Best thriller from the 90s
The catalogue's thriller films from 1990–1999, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Perfect Blue
foreign gemmindfuckparanoid
The Usual Suspects
cerebralmindfuckparanoid
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
epicneon soakedraw
Bound by Honor
gut punchoutsiderraw
The Sixth Sense
bittersweetdreadmindfuck
Carlito's Way
paranoidrawbittersweet
L.A. Confidential
neon soakedparanoidraw
Misery
dreadrawparanoid
Primal Fear
cerebralmindfuckparanoid
Twelve Monkeys
cerebraldreadmindfuck
Sleepers
bittersweetgut punchraw
JFK
cerebralparanoidslow burn
Bullet in the Head
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
The Game
mindfuckneon soakedparanoid
Gattaca
bittersweetcerebraloutsider
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
The Crow
bittersweet
Sonatine
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
foreign gem3am cultoutsider
Cure
foreign gemdreadparanoid
A Perfect World
bittersweetrawtender
The Fugitive
rawparanoid
Barton Fink
cerebraldreadsurreal
Thesis
foreign gemdreadparanoid
The Insider
cerebralparanoidraw
Miller's Crossing
rawslow burncerebral
Open Your Eyes
foreign gemgut punchmindfuck
A Pure Formality
foreign gemcerebralmindfuck
I Stand Alone
foreign gemdreadgut punch
The Godfather Part III
bittersweetepicgut punch