Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Suspense/Crime &g: 341 films to Buy
- Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
- An extraordinary, multi–layered dramatic thriller from France that deservingly won the Palm D'or at Cannes.
For the past year, Sandra, a…
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- Blood For Dust (2023)
- A stylish crime–thriller set in 90’s Minnesota that addresses the grim consequences of economic decline with slow–burn menace and…
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- November (Novembre) (2023)
- A captivating thriller that dramatizes one of the most incredible manhunts in European history in the aftermath of the 2015 attacks across Paris. Led…
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- Decision To Leave (2022)
- An exquisite and mysterious melodrama from Korean maestro Park Chan–Wook (Old Boy, Thirst, The Handmaiden), ostensibly about a detective who…
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- Holy Spider (2022)
- An astonishing new film from Ali Abbasi, who makes good on the promise of his head–turning Danish troll drama “Border” (2018). This one…
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- How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
- A nail–biter of the first order that vividly depicts the actions of a group of young climate activists who come together for a 'meaningful' act…
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- Maigret (2022)
- Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…
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- The Origin of Evil (2022)
- A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
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- Angela Black (Mini-series) (2021)
- 6–Part TV thriller about a wife and mother of two (Joanne Froggatt, DOWNTON ABBEY) who is approached out of the blue by a private investigator…
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- Before We Die (TV Series) (2021)
- 6 part Police drama based on the popular Scandi–noir series of the same name, shifting the setting from Stockholm to Bristol.
Follows a…
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- Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
- A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
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- Forgiven, The (2021)
- Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
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- Full Time (A Plien Temps) (2021)
- A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
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- Gaia (2021)
- Visually striking South African eco–horror about an injured forest ranger on a routine mission who is saved by two off–the–grid…
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- Hollington Drive (Mini-series) (2021)
- 4–Part drama–thriller created and written by Sophie Petzal (BLOOD), following the lives of two sisters whose suburban comforts are…
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- Nitram (2021)
- An intense yet clear–eyed psychological drama from accomplished director Justin Kurzel (TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG) depicting the events…
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- No Man of God (2021)
- Engrossing thriller based on the relationship between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy.
Set in Bundy's final years on death…
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- Pig (2021)
- A mesmerising drama with Nicolas Cage (somewhat) changing pace to play a bedraggled truffle hunter living in the remote Oregonian wilderness.
When…
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- Smother (TV Series) (2021)
- Riveting Irish TV thriller set on the wild and rugged coast of County Clare, where a matriarch (Dervla Kirwan) is determined to find out who killed…
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- Ted K: The Unabomber (2021)
- An ambient, minimalistic approach to portraying the life of notorious U.S. domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, who lives a life of quiet seclusion in…
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- To Chiara (A Chiara) (2021)
- A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
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- Whitstable Pearl (TV Mini-series) (2021)
- Cosy crime miniseries based on the novels by Julie Wassmer about a single mum and ex–police officer who pursues her dream to start a detective…
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- Appearances (Les apparences) (2020)
- French–Belgian psychological thriller about a happily married couple living in Vienna whose lives are disrupted when one suspects the other of…
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- Ava (2020)
- Jessica Chastain delivers another full force performance in this otherwise by–the–numbers crime thriller, playing a Bostonian…
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- Bloodlands (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- A gripping 4–part BBC police procedural set in Northern Ireland, where a veteran police detective (James Nesbitt) re–opens a cold case…
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- Dead Still (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Dark comedy miniseries set in Dublin in 1880, exploring the emergence of photography as an affordable and accessible art, and the decline in…
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- Deceived, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Psychological thriller miniseries following an English student who falls in love with a charismatic lecturer then moves to Ireland to be with him…
- DVD $29.95
- Des (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Grisly TV miniseries based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, one of the most infamous criminal cases in UK…
- DVD $29.95
- Dissident, The (2020)
- A documentary about Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post journalist and dissident who was murdered by agents of the Saudi government while working in…
- DVD $29.95
- Doorman, The (2020)
- Brawny actioner with Ruby Rose playing a former US Marine whose deadly fighting skills are put to the test when a group of art theives, lead by a…
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- Marksman, The (2020)
- Action thriller from frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator Robert Lorenz, with Liam Neeson cast unsurprisingly as an ex–marine and rancher who…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Nest, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Suspenseful Scottish 5–part TV drama starring Martin Compston (LINE OF DUTY) and Sophie Rundle (PEAKY BLINDERS, BODYGUARD) as a wealthy couple…
- DVD $34.95
- Painter and the Thief, The (2020)
- A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings.
What…
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- Penance (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- 3–part TV miniseries which replaces the male gaze with that of a mother who, grieving for her son's death, struggles with maelstrom of emotions…
- DVD $29.95
- Savage (2020)
- Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Shirley (2020)
- Elisabeth Moss gives another inspired performance in this literary themed thriller, playing a renowned horror writer who is interrupted on the brink…
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- Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
- A tense British period thriller loosely based on the true story of the disappearance of a school teacher at an elite girls' boarding school shortly…
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- This Town (2020)
- Goofy small–town NZ rom–com about a socially awkward man (played by writer–director David White) who finds unlikely romance despite…
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- Translators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020)
- A multi–lingual literary thriller centering around nine international translators, one of whom may be leaking pages of a highly anticipated…
- DVD $29.95
- Wildland (2020)
- Powerful coming–of–age Scandi–noir about a Danish teenager who becomes embroiled in the ruthless criminal life of her aunt and…
- DVD $29.95
- A White, White Day (2019)
- Aesthetically striking Icelandic drama which plunges the viewer deep into the psyche of a tortured former police officer who suspects a neighbour…
- DVD $29.95
- Above Suspicion (2019)
- True crime movie starring Emilia Clarke (GAME OF THRONES) as the murder victim of an FBI agent.
Offers a chilling exposé of corruption and…
- DVD $29.95
- All the Sins (TV Series) (2019)
- Compulsive Nordic noir miniseries following a detective who returns to his home town in Northern Finland to investigate two murders, while…
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- Calm With Horses (The Shadow of Violence) (2019)
- Bleak and unflinching Irish crime drama following the fate of a troubled former boxer descending into a complex ecosystem of crime.
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- Cheat (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- Another female–centric psychological thriller from Britain premised on a dangerous relationship between university professor and her student.…
- DVD $29.95
- Chimerica (TV Series) (2019)
- A Trump–era political thriller starring Alessandro Nivola as a discredited photojournalist whose reputation hinges on a return to Beijing to…
- DVD $29.95
- Corpus Christi (2019)
- A devastating, gripping drama based on the true story of a charismatic ex–convict who is mistaken to be a priest in a devout Polish village, a…
- DVD $29.95
- Dark Money (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- A struggling working–class father decides to accept hush money rather than drag his family through publicity hell by pressing charges against a…
- DVD $29.95
- Day Shall Come, The (2019)
- Brilliantly absurd comedy from boundary–pushing British director Chris Morris (FOUR LIONS) following an impoverished and somewhat unhinged…
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- Enemy Within, The (TV Series) (2019)
- Gripping counter–intelligence drama series following an ex–CIA–spy–turned–traitor (Jennifer Carpenter, DEXTER) who is…
- DVD $39.95
- Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)
- British period thriller set in 1657 on a Shropshire farm, where Fanny Lye (the magnificent Maxine Peake) is living a quiet, puritan life until the…
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- Good Liar, The (2019)
- Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren are brilliantly matched in this juicy cat–and–mouse thriller where a career con–man attempts to take…
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- Heroic Losers (2019)
- Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…
- DVD $29.95
- Incitement (2019)
- Tense, slow–building thriller depicting Israeli right–wing extremist Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of the…
- DVD $29.95
- Inheritance (2019)
- Juicy gothic thriller from the director of TERMINAL, following the daughter of a wealthy patriarch whose secret inheritance threatens to tear the…
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- Joker (2019)
- Brilliantly dark psychological thriller introducing Batman's arch nemesis as a traumatised loner who finds his voice in acts of violence. An achingly…
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- Monos (2019)
- A dark contemporary fable inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, set in a remote and mountainous region of Columbia, where a group of teenage…
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- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) (2019)
- Sprawling love–letter to the final years of Hollywood's golden age, following a faded television actor and his stunt double as they face the…
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- Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes) (2019)
- A superb psychological thriller set in rural France that uncovers a twisted web of deceit concerning five people who are all linked to the…
- DVD $29.95
- Parasite (2019)
- An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Serenity (2019)
- Matthew McConaughey plays a fishing boat captain whose peaceful life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex–wife (Anne Hathaway), who begs him…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019)
- Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle–aged…
- DVD $29.95
- A Private War (2018)
- Rosamund Pike is a stand out in this powerful thriller based on the true story of the fearless and celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin. Having…
- DVD $29.95
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- A smart and creative horror movie made by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside his real–life spouse Emily Blunt as parents fighting for…
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- American Animals (2018)
- A crime movie following the true story of a group of ordinary friends who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious heists in American history…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Bad Seed, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Four–part New Zealand crime series based on the books by Charlotte Grimshaw telling the story of two brothers from a dysfunctional family with…
- DVD $34.95
- Birds of Passage (2018)
- Intelligent and engrossing narco–thriller set in Columbia in the 1960's, following an indigenous Wayuu man and his family as they turn to drug…
- DVD $29.95
- Bletchley Circle, The: San Francisco (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Set during the thrilling social change of the mid–1950s, these new episodes see two characters from the original British series travel to…
- DVD $34.95
- Blood (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Brooding Irish psychological thriller following an isolated woman whose estrangement from her family is interrupted by the sudden death of her…
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- Brothers' Nest (2018)
- The directing and acting brothers behind beloved Australian hit KENNY reunite for this black comedy about two siblings who team up to murder their…
- DVD $29.95
- Destroyer (2018)
- Nicole Kidman goes all in with this gutsy portrayal of an LAPD detective who goes after members of a criminal gang that she infiltrated in a former…
- DVD $29.95
- Dogman (2018)
- The director of GOMORRAH and TALE OF TALES expertly helms this gripping urban Italian crime noir about a mild mannered and diminutive dog groomer who…
- DVD $29.95
- Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
- A simmering, witty and entirely unpredictable heist epic from the writer/director of BONE TOMAHAWK that stars an ageing Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughan…
- DVD $24.95
- Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) (2018)
- Iranian maestro Asghar Farhadi assembles a powerhouse cast for this Spanish–language about a mother–of–two who returns from Buenos…
- DVD $24.95
- Homecoming (TV Series) (2018)
- Haunting psychological thriller with Julia Roberts playing a woman who discovers she has been working for a mysterious government facility. Season…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95
- Judy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018)
- A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
- DVD $29.95
- Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018)
- English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
- DVD $29.95
- Little Woods (2018)
- Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
- DVD $29.95
- Mother is Wrong (TV Mini-series) (Maman a tort) (2018)
- French thriller following a detective who, despite being already consumed by a major robbery, takes on the chilling case of a child who tells her his…
- DVD $34.95
- Purity of Vengeance, The (Journal 64) (2018)
- The fourth and final installment in the Danish 'Department Q' detective series initiated by The KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is a conspiracy thriller…
- DVD $29.95
- Red Joan (2018)
- The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest–serving British spy. Arrested in retirement by the MI5, the extraordinary…
- DVD $19.95
- Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Searing psychological thriller with Amy Adams playing a reporter who returns to her small home town to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.…
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- Transit (2018)
- Distinguished wartime melodrama from Christian Petzold (BARBARA, PHOENIX) following the plight of a holocaust survivor who assumes the identity of a…
- DVD $29.95
- Upgrade (2018)
- Futuristic body horror about a man who "upgrades" his body using an AI implant called STEM after his wife is murdered – the kicker of the…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- White Dragon (TV Series) (Strangers) (2018)
- A cross–cultural, conspiracy thriller series set on the hyper–modern island of Hong Kong, where a university lecturer (John Simm) must…
- DVD $34.95
- Bridge, The - Series 4 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2017)
- Fourth series of the enormously popular Danish–Swedish murder mystery is set two years after the conclusion of Series 3 with the central…
- DVD $39.95
- Double Lover (L'amant double) (2017)
- Sexually–charged, stylized thriller from director Francois Ozon about a fragile young model who moves in with her psychoanalyst, only to…
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- Good Time (2017)
- Robert Pattinson is riveting as a small–time hustler who embarks on a frantic nocturnal mission to break his brother out of custody after a…
- DVD $29.95
- Guerrilla (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- 6–part Miniseries set in 1970's London, where a politically active couple have their relationship and values tested after forming a radical…
- DVD $34.95
- In the Fade (2017)
- Diane Kruger's momentous performance is central to this drama about a woman called Katja from Hamburg, whose husband and son are killed in a…
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- Keeping Faith (TV Series) (2017)
- An ordinary woman fights to protect her family and her sanity when her husband unexpectedly disappears on his way to work. She discovers he is part…
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- Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)
- Colin Farrell returns for the singular director of THE LOBSTER for another round of macabre absurdism, this time cast as a cardiovascular surgeon and…
- DVD $29.95
- Rellik (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- The title is "Killer" backwards, as so is the structural conceit of this innovative BBC crime thriller that starts at the end, with a prime suspect…
- DVD $34.95
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
- A superbly written dramatic thriller from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER set within the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel…
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- Salvation (TV Series) (2017)
- Sci–fi suspense series about a grad student whose self–designed app discovers a giant asteroid is hurtling toward the planet and the…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
- StartUp (TV Series) (2017)
- A unique cyber thriller in which the entrepreneurs behind a revolutionary unregulated digital currency are three strangers from the wrong side of the…
- DVD $44.95
- Taken (TV Series) (2017)
- An action–packed prequel spin–off to the blockbuster TAKEN movies, with Liam Neeson replaced by VIKINGS star Clive Standen, who plays a…
- DVD $29.95, $44.95, $59.95 | Blu-Ray $69.95
- Tin Star (TV Series) (2017)
- TV show by writer–director of BRIGHTON ROCK, set in the majestic Canadian Rockies and following a former British detective who moves with his…
- DVD $34.95, $39.95
- What Happened To Monday (Seven Sisters) (2017)
- By the director of DEAD SNOW and featuring a dynamic performance from Noomi Rapace as seven different characters.
A dystopian future government is…
- DVD $29.95
- Woodshock (2017)
- A stylistically unique psychological thriller with all the elegance you'd expect from fashion designer siblings Kate and Laura Mulleavy in their…
- DVD $29.95
- Beast (2016)
- Gutsy account of a young Filipino boxer coming to terms with a tragic incident during a match in the slums of Manila.
- DVD $29.95
- Dark Crimes (2016)
- Grim Polish–set thriller starring a humourless Jim Carrey as a police investigator who descends into a deadly underworld of sex, lies, and…
- DVD $29.95
- Fall, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (2016)
- Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan reprise their roles, and continue their gripping game of cat and mouse through the streets of Belfast.
- DVD $29.95
- Frozen Dead, The (TV Series) (Glacé) (2016)
- Chilly crime thriller set in the French Pyrenees that unravels after the discovery of a headless body of a horse hanging suspended from the edge of a…
- DVD $34.95
- Handmaiden, The (2016)
- Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- An exceptional ten–gallon thriller in which a divorced father and his ex–con older brother resort to a desperate but righteous scheme in…
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- Kettering Incident, The (TV Mini-series) (2016)
- Tasmanian mystery drama centred around a doctor (Elizabeth Debicki) who returns to the logging town of Kettering, where tensions between…
- DVD $39.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
- Salt and Fire (2016)
- Two ecologists posted in the remote Bolivian wilderness are kidnapped by a local businessman with mysterious intentions, but find they must unite…
- DVD $29.95
- Witness for the Prosecution, The (2016)
- 2–part miniseries based on Agatha Christie's popular story. A wealthy heiress is found murdered and her principle heir is naturally the major…
- DVD $29.95
- Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (2015)
- Cheery update of Agatha Christie's crime–fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s…
- DVD $34.95
- And Then There Were None (Mini-series) (2015)
- A three–part miniseries based on the popular Agatha Christie novel, perhaps her darkest and most sinister work. Ten strangers are invited to an…
- DVD $19.95
- Modus (TV Series) (2015-2017)
- Swedish psychological thriller series following the work of a criminal psychologist and profiler who has previously assisted both the Swedish police…
- DVD $34.95
- Mr. Holmes (2015)
- An intriguing take on the great detective's final years with Ian McKellen in his element as the retired Sherlock Holmes who, dealing with early…
- DVD $19.95
- Narcos (TV Series) (2015)
- Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
- DVD
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- Norskov (TV Series) (2015)
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Season 1 is not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film &…
- DVD $39.95
- Occupied (TV Series) (2015)
- Exciting Norwegian political thriller from the pen of Jo Nesbo that posits a future Norway taken over by Russia in a bid to increase oil production.
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $39.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
- Partisan (2015)
- A bracing Australian thriller about a young boy raised to be an assassin in a small cult–like community who begins to question his father's…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
- Spooks: The Greater Good (MI-5) (2015)
- Serviceable follow–up to the hit TV series has Kit Karington as a former MI5 agent investigating the disappearance of Harry Pearce when the…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Suburra (2015)
- Enthralling crime saga follows a gangster named Samurai as he attempts to turn the waterfront of Rome into an Italian Las Vegas.
- DVD $29.95
- Unforgotten (TV Series) (2015)
- Haunting crime drama about a delicate investigation that begins when the bones of a young man are found under the footings of a demolished house 39…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95
- Absent One, The (2014)
- Diverting second entry in the Department Q series, following on from THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES. This time Mørck and Assad are investigating the…
- DVD $19.95
- Agatha Raisin (TV Series) (2014)
- The Cotswolds–based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder–mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.…
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- Big Game (2014)
- Bonkers actioner with Sam Jackson as the U.S. President relying on a teenager for aid after Air Force One crash lands in Finnish forest.
- DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
- Brokenwood Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2014-2024)
- A local stab at the ever popular murder mystery genre with this Kiwiana policier featuring two mismatched detectives investigating a series of…
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- Happy Valley (TV Series) (2014-2023)
- Another riveting top–shelf British police drama hot on the heels of BROADCHURCH. Sarah Lancashire stars as a Yorkshire sergeant who suspects a…
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- House of Cards - Season 2 (TV Series, US) (2014)
- Further episodes in the shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman…
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- How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (2014)
- Legal drama centred around a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor who become involved in a twisted murder…
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- Second Chance, A (2014)
- Susanne Bier directs a haunting melodrama about the contrasting lives of two police officers, whose lives take a dark turn after finding a neglected…
- DVD $29.95
- True Detective - Season 1 (TV Series) (2014)
- This superlative HBO policier – a marquee television event in 2014, and the first in an anthology of bespoke detective stories – pairs…
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- Two Faces of January, The (2014)
- The latest Patricia Highsmith adaptation centers on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the…
- Blu-Ray $44.95
- Blood Ties (2013)
- French dir. Guillaume Canet helms this cagey thriller about a convicted killer (Clive Owen) who returns from prison to live with his younger brother…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Child Of God (2013)
- James Franco continues to bite off more than he can chew with this ambitious, if flawed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's dark novel about a…
- DVD $24.95
- Crimes of Passion (TV Series) (2013)
- Scandi–crime goes period! Post–war Sweden is the backdrop for this immaculately dressed series of mysteries and whodunnits, based on the…
- DVD $29.95
- Double, The (2013)
- Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) directs this stylish Kafka–esque thriller about a government worker who is joined by his doppelganger.
- Blu-Ray $24.95
- Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013)
- A dark exemplar of the current wave of female–driven crime dramas, with former X–FILES stalwart Gillian Anderson bringing a steely edge…
- DVD $29.95
- German Doctor, The (2013)
- Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…
- DVD $24.95
- House of Cards - Season 1 (TV Series, US) (2013)
- A deep, shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman manipulating his way…
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- Keeper of Lost Causes, The (Kvinden i buret) (2013)
- Danish thriller that finds a cynical detective, put in charge of the "Department Q"– devoted to "filing" cold cases, investigating the…
- DVD $19.95
- New World (2013)
- Essentially INFERNAL AFFAIRS transposed to the Korean underworld, this brutal gangster flick revolves around an undercover cop whose loyalty to the…
- DVD $19.95
- Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2013)
- Echoing THE LONG GOODBYE and Chander's Philip Marlowe, this Californian noir stars Liev Schreiber as corporate 'fixer' whose work involves cleaning…
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- Starred Up (2013)
- A troubled teenager is transferred to the same prison as his violent father in this explosive British prison drama.
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Stranger by the Lake (2013)
- An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…
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- Top of the Lake (TV Series) (2013)
- An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…
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- A Hijacking (2012)
- A Danish cargo ship is hijacked off the coast of Somalia in this gripping, intense maritime adventure that cuts out all the action heroics usually…
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- Ace Attorney (2012)
- Takashi Miike churns out this preposterous video game adaptation, about a cocksure lawyer who agrees to defend his courtroom rival in a murder trial,…
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- Company You Keep, The (2012)
- Robert Redford directs and stars in this bristling thriller, about a former Weather Underground member, now in hiding, whose violent past comes back…
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- Disconnect (2012)
- A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
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- Hotel Noir (2012)
- Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
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- Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012)
- Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
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- Line of Duty (TV Series) (2012)
- Outstanding new British policier deals with corruption and department politics within a special unit whose record crime figures don't quite add up.…
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- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV Series) (2012)
- An elegant Melbourne socialite sleuths murder mysteries in between sipping martinis and bedding lovers in this spiffy crime series set during the…
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- Motel Life, The (2012)
- Two brothers hit the road after becoming involved in a fatal hit–and–run accident. Evocatively set between Reno and the Sierra Nevadas,…
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- Mud (2012)
- Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER) directs this thrilling backwoods adventure, about two boys who befriend a charismatic criminal in hiding on the…
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- Safe House (2012)
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- Secret State (TV Mini-series) (2012)
- Gabriel Byrne stars in this political thriller that explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
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- Shadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012)
- Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…
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- Taste of Money, The (2012)
- The dir. of THE HOUSEMAID buffs this heady class critique of Korea's impudent elite to a high sheen, with the lust and corruption of a wealthy family…
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- Young Montalbano (TV Series) (Il giovane Montalbano) (2012)
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- Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011)
- The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…
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- Devil's Double, The (2011)
- An Iraqi foot solider is selected as the body double for Saddam Hussein's ruthless son Uday in this violent docu–drama from Kiwi dir. Lee…
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- Drive (2011)
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- Headshot (2011)
- Thai new waver Pen–ek Ratanaruang directs this zen–like "Buddist noir" about a hitman who seeks enlightenment after a bullet to the head…
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- Homeland - Season 1 (TV Series) (2011)
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- Kill the Irishman (2011)
- Based on the violent exploits of Shamrock career criminal Danny Greene – a union crook, loan shark heavy, and finally, organised crime boss in…
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- Life Without Principle (2011)
- Hong Kong's master of suspense crafts this swirling triumvirate of stories centred on unraveling lives amidst the global financial crisis.
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- Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
- A damaged young woman struggles to re–assimilate with her sister after fleeing an abusive cult in this unnerving, suggestive psycho–drama…
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- Snowtown (2011)
- Australian serial killer John Bunting is the controversial subject of this disturbing yet persuasively told recreation of the 'scum' murders that…
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- Unforgettable (TV Series) (2011-2016)
- A police detective with hyperthymesia (the ability to remember everything she's ever experienced) uses her rare condition to solve crime on the…
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- Vera (TV Series) (2011-2022)
- A combative female detective sleuthes murder cases through a blend of unconventional investigative methods and an obsession with detail. Formulaic…
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- X (Night of Vengeance) (2011)
- A lurid, superficially–surfaced expose of tough–minded prostitutes working Sydney's King's Cross sex trade. Strictly style over…
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- Angels of Evil (2010)
- Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…
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- Brighton Rock (2010)
- Graham Greene's 1939 novel is the source material for this prickly British underworld drama about a gangster (Riley) whose rise through the ranks is…
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- Carlos (Carlos the Jackal) (2010)
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- Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)
- Haunting cautionary tale – based on a true story – chronicles the interactions between an ambitious college student and the notorious…
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- Easy Money (Snabba Cash) (2010)
- High–flying Swedish thriller centres on a Stockholm business student who moonlights as a drug runner in order to maintain the illusion of…
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- Edge Of Darkness (2010)
- Kiwi Martin Campbell helms this compact Hollywood remake of the 1986 BBC mini–series he also directed.
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- Holy Rollers (2010)
- The true story of a disillusioned Orthodox Jew who turns to Ecstasy dealing is given an underwhelming treatment in this otherwise fascinating glimpse…
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- How I Ended This Summer (2010)
- Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure.
An…
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- Outside the Law (2010)
- Dir. Bouchareb (DAYS OF GLORY) re–frames the revolutionary tactics of Algerian nationalists against the French post–WWII as a…
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- Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
- 'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…
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- Sherlock - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010)
- Ingenious updating of the master detective finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Benedict…
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- Stolen (2010)
- TV thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie, which saturated NZ media at the time. Held for $3 million ransom, the child…
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- A Million (2009)
- Slavishly entertaining Reality TV spin–off pits eight Korean contestants against each other and the Australian Outback in a race for the…
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- About Elly (2009)
- Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
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- Balibo (2009)
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
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- Glorious 39 (2009)
- Trademark Stephen Poliakoff visuals and upper crust intrigue characterise this pre–WWII mystery, starring Romola Garai as the adoptive daughter…
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- Harry Brown (2009)
- Michael Caine plays a disgruntled ex–serviceman who takes the law into his own hands when the drug and gang problem within his neighborhood…
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- In the Electric Mist (2009)
- Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
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- Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009)
- Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
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- Lucky Country (2009)
- Terrific outback chamber piece is a turn–of–the–century powerplay between a poverty–stricken family, and three…
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- Lulu and the Bank Robber (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- An independent mother and small business owner is drawn into the dodging dealings of her habitual criminal husband in this pulpy Danish crime…
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- Mother (2009)
- Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…
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- Push (2009)
- Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller.
Derives…
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- Detective De Luca (TV Series) (2008)
- Another good looking entry into the Italian crime fiction genre, only this time set during the country's fascist era and along the war torn Bologna…
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- Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
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- Jerusalema (2008)
- A punchy, gun–toting gangland epic following the rise to two Soweto teenagers seduced by crime and violence in South Africa.
Although…
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- Mesrine (Killer Instinct, Public Enemy Number 1) (2008)
- Effective, if at times highly sensationalised biopic of career criminal Jacques Mesrine – France’s ‘Public Enemy #1’ throughout the 1960s and…
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- Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) (2008)
- An under–appreciated, unique historical crime series set in Victorian Toronto in which an unorthodox young detective, William Murdoch, uses…
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- Restraint (2008)
- Gripping, stripped–back thriller from across the ditch, in which an agoraphobic toff is taken hostage by a young couple on the run from the…
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- Wallace and Gromit - A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
- BAFTA–winning animation from the unstoppable clay characters of cheese–loving Wallace and his trusty dog Gromit.
This time round the…
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- George Gently (TV Series) (Inspector George Gently) (2007)
- Retro policier with a superb attention to detail, starring Martin Shaw as the eponymous inspector whose old–school detective methods are caught…
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- Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012)
- The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…
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- Killing, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007)
- A ripping Danish homicide serial in the long–form tradition of THE WIRE, which weaves a plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy around a…
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- Monkey Puzzle (2007)
- A camping trip in search of a rare tree goes pear–shaped for a group of Aussie twenty–somethings as they lose their bearings and their…
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- Nines, The (2007)
- Exigent thriller commenting on the realities of Hollywood, told by way of three connected stories inside the minds of an actor, a screenwriter and a…
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- Noise (2007)
- An impressive Australian modern 'noir', refreshingly off–centred around a hearing–afflicted cop who is assigned the night shift at a…
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- When Night Falls (2007)
- Creeping Wairarapa–set thriller fixed on two nurses holed up in a remote country house caring for a patient while trying to steer clear of a…
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- Hollywoodland (2006)
- The intriguing, mysterious circumstances surrounding George ‘Superman’ Reeves’ suicide are exhumed by a private eye (Adrien Brody) in this…
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- Irresistible (2006)
- Susan Sarandon feels the wrath of Emily Blunt in this Hitchcockian fable of one woman's struggle to prevent her life from being overtaken by another.…
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- Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006)
- A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
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- Sentinel, The (2006)
- A political conspiracy thriller with plenty of gun–cocked posturing involves veteran secret service agent Michael Douglas, implicated in a…
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- Southland Tales (2006)
- A chaotically comedic, pre–apocalyptic sci–fi ensemble piece, helmed with self–importance and unrestraint by the…
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- Aura, The (2005)
- A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS.
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- Bones (TV Series) (2005-2014)
- A curious forensic policier positing a new angle on the genre, this partners a brilliant anthropologist (Deschanel) and a cocky FBI agent (Boreanaz)…
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- Edmond (2005)
- Raw, unapologetic adaptation of David Mamet's 1982 stageplay stars William H. Macy as a downtrodden everyman who embarks on a volatile…
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- King, The (2005)
- A brooding, accomplished slice of southern discomfort with Gael Garcia Bernal (in his first US film) playing recently dischargee from the Navy named…
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- Proposition, The (2005)
- Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
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- Supernatural (TV Series) (2005)
- Two brothers scour the countryside for urban myths and legends, stumbling upon various paranorma, horror movie moments and other unexplained events…
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- Wallander (TV Series) (2005)
- Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
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- Brush Off, The (2004)
- David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
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- Clearing, The (2004)
- An unusually flavoured and structured kidnapping thriller, in which wealthy entrepeneur Redford is abducted by a polite, former–employee…
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- In My Father's Den (2004)
- Achieving a new high watermark in production terms at least, this vivid New Zealand melodrama harnesses the complexities of Maurice Gee's…
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- Khakee (2004)
- A Bollywood offering in which the song count is low but the body count is high, this twist–filled, often violent drama centres on the police…
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- Matando Cabos (2004)
- Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…
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- Memories of Tomorrow (2004)
- An artful psychological thriller set around a man's (Thompson) frustrating amnesia of a past which seemingly involves commando training and…
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- Offensive Behaviour (2004)
- Amiable though underwritten exercise in Kiwi bad taste, revolving around one afternoon’s goings on in a block of flats.
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- Stiff (2004)
- Superior telemovie adaptation from the popular crime novel series by Shane Maloney, based around a shambling but effective government advisor…
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- Wire, The - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)
- Third season of this cracking HBO crime drama set in the seedy underbelly of the Baltimore crime scene.
This season the Baltimore mayor is…
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- I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003)
- Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…
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- Rosemary & Thyme (TV Series) (2003)
- Utterly peculiar crime series follows two disenchanted botanists – Rosemary, a sacked horticulture lecturer, and Laura, a police officer separated…
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- Wire, The - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)
- Much of the cast of the first season of this phenomenal HBO crime drama return for another complex delve into the Baltimore crime scene.
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- Young Adam (2003)
- Evocatively set amid the grimy canal barges of post–WW2 Scotland, this follows the shady fortunes of a failed writer (McGregor), whose…
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- City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
- An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…
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- CSI Miami (TV Series) (2002)
- Episodes from the first series of the Florida–based spinoff from the successful forensic procedural series. David Caruso follows William…
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- Dancer Upstairs, The (2002)
- John Malkovich debuts as a director with this slow–burn police thriller played out in the humid atmosphere of an unamed South American…
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- Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
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- Kaante (Thorns) (2002)
- From a new generation of Bollywood film–making comes a kinetic heist picture, shot and located in LA in which six Indian suspects plot a…
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- Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
- The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
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- Wire in the Blood (TV Series) (2002)
- Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…
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- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Chiefly tracks…
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- Gosford Park (2001)
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
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- Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)
- Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
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- When Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001)
- A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN, THE…
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- CSI (TV Series) (Crime Scene Investigation) (2000-2001)
- Highly watchable forensic TV drama that follows the fortunes of a police unit in Las Vegas who use tiny clues and the latest scientific methods to…
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- Traffic (2000)
- A masterful, suitably complex address of the ‘drug problem’ and how it enslaves consumers, dealers, policy–makers and law–enforcers…
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- Essex Boys (1999)
- One of the present wave of British crime–films, this tale of trainee cabbie Charlie Creed–Miles going to work for volatile hard–man…
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- Inspector Montalbano (TV Series) (Commissario Montalbano) (1999-2018)
- Based on the global bestsellers by Andrea Camilleri, this series of telemovies is set around a world–weary, though not cynical, Sicilian…
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- Cube (1998)
- More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada.
Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
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- Heat of the Sun (TV Mini-Series) (1998)
- The seedier side of Kenya's expatriate community is laid bare in this classic British police procedural set in 1930s Nairobi.
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- Psycho (1998)
- Colour remake of Hitchcock's most famous film closely follows the original but never comes close to being anything other than a cheap gimmick.
The…
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- Stalker's Apprentice, The (1998)
- A book editor uses a writer's manuscript about a serial killer as a template for his own homicidal fantasies in this punchy, at times lurid British…
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- Breakdown (1997)
- With Kurt Russell driving and Kathleen Quinlan in the passenger seat, buckle up for a tight, lean car–trip thriller that heads out across…
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- Character (1997)
- A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…
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- Jonathan Creek (TV Series) (1997)
- Odd coupling Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin play nerdy magician and blunt–edged journalist respectively in this British series of…
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- Melissa (TV Mini-series) (1997)
- Alan Bleasdale cleverly reworks Francis Durbridge's famous novel, relocating its thriller premise of a man who falls in love with a mysterious,…
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- Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997)
- A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
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- Touching Evil (TV Series) (1997-1999)
- Crime TV drama following an Organised & Serial Crime Unit, created by Paul Abbott (CRACKER) and Russell T. Davies (QUEER AS FOLK).
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- Fargo (1996)
- The gifted Coen Brothers cross two of their previous treasures – RAISING ARIZONA and BLOOD SIMPLE for this lovingly mocking tale of insurance…
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- Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996)
- Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
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- Kavanagh QC (TV Series) (1995-2001)
- Clever Brit crime series, with INSPECTOR MORSE's John Thaw stepping easily back into the role of criminal investigator, this time as a London law…
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- Dandelion Dead (TV Mini-Series) (1994)
- A respected solicitor in a small country town poisons his wife – and expects to get away with it – in this riveting murder–mystery,…
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- Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) (1993)
- Dick Van Dyke is on duty as Dr. Mark Sloan, a good–natured, unconventional and sometimes zany physician with a nose for murder. A…
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- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
- Woody Allen reunites with Diane Keaton as insecure marrieds who get involved in solving what could be a neighbourhood murder. Alan Alda and Anjelica…
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- Body Parts (1992)
- Criminal psychologist Jeff Fahey loses his arm in a car accident and becomes the recipient of an homicidal donor arm! Unsettling thriller soon takes…
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- Maigret (TV Series) (1992-1993)
- Michael Gambon plays Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris Surete in this realistic crime series centred on Maigret's investigations into…
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- Cape Fear (1991)
- Excruciating but masterful telling of a convicted rapist (Robert De Niro) who calculates revenge on his former attorney by way of his family. Scores…
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- Dead Again (1991)
- Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson go Stateside for this askewed whodunnit about a P.I. who is hired to help an amnesia victim, seemingly haunted by…
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- Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
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- Godfather Part 3, The (1990)
- The conclusion of the epic Corleone trilogy, with an aging Al Pacino looking to legitimise his business activities, and find a suitable successor.…
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- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The (TV Series) (1990)
- Detective series plucked from the novels of famed crime writer Ngaio Marsh follows Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn as he suavely solves crime in…
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- Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
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- Misery (1990)
- You'll have a far from miserable experience watching novelist James Caan nursed back to health by his psychotic number one fan (Kathy Bates in an…
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- Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990)
- A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
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- Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002)
- Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
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- Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)
- This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…
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- Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) (1987)
- Eighties primetime crime show starring William Conrad (CANNON) as a generously plump former cop turned maverick district attorney who teams with a…
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- Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Mini-series) (1987-2000)
- Well–loved British mystery series consisting of adapted stories from celebrated crime writer Ruth Rendell, brought to life by an impressive…
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- Matlock (TV Series) (1986)
- Updating the "Perry Mason" blueprint with rumpled Southern charm, the ultra laid–back Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, an Atlanta defense…
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- Name of the Rose, The (1986)
- A haunting medieval chiller with Sean Connery as a monk who discovers a series of bizarre deaths are not the work of evil spirits, as commonly…
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- At Close Range (1985)
- Sean Penn plays a wayward youth who reunites with his gangland father (Christopher Walken) with violent consequences. Sordid yet solid drama.
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- Mr. Wrong (1985)
- A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
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- Year of the Dragon (1985)
- Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002)
- Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
- DVD $29.95
- Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
- DVD $24.95, $249.95
- Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
- DVD $64.95
- Road Games (1981)
- Inventive and at times intense, this road thriller has truckdriver Keach traversing the outback, while a serial killer is on the loose. Effectively…
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- Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
- Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
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- Juliet Bravo (TV Series) (1980)
- Massively popular – although rather dated – UK police series focused on a female police officer who takes charge of a fictional…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
- Magnum P.I. (TV Series) (1980)
- After a tour of duty in Vietnam, the ever–affable Tom Selleck cruises Hawaii in his Porsche as a private investigator. Classic,…
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- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
- A classic Agatha Christie TV adaptation in which a vicar sets out to discover the meaning behind "Why didn't they ask Evans?", the last words spoken…
- DVD $24.95
- Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
- DVD $19.95
- Capricorn One (1978)
- Intriguing, thought–provoking thriller, with astronauts Sam Waterston and OJ Simpson helping NASA to fake a manned landing on Mars, unknowing…
- DVD
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- Medusa Touch, The (1978)
- Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
- Black Sunday (1977)
- A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Rhinemann Exchange, The (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Vintage spy thriller follows a US intelligence agent (Collins) on a mission to oversee the exchange of high–altitude gyroscope plans. A little…
- DVD $29.95
- American Friend, The (1976)
- Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…
- DVD
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- Murder by Death (1976)
- A classic whodunnit premise is taken within an inch of its life by a knockout cast, here playing a gaggle of famous sleuths and sidekicks who convene…
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- 3 Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor) (1975)
- A polished thriller from the heyday of the 70s conspiracy genre, with Robert Redford as the hunted CIA operative who knows 'too much'.
Going on…
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- Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975)
- Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
- DVD $29.95
- Gambler, The (1974)
- A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Godfather Part 2, The (1974)
- The Corleone saga continues with the same passion and exacting standards, it both broadens the scope and bolsters the stature of the original. Hailed…
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- Parallax View, The (1974)
- Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
- Thriller (TV Series) (1973-1976)
- Producer of THE AVENGERS, Brian Clemens, lent his midas touch to this mildly gothic anthology of horror and suspense stories, fronted by such British…
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- Baffled (1972)
- Following a disturbing 'vision', racing–car driver Leonard Nimoy becomes engulfed in a supernatural vortex of baffling incidents, haunted…
- DVD $14.95
- Emergency! (TV Series) (1972)
- Thrilling medical drama concerning firefighting paramedics weaves nonsensical medical jargon and elaborate novelty accidents with the one–two…
- DVD $49.95
- Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
- DVD $39.95
- Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
- DVD $109.95
- A Reflection of Fear (1971)
- A giallo inspired psychological thriller set in a seaside mansion in Eastern Canada.
A young girl's mental health declines rapidly when her…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975)
- Whodunnit series stars Jim Hutton as a mystery writer whose sleuthing know–how is regularly called upon by his Police Inspector…
- DVD $49.95
- Firechasers, The (1971)
- Brit–crime flick has an insurance investigator chasing down an arsonist, along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter…
- DVD $14.95
- Get Carter (1971)
- A small–time London hood takes on tough Northerners while investigating his brother's death. Exciting, violent thriller shows off the once…
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- Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
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- Wake In Fright (Outback) (1971)
- After many years in obscurity, this drama has been dusted off and deservingly reappraised as an Australian classic – a waking nightmare of…
- DVD $19.95 | Blu-Ray $19.95
- Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
- DVD $129.95
- Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
- Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $39.95, $79.95
- Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Some Girls Do (1969)
- Return outing for Richard Johnson's 'Bulldog Drummond' pits the Bond–wannabe against a cabal of mini–skirted fembots and his…
- DVD $19.95
- Danger Diabolik (1968)
- Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
- Dragnet (TV Series) (1967)
- The classic hard–case, ultra–realistic sixties police procedural, with officers Friday and Gannon cleaning up the mean streets of…
- DVD $49.95
- President's Analyst, The (1967)
- Madcap comedy suspense tracking a hapless guy awarded the task of being the president's assistant, who then must deal with bribes and death threats…
- DVD
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- Blow Up (Blow-Up) (1966)
- Nothing–is–what–it–seems in this slow yet absorbing account of a fashion photographer's suspicion that he may have witnessed…
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- Rage (1966)
- Sweaty Mexican American thriller with Glenn Ford playing a self–pitying alcoholic doctor who lives alone in a border town, and finds himself…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Blindfold (1965)
- Rock Hudson stars in this wry thriller as a psycho–analyst caught up in an international spy plot after one of his patients knows more than…
- DVD $14.95
- Kitten with a Whip (1964)
- Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
- DVD
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- Portrait in Black (1960)
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
- DVD $14.95
- Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…
- DVD
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- Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
- DVD
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- Hell Drivers (Hard Drivers) (1957)
- Stanley Baker plays a hard–nosed trucker forced to take on a dangerous long haul, through which a bitter rivalry develops with a fellow driver…
- DVD
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- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
- DVD
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- An Inspector Calls (1954)
- Alastair Sim, superb here as the titular inspector, bears down on a smug upper crust family whose closely–guarded secrets are exposed to…
- DVD
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- When Worlds Collide (1951)
- When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Alfred Hitchcock - The Signature Collection (Dial M for Murder, I Confess, Stage Fright, The Wrong Man.) (1950-1957)
- Box set contains four 50's classics from The Master of Suspense.
- DVD
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- Enforcer, The (1950)
- Gripping, well–characterized crime drama leads D.A. Humphrey Bogart into the seedy underworld to trail the leader of a notorious murder ring.
- Blu-Ray $24.95
- Third Man, The (1949)
- Superb romantic thriller about a writer in post–war Vienna whose old friend fails to meet him – under mysterious circumstances. Justly…
- DVD
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- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
- Stranger, The (1946)
- Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
- DVD $29.95
- Dark Journey (1937)
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
- DVD $34.95