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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…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
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…; DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
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…; DVD $29.95
Maigret (2022): Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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.…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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
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…; DVD $29.95
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
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…; DVD $29.95
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
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
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
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
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
Guilty, The (Den skyldige) (2018): A nail–biting Danish thriller that maximises tension from minimal means in which a desk–bound police officer answers an emergency call…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
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
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
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…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15, $29.95
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…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15, $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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 $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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $19.95
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,…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $39.95
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…; DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
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…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
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…; DVD $99.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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. Combing…; DVD $29.95
Sleepless Night (2011): A stonking, white–knuckle French action picture, smartly and tightly wound around a cop's frantic search for a stolen drug stash in order to…; DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25
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…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $34.95
Outside the Law (2010): Dir. Bouchareb (DAYS OF GLORY) re–frames the revolutionary tactics of Algerian nationalists against the French post–WWII as a…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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…; DVD $39.95
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…; DVD $44.95
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…; DVD $19.95
Jerusalema (2008): A punchy, gun–toting gangland epic following the rise to two Soweto teenagers seduced by crime and violence in South Africa. Although…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $19.95
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…; DVD $19.95
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'…; DVD $79.95
Lives of Others, The (2006): Compelling dramatisation of the political tensions between artists and authorities in 80's East Germany, this widely celebrated arthouse hit won the…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Aura, The (2005): A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS. Unfolding as a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Wallander (TV Series) (2005): Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…; DVD $44.95
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…; Poster (F) $7.95
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…; DVD $29.95
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,…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
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…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
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…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Intacto (2001): A finely devised Spanish thriller, in which particularly obsessed gamblers contest their 'Luck' in various absurd, dangerous and creepy…; DVD $19.95
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…; Poster (VG) $12.95
Character (1997): A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…; Poster (VG) $12.95
Insomnia (1997): An edgy, ingeniously plotted psychological thriller about an amoral Swedish detective whose murder investigation in Northern Norway (where the sun…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
L'Appartement (The Apartment) (1995): Chic Parisian thriller lifts a few motifs from VERTIGO, but adds more than a few original flourishes. Vincent Cassel is about to settle down with…; DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25
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…; DVD $19.95
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 ~~$34.95~~ $19.95

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