Directed by Jon Amiel • 1995 • United States
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney

Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter join forces to catch a killer in this ’90s VHS-rental classic, a stylishly efficient thriller and rare female-led procedural. As a wave of murders inspired by notorious serial killers like the Boston Strangler and Son of Sam stokes fear throughout San Francisco, Inspector Mary Jane Monahan (Holly Hunter) enlists renowned criminal psychologist Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) to help solve the case. But Hudson’s severe agoraphobia and the killer’s elusive, ever-changing methods make for a disturbingly twisty investigation.