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| 1 |  | JFK (1991) |  3.2375 86 reviews | R | Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$1.45
| New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, begins investigating the assassination of President ...more about JFK starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones |
| 2 |  | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 3.1672 268 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$4.99
| A murder investigation leads three detectives into the sleazy and seedy underworld of LA including ...more about L.A. Confidential starring Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe |
| 3 |  | Lone Star (1996) | 3.1440 117 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$8.63
| John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. ...more about Lone Star starring Stephen Mendillo and Stephen J. Lang |
| 4 |  | Fargo (1996) | 3.1161 174 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.89
| Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan to hire ...more about Fargo starring William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi |
| 5 |  | Fight Club (1999) | 3.1027 410 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.99
| You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic ...more about Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter |
| 6 |  | Scream (1996) | 3.0869 119 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Teen |
$7.02
| A masked killer is on the loose in a small town. He terrorizes local teenagers using his knowledge ...more about Scream starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell |
| 7 |  | Se7en (1995) | 3.0594 204 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$5.44
| A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes ...more about Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman |
| 8 |  | Usual Suspects, The (1995) | 3.0587 160 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.29
| After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story ...more about Usual Suspects starring Kevin Spacey and Benicio Del Toro |
| 9 |  | Jackie Brown (1997) | 3.0585 228 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.34
| Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss' gun money on the ...more about Jackie Brown starring Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson |
| 10 |  | Courage Under Fire (1996) | 3.0579 121 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War, Mystery |
$4.11
| The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was ...more about Courage Under Fire starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan |
| 11 |  | Blair Witch Project, The (1999) | 3.0442 548 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.01
| Three film students go missing when they venture into the Maryland backwoods to search for and film ...more about Blair Witch Project starring Heather Donahue and Joshua Leonard |
| 12 |  | Strange Days (1995) | 3.0425 113 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery |
$5.00
| Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millenium, the movie tells the story of Lenny ...more about Strange Days starring Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett |
| 13 |  | Spanish Prisoner, The (1997) | 3.0422 153 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$14.26
| Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a ...more about Spanish Prisoner starring Campbell Scott and Rebecca Pidgeon |
| 14 |  | Big Lebowski, The (1998) | 3.0352 302 reviews | R | Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.72
| When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to ...more about Big Lebowski starring Jeff Bridges and John Goodman |
| 15 |  | Contact (1997) | 2.9903 289 reviews | PG | Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.50
| Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio ...more about Contact starring Jena Malone and Matthew McConaughey |
| 16 |  | Dark City (1998) | 2.9816 260 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.48
| John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for ...more about Dark City starring Rufus Sewell and William Hurt |
| 17 |  | Copycat (1995) | 2.9775 79 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$9.48
| Criminal profiler and psychologist Dr Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) becomes entangled in the ...more about Copycat starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter |
| 18 |  | Dead Again (1991) | 2.9756 78 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$7.12
| Mike Church is a Los Angeles private detective who specialises in finding missing persons. He takes ...more about Dead Again starring Kenneth Branagh and Andy Garcia |
| 19 |  | Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | 2.9751 463 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$16.99
| A doctor (Tom Cruise) becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter after his wife (Nicole ...more about Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman |
| 20 |  | Game, The (1997) | 2.9680 179 reviews | R | Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$5.26
| Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even ...more about Game starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn |
| 21 |  | Negotiator, The (1998) | 2.9656 212 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.76
| Maverick negotiator Danny Roman (Jackson) is framed for embezzlement and the murder of his partner ...more about Negotiator starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey |
| 22 |  | Candyman (1992) | 2.9513 78 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$3.95
| Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a ...more about Candyman starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd |
| 23 |  | Following (1998) | 2.9418 61 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.97
| An older man listens to Bill's story about being a callow writer who likes to follow strangers ...more about Following starring Jeremy Theobald and Alex Haw |
| 24 |  | Amistad (1997) | 2.9403 205 reviews | R | Drama, History, Biography, Mystery |
$6.13
| AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast ...more about Amistad starring Morgan Freeman and Nigel Hawthorne |
| 25 |  | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) | 2.9401 149 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$4.99
| This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of ...more about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey |
| 26 |  | X Files, The (1998) | 2.9393 251 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$4.61
| Two people from two worlds. FBI Agent Fox Mulder, a believer. FBI Agent Dana Scully, a Skeptic. ...more about X Files starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson |
| 27 |  | Gattaca (1997) | 2.9388 180 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$14.99
| Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and ...more about Gattaca starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman |
| 28 |  | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) | 2.9193 73 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$3.95
| It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking ...more about Devil in a Blue Dress starring Denzel Washington and Tom Sizemore |
| 29 |  | Virgin Suicides, The (1999) | 2.9071 295 reviews | R | Drama, Mystery |
$5.68
| After the suicide death of their youngest sister, the surviving daughters of the Lisbon family ...more about Virgin Suicides starring James Woods and Kathleen Turner |
| 30 |  | Rapture, The (1991) | 2.9063 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$12.71
| This is the story of a young woman (who lives in Los Angeles) with a very boring job. At night ...more about Rapture starring Mimi Rogers and Darwyn Carson |
| 31 |  | In the Mouth of Madness (1995) | 2.9047 67 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$8.63
| With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! ...more about In the Mouth of Madness starring Julie Carmen and David Warner |
| 32 |  | Stir of Echoes (1999) | 2.9026 313 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.60
| Tom's a regular guy, a utilities lineman, married, with a young son, his wife is pregnant; he hangs ...more about Stir of Echoes starring Zachary David Cope and Kevin Bacon |
| 33 |  | Mission: Impossible (1996) | 2.9012 187 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$7.97
| Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing ...more about Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise and Jon Voight |
| 34 |  | Clockers (1995) | 2.8962 70 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$4.49
| Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutilage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not ...more about Clockers starring John Turturro and Delroy Lindo |
| 35 |  | Scream 2 (1997) | 2.8848 213 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Teen |
$7.02
| Two years after the Woodsboro murders, a film about its tragic events has been released and it ...more about Scream 2 starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell |
| 36 |  | Basic Instinct (1992) | 2.8825 124 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$3.99
| Former rock star and San Francisco nightclub owner Johnny Boz is found murdered in his bed. ...more about Basic Instinct starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone |
| 37 |  | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 2.8753 168 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.26
| An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population ...more about Twelve Monkeys starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt |
| 38 |  | Cube (1997) | 2.8740 165 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$9.99
| Seven total strangers awaken one day to find themselves alone in a cubical maze. Once they meet, ...more about Cube starring Nicole de Boer and Nicky Guadagni |
| 39 |  | Arrival, The (1996) | 2.8701 84 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$4.79
| Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial ...more about Arrival starring Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Crouse |
| 40 |  | New Nightmare (1994) | 2.8423 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$4.49
| Heather is an actress happily married, she has a little child:Dylan She is worried about a maniac ...more about New Nightmare starring Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund |
| 41 |  | Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) | 2.8410 39 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$19.35
| Larry and Carol are fairly normal New Yorkers who have sent their son off to college. They meet an ...more about Manhattan Murder Mystery starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
| 42 |  | Conspiracy Theory (1997) | 2.8244 150 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$4.99
| Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. ...more about Conspiracy Theory starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts |
| 43 |  | Zero Effect (1998) | 2.8180 57 reviews | R | Thriller, Mystery, Comedy |
$9.76
| Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible ...more about Zero Effect starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller |
| 44 |  | Meet Joe Black (1998) | 2.7578 203 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance |
$5.04
| Bill Parrish, media tycoon, loving father and still a human being, is about to celebrate his 65th ...more about Meet Joe Black starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins |
| 45 |  | Six Degrees of Separation (1993) |  2.7483 36 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$6.62
| Flan and Ouisa Kittredge, rich NYC art dealers, are called on one night by a young man, Paul, who ...more about Six Degrees of Separation starring Stockard Channing and Will Smith |
| 46 |  | Naked Lunch (1991) | 2.7448 54 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery |
$27.54
| Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough's novel but a mix of biography and an ...more about Naked Lunch starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis |
| 47 |  | Arlington Road (1999) | 2.7403 302 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$3.92
| Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed in an FBI anti-terrorist operation gone wrong, a college ...more about Arlington Road starring Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins |
| 48 |  | Minus Man, The (1999) | 2.7363 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$9.99
| A cold-blooded serial killer (Owen Wilson) floats around the country and chooses his victims from ...more about Minus Man starring Owen Wilson and Sheryl Crow |
| 49 |  | Twilight (1998) | 2.7032 111 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$3.90
| A retired ex-cop and private detective (Newman) who lives with a rich actor (Hackman) who is dying ...more about Twilight starring Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman |
| 50 |  | Snake Eyes (1998) | 2.6996 203 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.18
| Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected ...more about Snake Eyes starring Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise |
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