Crime/Thrillers 1980-1999

A car and lorry collide, the woman in the back seat is probably dead, the driver is severely hurt. In flashbacks we see what led to the tragedy. He is David, a writer living in France, entering his novel anonymously in a contest. She is Annabelle, his lover, a fashion model on the brink of international success. Each keeps a secret from the other. David is a pawn of jealousy. He confronts a wealthy man he thinks is her lover; an accidental tragedy ensues that spirals out of control, resulting in the car crash. While David recovers from injuries, he finds out that another wealthy friend of Annabelle's has claimed the novel as his own. It's time for a final confrontation.

After Jane's first marriage collapses, she and her new husband Patrick Brody attempt to build a new life and move to a new state. However, her ex-husband follows them with a view to revenge.

A psychiatrist (Williams) and her patient (Madsen) are involved with the same man, who may or may not be a murderer.

Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.

After writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Charles returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.

Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.

An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.

A seasoned F.B.I. Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic Moab nutcase who believes he's been chosen by God to be a new Noah.

A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.

Colin and Mary retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with lyrical local bar owner Robert and his odd, sexually frank wife Caroline leads them into a world of intrigue where their darkest desires are in reach.

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

The story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband. She begins to fall for him but cannot be sure if she should trust him.

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.

In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.

A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.

A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.

Photographer's life is endangered after his friend steals drug dealer's money.

A bank executive has a hidden past. His sins come back to haunt him when his fiancé and her sister are kidnapped and held hostage by a ruthless prison escapee seeking revenge.

A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".

In order to save his brother from being killed by a group of murderous art thieves, a New York City artist agrees to help in an art heist.

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.