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Forgotten Gems: 6 underrated ’90s thrillers you need to watch

If you’re in the mood for edge-of-your-seat suspense, here are six overlooked thrillers worth rediscovering.

Forgotten Gems: 6 underrated ’90s thrillers you need to watch
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Forgotten Gems: 6 underrated ’90s thrillers you need to watch

The ’90s were a golden age for Hollywood thrillers, with hits like Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs stealing the spotlight. But beneath the big names were a host of gripping, underrated gems that deserve just as much attention. If you’re in the mood for edge-of-your-seat suspense, here are six overlooked thrillers worth rediscovering.

Copycat
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Copycat

An agoraphobic criminal psychologist, teams up with a detective to track down a serial killer mimicking infamous murderers.

The Good Son
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The Good Son

Macaulay Culkin sheds his child-star image in this dark psychological thriller, playing a deeply disturbed boy whose cousin slowly uncovers his terrifying behaviour.

Raising Cain
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Raising Cain

This twisty thriller stars John Lithgow in multiple roles as a psychologist with split personalities.

Kiss the Girls
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Kiss the Girls

Morgan Freeman plays detective Alex Cross in this gripping cat-and-mouse game involving a missing woman and a serial kidnapper.

Ricochet
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Ricochet

Denzel Washington stars as a cop who takes down a psychotic criminal, only to have him return years later to destroy his life.

Manhunter
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Manhunter

Though released in the ’80s, this stylish and eerie take on Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon became a cult favourite in the ’90s and is the first film to feature Hannibal Lecter.