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Rental > Suspense/Crime > Psycho: 60 Films to Rent on DVD
- Knight Moves (1992)
- Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt…
- Chess champion Christopher Lambert finds his psychological profile and alibi make him a prime murder suspect. A battle of intelligent wits ensues…
- Raising Cain (1992)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer…
- De Palma's tongue–in–cheek return to the psycho–thriller contains many flashy set pieces including an elaborate ten–minute…
- Single White Female (1992)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Bridget Fonda shares her flat with a lonely neurotic who turns out be her psychotic nemesis. Another triumph for Jennifer Jason Leigh, on her way to…
- Cape Fear (1991)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange…
- Excruciating but masterful telling of a convicted rapist (Robert De Niro) who calculates revenge on his former attorney by way of his family. Scores…
- Pacific Heights (1991)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton
- Part of a mini–wave of couple–in–peril thrillers, this better example has what it takes to tie your tum in knots. Melanie Griffith…
- Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson
- Julia Roberts tries to escape her sadistic husband by faking her death and assuming a new identity miles from home.
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
- The ultimate Sci–fi action picture, it shamelessly flaunts its $100 million budget with Big Arnie playing second fiddle to a plethora of…
- Misery (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. James Caan, Kathy Bates
- 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…
- Apartment Zero (1989)
- Dir. Martin Donovan
Feat. Colin Firth, Hart Bochner
- Weird tale in which a loner (Colin Firth) rents half of his apartment to a man of dubious motives and background (Hart Bochner). Pays homage to many…
- Vanishing, The (1988)
- Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Berroets, Johanna Ter Steege
- A genuinely creepy psychological thriller – a woman vanishes while on holiday in France, later her boyfriend is taunted in a battle of wits…