Best Thriller Movies of the 1990s

1. 1
   Pulp Fiction 1994

   Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.5

   8.5 · 31K votes
2. 2
   Fight Club 1999

   Directed by David Fincher
   8.4

   8.4 · 33K votes
3. 3
   Se7en 1995

   Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.4

   8.4 · 24K votes
4. 4
   The Silence of the Lambs 1991

   Directed by Jonathan Demme · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Kanopy
   8.3

   8.3 · 19K votes
5. 5
   Perfect Blue 1998

   Directed by Satoshi Kon · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.3

   8.3 · 3.4K votes
6. 6
   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

   Directed by James Cameron · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 15K votes
7. 7
   The Usual Suspects 1995

   Directed by Bryan Singer · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
   8.1

   8.2 · 12K votes
8. 8
   Bound by Honor 1993

   Directed by Taylor Hackford
   8.1

   8.2 · 1.7K votes
9. 9
   Reservoir Dogs 1992

   Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MovieSphere+
   8.1

   8.1 · 16K votes
10. 10
    The Sixth Sense 1999

    Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · Streaming on Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu
    7.9

    8.0 · 14K votes
11. 11
    Fargo 1996

    Directed by Joel Coen · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.8

    7.8 · 9.5K votes
12. 12
    L.A. Confidential 1997

    Directed by Curtis Hanson · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    7.8

    7.8 · 5.8K votes
13. 13
    Carlito's Way 1993

    Directed by Brian De Palma · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Starz
    7.8

    7.8 · 3.6K votes
14. 14
    Misery 1990

    Directed by Rob Reiner · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.7

    7.8 · 5.5K votes
15. 15
    Primal Fear 1996

    Directed by Gregory Hoblit · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.6

    7.7 · 4.2K votes
16. 16
    Twelve Monkeys 1995

    Directed by Terry Gilliam
    7.6

    7.6 · 9.5K votes
17. 17
    Sleepers 1996

    Directed by Barry Levinson
    7.6

    7.6 · 4.1K votes
18. 18
    The Game 1997

    Directed by David Fincher
    7.6

    7.6 · 7.7K votes
19. 19
    JFK 1991

    Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on Howdy
    7.5

    7.6 · 2.5K votes
20. 20
    Red Dawn 1990

    Directed by Jorge Fons
    7.5

    8.3 · 165 votes
21. 21
    Lost Highway 1997

    Directed by David Lynch
    7.5

    7.6 · 3.1K votes
22. 22
    Donnie Brasco 1997

    Directed by Mike Newell · Streaming on Netflix, YouTube TV, Sundance Now
    7.5

    7.5 · 5K votes
23. 23
    The Crow 1994

    Directed by Alex Proyas · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.5

    7.5 · 4.7K votes
24. 24
    The Fugitive 1993

    Directed by Andrew Davis · Streaming on YouTube Free, TNT, TBS
    7.5

    7.5 · 5K votes
25. 25
    Eyes Wide Shut 1999

    Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.5

    7.5 · 7.4K votes
26. 26
    The Insider 1999

    Directed by Michael Mann
    7.4

    7.5 · 2.2K votes
27. 27
    Hard Boiled 1992

    Directed by John Woo · Streaming on Kanopy, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV
    7.4

    7.5 · 999 votes
28. 28
    Barton Fink 1991

    Directed by Joel Coen · Streaming on Hoopla
    7.4

    7.5 · 2K votes
29. 29
    Menace II Society 1993

    Directed by Albert Hughes · Streaming on Starz
    7.4

    7.5 · 965 votes
30. 30
    The Godfather Part III 1990

    Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.4 · 7.1K votes
31. 31
    Miller's Crossing 1990

    Directed by Joel Coen
    7.4

    7.4 · 1.9K votes
32. 32
    Thesis 1996

    Directed by Alejandro Amenábar · Streaming on Philo, AMC Plus, AMC+
    7.4

    7.5 · 998 votes
33. 33
    Falling Down 1993

    Directed by Joel Schumacher · Streaming on YouTube Free
    7.4

    7.4 · 4.3K votes
34. 34
    Open Your Eyes 1997

    Directed by Alejandro Amenábar · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.3K votes
35. 35
    The Hunt for Red October 1990

    Directed by John McTiernan · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.8K votes
36. 36
    A Time to Kill 1996

    Directed by Joel Schumacher
    7.4

    7.4 · 3.1K votes
37. 37
    Sonatine 1993

    Directed by Takeshi Kitano
    7.3

    7.5 · 714 votes
38. 38
    Jackie Brown 1997

    Directed by Quentin Tarantino · Streaming on MovieSphere+, Howdy
    7.3

    7.4 · 7.2K votes
39. 39
    Die Hard: With a Vengeance 1995

    Directed by John McTiernan · Streaming on Hulu, YouTube TV
    7.3

    7.3 · 6.9K votes
40. 40
    Run Lola Run 1998

    Directed by Tom Tykwer · Streaming on Hulu, Sundance Now, YouTube Free
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.7K votes
41. 41
    Funny Games 1997

    Directed by Michael Haneke · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.2K votes
42. 42
    Star Trek: First Contact 1996

    Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.1K votes
43. 43
    I Stand Alone 1999

    Directed by Gaspar Noé
    7.2

    7.4 · 612 votes
44. 44
    Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999

    Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura · Streaming on Crunchyroll, Tubi TV
    7.2

    7.4 · 598 votes
45. 45
    Cape Fear 1991

    Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, YouTube Free
    7.2

    7.3 · 4.1K votes
46. 46
    Ghost 1990

    Directed by Jerry Zucker · Streaming on MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 6.3K votes
47. 47
    The Boondock Saints 1999

    Directed by Troy Duffy · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock Premium
    7.2

    7.2 · 2.8K votes
48. 48
    Operation Condor 1991

    Directed by Jackie Chan · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, WeTV
    7.2

    7.3 · 678 votes
49. 49
    Sleepy Hollow 1999

    Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 7.7K votes
50. 50
    A Pure Formality 1994

    Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
    7.2

    7.4 · 409 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   Cabaret Balkan 1998

   Directed by Goran Paskaljević
   6.4

   7.4 · 31 votes
2. 2
   The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer 1992

   Directed by Arthur Ginsberg · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.3

   7.3 · 27 votes
3. 3
   The Escape 1991

   Directed by Atef El-Tayeb
   6.3

   7.4 · 19 votes
4. 4
   Lifeline 1997

   Directed by Johnnie To
   6.3

   7.2 · 25 votes
5. 5
   Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict 1993

   Directed by Akira Inoue
   6.2

   7.5 · 14 votes
6. 6
   Gunaa 1991

   Directed by Santhana Bharathi
   6.3

   7.2 · 22 votes
7. 7
   The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994

   Directed by Kaizo Hayashi · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, Plex Channel
   6.2

   7.5 · 13 votes
8. 8
   Wheels 1998

   Directed by Đorđe Milosavljević
   6.3

   7.2 · 20 votes
9. 9
   Thiruda Thiruda 1993

   Directed by Mani Ratnam · Streaming on Eros Now Select
   6.2

   7.3 · 15 votes
10. 10
    The Master Blackmailer 1992

    Directed by Peter Hammond
    6.3

    7.0 · 28 votes