Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense > Gangsters: 120 Films to Rent
Black's Game (2012)
- Dir. Óskar Thór Axelsson
Feat. Thor Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
- A young opportunist is drawn into Reykjavik's underworld of gangsters and drug pushers in this hardcore Scandi–crime, an eye–catching if…
Ill Manors (2012)
- Dir. Ben Drew
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Natalie Press, Ed Skrein…
- English rapper Plan B directs this multistory portrait of life in a London housing estate beset by drugs, gangsters, and sexual crime.
Killing Them Softly (2012)
- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Ex–pat Kiwi Andrew Dominik helms this sullen gangland thriller, about a professional enforcer (Pitt) hired to track down the amateur criminals…
Last Dragon Master, The (The Last Tycoon) (2012)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Samo Hung, Francis Ng
- Chow Yun–Fat lends his charismatic presence to this sumptuous gangster picture detailing the rise of a legendary Shanghai mobster at the turn…
Luck (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Michael Mann, Phillip Noyce, Mimi Leder
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz…
- Heavy–hitting HBO crime drama centred on the deal–makers who frequent a popular Los Angeles racetrack – principally, an aging…
Underbelly - Season 6 (TV Mini-series) (Badness) (2012)
- Feat. Jonathan LaPaglia, Matthew Nable
- More tales from Australia's underworld, this time centred on the decade–long case built against one Anthony "Rooster" Perish, an elusive…
Kill the Irishman (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
Feat. Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer…
- Based on the violent exploits of Shamrock career criminal Danny Greene – a union crook, loan shark heavy, and finally, organised crime boss in…
Killing Time (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Feat. David Wenham, Diana Glenn, Colin Friels
- Another hard–hitting crime story ripped from Australian headlines, starring David Wenham as a favourite defense lawyer of Melbourne's gangland…
Underbelly - Season 5 (TV Mini-series) (Razor) (2011)
- Feat. Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston-Crayford, Felix Williamson
- The latest in the Underbelly franchise again features a strong Kiwi (and female) flavour, with Danielle Cormack and Chelsie Preston–Crayford…
Angels of Evil (2010)
- Dir. Michele Placido
Feat. Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino…
- Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…