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    1990s Thriller Movies

    The 40 most popular 1990s thriller movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Zero Woman 2
    TMDB2.5

    Zero Woman 2

    1995 · 1h 39m

    country: Japan

    When a valuable suitcase is stolen, the mob, petty criminals, and a beautiful agent from the Elite Zero division are pulled into a battle to settle the score.

    Fight Club
    TMDB4.2
    FF4.2

    Fight Club

    1999 · 2h 19m

    country: Germany

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

    Pulp Fiction
    TMDB4.3
    FF4.2

    Pulp Fiction

    1994 · 2h 34m

    country: United States

    A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

    Se7en
    TMDB4.2
    FF5.0

    Se7en

    1995 · 2h 7m

    country: United States

    Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    TMDB4.1
    FF5.0

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991 · 2h 17m

    country: France

    Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    The Sixth Sense
    TMDB4.0

    The Sixth Sense

    1999 · 1h 47m

    country: United States

    Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

    The Godfather Part III
    TMDB3.7

    The Godfather Part III

    1990 · 2h 42m

    country: United States

    In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

    Reservoir Dogs
    TMDB4.1
    FF3.8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992 · 1h 39m

    country: United States

    A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

    Eyes Wide Shut
    TMDB3.8
    FF4.0

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999 · 2h 39m

    country: United Kingdom

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

    Mission: Impossible
    TMDB3.5
    FF5.0

    Mission: Impossible

    1996 · 1h 51m

    country: United States

    When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

    The Usual Suspects
    TMDB4.1

    The Usual Suspects

    1995 · 1h 46m

    country: United States

    Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

    Basic Instinct
    TMDB3.5

    Basic Instinct

    1992 · 2h 8m

    country: United States

    Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

    Perfect Blue
    TMDB4.2
    FF4.8

    Perfect Blue

    1998 · 1h 21m

    country: Japan

    Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

    Twelve Monkeys
    TMDB3.8

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 · 2h 9m

    country: United States

    In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

    Die Hard 2
    TMDB3.5

    Die Hard 2

    1990 · 2h 4m

    country: United States

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

    Sleepy Hollow
    TMDB3.6

    Sleepy Hollow

    1999 · 1h 45m

    country: United States

    Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

    State of Grace
    TMDB3.5

    State of Grace

    1990 · 2h 15m

    country: United States

    Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.

    Ghost
    TMDB3.6
    FF3.5

    Ghost

    1990 · 2h 7m

    country: United States

    After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

    Bad Boys
    TMDB3.4
    FF3.0

    Bad Boys

    1995 · 1h 59m

    country: United States

    Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

    True Lies
    TMDB3.6

    True Lies

    1994 · 2h 21m

    country: United States

    A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

    The Rock
    TMDB3.6

    The Rock

    1996 · 2h 17m

    country: United States

    When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

    Fargo
    TMDB3.9
    FF4.5

    Fargo

    1996 · 1h 38m

    country: United Kingdom

    Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

    The Hunt for Red October
    TMDB3.7
    FF4.5

    The Hunt for Red October

    1990 · 2h 15m

    country: United States

    A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

    Primal Fear
    TMDB3.8
    FF4.0

    Primal Fear

    1996 · 2h 10m

    country: United States

    Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

    A Time to Kill
    TMDB3.7

    A Time to Kill

    1996 · 2h 29m

    country: United States

    A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

    Tomorrow Never Dies
    TMDB3.2

    Tomorrow Never Dies

    1997 · 1h 59m

    country: United Kingdom

    A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

    The Game
    TMDB3.8

    The Game

    1997 · 2h 9m

    country: United States

    In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

    Starship Troopers
    TMDB3.6

    Starship Troopers

    1997 · 2h 9m

    country: United States

    Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

    L.A. Confidential
    TMDB3.9

    L.A. Confidential

    1997 · 2h 18m

    country: United States

    Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

    Courage Under Fire
    TMDB3.3

    Courage Under Fire

    1996 · 1h 56m

    country: United States

    A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

    Speed
    TMDB3.6
    FF5.0

    Speed

    1994 · 1h 56m

    country: United States

    Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

    Predator 2
    TMDB3.2

    Predator 2

    1990 · 1h 48m

    country: United States

    A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.

    The Negotiator
    TMDB3.6
    FF4.0

    The Negotiator

    1998 · 2h 20m

    country: Germany

    The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

    Con Air
    TMDB3.4

    Con Air

    1997 · 1h 56m

    country: United States

    Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

    Sleepers
    TMDB3.8

    Sleepers

    1996 · 2h 27m

    country: United States

    Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

    Under Suspicion
    TMDB3.0

    Under Suspicion

    1991 · 1h 39m

    country: United Kingdom

    In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.

    The World Is Not Enough
    TMDB3.1

    The World Is Not Enough

    1999 · 2h 8m

    country: United Kingdom

    Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

    Point Break
    TMDB3.6

    Point Break

    1991 · 2h 2m

    country: United States

    In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.

    Lethal Weapon 3
    TMDB3.4

    Lethal Weapon 3

    1992 · 1h 58m

    country: United States

    Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

    The Crow
    TMDB3.8

    The Crow

    1994 · 1h 42m

    country: United States

    Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

    About 1990s Thriller Movies

    The 1990s

    The 1990s were the independent film decade, when Sundance and Miramax pushed low-budget American filmmaking into the mainstream. It's also when Hong Kong action, Japanese animation, and Iranian art cinema found large Western audiences.

    Thriller

    Thrillers are engineered for tension: the pace, the withholding, the sense that something is closing in. The genre blends freely with crime, horror, and science fiction, and it's where a lot of the sharpest genre craft happens.

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    Best reviewed
    Pulp Fiction (8.5)
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    Action, Crime, Drama

    Common questions

    What are the best 1990s thriller movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Zero Woman 2, Fight Club, and Pulp Fiction. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    1990s thriller movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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