Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Drama: 44 Films to Rent on VHS
- 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…
- She's So Lovely (1997)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta
- As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
- Ulee's Gold (1997)
- Dir. Victor Nunez
Feat. Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel
- Peter Fonda gives good grace as an ageing, emotionally reticent beekeeper who is much less at ease with what's going on in his family's hive, a unit…
- Jaded (1996)
- Dir. Caryn Krooth
Feat. Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald…
- Putting a hefty, controversial twist on the subject of rape, this psychodrama has smalltown loner Carla Gugino sexually abused, not by a man, but by…
- Jason's Lyric (1996)
- Dir. Doug McHenry
Feat. Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Forest Whitaker…
- If you can't get enough boys in the 'hood, there's plenty of bloodshed and moral penance to be found in this tale of doomed lovers struggling to…
- Keeper, The (1996)
- Dir. Joe Brewster
Feat. Giancarlo Esposito, Isaach de Bankole, Regina Taylor…
- An idealistic black corrections officer bails out and offers shelter to a Haitian immigrant unjustly accused of rape, a gesture that will profoundly…
- Killer: a Journal of Murder (1996)
- Dir. Tim Metcalfe
Feat. James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene
- James Woods plays America's first official serial killer, Carl Panzram, but his demonic energies seem wasted on a simplistic film that offers scant…
- Lowball (1996)
- Dir. Demian Lichenstein
Feat. Peter Greene
- Grimy, low–budget drama pursues NY cop Peter Greene through the mire of his deep cover assignment, as the various temptations of the scumbag…
- Silent Fall (1994)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss
- An autistic child is the only witness to a brutal murder. The job of bringing him out of his shell falls to discredited child psychologist Richard…
- Chain of Desire (1993)
- Dir. Temistocles Lopez
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell
- A 'chain' of sexual encounters between numerous partners, brought full circle before the stinging twist in its tale. Linda Fiorentino and Malcolm…