Best Thriller Films of 1990
Presumed Innocent
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) ... ignored, Sabich is put on trial for the murder and hires his biggest adversary (Raul Julia) to defend him. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Flatliners
Despite its occasional lapses ... publicized off-screen romance between Roberts and Sutherland. Oh, yes: Kevin Bacon and William Baldwin are in the picture, too. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours directed ... muddled and incomprehensible plot. The Desperate Hours is a pale example of the original with little to recommend it. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
A Shock to the System
Shock to the System ... a little easier than he previously had thought, he begins plotting the murder of several of his corporate enemies. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Pacific Heights
John Schlesinger directed this ... only in provoking Drake into more extreme means of eviction, but also causing a rift between Drake and Patty. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Kindergarten Cop
Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds his ... in love with one of the teachers (Penelope Ann Miller), who ends up surprising him with more than love. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin directed by ... delivers a fast-paced, action-packed chase through the Canadian mountains, stunningly photographed and well acted by both Hackman and Archer. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Internal Affairs
In this glossy L.A. ... investigation threatens his territory and his extended family; he stalks Avila and turns him against his wife (Nancy Travis). [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Revenge
Kevin Costner plays an ... lustful liaison. Costner vows a pay-back and the last part of the movie involves his attempt to achieve it. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
The Hot Spot
This hard-boiled throwback to ... creepy blackmailer, Frank Sutton (William Sadler). The Hot Spot also stars Charles Martin Smith, Barry Corbin, and Leon Rippy. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Cat Chaser
Elmore Leonard's brittle novel ... past was the head of the Santo Domingo secret police, has other ideas concerning the dissolution of their marriage. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
It
Originally titled Stephen King's ... are forced to remember their terrifying past and faced with the prospect of destroying him once and for all. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Bad Influence
Successful LA marketing analyst ... likeable Lowe as the bad guy (albeit a charming one) and the often villainous Spader as the malleable milquetoast. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Solar Crisis
A group of scientists ... sabotage their mission. Solar Crisis has very strong special effects and fine acting, making it an excellent sci-fi thriller. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
83 Hours 'Til Dawn ... ran a distant second to a competing network showing of the theatrical feature Three Men and A Baby (87). [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Murder C.O.D.
The made-for-TV Murder C.O.D. ... the acting sweepstakes to Devane, the viewer can be assured that Duffy's character in Murder C.O.D. will emerge triumphant. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Hidden Agenda
This political thriller is ... former British Secret Service agent who's now turned on his former cronies. Together, they look for the top-secret tape. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Class of 1999
Mark L. Lester's follow-up ... killin' and cuttin' and Edge, the punks take up arms against the cyborgs who are invading their high-school turf. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Lena's Holiday
In Lena's Holiday, the ... visit Los Angeles. After crossing paths with a gang of jewel thieves, she finds herself running for her life. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Child's Play 2
A derivative rehashing of ... to throw in a few appreciable scares, particularly at the climax (which echoes that of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining). [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Wild Search
Action flick auteur Ringo ... husband Leong returns from mainland China about the same time that Bullet is about to stage a second attack. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Body Chemistry
When a bodacious doctor ... up to his wife. If not already apparent: there is a bit of sexual content in this suspense film. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Alligator Eyes
Three of life's losers ... say, the critics were crazy about Alligator Eyes; audiences, confused by the film's abrupt mood swings, were less enthusiastic. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
The Art of Dying
Wings Hauser both stars ... is killed in the shower, another dies while playing Russian Roulette a la The Deer Hunter, and so forth. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Bad Girls from Mars
This is a movie ... several of the deviant characters involved in the movie production. The viewer must determine who the real culprit is. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Bloodmoon
This silly Australian slasher ... -- had Linda Blair. This film has nothing!, but actually played theatrically in its home country to widespread apathy. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Descending Angel
Originally made for cable ... private investigation launched by a Romanian-American woman's fiancé after he begins suspecting that her father is a Nazi-war criminal. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
The Fatal Image
Fatal Image stars Michele ... a murder. Worse still, the daughter took a video of the crime. Fatal Image originally aired December 2, 1990. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Lockdown
Framed for a murder ... there, he plans his escape, knowing that only on the outside will he be able to prove his innocence. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
Making optimum use of ... effort began as a belated sequel to the shoestring cult classic The Deadly Spawn (aka Return of the Aliens). [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Night Shadow
Randolph Cohlan both wrote ... brutal murders occurs. Held responsible for bringing on this killing spree, Brenda sets about to catch the murderer herself., [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Singapore Sling
In this odd Greek ... the bodies first of a secretarial applicant and then, when the applicant turns up missing, her boyfriend, Singapore Sling. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Baby Brown
Two gorgeous policewomen take ... on the city's drug kingpin as they dodge bullets and keep his witness girlfriend out from his deadly grasp. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
Atentado
When an ambitious gang ... plot, he leaps into action in hopes of saving the high profile holy man from a most violent fate. [ best thriller films - 1990 ]
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