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Thriller Movies of 1998

Enemy of the State

The action producing-directing team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott is back with another thrill-a-minute ride called Enemy of the State. Taking its "innocent man accidentally caught up in political corruption" ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Fallen

Directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear), Fallen is a blend of the police drama and supernatural thriller genres. Homicide detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) narrates, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Snake Eyes

Brian DePalma directed this taut thriller, set in Atlantic City, where a corrupt cop investigates a political assassination. Outside an Atlantic City arena-hotel-casino, a TV news reporter stands in a pre-hurricane storm to report ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Tender Loving Care (An Interactive Movie)

Part suspense story and part video game, Tender Loving Care is a feature-length ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Two Shades of Blue

Supermodel Rachel Hunter stars in this suspense story as Susan Price, a successful author whose latest novel has just hit #1 on the best-seller list. But Susan's celebration is ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Homegrown

In this comedy thriller, set in northern California, inept but lovable pot farmers ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Hush

Jonathan Darby made his directorial debut with this thriller, set in Kentucky (but filmed in Orange County, VA). Jackson Baring (Johnathon Schaech) wants his girlfriend, Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), to meet his mother, Martha (Jessica Lange), ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Gingerbread Man

Robert Altman directed this John Grisham tale that begins at ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Psycho

Independent film director Gus Van Sant attempts a first in American film history: a shot-by-shot remake of the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. With a few minor, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Deceiver

Walter Wayland (Tim Roth) has lead a life that ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The White Raven

In this adventure, a journalist embarks upon an exciting quest for a priceless diamond that disappeared during WW II. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Inspectors

Originally made for the Showtime cable network, this ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Top of the World

In this high-tension drama, Ray Mercer (Peter Weller) is a former cop who was kicked off the force and sent to prison after it was discovered that he embezzled $4,000 from the police ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Break Up

Kiefer Sutherland and Bridget Fonda star in this thriller with Fonda playing an abused housewife who is ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Evasive Action

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Protector

A police detective gets in over his head after he falls in love with the moll of a ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Johnny Skidmarks

Scripter John Raffo made his directorial debut with this noir-slanted mystery thriller about ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Negotiator

F. Gary Gray directed this suspenseful action thriller based on ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

New Rose Hotel

Abel Ferrara directed this erotic thriller adapted by Ferrara and Christ ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Wild Things

This thriller takes place in Blue Bay, Florida, where social-climbing guidance counselor Sam ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Place Vendôme

Nicole Garcia directed this French suspense thriller set in the posh Paris square of Place Vendôme, where the jewelers district includes the firm run by Vincent Malivert (Bernard Fresson) with ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Safe House

Patrick Stewart plays Mace Sowell, a retired government operative who possesses damaging information about a presidential hopeful, and ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Garden of Evil

In this tale of terror, Kelly Jones (Angie Everhart) is a police detective whose latest assignment hits close to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Phoenix

This noir crime drama set in Arizona and updated for post-modern sensibilities is similar in tone to other hip B-movie homages such as Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994) and the ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Black and White

Featuring plenty of action and erotic romance, this direct-to-video police drama centers on the relationship that develops between a rookie and his new partner (Gina Gershon), a ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Never 2 Big

Shemar Moore, Ernie Hudson and Nia Long star in this urban drama about a singing star who wants to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Highway Hitcher

William Forsythe, James LeGros and Elizabeth Pena star in this modern noir-style thriller. A guy whose ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Running Woman

Theresa Russell stars in this suspense drama as an art ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Desperate Measures

Although he enjoyed great critical success with crime dramas and slice-of-life pictures, director Barbet Schroeder continued ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

B. Monkey

In this witty romantic thriller, Alan (Jared Harris) is a London schoolteacher who leads a quiet, mildly stuffy life. As a hobby, he serves as a jazz disc ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Immortality

Stephen Griscz, the protagonist of The Wisdom of Crocodiles, is a handsome but enigmatic man of many talents. He is also an incurable womanizer, always ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Fallen Angel

"Never trust a man after midnight," mutters Vicky Mayerson (Michelle Johnson) in a bit of untimely advice she offers to her victims just before their life drains out entirely. The young serial killer is determined to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Pact

Rodney Gibbons directs this thriller concerning a young member of the ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Girl Next Door

In this erotic tale of suspense, Arthur (Henry Czerny) is a ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Requiem for Murder

Someone is poisoning beautiful women and influential men with a very rare vintage of red wine while listening to classical music on WZIN-FM, 95.8 on the Philadelphia radio dial. Detectives Lou Heinz (Chris ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Shadow of Doubt

In this taut thriller, a determined defense attorney (Melanie Griffith) launches an investigation to prove her ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Palmetto

When new evidence confirms that he was framed, reporter Harry Barber (Woody Harrelson) is ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Disturbing Behavior

David Nutter made his directorial debut with this fantasy thriller, attempting a switch on The Stepford Wives premise. The Clark family moves ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

A Murder of Crows

In this suspenseful drama, a disbarred lawyer forgoes the writing of his own book in favor of taking credit for that of a writer who is murdered shortly after giving the attorney his ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Supreme Sanction

A hired killer (Kristy Swanson) joins forces with one of her targets after seeing him with his son, but while this ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Dark Harbor

Adam Coleman directed this psychological thriller that opens as attorney David (Alan Rickman) and Alexis Weinberg (Polly Walker), trying to catch the last ferry to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Error in Judgment

Joanna Pacula stars in this thriller as Liz, an analyst who introduces her husband, the owner of an art gallery, to an attractive female artist suffering from severe depression and thoughts of ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Taken

A man being held hostage discovers others besides his captors have it in for him in this taut thriller. Ethan Grover ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

In the Winter Dark

James Bogle directed this Australian psychological thriller adapted (by Bogle and Peter Rasmussen) from the novel by ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

A Letter from Death Row

A convicted killer on death row attempts to convince the governor's assistant, who has come to interview him for her ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Implicated

In this offbeat thriller, Ann (Amy Locane) is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Striking Poses

Photographer Gage Sullivan (Doherty) is first seen driving down a dark road in a car and stopping to bury some bloody clothes. At a motel, tow FBI agents capture her and question her about the clothes. She tells her ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Undercurrent

A man needing some easy money finds danger instead in this sexy thriller. Mike Aguayo (Lorenzo Lamas) is a former police detective who has moved to Puerto Rico, where he runs a night club. But business ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Darkness Falls

Smalltime racketeer Mark Driscoll (Tim Dutton) returns to his Isle of Man home on the eve of an important bit of economic thievery -- and if he fails by morning to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Shattered Image

Chilean Raul Ruiz directed this psychological suspense thriller which ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Thursday

Skip Woods made his directorial debut with this film, caught in a crossfire between thriller and comedy. After violence is unleashed in the opening sequence, the story ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Outrage

Francis Ford Coppola is one of the executive producers of this revenge-themed telefilm. After ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Paranoia

20 years ago, Jana Mercer (Brigitte Bako) witnessed the ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Stonebrook

Seth Green and Brad Rowe star in this drama as a pair of college students who come up ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Dogboys

Ken Russell's Dogboys is set at a southern prison. The title of the film comes from the prisoners who are used to train the attack ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Strategic Command

When terrorists hijack an airborne passenger jet containing the Vice President of the United States and a devastating amount of poison gas, it's up to an expert hostage negotiator to save the day. A veteran of the Gulf War, he has ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Black Cat Run

In this thriller, a young man finds himself accused of abducting his own girlfriend and holding her for ransom. Meanwhile, his lover is in grave danger from her murderous ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Heaven

Scott Reynolds directed this New Zealand thriller about a transsexual stripper. Architect Robert ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Land of the Free

A naive campaign manager receives a bitter wake-up call when he learns that his Senate candidate is not at all the honest man of the people he proclaims to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Captive

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The Reaper

Chris Sarandon and Amy Hathaway star in this thriller set in Seattle, where a pair of doctors find themselves in a race against time when a mysterious virus begins laying waste to the town. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Curve

Dan Rosen directed this thriller, filmed in and around Baltimore, based on the college ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Route 9

Two lawmen find the call of corruption too loud to ignore in the drama Route 9. Booth Parker (Kyle MacLachlan) and Earl Whitney (Wade Williams) are two deputies in a small town ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Tunnels

Catherine Bach, Charlene Dallas and John Saxon star in this thriller about a reporter investigating a series of ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Psychopath

In this thriller, a serial killer with a difference meets the law in an unexpected way. A murderer is on the loose whose deadly obsession is dismembering women who attend law school; a beautiful female lawyer decides ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Stricken

A group of college chums pulls a prank on their friend Banyon (Jamie Kennedy). ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Postmortem

In this thrilling made-for-television mystery, a writer of detective novels risks everything to track down the arrogant serial killer who has been faxing him the obituaries of his latest victims. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Wicked

With suspense in the De Palma tradition, this thriller from Michael Steinberg (Bodies, Rest & Motion) hinges on the killer of cheating Karen Christianson (Chelsea Field), survived by her husband Ben (William R. Moses), ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Interview

Craig Monahan made his directorial debut with this Australian police drama in which unemployed, poverty-stricken Eddie ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Tokyo Eyes

In this French-Japanese drama, Tokyo cop Roy (Tetta Sugimoto) is on the "Four Eyes" case, searching for punk K (Shinji Takeda), who goes about shooting at various people in ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Spark

Garret Williams made his directorial debut with this tale of an urban black couple trapped in a desert town of rednecks. Byron (Terrence Howard) and Nina ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Extramarital

Traci Lords served as executive producer as well as star for this thriller concerning murder and infidelity. Elizabeth (Traci Lords) has given up a career in business to pursue ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Sombre

Former video installation artist Philippe Grandieux made his feature directorial debut with this French psychological thriller that probes the mind of a serial ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Stalker

A man who went astray in a moment of weakness finds his mistake coming back to haunt him in this thriller. ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Last Seduction 2

In this sequel to John Dahl's acclaimed thriller, Bridgette Gregory (Joan Severance) is hiding out in Spain when she sinks her claws into an unscrupulous British businessman; meanwhile, she has to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Captured

In this taut psychological drama, Nick Mancuso plays Holden Downs, an unscrupulous real estate developer. Joey Breed (Michael Mahonen) is a small time thief who ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Capitol Conspiracy

Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Letters From a Killer

A man struggles to resolve a potentially deadly ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Footsteps

Written and directed by filmmaker Daphna D. Edwards, this erotic thriller stars Damian Chapa as Jason a reporter who finds ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

La Femme Nikita: Season 02

Season one of La Femme Nikita ended on a cliffhanger of ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Terror in the Mall

A flash flood rips through a shopping mall and many people are trapped inside. ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Recipe for Revenge

The only witness to a ruthless murder, a caterer rushes to the police for ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Sunday Drive

Hisashi Saito follows up on his 1997 opus French Dressing with this deadpan, elusive film about love, murder, and barbecues. Shinji (Takumi Tanji) and Yui (Miako ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Minion

Dolph Lundgren stars in this futuristic action story as a ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Cold Harvest

Barbara Crampton, Gary Daniels, and Bryan Genesse star in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure about a pair of twin brothers who have followed wildly different paths in life. Roland is a bounty hunter who kills without flinching, while Oliver ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball

Incompatible fugitive recovery agents, the flighty Jersey Bellini (Michael Dudikoff) and his more serious-minded female partner, B.B. (Lisa Howard), have, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Nowhere Land

A one-time mobster and an attractive FBI agent join forces to shut down organized crime in this thriller. Dean (Peter Dobson) is an important witness in a case that the FBI is desperate to crack. Dean is also a wanted man ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

La Cucaracha

Jack Perez directed this thriller about New Jersey office worker Walter (Eric Roberts) who quits his job and heads to Santiago, Mexico, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Bullet Ballet

Shinya Tsukamoto wrote, produced, directed, edited and stars in ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Run Lola Run

Tom Tykwer directed this German thriller in which Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) handled a smuggling job, delivered the loot, collected the payment, left the bag on the subway, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Pi

Darren Aronofsky scripted and made his directorial debut with this experimental feature with mathematical plot threads hinting at science-fictional elements. In NYC's ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Dante's View

A cold-blooded jewel thief seduces an innocent Death Valley girl ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Maten al Candidato

Maten Al Candidato concerns a gangster who plots the assassination of a political candidate. A mime suffering through some serious problem with his wife becomes embroiled in the plan. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game represents one of Canadian production house Alliance Atlantis' 1998 entries in the Harlequin series of telemovies. This ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Following

Christopher Nolan made his feature directorial debut with this 16mm black-and-white British suspense drama, shot on weekends with ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

A Bold Affair

In this thriller, an innocent-seeming virtual affair on the Internet ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Night Caller

An emotionally disturbed woman becomes obsessed with a psychologist who has a radio call-in show. When she starts to believe people around her are interfering with her "friendship" with the radio commentator, ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

I'm Your Man

I'm Your Man brings a new wrinkle to home entertainment -- it's an ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Bodywork

In this murder mystery, the protagonist Virgil Guppy gets into a lot of mischief through his lack of foresight. ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Toema Rog

The Devil, you say! Seung-heui (Chu Sang-mi) is a beautiful female auto mechanic who ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Her Name is Cat

In this action-adventure story filmed in Hong Kong, Almen Wong is Cat, who left behind a life as a security agent with ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Suspect

A hit man fears that he may be going back to jail for a crime he didn't commit in this action thriller from Hong Kong. Hired killer Don Lee (Eric Moo) has just been released from prison after serving 12 years for murder. Two ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Concealed Weapon

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If I Die Before I Wake

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Appetite

George Milton directed and co-wrote this quirky and riveting British thriller set in a crumbling old hotel run by a suspicious-looking manager named Jay (Trevor Eve, who played Harker in the 1979 Dracula). A group ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

13 Gantry Row

A couple looking for their dream home discover they've moved into a nightmare instead in this psychological thriller. Peter (John Adam) and Julie (Rebecca Gibney) are a husband and wife who've done well in business and are looking to ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Winter Lily

First-time director Roshell Bissett presents this tale of obsession, secrets, and murder set in an isolated New England bed and breakfast. Clive, a professional photographer, checks in at a quiet bed and breakfast ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Don't Look Down

Traumatized by the death of her sister, who smashed ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Strait Jacket

Moon Jones, the filmmaker behind the cult-classic Master P film I'm Bout It, wrote and directed this tense thriller about an uncle racing against time to protect his nephew. ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Shock Television

Some say that there are so many surveillance cameras used in modern society that every ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Profile of a Serial Killer

Steve Jordell's thriller Profile of a Serial Killer stars Rebecca Gibney as a forensic psychologist who must stop a serial killer with the help of a police detective played by Hugh Jackman. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Complices

A routine trip from Buenos Aires to the U.S. becomes a nightmare for a young man ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Secretos Compartidos

Adapted from a novel by Leandro Siciliano, this Argentinian crime-thriller was directed by Alberto ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Dimension In Fear

Ted V. Mikels' thriller Dimension in Fear concerns a killer who has escaped from authorities and is roaming Las Vegas, plotting a revenge against all those who crossed him in the past. ~ ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Cazador de Cazadores

Cazador De Cazadores concerns a mother and father who, although having been less than ideal parents to the girl, work together to rescue their ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]

Acabame de Matar

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The Poet

Haunted by the painful memories of the past, a married woman attempting to lead a normal life finds her quest for peace violently shattered by the appearance of an obsessive ... [ Thriller movie - 1998 ]


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