Best Thriller / Mystery Movies of the 1990s

Added on by C. Maoxian.

These are the best thriller / mystery movies of the 1990s according to John Farr. I’ve arranged them chronologically below:

English-language movies:

  1. Goodfellas (1990)

  2. Hidden Agenda (1990)

  3. Miller's Crossing (1990)

  4. Reversal of Fortune (1990)

  5. The Grifters (1990)

  6. The Hunt for Red October (1990)

  7. The Rapture (1991)

  8. Thelma and Louise (1991)

  9. A Few Good Men (1992)

  10. Let Him Have It (1992)

  11. Malcolm X (1992)

  12. One False Move (1992)

  13. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

  14. The Crying Game (1992)

  15. Carlito's Way (1993)

  16. The Fugitive (1993)

  17. True Romance (1993)

  18. Clean, Shaven (1994)

  19. Fresh (1994)

  20. Heavenly Creatures (1994)

  21. Pulp Fiction (1994)

  22. Speed (1994)

  23. The Last Seduction (1994)

  24. Apollo 13 (1995)

  25. Dead Man Walking (1995)

  26. Heat (1995)

  27. Seven (1995)

  28. Sister My Sister (1995)

  29. The Usual Suspects (1995)

  30. To Die For (1995)

  31. Bound (1996)

  32. Fargo (1996)

  33. Lone Star (1996)

  34. Primal Fear (1996)

  35. Cop Land (1997)

  36. Donnie Brasco (1997)

  37. Hard Eight (1997)

  38. Jackie Brown (1997)

  39. L.A. Confidential (1997)

  40. The Apostle (1997)

  41. A Simple Plan (1998)

  42. Croupier (1998)

  43. Following (1998)

  44. Out of Sight (1998)

  45. The Big Lebowski (1998)

  46. The Interview (1998)

  47. A Civil Action (1999)

  48. The Insider (1999)

  49. The Sixth Sense (1999)

  50. The War Zone (1999)

Foreign-language movies:

  1. Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) (Swedish)

  2. Monsieur Hire (1990) (French)

  3. La Femme Nikita (1991) (French)

  4. Europa (1992) (German)

  5. Hard-Boiled (1992) (Cantonese)

  6. Man Bites Dog (1992) (French)

  7. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) (German)

  8. The Kingdom (1994) (Danish)

  9. La Promesse (1996) (French)

  10. Zero Kelvin (1996) (Norwegian)

  11. Brother (1997) (Russian)

  12. Character (1997) (Dutch)

  13. Funny Games (1997) (German)

  14. Insomnia (1997) (Norwegian)

  15. Open Your Eyes (1997) (Spanish)

  16. Secrets of the Heart (1997) (Spanish)

  17. Seventh Heaven (1997) (French)

  18. Winter Sleepers (1997) (German)

  19. Run Lola Run (1998) (German)

  20. Secret Defense (1998) (French)

  21. In China They Eat Dogs (1999) (Danish)

  22. Running Out of Time (1999) (Cantonese)