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
dreadmindfucktender
Carlito's Way
bittersweetoutsiderraw
L.A. Confidential
paranoidslow burn
Misery
dreadparanoidraw
Primal Fear
cerebralmindfuckslow burn
Twelve Monkeys
mindfuckparanoidslow burn
Sleepers
gut punchraw
JFK
cerebralparanoid
Bullet in the Head
foreign gemdreadgut punch
The Game
mindfuckparanoid
Gattaca
cerebraloutsiderslow burn
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
foreign gemneon soakedoutsider
The Crow
bittersweet
Sonatine
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
foreign gemepicraw
Cure
foreign gemdreadparanoid
A Perfect World
bittersweetrawtender
The Fugitive
paranoidraw
Barton Fink
dreadoutsidersurreal
Thesis
foreign gemdreadslow burn
The Insider
cerebraltender
Miller's Crossing
paranoidrawslow burn
Open Your Eyes
foreign gemmindfucksurreal
A Pure Formality
foreign gemcerebralmindfuck
I Stand Alone
foreign gemdreadoutsider
The Godfather Part III
bittersweetslow burn