Movie List for "thriller"

Black Dog (1998)

Ex-truck driver Jack Crews (Patrick Swayze) has just been released from prison for vehicular manslaughter after losing control and hitting a stranded motorist. His family is in danger of … Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: William Mickelberry, Dan Vining
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus

The Dentist 2 (1998)

Dr. Caine, the murdering dentist from the original movie, has escaped from the mental hospital where he has been since being caught. Hoping to resume a normal life, he makes his way to a … Year 1998.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Brian Yuzna
Writer: Richard Dana Smith (screenplay), Dennis Paoli (based on characters created by), Stuart Gordon (based on characters created by), Charles Finch (based on characters created by)
Actors: Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Jeff Doucette, Susanne Wright

The Big Hit (1998)

Socially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down. Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Director: Kirk Wong
Writer: Ben Ramsey
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks

B. Monkey (1998)

A young woman attempts to end her criminal career. But she needs love to make it. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Michael Radford
Writer: Andrew Davies (novel), Chloe King, Michael Radford, Michael Thomas
Actors: Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Armageddon (1998)

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet. Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Jonathan Hensleigh (screenplay), J.J. Abrams (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (adaptation), Shane Salerno (adaptation), Robert Roy Pool (story), Jonathan Hensleigh (story)
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler

The Gingerbread Man (1998)

A lawyer uses his power to help his lover put her father behind bars, but when he escapes, they are all in danger. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: John Grisham (story), Clyde Hayes (screenplay)
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah

Dark City (1998)

A man struggles with memories of his past, which includes a wife he cannot remember, and a nightmarish world without a sun. Year 1998.

Generes: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Alex Proyas
Writer: Alex Proyas (story), Alex Proyas (screenplay), Lem Dobbs (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay)
Actors: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly

Dead by Dawn (1998)

It was the best of times… When Tim Marsh has a chance encounter with old high school buddy Don White, his life changes forever. Tim and his wife Wendy quickly find themselves drawn into … Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: James Salisbury
Writer: Stephen Downing
Actors: Jodie Fisher, Shannon Tweed, Bill Ferrell, Ted Prior

Captive (1998)

After a botched suicide attempt Sam Hoffman finds herself trapped in an evil insane asylum Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Roger Cardinal
Writer: Rodney Gibbons, Richard Stamford
Actors: Erika Eleniak, Michael Ironside, Catherine Colvey, Adrienne Ironside

The Landlady (1998)

Melanie decides that one of her tenants would be perfect as her husband and decides to eliminate everyone who might interfere in her plans. Year 1998.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Robert Malenfant
Writer: Frank Rehwaldt, George Saunders, Brent Thompson (story)
Actors: Talia Shire, Jack Coleman, Bruce Weitz, Melissa Behr

Dark Harbor (1998)

A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road after much … Year 1998.

Generes: Thriller, Drama
Director: Adam Coleman Howard
Writer: Adam Coleman Howard, Gretchen Hayduk-Wroblewski (script development), Justin Lazard
Actors: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus, Janet Mecca

Another Day in Paradise (1998)

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong leading to dissent, violence and murder. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Larry Clark
Writer: Eddie Little (book), Christopher Landon, Stephen Chin
Actors: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner

The Quarry (1998)

This thriller investigates the mysterious assassination of a gay pastor in rural South Africa. Without witnesses or explanations, the crime appears to the police and others as a jigsaw … Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Marion Hänsel
Writer: Damon Galgut (novel), Marion Hänsel
Actors: John Lynch, Jonny Phillips, Oscar Petersen, Sylvia Esau

Evasive Action (1998)

When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all killers, will be transported by train to… Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Jerry P. Jacobs
Writer: Sean McGinly (story), Tripp Reed, Brian Rudnick (story)
Actors: Dorian Harewood, Ray Wise, Roy Scheider, DeLane Matthews

No Rest for the Wicked (1998)

Father William is an ambitious Catholic priest and former Vietnam veteran sucked into a world of crime, drugs, and duplicity. He investigates the murder of an old army buddy of his which … Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Thriller, War
Director: John Sjogren
Writer: William Buzick III (screenplay), Dino Lee Desby (screenplay), John Sjogren (screenplay)
Actors: Stefan Lysenko, Carla Sofia Lescius, Bryan Kent, Reginald Bernson

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil. Year 1998.

Generes: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Shane Black (characters), Jonathan Lemkin (story), Alfred Gough (story), Miles Millar (story), Channing Gibson (screenplay)
Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo