Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Hostages & Terrorism: 121 Films to Buy & Rent
Man on Fire (2004)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell…
- A hard–eyed revenge thriller which sees an alcoholic bodyguard (Washington) losing a 11–yr old girl he's assigned to protect in Mexico…
Spartan (2004)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy…
- An expert 'special ops' agent (Kilmer) is sucked headfirst into a wild, yet plausible conspiracy involving the kidnapping of the US president's…
24 - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
- Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Blind Flight (2003)
- Dir. John Furse
Feat. Ian Hart, Linus Roache
- True story of the 4–year kidnapping in 80s Lebanon of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy, given an affecting depth by its…
Good Morning, Night (2003)
- Dir. Marco Bellocchio
- A dramatisation of events surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 by The Red Brigades, as seen through the…
Tears of the Sun (2003)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser…
- Bruce Willis leads the charge in a 'Special Ops' mission in war–ravaged Nigeria.
Assigned to rescue a UN doctor (Belluci!) he and his squad…
24 - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Dennis Haysbert…
- High–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode), with Kiefer Sutherland as lead special agent of a…
Dancer Upstairs, The (2002)
- Dir. John Malkovich
Feat. Javier Bardem
- John Malkovich debuts as a director with this slow–burn police thriller played out in the humid atmosphere of an unamed South American…
John Q (2002)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall…
- Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…
Sum of All Fears, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
- A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…