Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Foreign Cinema: 474 Films to Buy & Rent
White Elephant (2012)
- Dir. Pablo Trapero
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Jeremie Renier, Martina Gusman
- Two priests determined to build a hospital in a Buenos Aires shantytown encounter violent resistance from local drug lords in this superb social…
A Gang Story (2011)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Lanvin, Tcheky Karyo, Daniel Duval
- French cop–turned–filmmaker Olivier Marchal (36 QUAI DES ORFEVRES, MR73) steps over to the other side of the law with this…
American Translation (2011)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Barr
Feat. Pierre Perrier, Lizzie Brochere, Jean-Marc Barr
- Drama exploring the dark and violent obsessions of a sexually ambiguous Frenchman. Plenty of casual sex and casual murder, and a truly memorable lap…
Arne Dahl (TV Series) (2011)
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011)
- Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg
- The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…
Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
- Dir. Rohan Sippy
Feat. Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu…
- "Gritty" Bollywood policier with a corrupt cop given permission to clean up drug–infested Goa however he sees fit. Sluggish plot and insipid…
Greetings to the Devil (2011)
- Dir. Juan Felipe Orozco
Feat. Édgar Ramírez, Ricardo Vélez, Carolina Gómez
- Fast and aggressive Colombian thriller stars the charismatic Édgar Ramírez, fresh off CARLOS, as a former guerrilla forced to hunt down and kill…
Headhunters (2011)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau…
- Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
Headshot (2011)
- Dir. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Feat. Nopachai Chaiyanam
- Thai new waver Pen–ek Ratanaruang directs this zen–like "Buddist noir" about a hitman who seeks enlightenment after a bullet to the head…
Jackpot (Jo Nesbo's Jackpot) (2011)
- Dir. Magnus Martens
Feat. Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad…
- This second helping of Jo Nesbo's blackly comic tales has the hapless sole survivor of a strip club massacre taken in for questioning where his…