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Nineties Noir

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  • John Cusack, Annette Bening, and Anjelica Huston in The Grifters (1990)

    1. The Grifters

    19901h 50mR86Metascore
    6.9 (32K)
    A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAnjelica HustonJohn CusackAnnette Bening
  • Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen in The Hot Spot (1990)

    2. The Hot Spot

    19902h 10mR55Metascore
    6.4 (15K)
    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities - and the local women - after he robs a bank.
    DirectorDennis HopperStarsDon JohnsonVirginia MadsenJennifer Connelly
  • After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

    3. After Dark, My Sweet

    19901h 54mR78Metascore
    6.5 (4.6K)
    After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.
    DirectorJames FoleyStarsJason PatricRachel WardBruce Dern
  • Mickey Rourke in Desperate Hours (1990)

    4. Desperate Hours

    19901h 45mR33Metascore
    5.4 (9K)
    An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsMickey RourkeAnthony HopkinsMimi Rogers
  • Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Fred Ward in Miami Blues (1990)

    5. Miami Blues

    19901h 37mR72Metascore
    6.4 (11K)
    An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.
    DirectorGeorge ArmitageStarsFred WardAlec BaldwinJennifer Jason Leigh
  • Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro in Miller's Crossing (1990)

    6. Miller's Crossing

    19901h 55mR66Metascore
    7.7 (147K)
    Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsGabriel ByrneAlbert FinneyJohn Turturro
  • Narrow Margin (1990)

    7. Narrow Margin

    19901h 37mR53Metascore
    6.6 (12K)
    A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsGene HackmanAnne ArcherJames Sikking
  • Jack Nicholson in The Two Jakes (1990)

    8. The Two Jakes

    19902h 17mR56Metascore
    6.1 (16K)
    The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.
    DirectorJack NicholsonStarsJack NicholsonHarvey KeitelMeg Tilly
  • Everybody Wins (1990)

    9. Everybody Wins

    19901h 37mR
    5.1 (1.5K)
    Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.
    DirectorKarel ReiszStarsDebra WingerNick NolteWill Patton
  • Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)

    10. Wild at Heart

    19902h 5mR52Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNicolas CageLaura DernWillem Dafoe
  • Dead Again (1991)

    11. Dead Again

    19911h 47mR66Metascore
    6.8 (31K)
    A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonAndy Garcia
  • Joe Mantegna in Homicide (1991)

    12. Homicide

    19911h 42mR84Metascore
    6.9 (8.7K)
    A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsJoe MantegnaWilliam H. MacyVincent Guastaferro
  • Liebestraum (1991)

    13. Liebestraum

    19911h 52mR
    5.8 (1.7K)
    The successful writer and professor of architecture Nick Kaminsky returns from New York to Elderstown to visit his biological mother Lillian Anderson Munnsen that is terminal. Nick does not know Lilian since he was adopted when he was a child but he pays the bill for her to stay in a private room in the hospital. While walking on the street, Nick stumbles upon his former college friend Paul Kessler, who is demolishing with his team an old department store building where a murder and a suicide happened many years ago. While talking to Paul, there is an accident and Nick saves his life. Paul invites Nick to go to the birthday party of his wife Jane Kessler. Nick feels attracted by the building that is built in cast iron and asks Paul to visit it. Meanwhile Jane, who is a photographer, decides to take photos of the same building. They get close to each other and Nick learns that Jane was also adopted. Along the following days, Jane and Nick have a love affair and Nick discloses hidden secrets from their past.
    DirectorMike FiggisStarsKevin AndersonBill PullmanKim Novak
  • Robert Wagner and Nancy Everhard in This Gun for Hire (1991)

    14. This Gun for Hire

    19911h 40mRTV Movie
    5.8 (146)
    A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, which doesn't please her boyfriend, who just happens to be the one who tracking Raven. At the same time Raven tries to find out who set him up and why.
    DirectorLou AntonioStarsRobert WagnerNancy EverhardFredric Lehne
  • Femme Fatale (1991)

    15. Femme Fatale

    19911h 34mR
    4.6 (660)
    A worried artist tries to locate his wife who suddenly abandoned him only to discover that she led a secret life - or two. He proceeds to investigate her past and stirs up a hornet's nest.
    DirectorAndre R. GuttfreundStarsColin FirthLisa ZaneBilly Zane
  • Matt Dillon and Sean Young in A Kiss Before Dying (1991)

    16. A Kiss Before Dying

    19911h 34mR40Metascore
    5.7 (6.3K)
    Jonathan Corliss murders his girlfriend Dorothy and moves onto her twin sister Ellen who grows suspicious of her new lover as he charms his way into their family and impresses their father Thor Carlsson. Based on Ira Levin's novel.
    DirectorJames DeardenStarsMatt DillonSean YoungJames Bonfanti
  • Kathleen Turner in V.I. Warshawski (1991)

    17. V.I. Warshawski

    19911h 29mR
    5.0 (5.7K)
    A female PI babysitting for a boyfriend gets stuck with his daughter and the case of her murdered father.
    DirectorJeff KanewStarsKathleen TurnerJay O. SandersCharles Durning
  • Liam Neeson and Laura San Giacomo in Under Suspicion (1991)

    18. Under Suspicion

    19911h 39mR
    6.4 (5.5K)
    Disgraced detective Tony fakes evidence in divorce cases, implicates wife in Stasio affair. Stasio and wife shot dead in hotel. Tony's ex-partner Frank investigates, suspects inheritance-seeking mistress Angeline and inconsistent Tony.
    DirectorSimon MooreStarsLiam NeesonLaura San GiacomoKenneth Cranham
  • Delusion (1991)

    19. Delusion

    19911h 40mR
    5.9 (809)
    A man who has just embezzled money from his company is driving through the Nevada desert. He picks up a pretty girl and her seemingly goofy boyfriend. The girl is a Las Vegas showgirl and the boyfriend turns out to be a professional killer, and he has no intention of letting the motorist finish the trip.
    DirectorCarl ColpaertStarsJim MetzlerJennifer RubinKyle Secor
  • Drew Barrymore and James Le Gros in Guncrazy (1992)

    20. Guncrazy

    19921h 37mR69Metascore
    5.5 (2.8K)
    A trashy teen murders her sexually abusive step-father, then helps get her reformed prison pen-pal released on good behavior so that she can re-corrupt him.
    DirectorTamra DavisStarsDrew BarrymoreJames Le GrosRobert Greenberg
  • Night and the City (1992)

    21. Night and the City

    19921h 45mR61Metascore
    5.8 (5.4K)
    The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.
    DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsRobert De NiroJessica LangeCliff Gorman
  • White Sands (1992)

    22. White Sands

    19921h 41mR46Metascore
    6.0 (9.4K)
    A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.
    DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsWillem DafoeMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMickey Rourke
  • Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    23. Reservoir Dogs

    19921h 39mR81Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael Madsen
  • Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd, and Sara Gilbert in Poison Ivy (1992)

    24. Poison Ivy

    19921h 33mR51Metascore
    5.4 (21K)
    A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
    DirectorKatt SheaStarsDrew BarrymoreSara GilbertTom Skerritt
  • One False Move (1991)

    25. One False Move

    19911h 45mR87Metascore
    7.1 (16K)
    A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.
    DirectorCarl FranklinStarsBill PaxtonBilly Bob ThorntonCynda Williams

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