julia discovers the text "Who killed the knight?" underneath the paint. The painting's owner tells her that one of... See full summary »
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, John Wood, Sinéad Cusack, Paudge Behan
Votes: 2,711
151. Bad Blood (1988)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Artist who lives in an old mansion imagines that her dead husband has been reincarnated as her son.
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Georgina Spelvin, Randy Spears, Linda Blair, Troy Donahue
Votes: 188
152. Bedroom Eyes II (1989)
R | 85 min | Thriller
Harry Ross (Wings Hauser), comes apart when he catches his wife sleeping with another man. To fix his marriage, he devises the insane plan of sleeping with another woman (Linda Blair). Then of course, all sorts of disaster breaks out.
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Wings Hauser, Kathy Shower, Linda Blair, Veronica Hart
Votes: 294
153. Arlington Road (1999)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Votes: 91,900 | Gross: $24.36M
154. Backfire (1987)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey
Votes: 732
155. The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
R | 95 min | Thriller
A rich man's wife goes on a trip to a cabin with her husband. He's preoccupied with business and leaves early. A man she meets offers to kill her husband. He's crazy and she leaves. He later tracks down the couple.
Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Halle Berry, Christopher McDonald, Peter Greene, Clive Owen
Votes: 3,484 | Gross: $8.54M
156. Break Up (1998)
R | 100 min | Thriller
Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner, Steven Weber
Votes: 2,142
157. Bad Company (1995)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, Michael Beach
Votes: 3,346 | Gross: $3.70M
158. Psycho Sisters (1998)
R | 112 min | Horror, Thriller
Mean and domineering Jane and the sweet and ditsy Jackie are two radically contrasting sisters who suffer from severe trauma after witnessing the murder/suicide of their parents as well as ... See full summary »
Directors: Pete Jacelone, Sal Longo, Gary Whitson | Stars: J.J. North, Theresa Lynn, Kris Burtt, John Knox
Votes: 356
159. Fair Game (1986)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A young woman running an animal sanctuary in the outback takes her revenge on a trio of kangaroo hunters who terrorized her.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford, Garry Who
Votes: 1,783
160. Absence of Malice (1981)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 14,761 | Gross: $40.72M
161. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 77,300 | Gross: $15.50M
162. Flowers in the Attic (1987)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Children are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams
Votes: 11,270 | Gross: $15.15M
163. The Boy Who Cried Bitch (1991)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychotic 12 year old makes life hell for his emotionally frail mother.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Harley Cross, Karen Young, Jesse Bradford, J.D. Daniels
Votes: 441
164. The Tie That Binds (1995)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie. John and Leann are in the process of robbing a house when the two ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Strick | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly, Vincent Spano
Votes: 1,257 | Gross: $5.78M
165. Safe House (1998)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A retired US black ops agent gets Alzheimer's, while other ex agents are being killed. He has incriminating data on a presidential candidate.
Director: Eric Steven Stahl | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Hector Elizondo, Joy Kilpatrick
Votes: 2,659
166. 8MM (1999)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare
Votes: 142,767 | Gross: $36.66M
167. For Queen & Country (1988)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
Director: Martin Stellman | Stars: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish
Votes: 2,629 | Gross: $0.19M
168. Guilty as Sin (1993)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, Jack Warden
Votes: 5,853 | Gross: $22.89M
169. Gloria (1999)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin, Gloria returns to New York City for the money she was promised. Inside Kevin's base of operations, she finds 7-year-old Nicky, whose family has been killed.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty
Votes: 6,223 | Gross: $4.16M
170. Last Dance (1996)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A lawyer assigned to the clemency case of a woman on death row finds himself forming a deep friendship with her while he tries to prevent her impending execution.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 4,711 | Gross: $5.86M
171. Scissors (1991)
R | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman trying to recover from a sexual attack is locked in a posh apartment with a corpse of the very man she's been dreaming would murder her. She tries to hang on to reality when objects around her seem to come to life.
Director: Frank De Felitta | Stars: Sharon Stone, Steve Railsback, Ronny Cox, Michelle Phillips
Votes: 3,242 | Gross: $0.00M
172. Diabolique (1996)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
Votes: 15,378 | Gross: $17.10M
173. The Last Word (1995)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past. His best friend then drags him to L.A. with the intent of becoming movie men. But does real life and fiction ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Spiridakis | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Joe Pantoliano, Michelle Burke, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 449
174. Scar City (1998)
R | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
Director: Ken Sanzel | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Tia Carrere, Renée Estevez, Jeffrey Buehl
Votes: 930
175. Treacherous (1993)
R | 95 min | Thriller
A former race car driver (Howell) who has retired and is the owner of a Mexican resort hotel gets mixed up in a robbery involving $2 million by one of his former girl friends.
Director: Kevin Brodie | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Tia Carrere, Adam Baldwin, Kevin Bernhardt
Votes: 789
176. Intimate Stranger (1991 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Thriller
Cory is a bar singer and phone sex operator, who "witnesses" a murder on the phone. A cop helps her in his spare time in tracing the killer and protecting her.
Director: Allan Holzman | Stars: Debbie Harry, James Russo, Paige French, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 400
177. Gross Misconduct (1993)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A female student falsely accuses a male professor of rape.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jimmy Smits, Sarah Chadwick, Adrian Wright
Votes: 490
178. Persons Unknown (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Thriller
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan ... See full summary »
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch, Naomi Watts, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 859
179. The Whistle Blower (1986)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud
Votes: 2,639 | Gross: $1.50M
180. Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion.
Director: Charles Finch | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Tom Sizemore, Sharon Stone, Ron Karabatsos
Votes: 1,077
181. Q&A (1990)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 7,006 | Gross: $11.21M
182. Brain Twisters (1991)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Employees of a software company discover a conspiracy to use the games made by the company to control the thoughts of its customers.
Director: Jerry Sangiuliano | Stars: Farrah Forke, Terry Londeree, Joe Lombardo, Donna Bostany
Votes: 537
183. Vicious and Nude (1980)
95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An aging writer, Juan (Jack Taylor) has a successful career and a nice family. One day, the family goes on a trip and he stays at home. Two beautiful girls knock on his door and claim their car broke down. He lets them in and gets seduced. Deadly mistake.
Director: Manuel Esteba | Stars: Jack Taylor, Adriana Vega, Eva Lyberten, Silvia Solar
Votes: 150
184. Kill Cruise (1990)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Early into the voyage, they realise that it's not going to be plain sailing.
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley, Franz Buchrieser
Votes: 900
185. Julie Darling (1982)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Director: Paul Nicholas | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Paul Hubbard
Votes: 824
186. Bad Blood (1981)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people, and the police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill, Donna Akersten
Votes: 421
187. The Dawning (1988)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An I.R.A. gunman (Sir Anthony Hopkins) on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman (Rebecca Pidgeon) and attempts to win her support for his cause.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard
Votes: 416
188. Trial by Jury (1994)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Director: Heywood Gould | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt
Votes: 2,068 | Gross: $6.97M
189. Red Dawn (1990)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.
Director: Jorge Fons | Stars: Héctor Bonilla, María Rojo, Jorge Fegán, Ademar Arau
Votes: 2,038
190. The Assignment (1997)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri
Votes: 9,988 | Gross: $0.54M
191. Another Day in Paradise (1998)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Votes: 9,213 | Gross: $1.03M
192. Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
R | 77 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bioweapon leaks in Eastern Europe and spreads west. It mutates in a quarantine area, creating a killer monster. Can a group of cops stop it and the new virus?
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge, Norbert Weisser, Elizabeth Barondes
Votes: 3,849 | Gross: $0.04M
193. Postmortem (I) (1998)
R | 105 min | Thriller
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Halsey, Ivana Milicevic, Stephen McCole
Votes: 2,143
194. The Hunted (1995)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.
Director: J.F. Lawton | Stars: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 5,700 | Gross: $6.61M
195. Shining Through (1992)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.
Director: David Seltzer | Stars: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson
Votes: 10,746 | Gross: $21.73M
196. Shallow Grave (1994)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott
Votes: 66,248 | Gross: $2.88M
197. Body Double (1984)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton
Votes: 38,240 | Gross: $8.80M
198. Dressed to Kill (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon
Votes: 48,245 | Gross: $31.90M
199. In the Eye of the Snake (1990)
R | 91 min | Thriller
Marc, a young snake expert, works at a museum in Geneva. He loves snakes, to the point that he owns many and even takes a bath with his huge pet python. He meets and falls in love with a ... See full summary »
Director: Max Reid | Stars: Jason Cairns, Sydney Penny, Malcolm McDowell, Lois Chiles
Votes: 118
200. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Gorbatchov's perestroika, Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he ... See full summary »
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, Roman Polanski, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 489 | Gross: $0.50M
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