# List of thriller films of the 1990s

A list of thriller films released in the 1990s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 1990 |||||
| After Dark, My Sweet | James Foley | Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern | United States | Psychological thriller |
| The Ambulance | Larry Cohen | Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons | United States} | |
| Bala at Rosaryo | Pepe Marcos | Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr., Eddie Garcia, Efren Reyes, Jr. | Philippines | Action thriller |
| Bad Influence | Curtis Hanson | Rob Lowe, James Spader, Lisa Zane | United States | |
| Biktima | Lino Brocka | Sharon Cuneta, Christopher de Leon, Rowell Santiago, Nanette Medved | Philippines | Thriller drama |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Pena, Louise Fletcher | United States | Action thriller |
| Bullet in the Head | John Woo | Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung | Hong Kong | Action thriller |
| Dancing Machine | Gilles Behat | Alain Delon, Claude Brasseur, Patrick Dupond | France | |
| Darkman | Sam Raimi | Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels | United States | Science fiction action thriller |
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, Bobby Chavez | United States | Action thriller |
| Desperate Hours | Michael Cimino | Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias Koteas, David Morse, Shawnee Smith | United States | |
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, William Sadler | United States | Action thriller |
| La Femme Nikita | Luc Besson | Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo | France Italy | |
| Flatliners | Joel Schumacher | Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt | United States | |
| The Guardian | William Friedkin | Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell | United States | |
| Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach | Frances McDormand, Brian Cox | United Kingdom | |
| The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly | United States | |
| The Hunt for Red October | John McTiernan | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, Tim Curry | United States | |
| Impulse | Sondra Locke | Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza | United States | |
| Internal Affairs | Mike Figgis | Richard Gere, Andy García, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, John Kapelos | United States | |
| Ikasa Mo, Ipuputok Ko! | Augusto Salvador | Phillip Salvador, Maila Gumila, Sheila Ysrael, Eddie Garcia, Michael de Mesa, Dindo Arroyo | Philippines | Action thriller |
| Jacob's Ladder | Adrian Lyne | Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello | United States | |
| Kaaway ng Batas | Pepe Marcos | Rudy Fernandez, Star Querubin, Zaldy Zshornack, Gabby Concepcion, Efren Reyes Jr., Edu Manzano | Philippines | Action thriller |
| Kill Cruise | Peter Keglevic | Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley | Germany | |
| Kindergarten Cop | Ivan Reitman | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker | United States | |
| Lionheart | Sheldon Lettich | Jean-Claude Van Damme | United States | Action thriller |
| Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, Keith David, Joanna Pacuła | United States | Action thriller |
| Miller's Crossing | Joel Coen | Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman | United States | Crime thriller |
| Misery | Rob Reiner | James Caan, Kathy Bates | United States | |
| Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams | Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking | United States | |
| Navy SEALS | Lewis Teague | Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Dennis Haysbert | United States | Action thriller |
| Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Laurie Metcalf, Mako, Dorian Harewood, Carl Lumbly, Beverly D'Angelo | United States | |
| Presumed Innocent | Alan J. Pakula | Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Greta Scacchi, Paul Winfield | United States | |
| A Shock to the System | Jan Egleson | Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz | United States | |
| A Show of Force | Bruno Barreto | Amy Irving, Robert Duvall, Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips | United States | |
| State of Grace | Phil Joanou | Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro | United States | Crime thriller |
| 1991 |||||
| Backdraft | Ron Howard | Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro | United States | |
| Cape Fear | Martin Scorsese | Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis | United States | |
| Closet Land | Radha Bharadwaj | Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy García, Derek Jacobi | United States | |
| Deceived | Damian Harris | Goldie Hawn, John Heard, Robin Bartlett, Ashley Peldon | United States | |
| Do or Die | Andy Sidaris | Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez | United States | Action thriller |
| JFK | Oliver Stone | Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman | United States | |
| A Kiss Before Dying | James Dearden | Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo | United States | |
| The Last Boy Scout | Tony Scott | Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry | United States | Crime thriller |
| Lower Level | Kristine Peterson | Jeff Yagher, David Bradley, Elizabeth Gracen | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Mortal Thoughts | Alan Rudolph | Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, John Pankow, Harvey Keitel | United States | |
| Netchaïev Est de Retour | Jacques Deray | Vincent Lindon, Yves Montand, Miou-Miou | France Italy | |
| One False Move | Carl Franklin | Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Metzler | United States | |
| Out for Justice | John Flynn | Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach | United States | Action thriller |
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James LeGros | United States | Action thriller |
| Ricochet | Russell Mulcahy | Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Lindsay Wagner | United States | |
| Run | Geoff Burrowes | Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue, Alan C. Peterson | United States | Action thriller |
| Scissors | Frank de Felitta | Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michelle Phillips | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Shadows and Fog | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich | United States | Comedy thriller |
| Shattered | Wolfgang Petersen | Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley, Corbin Bernsen | United States Germany | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine | United States | |
| Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson | United States | |
| Trancers II | Charles Band | Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward | United States | Action thriller, |
| Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | Charles Finch | Dylan McDermott, Tom Sizemore, Sharon Stone | United States | Crime thriller |
| Year of the Gun | John Frankenheimer | Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone | United States | |
| 1992 |||||
| Basic Instinct | Paul Verhoeven | Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Pat Hingle, Michael Gough | United States | Action thriller |
| Blown Away | Brenton Spencer | Nicole Eggert, Gary Farmer, Corey Feldman | Canada | Erotic thriller |
| The Bodyguard | Mick Jackson | Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp | United States | |
| Boy Praning: Utak Pulbura | Francis "Jun" Posadas | Ian Veneracion, Monica Herrera, Mark Gil, Michael de Mesa, Roy Alvarez, Roi Vinzon, Lito Legaspi, John Estrada, Anjo Yllana, Gabriel Romulo | Philippines | Action thriller |
| Consenting Adults | Alan J. Pakula | Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Forest Whitaker | United States | |
| The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker | United Kingdom Ireland United States | Political thriller |
| Deep Cover | Bill Duke | Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard | United States | Crime thriller |
| Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel | Alan Castle | Sherilyn Fenn, Whip Hubley, David Hewlett | United States | |
| Final Analysis | Phil Joanou | Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David | United States | |
| Full Contact | Ringo Lam | Chow Yun-fat | Hong Kong | Action thriller |
| A Grande Arte | Walter Salles Jr. | Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo, Amanda Pays | Brazil United States | |
| Hard Boiled | John Woo | Chow Yun-fat, Bowie Lam, Philip Chan | Hong Kong | Action thriller |
| The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Curtis Hanson | Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Julianne Moore | United States | |
| Jennifer Eight | Bruce Robinson | Andy García, Uma Thurman, John Malkovich, Lance Henriksen, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker | United States | |
| Love Crimes | Lizzie Borden | Sean Young, Patrick Bergin, Arnetia Walker | United States | |
| El Mariachi | Robert Rodriguez | Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Reinol Martinez, Peter Marquardt | United States | Action thriller |
| Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, James Earl Jones, Polly Walker, Richard Harris | United States | Action thriller, political thriller |
| Poison Ivy | Andy Ruben, Katt Shea Ruben | Sara Gilbert, Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd | United States | Erotic thriller |
| The Public Eye | Howard Franklin | Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci | United States | Crime thriller |
| Raising Cain | Brian De Palma | John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer | United States | |
| Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Sentinel | Arnaud Desplechin | Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard | France | |
| Single White Female | Barbet Schroeder | Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky | United States | |
| Sneakers | Phil Alden Robinson | Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, David Strathairn | United States | |
| Storyville | Mark Frost | James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards Jr. | United States | |
| Toutes peines confondues | Michel Deville | Jacques Dutronc, Patrick Bruel, Mathilda May | France | |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | David Lynch | Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Under Siege | Andrew Davis | Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak, Colm Meaney | United States | Action thriller |
| Unlawful Entry | Jonathan Kaplan | Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley | United States | |
| Zipperface | Mansour Pourmand | David Clover, Donna Adams, Jonathan Mandell | United States | Horror thriller |
| 1993 |||||
| Body of Evidence | Uli Edel | Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, Jürgen Prochnow | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Boiling Point | James B. Harris | Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya | United States | Crime thriller |
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner | United States | Action thriller |
| The Crush | Alan Shapiro | Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Doppelganger | Avi Nesher | Drew Barrymore | United States | |
| The Escort | Ricky Tognazzi | Claudio Amendola, Enrico Lo Verso, Carlo Cecchi | Italy | |
| The Firm | Sydney Pollack | Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, Ed Harris, Hal Holbrook, Wilford Brimley, David Strathairn | United States | |
| The Fugitive | Andrew Davis | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, Sela Ward, Jeroen Krabbe, Andreas Katsulas, Julianne Moore | United States | |
| The Good Son | Joseph Ruben | Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse, Daniel Hugh Kelly | United States | |
| Guilty as Sin | Sidney Lumet | Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, Jack Warden | United States | |
| Hard Target | John Woo | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, Arnold Vosloo, Kasi Lemmons | United States | Action thriller |
| In the Line of Fire | Wolfgang Petersen | Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott | United States | |
| The Innocent | John Schlesinger | Isabella Rossellini, Anthony Hopkins, Campbell Scott | Germany United Kingdom | |
| Judgment Night | Stephen Hopkins | Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff, Jeremy Piven | United States | |
| Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough | United States | Science fiction thriller |
| Kalifornia | Dominic Sena | Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes | United States | Crime thriller |
| Leonardo Delos Reyes, Alyas Waway | Toto Natividad | Cesar Montano, Jun Aristorenas, Cristina Gonzales, Bembol Roco, Joel Torre | Philippines | Biographical action thriller |
| Malice | Harold Becker | Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, Josef Sommer, Anne Bancroft, George C. Scott | United States | |
| Manhattan Murder Mystery | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston | United States | Comedy thriller |
| The Pelican Brief | Alan J. Pakula | Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Stanley Tucci, Tony Goldwyn, William Atherton, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow | United States | |
| Point of No Return | John Badham | Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel | United States | |
| Public Access | Bryan Singer | Ron Marquette, Larry Maxwell, Brandon Boyce | United States | |
| Pugoy – Hostage: Davao | Francis "Jun" Posadas | Ian Veneracion, Lito Legaspi, Roy Alvarez, Gina Pangle, Mark Gil | Philippines | Biographical action thriller |
| Red Rock West | John Dahl | Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle | United States | Crime thriller |
| Romeo Is Bleeding | Peter Medak | Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider | United States United Kingdom | |
| Sliver | Phillip Noyce | Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger | United States | |
| The Temp | Tom Holland | Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway | United States | |
| Trauma | Dario Argento | Chris Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie | Italy United States | Psychological thriller |
| True Romance | Tony Scott | Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Untold Story | Herman Yau | Danny Lee, Anthony Wong, Emily Kwan | Hong Kong | Crime thriller |
| The Vanishing | George Sluizer | Kiefer Sutherland, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Nancy Travis | United States | |
| The Vizconde Massacre: God Help Us | Carlo J. Caparas | Romeo Vasquez, Kris Aquino, Aurora Salve, Lady Lee, John Regala, Marco Polo Garcia, Tommy Abuel, Robert Arevalo | Philippines | Biographical thriller drama |
| 1994 |||||
| Amateur | Hal Hartley | Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn | United States France United Kingdom | |
| Angel Dust | Toshihiro Ishii | Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa | Japan | |
| The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!) | Carlo J. Caparas | Dawn Zulueta, Cesar Montano, Romeo Vasquez, Boots Anson-Roa, Robert Arevalo, Joel Torre, Richard Bonnin, Celso Ad Castillo, Liezl Martinez, Angelica Panganiban | Philippines | Biographical thriller drama |
| Blink | Michael Apted | Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Peter Friedman, Bruce A. Young, Laurie Metcalf | United States | |
| Blown Away | Stephen Hopkins | Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Forest Whitaker, Lloyd Bridges | United States | Action thriller |
| Blue Tiger | Norberto Barba | Virginia Madsen, Toru Nakamura, Dean Hallo | United States | |
| China Moon | John Bailey | Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Benicio del Toro, Charles Dance | United States | |
| Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones | United States | Action thriller |
| The Client | Joel Schumacher | Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia | United States | |
| Color of Night | Richard Rush | Bruce Willis, Jane March, Ruben Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif, Lance Henriksen, Kevin J. O'Connor | United States | Erotic thriller |
| The Cool Surface | Erik Anjou | Robert Patrick, Teri Hatcher | United States | |
| The Crow | Alex Proyas | Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott | United States | |
| Death and the Maiden | Roman Polanski | Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson | United Kingdom United States France | |
| Dream Lover | Nicholas Kazan | James Spader, Mädchen Amick, Bess Armstrong | United States | |
| Drop Zone | John Badham | Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Kyle Secor, Corin Nemec | United States | Action thriller |
| The Elsa Castillo Story: Ang Katotohanan | Laurice Guillen | Kris Aquino, Eric Quizon, Miguel Rodriguez, Johnny Delgado | Philippines | Biographical thriller drama |
| The Elsa Castillo Story: The Chop Chop Lady | Edgardo Vinarao | Lorna Tolentino, Mark Gil, Mat Ranillo III | Philippines | Biographical thriller drama |
| Exit to Eden | Garry Marshall | Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd | United States | |
| The Getaway | Roger Donaldson | Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam | United States | Action thriller, crime thriller |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse | New Zealand | Psychological thriller, Crime thriller, Drama |
| Killing Zoe | Roger Avary | Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade | United States France | |
| The Last Seduction | John Dahl | Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Léon: The Professional | Luc Besson | Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello | France | |
| Mother's Boys | Yves Simoneau | Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Vanessa Redgrave | United States | |
| Mute Witness | Anthony Waller | Marina Zudina, Oleg Yankovsky, Evan Richards | United Kingdom Germany | |
| Nightwatch | Ole Bornedal | Nikolaj Waldau, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen | Denmark | |
| On Deadly Ground | Steven Seagal | Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey, Shari Shattuck, Billy Bob Thornton, Richard Hamilton, John Trudell, Mike Starr, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Irvin Kershner, Bart the Bear, Frank “Sonny” Sisto | United States | Action thriller |
| L'Ours en peluche | Jacques Deray | Alain Delon, Francesca Dellera, Regina Bianchi | France Italy | |
| The Patriots | Eric Rochant | Yvan Attal, Yossi Banai, Dan Toren | France | |
| Pedrito Masangkay: Walang Bakas Na Iniiwan | Francis 'Jun' Posadas | Ian Veneracion, Andy Poe, Cristina Gonzales, Elizabeth Tamayo, Dick Israel | Philippines | Action thriller |
| The River Wild | Curtis Hanson | Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Elizabeth Hoffman, Victor Galloway, Diane Delano, Thomas F. Duffy, William Lucking, Paul Cantelon, Glenn Morshower, Stephanie Sawye | United States | |
| Shallow Grave | Danny Boyle | Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor | United Kingdom | Crime thriller |
| Silent Fall | Bruce Beresford | Richard Dreyfuss, John Lithgow, Linda Hamilton, J. T. Walsh, Liv Tyler | United States | |
| The Specialist | Luis Llosa | Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts | United States | Action thriller |
| Speed | Jan de Bont | Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper | United States | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| Surviving the Game | Ernest R. Dickerson | Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, John C. McGinley, William McNamara | United States | |
| Terminal Velocity | Deran Sarafian | Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald | United States | Action thriller |
| True Lies | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku | United States | Action thriller |
| The Vizconde Massacre 2: May the Lord Be with Us! | Carlo J. Caparas | Romeo Vasquez, Vina Morales, Elizabeth Oropesa, Charina Scott, Rommel Padilla, Joko Diaz, Tommy Abuel, Robert Arevalo | Philippines | Biographical thriller drama |
| 1995 |||||
| 12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt | United States | Science fiction thriller |
| Assassins | Richard Donner | Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore | United States | |
| Bad Boys | Michael Bay | Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Leoni, Tcheky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano | United States | Action thriller |
| Bad Company | Damian Harris | Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella | United States | |
| Citizen X | Chris Gerolmo | Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow | United States | Television film |
| Coldblooded | Matt Hinkley, Wallace Wolodarsky | Jason Priestley, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Williams | United States | Comedy thriller |
| Copycat | Jon Amiel | Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr. | United States | |
| Cover Me | Michael Schroeder | Rick Rossovich, Paul Sorvino, Courtney Taylor | United States | |
| Crimson Tide | Tony Scott | Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, James Gandolfini, Viggo Mortensen, Matt Craven | United States | Action thriller |
| Crying Freeman | Christophe Gans | Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, Tchéky Karyo | France Canada | Action thriller |
| Desperado | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida | United States | Action thriller |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McTiernan | Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson | United States | Action thriller |
| Dolores Claiborne | Taylor Hackford | Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt | United States | |
| Fair Game | Andrew Sipes | William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford | United States | Action thriller |
| GoldenEye | Martin Campbell | Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench | United States United Kingdom | Action thriller |
| Gonin | Takashi Ishii | Naoto Takenaka | Japan | |
| Heat | Michael Mann | Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer | United States | |
| Jade | William Friedkin | David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri | United States | |
| Just Cause | Arnold Glimcher | Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood | United States | |
| Kamikaze Taxi | Masato Harada | Takeshi Caesar, Chika Nakagami, Mickey Curtis | Japan | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| Kiss of Death | Barbet Schroeder | David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Erbe, Helen Hunt, Michael Rapaport, Ving Rhames, Stanley Tucci | United States | |
| Never Talk to Strangers | Peter Hall | Rebecca De Mornay, Antonio Banderas, Dennis Miller, Len Cariou, Harry Dean Stanton | United States | |
| The Net | Irwin Winkler | Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller | United States | |
| Nick of Time | John Badham | Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Roma Maffia, Gloria Reuben, Peter Strauss, Marsha Mason | United States | |
| Nixon | Oliver Stone | Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Annabeth Gish, Powers Boothe, J.T. Walsh, E.G. Marshall, James Woods, Paul Sorvino, Bob Hoskins, Larry Hagman, David Hyde Pierce | United States | Political thriller |
| Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Eduardo Diaz Yanes | Victoria Abril, Angel Alcázar, Marta Aura | Spain | |
| Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey | United States | |
| Poison Ivy II: Lily | Anne Goursaud | Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Camilla Belle | United States | |
| Screamers | Christian Duguay | Ron White, Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin | United States Canada | |
| Se7en | David Fincher | Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey | United States | |
| Sudden Death | Peter Hyams | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Dorian Harewood | United States | Action thriller |
| Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Gary Fleder | Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams, Jack Warden, Steve Buscemi, Fairuza Balk, Gabrielle Anwar, Christopher Walken, Bill Cobbs, Marshall Bell, Glenn Plummer, Don Stark, Willie Garson, Jenny McCarthy, Sarah Trigger, Don Cheadle, Tiny Lister | United States | |
| Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | Geoff Murphy | Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Katherine Heigl, Morris Chestnut, Everett McGill | United States | Action thriller |
| The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite | United States | |
| 1996 |||||
| Anna Oz | Eric Rochant | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gérard Lanvin, Sami Bouajila | France Italy Switzerland | |
| Broken Arrow | John Woo | John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis | United States | Action thriller |
| Bound | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski | Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano | United States | Erotic thriller |
| Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Brian Cox | United States | Action thriller |
| Crimetime | George Sluizer | Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost | United States | |
| Diabolique | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates | United States | |
| Eraser | Chuck Russell | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa L. Williams | United States | Action thriller |
| Extreme Measures | Michael Apted | Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker | United States | |
| Eye for an Eye | John Schlesinger | Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris | United States | |
| The Fan | Tony Scott | Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin | United States | |
| Fear | James Foley | Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman | United States | |
| Freeway | Matthew Bright | Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Brooke Shields | United States | Crime thriller |
| Fled | Kevin Hooks | Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek | United States | Action thriller |
| The Glimmer Man | John Gray | Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton | United States | Action thriller |
| Head Above Water | Jim Wilson | Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer | United States United Kingdom | |
| The Hunters | Kjell Sundvall | Helena Bergström, Rolf Degerlund, Goran Forsmark | Sweden | |
| The Juror | Brian Gibson | Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini, Anne Heche | United States | |
| Last Man Standing | Walter Hill | Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern | United States | Action thriller |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Renny Harlin | Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox | United States | Action thriller |
| Maximum Risk | Ringo Lam | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Zach Grenier | United States | Action thriller |
| Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Emmanuelle Beart, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave | United States | Action thriller |
| Passage a L'Acte | Francis Girod | Daniel Auteuil, Patrick Timsit, Anne Parillaud | France | |
| Primal Fear | Gregory Hoblit | Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton | United States | |
| Pusher | Nicolas Winding Refn | Peter Andersson, Vanja Bajicic, Kim Bodnia | Denmark | Crime thriller |
| Ransom | Ron Howard | Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Brawley Nolte | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Rock | Michael Bay | Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris | United States | Action thriller |
| Sa Aking Mga Kamay | Rory B. Quintos | Christopher de Leon, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Aga Muhlach | Philippines | Thriller drama |
| Sci-Fighters | Peter Svatek | Roddy Piper, Jayne Heitmeyer, Billy Drago | United States | Action thriller |
| The Stendhal Syndrome | Dario Argento | Asia Argento, Paolo Bonacelli, Luigi Diberti | Italy | |
| Tesis | Alejandro Amenábar | Xavier Elorriaga, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega | Spain | |
| The Trigger Effect | David Koepp | Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich, Philip Bruns, Michael Rooker, Jack Noseworthy, Richard Schiff | United States | |
| Unforgettable | John Dahl | Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald | United States | |
| Young and Dangerous | Andrew Lau | Chan Sau-yu, Jordan Chan | Hong Kong | Action thriller |
| 1997 |||||
| Absolute Power | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris | United States | |
| Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Glenn Close | United States | Action thriller |
| Bad Day on the Block | Craig R. Baxley | Charlie Sheen, Mare Winningham | United States | |
| Barracuda | Philippe Haïm | Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Kem | France Germany Belgium | |
| Breakdown | Jonathan Mostow | Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M. C. Gainey | United States | |
| Conspiracy Theory | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart | United States | |
| Le Cousin | Alain Corneau | Alain Chabat, Patrick Timsit, Samuel Le Bihan | France | Crime thriller |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Kōji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki | Japan | |
| Dobermann | Jan Kounen | Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tchéky Karyo | France | Crime thriller |
| Face/Off | John Woo | Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola, Dominique Swain | United States | Action thriller |
| Fred | Pierre Jolivet | Clotilde Courau, François Berléand, Vincent Lindon | France | Psychological thriller |
| Funny Games | Michael Haneke | Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch | Austria | |
| The Game | David Fincher | Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn | United States | |
| Genealogies of a Crime | Raúl Ruiz | Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud | France | Psychological thriller, crime thriller |
| Insomnia | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stellan Skarsgård, Gisken Armand | Norway | |
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora | United States | |
| Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro | United States | Crime thriller |
| Kiss the Girls | Gary Fleder | Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes | United States | |
| Murder at 1600 | Dwight H. Little | Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Alan Alda, Dennis Miller, Daniel Benzali | United States | |
| Nightwatch | Ole Bornedal | Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte | United States | Crime thriller, psychological thriller |
| Open Your Eyes | Alejandro Amenábar | Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera | Spain Italy France | |
| The Peacemaker | Mimi Leder | George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures | United States | |
| Perfect Blue | Satoshi Kon | | Japan | |
| Poison Ivy: The New Seduction | Kurt Voss | Jaime Pressly, Michael Des Barres, Megan Edwards | United States | |
| See the Sea | François Ozon | Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Samantha | France | |
| Shadow Conspiracy | George Pan Cosmatos | Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Sam Waterston, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara, Theodore Bikel | United States | |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris | Denmark Germany Sweden | |
| Suicide Kings | Peter O'Fallon | Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas | United States | |
| The Swindle | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet | France Switzerland | |
| 1998 |||||
| A (Kannada movie) | Upendra | Upendra, Chandini | India | Psychological thriller |
| Apt Pupil | Bryan Singer | Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Bullet Ballet | Shinya Tsukamoto | Shinya Tsukamoto, Kirina Mano, Tatsuya Nakamura | Japan | |
| Clay Pigeons | David Dobkin | Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates, Gregory Sporleder, Phil Morris, Scott Wilson, Vince Vieluf, Nikki Arlyn, Joseph D. Reitman | United States | Comedy thriller |
| The Curve | Dan Rosen | Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff | United States | |
| Déjà mort | Olivier Dahan | Romain Duris, Benoît Magimel, Zoe Felix | France | |
| Desperate Measures | Barbet Schroeder | Michael Keaton, Andy García, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden | United States | |
| Devil in the Flesh | Steve Cohen | Rose McGowan, Alex McArthur, Sherrie Rose | United States | |
| Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl | United States | |
| Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight | United States | |
| Fallen | Gregory Hoblit | Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland | United States | |
| Following | Christopher Nolan | Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell | United Kingdom | |
| The Gingerbread Man | Robert Altman | Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Robert Duvall | United States | |
| Hard Rain | Mikael Salomon | Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver | United States | Action thriller |
| Heaven | Scott Reynolds | Martin Donovan, Danny Edwards, Richard Schiff | New Zealand | |
| Hush | Jonathan Darby | Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech | United States | |
| The Interview | Craig Monahan | Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery | Australia | |
| The Longest Nite | Yau Tat-chi | Yau Tat-chi, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Shiu | Hong Kong | Crime thriller |
| Mercury Rising | Harold Becker | Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin | United States | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| A Murder of Crows | Rowdy Herrington | Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Eric Stoltz | United States | |
| New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento | United States | |
| The Negotiator | F. Gary Gray | Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse | United States | |
| Palmetto | Volker Schlöndorff | Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon | United States Germany | |
| A Perfect Murder | Andrew Davis | Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen | United States | |
| Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman | United States | |
| Psycho | Gus Van Sant | Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy | United States | |
| The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker | United States | Action thriller |
| Ring | Hideo Nakata | Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani | Japan | Psychological thriller |
| Ronin | John Frankenheimer | Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone | United States | Action thriller |
| Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer | Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu | Germany | |
| The Siege | Edward Zwick | Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis | United States | Action thriller, political thriller |
| Snake Eyes | Brian De Palma | Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard | United States | |
| U.S. Marshals | Stuart Baird | Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. | United States | Action thriller |
| Wicked | Michael Steinberg | Julia Stiles, William R. Moses, Patrick Muldoon | United States | |
| Wild Things | John McNaughton | Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Bill Murray | United States | |
| The Wisdom of Crocodiles | Po-Chih Leong | Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn | United Kingdom | |
| 1999 |||||
| 8mm | Joel Schumacher | Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini | United States | |
| Apocalypse II: Revelation | Andre Van Heerden | Jeff Fahey, Nick Mancuso, Carol Alt | United States Canada | |
| Arlington Road | Mark Pellington | Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack | United States | |
| The Astronaut's Wife | Rand Ravich | Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Best Laid Plans | Mike Barker | Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, and Josh Brolin | United States | Crime thriller |
| The Bone Collector | Phillip Noyce | Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie | United States | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| Buddy Boy | Mark Hanlon | Aidan Gillen, Emmanuelle Seigner | United States | |
| The Boondock Saints | Troy Duffy | Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus | United States | Action thriller |
| Bullet | Cesar Montano | Cesar Montano, Sunshine Cruz, Jay Manalo | Philippines | Action thriller |
| The Corruptor | James Foley | Chow Yun-fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young | United States | |
| Deep Blue Sea | Renny Harlin | Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Jacqueline McKenzie | United States Australia | |
| Double Jeopardy | Bruce Beresford | Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood | United States | |
| Entrapment | Jon Amiel | Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames | United States | Crime thriller |
| Eye of the Beholder | Stephan Elliott | Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin | Australia United Kingdom Canada | |
| Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley Kubrick | Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Todd Field | United Kingdom United States | Paranoid thriller |
| Fever | Alex Winter | Henry Thomas, David Patrick O'Hara, Bill Duke | United Kingdom United States | |
| Felicia's Journey | Atom Egoyan | Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian | United Kingdom Canada | |
| The General's Daughter | Simon West | John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell | United States | |
| Goodbye Lover | Roland Joffé | Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres, Mary-Louise Parker, Don Johnson | United States | Comedy thriller |
| In Dreams | Neil Jordan | Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Robert Downey Jr. | United States | |
| In Too Deep | Michael Rymer | Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long | United States | |
| The Nameless | Jaume Balagueró | Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde, Tristán Ulloa | Spain | |
| The Ninth Gate | Roman Polanski | Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin | France Spain | |
| The Omega Code | Robert Marcarelli | Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside, Catherine Oxenberg | United States | |
| Payback | Brian Helgeland | Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello | United States | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| Purple Storm | Teddy Chan | Daniel Wu, Kwok-Leung Gan, Emil Chau | Hong Kong | Crime thriller, action thriller |
| Resurrection | Russell Mulcahy | Christopher Lambert, James Kidnie, Mike Anscombe | United States | Crime thriller |
| Ruang Talok 69 | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Lalita Panyopas, Black Pomtong | Thailand | |
| Running Out of Time | Johnnie To | Andy Lau, Lau Ching-Wan, Yo Yo Mung | Hong Kong | |
| Shiri | Jacky Kang | Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho | South Korea | |
| The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan | Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette | United States | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Casper Van Dien, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Lee, Martin Landau, Michael Gough | United States | Horror, supernatural thriller |
| Stigmata | Rupert Wainwright | Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Stir of Echoes | David Koepp | Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas | United States | Supernatural thriller, psychological thriller |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett | United States | |
| Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Kevin Williamson | Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Jeffrey Tambor | United States | |