Best Crime Movies of 1993

1.

Carlito's Way

6.4
7.9/10 IMDB

A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.

Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzmán, Adrian Pasdar, Viggo Mortensen, James Rebhorn, Joseph Siravo ..
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Release date: 1993-11-10
2.

A Bronx Tale

6.4
7.8/10 IMDB

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Kathrine Narducci, Clem Caserta, Alfred Sauchelli Jr., Frank Pietrangolare, Joe Pesci ..
Directed by: Robert De Niro
Release date: 1993-09-14
3.

The Fugitive

6.4
7.8/10 IMDB

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, L. Scott Caldwell, Ron Dean ..
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Release date: 1993-08-06
4.

True Romance

6.3
7.9/10 IMDB

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson ..
Directed by: Tony Scott
Release date: 1993-09-09
5.

A Perfect World

6.1
7.5/10 IMDB

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Bradley Whitford, Keith Szarabajka, Leo Burmester, Paul Hewitt, Ray McKinnon, Jennifer Griffin ..
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Release date: 1993-11-24
6.

Falling Down

6.1
7.6/10 IMDB

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest, Tuesday Weld, Raymond J. Barry, John Diehl, D.W. Moffett, Richard Montoya ..
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Release date: 1993-02-26
7.

In the Line of Fire

5.8
7.2/10 IMDB

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tobin Bell, John Mahoney, Gregory Alan Williams, Jim Curley ..
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Release date: 1993-07-08
8.

Bound by Honor

5.7
7.9/10 IMDB

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Starring: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo, Tom Towles, Carlos Carrasco, Teddy Wilson, Raymond Cruz ..
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Release date: 1993-02-05
9.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

5.6
7.8/10 IMDB

When a powerful criminal, who is connected to Bruce Wayne's ex-girlfriend, blames the Dark Knight for killing a crime lord, Batman decides to fight against him.

Starring: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Abe Vigoda, Stacy Keach, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Robert Costanzo, Bob Hastings, Dick Miller ..
Directed by: Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski
Release date: 1993-12-25
10.

Demolition Man

5.6
6.7/10 IMDB

Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, who had also been cryogenically frozen after being wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary, Bob Gunton, Glenn Shadix, Pat Skipper, Steve Kahan ..
Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Release date: 1993-10-08
11.

The Pelican Brief

5.5
6.6/10 IMDB

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn ..
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Release date: 1993-09-17
12.

Menace II Society

5.5
7.5/10 IMDB

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Starring: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda, Reginald Ballard, Khandi Alexander, Jullian Roy Doster ..
Directed by: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Release date: 1993-05-26
13.

Bad Boy Bubby

5.1
7.3/10 IMDB

Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.

Starring: Nicholas Hope, Ralph Cotterill, Claire Benito, Syd Brisbane, Ullie Birvé, Natalie Carr, Celine O'Leary, Carmel Johnson, Grant Piro, Audine Leith ..
Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Release date: 1993-09-01
14.

Red Rock West

5.0
7.0/10 IMDB

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dan Shor, Dwight Yoakam, Craig Reay, Vance Johnson, Robert Apel ..
Directed by: John Dahl
Release date: 1993-05-14
15.

Kalifornia

4.8
6.7/10 IMDB

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Starring: Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Juliette Lewis, Michelle Forbes, Sierra Pecheur, John Dullaghan, Kathy Larson, David Milford, Judson Vaughn, John Zarchen ..
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Release date: 1993-06-24
16.

Judgment Night

4.8
6.6/10 IMDB

While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, the four become his unwilling prey in a savage game of cat and mouse as they are mercilessly stalked through the urban jungle in this taut suspense drama.

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Jeremy Piven, Peter Greene, Michael DeLorenzo, Everlast, Michael Wiseman, Relioues Webb, Eugene Williams ..
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Release date: 1993-10-15
17.

Romeo Is Bleeding

4.7
6.6/10 IMDB

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

Starring: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider, David Proval, Will Patton, Larry Joshua, James Cromwell, Wallace Wood ..
Directed by: Peter Medak
Release date: 1993-09-13
18.

Killing Zoe

4.7
6.4/10 IMDB

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Starring: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsay, Kario Salem, Salvator Xuereb, Gary Kemp, Martin Raymond, Eric Pascal Chaltiel ..
Directed by: Roger Avary
Release date: 1993-10-01
19.

So I Married an Axe Murderer

4.6
6.4/10 IMDB

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Charles Grodin, Phil Hartman, Debi Mazar, Steven Wright, Michael Richards ..
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
Release date: 1993-07-30
20.

Hard Target

4.6
6.2/10 IMDB

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Wilford Brimley, Ted Raimi, Kasi Lemmons, Willie C. Carpenter, Eliott Keener ..
Directed by: John Woo
Release date: 1993-08-20
21.

Point of No Return

4.5
6.1/10 IMDB

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Starring: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Romanus, Harvey Keitel, Lorraine Toussaint, Geoffrey Lewis ..
Directed by: John Badham
Release date: 1993-03-19
22.

Mad Dog and Glory

4.5
6.2/10 IMDB

Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Kathy Baker, Tom Towles, Richard Belzer, Richard Price, Derek Anunciation ..
Directed by: John McNaughton
Release date: 1993-03-05
23.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

4.4
6.2/10 IMDB

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland, Whoopi Goldberg, William Shatner, Frank McRae, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Moll ..
Directed by: Gene Quintano
Release date: 1993-02-04
24.

Striking Distance

4.2
5.8/10 IMDB

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.

Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Brion James, Robert Pastorelli, Timothy Busfield, John Mahoney, Andre Braugher, Tom Atkins ..
Directed by: Rowdy Herrington
Release date: 1993-09-17
25.

Another Stakeout

4.1
5.6/10 IMDB

Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding.

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Miguel Ferrer, Cathy Moriarty, Marcia Strassman, Dan Lauria, Madeleine Stowe, Frank C. Turner ..
Directed by: John Badham
Release date: 1993-07-22
26.

Blink

4.0
6.2/10 IMDB

Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.

Starring: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Peter Friedman, Bruce A. Young, Laurie Metcalf, Matt Roth, Lia D. Mortensen, Paul Dillon, Greg Noonan ..
Directed by: Michael Apted
Release date: 1993-10-01
27.

Prime Suspect 3

3.9
8.1/10 IMDB

Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.

Starring: Helen Mirren, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Ciarán Hinds, Mark Strong, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Shannon, Greg Saunders, Danny Dyer, Tom Bell ..
Directed by: David Drury
Release date: 1993-12-19
28.

Undercover Blues

3.9
6.0/10 IMDB

When fun-loving American agents Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime. There's nothing to the dumb story about a deadly arms dealer in the Louisiana Bayou, but you'd be hard put to find a friskier pair of doting parents.

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, Stanley Tucci, Larry Miller, Obba Babatundé, Tom Arnold, James Lew, Park Overall, Richard Jenkins ..
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Release date: 1993-09-10
29.

RoboCop 3

3.7
4.1/10 IMDB

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, Robocop must decide where his loyalties lie.

Starring: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Mario Machado, Jodi Long, John Posey, Mako, Rip Torn, Bruce Locke, John Castle, Edith Ivey ..
Directed by: Fred Dekker
Release date: 1993-11-05
30.

The Real McCoy

3.6
5.5/10 IMDB

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.

Starring: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, David Dwyer, Gailard Sartain, Zach English, Raynor Scheine, Andy Stahl, Deborah Hobart, Dean Rader Duval ..
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Release date: 1993-09-10
31.

Clean, Shaven

3.6
7.0/10 IMDB

Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly sudden emotional shifts. During his quest, he runs afoul of the law and an ongoing murder investigation.

Starring: Peter Greene, Alice Levitt, Megan Owen, Jennifer MacDonald, Molly Castelloe, Robert Albert, J. Dixon Byrne, Eliot Rockett, Karen MacDonald, Lee Kayman ..
Directed by: Lodge Kerrigan
Release date: 1993-09-05
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : The Last Vampyre
32.

The Last Vampyre

3.6
6.7/10 IMDB

Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.

Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Roy Marsden, Keith Barron, Richard Dempsey, Maurice Denham, Juliet Aubrey, Jason Hetherington, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Geddis ..
Directed by: Tim Sullivan
Release date: 1993-03-14
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : The Hour of The Pig
33.

The Hour of The Pig

3.6
6.6/10 IMDB

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.

Starring: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, Amina Annabi, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Harriet Walter, Jim Carter, Lysette Anthony, Sophie Dix ..
Directed by: Leslie Megahey
Release date: 1993-09-25
34.

Fatal Instinct

3.5
5.7/10 IMDB

Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.

Starring: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, Tony Randall, Clarence Clemons, Keith Campbell, Michael Cumpsty ..
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Release date: 1993-10-29
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : The Eligible Bachelor
35.

The Eligible Bachelor

3.5
6.6/10 IMDB

Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.

Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Simon Williams, Paris Jefferson, Joanna McCallum, Geoffrey Beevers, Anna Calder-Marshall, Anna Calder-Marshall, Heather Chasen, Bob Sessions ..
Directed by: Peter Hammond
Release date: 1993-02-03
36.

Money for Nothing

3.2
5.7/10 IMDB

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

Starring: John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alice Drummond, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan ..
Directed by: Ramón Menéndez
Release date: 1993-09-10
37.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

3.2
7.2/10 IMDB

On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ken goes in search of information with the help of fan of the show.

Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Linda Dano, Stuart Whitman, Genie Francis, Sean Kanan, Kurt Soderstrom, Mark Boudler, Wendelin Harston ..
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby II
Release date: 1993-11-29
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Vendetta II: The New Mafia
38.

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

3.1
6.5/10 IMDB

Starring: Carol Alt, Michael Ontkean, Eli Wallach, Louis Ferreira, Burt Young, Miguel Fernandes, Eric Roberts ..
Directed by: Ralph L. Thomas
Release date: 1993-11-28
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Frauds
39.

Frauds

3.1
5.9/10 IMDB

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

Starring: Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving, Josephine Byrnes, Mitchell McMahon, Peter Mochrie, Helen O'Connor, Colleen Clifford, Vincent Ball, Gandhi MacIntyre, Nicholas Hammond ..
Directed by: Stephan Elliott
Release date: 1993-06-04
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
40.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

3.1
6.8/10 IMDB

The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.

Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Carmen Argenziano, Polly Bergen, Morgan Fairchild, Dan Kopper, Scott Thompson Baker, Jonathan Banks, Michael Halsey ..
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby II
Release date: 1993-02-19
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
41.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

3.0
6.6/10 IMDB

Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives

Starring: Paul Sorvino, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Maud Adams, Eric Braeden, Kim Alexis, Shelley Hack, Kathy Ireland, Beverly Johnson, Charles Macaulay ..
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby II
Release date: 1993-12-17
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Frameup
42.

Frameup

3.0
7.6/10 IMDB

Ricky, a dim-witted ex-con, meets Beth, a dim-witted waitress, in an Idaho diner. They take off in his car to Washington and begin an affair. Beth, a lonely romance-novel addict, is hopelessly enamored; Ricky is just in it for the (constant) sex. Beth's longing to visit California and Ricky's longing for quick cash leads them into a desperate situation. Director Jost uses a variety of avant-garde visual and narrative techniques, such as montage, collages, split screens and lengthy, tongue-in-cheek monologues to tell the tragicomic story of two complete losers in love.

Starring: Howard Swain, Nancy Carlin, Kate Sannella, Kate Sannella ..
Directed by: Jon Jost
Release date: 1993-01-19
43.

American Yakuza

3.0
5.6/10 IMDB

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye, Yuji Okumoto, Anzu Lawson, Robert Forster, John Fujioka, Nicky Katt, Jimmy Taenaka ..
Directed by: Frank A. Cappello
Release date: 1993-01-01
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : The Young Americans
44.

The Young Americans

3.0
5.7/10 IMDB

Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American.With the help of a young teen wronged by gangsters, Harris navigates London's seedy, drug-fueled underworld in order to take down its new criminal empire.

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby, Keith Allen, Craig Kelly, Thandiwe Newton, Viggo Mortensen, Dave Duffy, Geoffrey McGivern ..
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Release date: 1993-10-08
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Anna Lee: Headcase
45.

Anna Lee: Headcase

3.0
7.1/10 IMDB

A bright, pretty and determined young girl named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl

Starring: Imogen Stubbs, Alan Howard, Michael Bryant, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Ken Stott, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Glover, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Dempsey, Clive Merrison ..
Directed by: Colin Bucksey
Release date: 1993-01-10
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
46.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

3.0
6.9/10 IMDB

Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he is making to their time slots. That night, Winslow is shot by a hit man hired by someone at the station and Sheila is set up for the murder. She calls in Perry and as usual Perry, Della and Ken swing into action to find out who really did it.

Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William R. Moses, Regis Philbin, Cristina Ferrare, Montel Williams, Alan Blumenfeld, Fritz Coleman, G. Gordon Liddy, Fred Roggin ..
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby II
Release date: 1993-05-21
47.

Vanished Without a Trace

2.9
6.2/10 IMDB

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driver as hostages. However, the bravery and the wit of the old driver could spoil their plan for the perfect crime.

Starring: Karl Malden, Tim Ransom, Travis Fine, Tom Hodges, Julie Harris, Robert Zameroski, Jonathan Hernandez, Debra Bluford, Kevin Brief ..
Directed by: Vern Gillum
Release date: 1993-02-28
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Precious Victims
48.

Precious Victims

2.9
6.6/10 IMDB

Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for help. Shortly after their daughter is found dead. When the same happens three years later to their second daughter, Sheriff Yocom becomes suspicious.

Starring: Richard Thomas, Robyn Lively, Park Overall, Robby Benson, Frederic Forrest, Brion James, Cliff DeYoung, Nancy Cartwright, Eileen Brennan, Mary Pat Gleason ..
Directed by: Peter Levin
Release date: 1993-09-27
Best Crime Movies of 1993 : Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot One Ranger
49.

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot One Ranger

2.9
7.2/10 IMDB

Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.

Starring: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Sheree J. Wilson, Elya Baskin, Thomas Rosales Jr. ..
Release date: 1993-04-21
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Scam

2.9
5.4/10 IMDB

A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime lord by getting at his programmer's computer files. But she starts to have doubts about what he's really after when she finds a huge stash of loot with the disks. He claims no knowledge of the money, she distrusts him, he's using her, things start getting dangerous and even murderous - and then her boyfriend shows up ! Who's scamming whom ?

Starring: Christopher Walken, Lorraine Bracco, Miguel Ferrer, Martin Donovan, James McDaniel, Daniel von Bargen, Erick Avari, Skipp Sudduth, Carmen López ..
Directed by: John Flynn
Release date: 1993-05-22

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