Best Thriller movies of 1990s

Actors : Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Brawley Nolte,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a multimillionaire man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then turns the tables on the kidnappers when he uses the ransom money as a reward for the capture of the kidnappers.

Actors : Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, John Travolta,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A disgruntled security guard holds a school trip group hostage, while a news reporter forms a bond with him.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Actors : Jeremy Davies, Jimmy Smits, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Tragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance.

Actors : Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : David Mamet,

An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.

Actors : Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung,
Directors : Stanley Tong,

A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.

Actors : Tony Shalhoub, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist, leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, that lead to the declaration of martial-law.

Actors : David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Sean Penn,

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

Actors : Lela Rochon, Paul Sorvino, Rob Schneider, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Action star Jean Claude Van Damme plays a fashion designer who must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore, Sylvester Stallone, Anatoli Davydov,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.

Actors : Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter, Philip Baker Hall, Winona Ryder,
Directors : Janusz Kaminski,

A Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and priests believes has been chosen by the devil himself to be the Antichrist.

Actors : Josh Hartnett, Michelle Williams, Adam Arkin, Jamie Lee Curtis,
Directors : Steve Miner,

Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale,
Directors : John Singleton,

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, Liev Schreiber, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going,
Directors : Joe Chappelle,

One hundred fifty dead, and three hundred fifty missing in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, Colorado, and that's only the beginning.

Actors : Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda, Vincent Cassel,
Directors : Mathieu Kassovitz,

A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.

Actors : John Kani, Tom Wilkinson, Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.