Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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1988 |
Apartment Zero | Martin Donovan | Colin Firth, Hart Bochner, Dora Bryan | United Kingdom Argentina | [174] |
Betrayed | Costa-Gavras | Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard | United States | [175] |
A Better Tomorrow II | John Woo | Chow Yun-fat, Emily Chu, Waise Lee | Hong Kong | Action thriller [176] |
Call Me | Sollace Mitchell | Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Boyd Gaines | United States | [177] |
The Cat | Dominik Graf | Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Heinz Hoenig | West Germany | [178] |
Cop | James B. Harris | James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning | United States | [179] |
The Dead Pool | Buddy Van Horn | Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson | United States | [180] |
Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske | Canada | Psychological thriller [181] |
Die Hard | John McTiernan | Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov | United States | Action thriller [182] |
The Drifter | Larry Brand | Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al Johnson | United States | Crime thriller [183] |
Dongalo Massacre | Nilo Saez | Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Vic Vargas, Michael de Mesa, Ronnie Ricketts, Rachel Anne Wolfe, Philip Gamboa, Baldo Marro, Val Iglesias, Dick Israel, King 'Abdul' Gutierrez | Philippines | Action thriller |
Frantic | Roman Polanski | Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley | United States | [184] |
Fréquence meurtre | Elisabeth Rappeneau | Catherine Deneuve, André Dussollier, Martin Lamotte | France | [185] |
Gawa Na ang Bala Na Papatay sa Iyo | Willy Milan | Fernando Poe Jr., Marianne dela Riva, Vic Vargas | Philippines | Action thriller [186] |
Hero and the Terror | William Tannen | Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James | United States | [187] |
The House on Carroll Street | Peter Yates | Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin | United States | [188] |
Jack's Back | Rowdy Herrington | James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Roi Loomis | United States | [189] |
Kumakasa Kahit Nag-iisa | Nilo Saez | Ronnie Ricketts, Nadia Montenegro, Robin Padilla, George Estregan Jr., Dick Israel | Philippines | Action thriller |
Lady in White | Frank LaLoggia | Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco | United States | [190] |
Last Rites | Donald P. Bellisario | Tom Berenger, Daphne Zuniga, Chick Vennera | United States | [191] |
Masquerade | Bob Swaim | Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall | United States | [192] |
Messenger of Death | J. Lee Thompson | Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill | United States | [193] |
Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand | United States | Political thriller [194] |
Il Nido Del Ragno | Gianfranco Giagni | Ronald Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Stéphane Audran | Italy | [195] |
Let Sleeping Cops Lie | José Pinheiro | Alain Delon, Michel Serrault, Patrick Catalifo | France | [196] |
Nightmare at Noon | Nico Mastorakis | Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy | United States | [197] |
Pin | Sandor Stern | David Hewlett, Cyndy Preston, John Ferguson | Canada | [198] |
Rambo III | Peter MacDonald | Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Kurtwood Smith | United States | Action thriller [199] |
Red Heat | Walter Hill | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle | United States | Action thriller, comedy thriller [200] |
Rorret | Fulvio Wetzl | Lou Castel, Anna Galiena, Massimo Venturiello | Italy | [201] |
Shoot to Kill | Roger Spottiswoode | Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Andrew Robinson | United States | Action thriller [202] |
Spellbinder | Janet Greek | Tim Daly, Kelly Presten, Rick Rossovich | United States | [203] |
Stormy Monday | Mike Figgis | Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting | United Kingdom | [204] |
Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene | United States | |
The Vanishing | George Sluizer | Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege | Netherlands, France | [205] |