Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 245 Films to Rent on VHS
- Thursday (1998)
- Dir. Skip Woods
Feat. Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova…
- Architect Thomas Jane has his suburban life up–ended when his drug–dealing past catches up with him in the form of Aaron Eckhart and his…
- Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, The (1998)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Ed Bishop, Peter Bland
- Game old lady Angela Lansbury fulfils her life ambition to be a CIA–spy when she's accidentally sent on a mission to Morocco. Although this has…
- Versace Murder, The (1998)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Franco Nero, Steven Bauer
- Hackmeister General Golan is at it again with this predictably schlocky treatmenr of the tragic slaying of fashion designer Versace. Franco Nero…
- American Perfekt (1997)
- Dir. Paul Chart
Feat. Robert Forster, Amanda Plummer, David Thewlis
- The most familiar of premises, an American desert road–trip entangling three motorists with a series of mysterious killings is elevated by an…
- Assassin(s) (1997)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz, Michel Serrault
- Disappointing followup to LA HAINE for dir./star Kassovitz, plumping for a story of an apprentice hitman (Kassovitz) to aging pro Michel Serrault,…
- Blood and Wine (1997)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez…
- Jack Nicholson dusts off his cynical, scowling persona of the 70s, as a desperate, philandering Florida wine merchant who enlists Michael Caine for a…
- Blood Oranges, The (1997)
- Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. Charles Dance, Sheryl Lee, Colin Lane…
- An obscure indie–psychodrama from the dir. of MUSIC OF CHANCE and ANGELS AND INSECTS, with Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee as a…
- Deceiver (Liar) (1997)
- Dir. Josh Pate, Jonas Pate
Feat. Michael Rooker, Christopher Penn
- Suspected of a gruesome homicide, troubled rich kid Tim Roth may or may not be running rings around not–so–clever cops Michael Rooker and…
- Eye of God (1997)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook
- A firm patch of Southern Gothic, this cautionary tale examines spousal and religious abuse in sombre and convincing detail, secured by deft multiple…
- Face (1997)
- Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Phillip Davis
- The wily Robert Carlyle plays lead 'face' of an armed–robbery gang, in a tense, grabby thriller that more than holds its own in…