Thriller Movies of 1997
Absolute Power
In this thriller, an aging cat burglar becomes a crusader embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game involving murder and ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Devil's Own
A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Jackal
In Moscow, after FBI deputy director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and scarred Russian intelligence officer Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) bring down a key ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Game
Director David Fincher followed the success of ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Under Pressure
A heat wave in Los Angeles becomes the catalyst for a heroic fireman's mental breakdown in this ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Julia Ormond stars as Copenhagen resident Smilla Jasperson, a reclusive, half-Inuit scientist who ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Hollywood Confidential
In this drama, a band of law-enforcement agents specialize in suppressing potential scandals involving important Tinseltown celebrities. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Living in Peril
An architect in search of a place to work in peace finds his attention continually diverted by his eccentric neighbors and a menacing stalker in this made-for-television psychological ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Conspiracy Theory
Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a New York City cab driver who seems to have absorbed every bit of crackpot information passed along as ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Kiss The Girls
This thriller is adapted from the 1995 novel by James Patterson about a serial killer prowling a ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Switchback
Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Suicide Kings
Television director Peter O'Fallon made his feature film debut with this ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Natural Enemy
In this low-budget thriller, which was released directly to video, Donald Sutherland stars as a Ted Robards, a small-time ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Road Ends
Real estate agent Maceda (Chris Sarandon) once testified against drug trafficker Orosco (Miguel Najera). Now Orosco is out of prison, and Maceda has a problem. He flees, hiding out at a near-vacant California ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Executive Target
In this actioner, a genius crook concocts an elaborate scheme for kidnapping the President, but before he can enact it, he must bust a certain racecar driver out of prison. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Hostile Waters
Based on an actual event, this made-for-television movie chronicles a delicate international situation that could have ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
American Perfekt
In this noir-influenced road movie, Jake (Robert Forster) is a criminal psychiatrist who has come to the conclusion that our lives are dictated primarily by ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Once upon a time, pursuing wolves frighten horses drawing a ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Office Killer
Photographer Cindy Sherman, who often uses motifs from exploitation films in her work, pays witty ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Sub Down
Two civilians become the only hope for a nuclear submarine stranded beneath a polar ice cap. Stepehen Baldwin and Tom Conti ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Assignment
In this drama, a naval officer named Annibal Ramirez (Aidan Quinn) is ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Spanish Prisoner
Writer-director David Mamet crafted this unusual, Hitchcockian thriller in which no one is who they appear to be. ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Playing God
After losing his license to work as a surgeon, synthetic-heroin addict Eugene Sands (David Duchovny) is on a downward spiral into the Los Angeles drug scene. One night, someone is shot in a bar, and Sands performs a life-saving medical ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Turbulence
Airplane travel is a precarious thing at best, and despite the billions of miles traveled safely, the notion of being trapped in a thin metal shell miles above the ground with someone who deliberately ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Joyride
A bored motel clerk and his buddies go for a little joy ride in a woman's car. They don't ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Murder at 1600
A police detective finds that looking into a murder is anything but routine when one of the suspects is the ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Woman in White
Along a dark country road in Cumberland, England, a ghoulish woman in white steps from the shadows to confront a foot traveler, Walter Hartright (Andrew Lincoln), bound for Limmeridge House three miles off. She asks senseless questions: ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Scream 2
A year after the monstrous success of 1996's neo-slasher flick Scream, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunited for this follow-up. Since viewers last saw the characters, nosy newswoman Gale Weathers ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Tower of Terror
Steve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Under Oath
Two honest men discover how high the stakes can be when they turn against the law in this thriller. Nick Hollit (Jack Scalia) and Ray Ramirez (Eddie Velez) are a pair of police detectives who have played by the rules all their lives, but have ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
For Hire
In this thriller, a Chicago cabbie diagnosed with terminal cancer reconsiders a popular author's offer to pay him a fortune in exchange for murdering a drug dealer. Taxi driver Mitch Lawrence's (Rob Lowe) main reason for performing the hit is ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Diary of a Serial Killer
An investigative journalist becomes intrigued by a serial killer after looking at the criminal's latest victim. In attempting to see the world through the eyes of the maniacal murderer, the reporter ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
An American Affair
Love and political ambition both run afoul of deceit in this suspense story. Sam Brady (Corbin ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Gun: All the President's Women
Bill (Randy Quaid), a wealthy Texan, is fooling around on his wife (Sally Kellerman) with two different women (Jennifer Tilly and Daryl Hannah). But Bill begins realize that he's gotten himself into hot water when all ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Dying to Belong
Future Oscar winner Hilary Swank gives an excellent account of herself in this made-for-TV movie as Lisa Connors, a college student who ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Breakdown
In this suspense thriller, a man discovers the unexpected ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Sweet Evil
Unable to conceive children of their own, an earnest couple hires a surrogate mother and allows her to stay in their home. This proves to be a potentially fatal mistake, as their ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Night Scream
In this made-for-TV movie, a young woman (Candace Cameron Bure) moves to a small town that was rocked by a shocking murder a year before, in which a teenage girl was killed. The woman is told that she bears a ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Body Count
Daniel Simpson (Justin Theroux) is headed to the home of his wealthy family to celebrate Thanksgiving, with his girlfriend Suzanne (Alyssa ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Stag
A group of ten men come together for a bachelor party that goes horribly wrong in this made-for-TV ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Retroactive
Science fiction crime thriller from Louis Morneau, genre director and graduate of the Roger Corman school of filmmaking. Kylie Travis stars as Karen, a psychiatrist and former hostage ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Apocalypse Watch
A cunning and ruthless neo-Nazi politician rises to power in England by conducting a terror campaign against his own organization, making it seem the established government is ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Kiss of a Stranger
In this suspense thriller, Mariel Hemingway plays Nova, a television gossip reporter. During a broadcast, she jokingly says that every good-looking man in ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One Sleeps
When the world of high fashion collides with that of the Mafia, the results can be murder. This mystery-thriller follows ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Last Breath
Luke Perry stars in this surprisingly moving adult drama about a devoted husband whose wife (Francie Swift) is dying of cystic fibrosis. Because of her rare blood type, she can't get new lungs, so Perry begins a ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Murder Live!
In the middle of a live talk-show telecast hosted by ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Heaven's Burning
A runaway Japanese bride finds herself alone in Sydney, Australia when her lover fails to show up to save her from her husband, and she ends up on an off-road ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Shelter
Charles Durning, Costas Mandylor and Brenda Bakke star in this drama about an ATF agent who is set up by ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Method
Jack (Nick Sadler) is directing a college theater department's production of his play about a bank robbery, but the situation fails to ignite the play's actors: schemer Christian (Sean Patrick Flanery, Damian (Tyrin Turner),who is haunted ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Open Your Eyes
The line between dreams and reality become increasingly blurred after a womanizing playboy is nearly killed by a jilted lover in Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar's masterful sophomore effort Abre Los Ojos (Open Your ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
This third installment in the meretricious Poison Ivy series explores a different branch of Ivy family tree. Jaime Pressly stars as Violet, sister of Ivy, who ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Human Desires
Private Investigator Dean Thomas was just looking for a little fun when he attended an erotic pajama party for the contestants of "Search for Delilah," though business would soon take precedence over pleasure when the number one pick for the ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
La Femme Nikita: Season 01
Given a choice between serving a life sentence for a crime she didn't commit and working as a secret agent for the covert government anti-terrorist organization Section One, a young woman known only as Nikita (Peta Wilson) reluctantly ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Born Bad
A group of teens find themselves surrounded while robbing a bank. They take everyone hostage and begin a standoff with the authorities. ~ All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Killing Mr. Griffin
Popular high school student Mark Kinney (Scott ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Cure
Oddball Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed this haunting police thriller about murder, mind control, and the power of charisma. Police Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) is tracking a series of bizarre ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Insomnia
Norwegian filmmaker Erik Skjoldbjaerg makes his directorial debut with the psychological police drama Insomnia. Swedish ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Shopping for Fangs
Two stories involving Asian-Americans in Southern ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 2 - Mask of Sanity
Writer/director Chuck Parello's sequel to John McNaughton's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer traces the murderous career of the title character after the events of the first film. ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
The Drive
Three Canadian boys are riding around in a car one long winter night on a weekend, looking for fun. One of the boys, Jim, is a loud-mouthed fellow, and is not happy to ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Funny Games
In this exploration of our violent society, writer and director ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Pale Saints
Featuring a real granny knot of a complex plot, this violently hip, hyper-stylish crime thriller ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Mommy II: Mommy's Day
In this sequel to 1995's Mommy, "Mommy" (Patty McCormack), who had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, escapes execution when she is wounded in a prison breakout attempt. While she is recovering, a ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Sand Trap
In this erotic thriller, Nelson (David John James) is in the arms of his sexy wife Margo (Elizabeth Morehead) when he's frightened by a masked man. His lawyer Jack (Brad Koepenick) invites Nelson and Margo to ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Tsumetai Chi
Shinji Aoyama (Two Punks) directed this Japanese cop drama about assistant police inspector Saga (Ryo Ishibashi), who is guarding a religious cult leader when the man is shot and killed. In pursuit of the hitman (Yu-rei Yanagi), Saga ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
See the Sea
This French suspense drama, set on an island off the Atlantic coast of France, is a medium-length feature, ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Hazlo por Mí
Angel Fernandez Santos made his feature directorial debut with this ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
One of Us Tripped
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Losing Control
Kira Reed and Clay Greenbush star in this erotic thriller. A novelist finds herself ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Perfect Blue
Without the exploding mutants and robotic high school babes that most Americans associate with Japanese anime, this film is a taut psychological thriller. At the behest of ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Koyla
In this thriller from India, Shankar (Shah Rukh ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Rapid Assault
The world is in trouble when terrorist Lars Rynark finds himself in possession of the deadliest biochemical agent known to man. Unless he's paid handsomely by the ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Airboss
When a shipment of plutonium has been stolen by a former Soviet kingpin, with the rumored sale of it to Middle Eastern terrorists intent on making a nuclear bomb, a combined special forces unit is ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Bloodletting
This gruesome and surprisingly well-done indie shocker from Matthew Jason Walsh (who wrote Blonde Heaven and The Sandman) concerns a psychotic woman ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Flooding
Lovely photojournalist Joyce Calloway (Brenna Gibson) is snapping photos of her attorney ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Sudden Fury
An ambitious small time crime boss hatches a bloody scheme to break big in director Darren Ward's violent tale of crime and betrayal in the criminal underworld. Randall (Paul Murphy) is a deadly criminal mastermind of the most ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Killing Midnight
A mystery writer's life is turned upside down when a series of killings start to mimic the plot of his first novel. Trouble starts when a neighbor of ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Nekama Yehudit
Aleksandr Shabatayev's 1997 Hebrew-language comic thriller Nekama Yehudit (AKA Jewish Vendetta) concerns a jealous ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
99.9 - The Frequency of Terror
From award-winning Spanish filmmaker Agustín Villaronga (In a Glass ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
El Desvio
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Gun: The Shot
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Gun: Ricochet
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Framed By Seduction
Am obsessed L.A. paparazzo becomes a murder suspect when the singer he is covering is murdered in director Dimitri Logothetis' erotic Hitchcockian thriller. Los Angeles based celebrity photographer Mickey Dane ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
El Homicida
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Jovenes Perversos
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Alta Tension
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La Escolta Muerte En Primavera
The police drama La Escolta Muerte En Primavera follows detectives as they attempt to solve the ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Halcon, Asesino Professional
In this taut suspense story from Mexico, a hired killer finds himself in an uncomfortable position with a gang of unscrupulous criminals when the hitman discovers they've kidnapped his brother. Forced to do the gang's ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
Dead by Midnight
John Larkin (Timothy Hutton would seem to have the ideal life: A great job, a beautiful home, a happy marriage. Nonetheless, John has always been nagged by the feeling that ... [ Thriller movie - 1997 ]
