Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Suspense/Crime &g: 340 films to Buy
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- An extraordinary, multi–layered dramatic thriller from France that deservingly won the Palm D'or at Cannes.
For the past year, Sandra, a…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Decision To Leave (2022)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An exquisite and mysterious melodrama from Korean maestro Park Chan–Wook (Old Boy, Thirst, The Handmaiden), ostensibly about a detective who…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Holy Spider (2022)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- An astonishing new film from Ali Abbasi, who makes good on the promise of his head–turning Danish troll drama “Border” (2018). This one…
- DVD $29.95
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A nail–biter of the first order that vividly depicts the actions of a group of young climate activists who come together for a 'meaningful' act…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Maigret (2022)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…
- DVD $29.95
The Origin of Evil (2022)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
- DVD $29.95
Angela Black (Mini-series) (2021)
- 6–Part TV thriller about a wife and mother of two (Joanne Froggatt, DOWNTON ABBEY) who is approached out of the blue by a private investigator…
- DVD $34.95
Before We Die (TV Series) (2021)
- 6 part Police drama based on the popular Scandi–noir series of the same name, shifting the setting from Stockholm to Bristol.
Follows a…
- DVD $34.95
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
- DVD $29.95
Forgiven, The (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Full Time (A Plien Temps) (2021)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
- DVD $29.95
Gaia (2021)
- Visually striking South African eco–horror about an injured forest ranger on a routine mission who is saved by two off–the–grid…
- DVD $29.95
Hollington Drive (Mini-series) (2021)
- 4–Part drama–thriller created and written by Sophie Petzal (BLOOD), following the lives of two sisters whose suburban comforts are…
- DVD $29.95
Nitram (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An intense yet clear–eyed psychological drama from accomplished director Justin Kurzel (TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG) depicting the events…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
No Man of God (2021)
- Engrossing thriller based on the relationship between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy.
Set in Bundy's final years on death…
- DVD $29.95
Pig (2021)
- A mesmerising drama with Nicolas Cage (somewhat) changing pace to play a bedraggled truffle hunter living in the remote Oregonian wilderness.
When…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Smother (TV Series) (2021)
- Riveting Irish TV thriller set on the wild and rugged coast of County Clare, where a matriarch (Dervla Kirwan) is determined to find out who killed…
- DVD $29.95
Ted K: The Unabomber (2021)
- An ambient, minimalistic approach to portraying the life of notorious U.S. domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, who lives a life of quiet seclusion in…
- DVD $29.95
To Chiara (A Chiara) (2021)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
- DVD $29.95
Whitstable Pearl (TV Mini-series) (2021)
- Cosy crime miniseries based on the novels by Julie Wassmer about a single mum and ex–police officer who pursues her dream to start a detective…
- DVD $34.95
Appearances (Les apparences) (2020)
- French–Belgian psychological thriller about a happily married couple living in Vienna whose lives are disrupted when one suspects the other of…
- DVD $29.95
Ava (2020)
- Jessica Chastain delivers another full force performance in this otherwise by–the–numbers crime thriller, playing a Bostonian…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Bloodlands (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- A gripping 4–part BBC police procedural set in Northern Ireland, where a veteran police detective (James Nesbitt) re–opens a cold case…
- DVD $34.95
Dead Still (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Dark comedy miniseries set in Dublin in 1880, exploring the emergence of photography as an affordable and accessible art, and the decline in…
- DVD $34.95
Deceived, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Psychological thriller miniseries following an English student who falls in love with a charismatic lecturer then moves to Ireland to be with him…
- DVD $29.95
Des (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Grisly TV miniseries based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, one of the most infamous criminal cases in UK…
- DVD $29.95
Dissident, The (2020)
- A documentary about Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post journalist and dissident who was murdered by agents of the Saudi government while working in…
- DVD $29.95
Doorman, The (2020)
- Brawny actioner with Ruby Rose playing a former US Marine whose deadly fighting skills are put to the test when a group of art theives, lead by a…
- DVD $29.95
Marksman, The (2020)
- Action thriller from frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator Robert Lorenz, with Liam Neeson cast unsurprisingly as an ex–marine and rancher who…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Nest, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Suspenseful Scottish 5–part TV drama starring Martin Compston (LINE OF DUTY) and Sophie Rundle (PEAKY BLINDERS, BODYGUARD) as a wealthy couple…
- DVD $34.95
Painter and the Thief, The (2020)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings.
What…
- DVD $29.95
Penance (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- 3–part TV miniseries which replaces the male gaze with that of a mother who, grieving for her son's death, struggles with maelstrom of emotions…
- DVD $29.95
Savage (2020)
- Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Shirley (2020)
- Elisabeth Moss gives another inspired performance in this literary themed thriller, playing a renowned horror writer who is interrupted on the brink…
- DVD $29.95
Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
- A tense British period thriller loosely based on the true story of the disappearance of a school teacher at an elite girls' boarding school shortly…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
This Town (2020)
- Goofy small–town NZ rom–com about a socially awkward man (played by writer–director David White) who finds unlikely romance despite…
- DVD $29.95
Translators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A multi–lingual literary thriller centering around nine international translators, one of whom may be leaking pages of a highly anticipated…
- DVD $29.95
Wildland (2020)
- Powerful coming–of–age Scandi–noir about a Danish teenager who becomes embroiled in the ruthless criminal life of her aunt and…
- DVD $29.95
A White, White Day (2019)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Aesthetically striking Icelandic drama which plunges the viewer deep into the psyche of a tortured former police officer who suspects a neighbour…
- DVD $29.95
Above Suspicion (2019)
- True crime movie starring Emilia Clarke (GAME OF THRONES) as the murder victim of an FBI agent.
Offers a chilling exposé of corruption and…
- DVD $29.95
All the Sins (TV Series) (2019)
- Compulsive Nordic noir miniseries following a detective who returns to his home town in Northern Finland to investigate two murders, while…
- DVD $29.95
Calm With Horses (The Shadow of Violence) (2019)
- Bleak and unflinching Irish crime drama following the fate of a troubled former boxer descending into a complex ecosystem of crime.
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Cheat (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- Another female–centric psychological thriller from Britain premised on a dangerous relationship between university professor and her student.…
- DVD $29.95
Chimerica (TV Series) (2019)
- A Trump–era political thriller starring Alessandro Nivola as a discredited photojournalist whose reputation hinges on a return to Beijing to…
- DVD $29.95
Corpus Christi (2019)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A devastating, gripping drama based on the true story of a charismatic ex–convict who is mistaken to be a priest in a devout Polish village, a…
- DVD $29.95
Dark Money (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- A struggling working–class father decides to accept hush money rather than drag his family through publicity hell by pressing charges against a…
- DVD $29.95
Day Shall Come, The (2019)
- Brilliantly absurd comedy from boundary–pushing British director Chris Morris (FOUR LIONS) following an impoverished and somewhat unhinged…
- DVD
$29.95 $15, $29.95
Enemy Within, The (TV Series) (2019)
- Gripping counter–intelligence drama series following an ex–CIA–spy–turned–traitor (Jennifer Carpenter, DEXTER) who is…
- DVD $39.95
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- British period thriller set in 1657 on a Shropshire farm, where Fanny Lye (the magnificent Maxine Peake) is living a quiet, puritan life until the…
- DVD $29.95
Heroic Losers (2019)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…
- DVD $29.95
Incitement (2019)
- Tense, slow–building thriller depicting Israeli right–wing extremist Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of the…
- DVD $29.95
Inheritance (2019)
- Juicy gothic thriller from the director of TERMINAL, following the daughter of a wealthy patriarch whose secret inheritance threatens to tear the…
- DVD $29.95
Monos (2019)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A dark contemporary fable inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, set in a remote and mountainous region of Columbia, where a group of teenage…
- DVD $29.95
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) (2019)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Sprawling love–letter to the final years of Hollywood's golden age, following a faded television actor and his stunt double as they face the…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes) (2019)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A superb psychological thriller set in rural France that uncovers a twisted web of deceit concerning five people who are all linked to the…
- DVD $29.95
Parasite (2019)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Serenity (2019)
- Matthew McConaughey plays a fishing boat captain whose peaceful life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex–wife (Anne Hathaway), who begs him…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle–aged…
- DVD $29.95
A Private War (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Rosamund Pike is a stand out in this powerful thriller based on the true story of the fearless and celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin. Having…
- DVD $29.95
A Quiet Place (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A smart and creative horror movie made by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside his real–life spouse Emily Blunt as parents fighting for…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
American Animals (2018)
- A crime movie following the true story of a group of ordinary friends who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious heists in American history…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Bad Seed, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Four–part New Zealand crime series based on the books by Charlotte Grimshaw telling the story of two brothers from a dysfunctional family with…
- DVD $34.95
Birds of Passage (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Intelligent and engrossing narco–thriller set in Columbia in the 1960's, following an indigenous Wayuu man and his family as they turn to drug…
- DVD $29.95
Bletchley Circle, The: San Francisco (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Set during the thrilling social change of the mid–1950s, these new episodes see two characters from the original British series travel to…
- DVD $34.95
Blood (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Brooding Irish psychological thriller following an isolated woman whose estrangement from her family is interrupted by the sudden death of her…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95
Brothers' Nest (2018)
- The directing and acting brothers behind beloved Australian hit KENNY reunite for this black comedy about two siblings who team up to murder their…
- DVD $29.95
Castle Rock (TV Series) (2018)
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- DVD
$25 $18.75
Destroyer (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Nicole Kidman goes all in with this gutsy portrayal of an LAPD detective who goes after members of a criminal gang that she infiltrated in a former…
- DVD $29.95
Dogman (2018)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- The director of GOMORRAH and TALE OF TALES expertly helms this gripping urban Italian crime noir about a mild mannered and diminutive dog groomer who…
- DVD $29.95
Dragged Across Concrete (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A simmering, witty and entirely unpredictable heist epic from the writer/director of BONE TOMAHAWK that stars an ageing Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughan…
- DVD $24.95
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) (2018)
- Iranian maestro Asghar Farhadi assembles a powerhouse cast for this Spanish–language about a mother–of–two who returns from Buenos…
- DVD $24.95
Guilty, The (Den skyldige) (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A nail–biting Danish thriller that maximises tension from minimal means in which a desk–bound police officer answers an emergency call…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Homecoming (TV Series) (2018)
- Haunting psychological thriller with Julia Roberts playing a woman who discovers she has been working for a mysterious government facility. Season…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95
Judy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
- DVD $29.95
Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018)
- English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
- DVD $29.95
Little Woods (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
- DVD $29.95
Mother is Wrong (TV Mini-series) (Maman a tort) (2018)
- French thriller following a detective who, despite being already consumed by a major robbery, takes on the chilling case of a child who tells her his…
- DVD $34.95
Purity of Vengeance, The (Journal 64) (2018)
- The fourth and final installment in the Danish 'Department Q' detective series initiated by The KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is a conspiracy thriller…
- DVD $29.95
Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series) (2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Searing psychological thriller with Amy Adams playing a reporter who returns to her small home town to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.…
- DVD
$20 $15
Transit (2018)
- Distinguished wartime melodrama from Christian Petzold (BARBARA, PHOENIX) following the plight of a holocaust survivor who assumes the identity of a…
- DVD $29.95
Upgrade (2018)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Futuristic body horror about a man who "upgrades" his body using an AI implant called STEM after his wife is murdered – the kicker of the…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
White Dragon (TV Series) (Strangers) (2018)
- A cross–cultural, conspiracy thriller series set on the hyper–modern island of Hong Kong, where a university lecturer (John Simm) must…
- DVD $34.95
Bridge, The - Series 4 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2017)
- Fourth series of the enormously popular Danish–Swedish murder mystery is set two years after the conclusion of Series 3 with the central…
- DVD $39.95
Double Lover (L'amant double) (2017)
- Sexually–charged, stylized thriller from director Francois Ozon about a fragile young model who moves in with her psychoanalyst, only to…
- DVD
$29.95 $15, $29.95
Good Time (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Robert Pattinson is riveting as a small–time hustler who embarks on a frantic nocturnal mission to break his brother out of custody after a…
- DVD $29.95
Guerrilla (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- 6–part Miniseries set in 1970's London, where a politically active couple have their relationship and values tested after forming a radical…
- DVD $34.95
In the Fade (2017)
- Diane Kruger's momentous performance is central to this drama about a woman called Katja from Hamburg, whose husband and son are killed in a…
- DVD
$29.95 $15, $29.95
Keeping Faith (TV Series) (2017)
- An ordinary woman fights to protect her family and her sanity when her husband unexpectedly disappears on his way to work. She discovers he is part…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95, $34.95, $49.95
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Colin Farrell returns for the singular director of THE LOBSTER for another round of macabre absurdism, this time cast as a cardiovascular surgeon and…
- DVD $29.95
Rellik (TV Mini-series) (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The title is "Killer" backwards, as so is the structural conceit of this innovative BBC crime thriller that starts at the end, with a prime suspect…
- DVD $34.95
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A superbly written dramatic thriller from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER set within the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel…
- DVD
$20 $15
Salvation (TV Series) (2017)
- Sci–fi suspense series about a grad student whose self–designed app discovers a giant asteroid is hurtling toward the planet and the…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
StartUp (TV Series) (2017)
- A unique cyber thriller in which the entrepreneurs behind a revolutionary unregulated digital currency are three strangers from the wrong side of the…
- DVD $44.95
Taken (TV Series) (2017)
- An action–packed prequel spin–off to the blockbuster TAKEN movies, with Liam Neeson replaced by VIKINGS star Clive Standen, who plays a…
- DVD $29.95, $44.95, $59.95 | Blu-Ray $69.95
Tin Star (TV Series) (2017)
- TV show by writer–director of BRIGHTON ROCK, set in the majestic Canadian Rockies and following a former British detective who moves with his…
- DVD $34.95, $39.95
What Happened To Monday (Seven Sisters) (2017)
- By the director of DEAD SNOW and featuring a dynamic performance from Noomi Rapace as seven different characters.
A dystopian future government is…
- DVD $29.95
Wind River (2017)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A rookie FBI agent and a local wildlife tracker team up to investigate the death of a young Native American woman on a snowy Indian reservation in…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Woodshock (2017)
- A stylistically unique psychological thriller with all the elegance you'd expect from fashion designer siblings Kate and Laura Mulleavy in their…
- DVD $29.95
A Cure for Wellness (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- An ambitious Manhattan stockbroker is blackmailed to retrieve a company boardmember from a wellness spa in the Swiss Alps
in this visually stunning…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Beast (2016)
- Gutsy account of a young Filipino boxer coming to terms with a tragic incident during a match in the slums of Manila.
- DVD $29.95
Dark Crimes (2016)
- Grim Polish–set thriller starring a humourless Jim Carrey as a police investigator who descends into a deadly underworld of sex, lies, and…
- DVD $29.95
Fall, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (2016)
- Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan reprise their roles, and continue their gripping game of cat and mouse through the streets of Belfast.
- DVD $29.95
Frozen Dead, The (TV Series) (Glacé) (2016)
- Chilly crime thriller set in the French Pyrenees that unravels after the discovery of a headless body of a horse hanging suspended from the edge of a…
- DVD $34.95
Handmaiden, The (2016)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Hell or High Water (2016)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- An exceptional ten–gallon thriller in which a divorced father and his ex–con older brother resort to a desperate but righteous scheme in…
- DVD
$15 $11.25, $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Kettering Incident, The (TV Mini-series) (2016)
- Tasmanian mystery drama centred around a doctor (Elizabeth Debicki) who returns to the logging town of Kettering, where tensions between…
- DVD $39.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
Salt and Fire (2016)
- Two ecologists posted in the remote Bolivian wilderness are kidnapped by a local businessman with mysterious intentions, but find they must unite…
- DVD $29.95
Witness for the Prosecution, The (2016)
- 2–part miniseries based on Agatha Christie's popular story. A wealthy heiress is found murdered and her principle heir is naturally the major…
- DVD $29.95
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Cheery update of Agatha Christie's crime–fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s…
- DVD $34.95
And Then There Were None (Mini-series) (2015)
- A three–part miniseries based on the popular Agatha Christie novel, perhaps her darkest and most sinister work. Ten strangers are invited to an…
- DVD $19.95
Modus (TV Series) (2015-2017)
- Swedish psychological thriller series following the work of a criminal psychologist and profiler who has previously assisted both the Swedish police…
- DVD $34.95
Narcos (TV Series) (2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
- DVD
$30 $22.50
Norskov (TV Series) (2015)
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Season 1 is not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film &…
- DVD $39.95
Occupied (TV Series) (2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Exciting Norwegian political thriller from the pen of Jo Nesbo that posits a future Norway taken over by Russia in a bid to increase oil production.
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $39.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
Partisan (2015)
- A bracing Australian thriller about a young boy raised to be an assassin in a small cult–like community who begins to question his father's…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Spooks: The Greater Good (MI-5) (2015)
- Serviceable follow–up to the hit TV series has Kit Karington as a former MI5 agent investigating the disappearance of Harry Pearce when the…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Suburra (2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Enthralling crime saga follows a gangster named Samurai as he attempts to turn the waterfront of Rome into an Italian Las Vegas.
- DVD $29.95
Absent One, The (2014)
- Diverting second entry in the Department Q series, following on from THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES. This time Mørck and Assad are investigating the…
- DVD $19.95
Agatha Raisin (TV Series) (2014)
- The Cotswolds–based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder–mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.…
- DVD $34.95, $34.95, $34.95, $59.95
Big Game (2014)
- Bonkers actioner with Sam Jackson as the U.S. President relying on a teenager for aid after Air Force One crash lands in Finnish forest.
- DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Brokenwood Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2014-2017)
- A local stab at the ever popular murder mystery genre with this Kiwiana policier featuring two mismatched detectives investigating a series of…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95, $24.95, $34.95
Gone Girl (2014)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- David Fincher's film version of the bestseller by Gillian Flynn in which a man reports that his wife has gone missing. Under pressure from the police…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Happy Valley (TV Series) (2014-2023)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Another riveting top–shelf British police drama hot on the heels of BROADCHURCH. Sarah Lancashire stars as a Yorkshire sergeant who suspects a…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
House of Cards - Season 2 (TV Series, US) (2014)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Further episodes in the shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (2014)
- Legal drama centred around a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor who become involved in a twisted murder…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Second Chance, A (2014)
- Susanne Bier directs a haunting melodrama about the contrasting lives of two police officers, whose lives take a dark turn after finding a neglected…
- DVD $29.95
Two Faces of January, The (2014)
- The latest Patricia Highsmith adaptation centers on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the…
- Blu-Ray $44.95
Blood Ties (2013)
- French dir. Guillaume Canet helms this cagey thriller about a convicted killer (Clive Owen) who returns from prison to live with his younger brother…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Child Of God (2013)
- James Franco continues to bite off more than he can chew with this ambitious, if flawed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's dark novel about a…
- DVD $24.95
Crimes of Passion (TV Series) (2013)
- Scandi–crime goes period! Post–war Sweden is the backdrop for this immaculately dressed series of mysteries and whodunnits, based on the…
- DVD $29.95
Double, The (2013)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) directs this stylish Kafka–esque thriller about a government worker who is joined by his doppelganger.
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A dark exemplar of the current wave of female–driven crime dramas, with former X–FILES stalwart Gillian Anderson bringing a steely edge…
- DVD $29.95
German Doctor, The (2013)
- Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…
- DVD $24.95
House of Cards - Season 1 (TV Series, US) (2013)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A deep, shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman manipulating his way…
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Keeper of Lost Causes, The (Kvinden i buret) (2013)
- Danish thriller that finds a cynical detective, put in charge of the "Department Q"– devoted to "filing" cold cases, investigating the…
- DVD $19.95
Locke (2013)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Tom Hardy plays a family man plunged into crisis and armed only with his mobile telephone in this brilliant, one–man chamber piece set entirely…
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New World (2013)
- Essentially INFERNAL AFFAIRS transposed to the Korean underworld, this brutal gangster flick revolves around an undercover cop whose loyalty to the…
- DVD $19.95
Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2013)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Echoing THE LONG GOODBYE and Chander's Philip Marlowe, this Californian noir stars Liev Schreiber as corporate 'fixer' whose work involves cleaning…
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Starred Up (2013)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A troubled teenager is transferred to the same prison as his violent father in this explosive British prison drama.
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Stranger by the Lake (2013)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…
- DVD $29.95
Top of the Lake (TV Series) (2013)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…
- DVD $39.95
A Hijacking (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A Danish cargo ship is hijacked off the coast of Somalia in this gripping, intense maritime adventure that cuts out all the action heroics usually…
- DVD $19.95
Ace Attorney (2012)
- Takashi Miike churns out this preposterous video game adaptation, about a cocksure lawyer who agrees to defend his courtroom rival in a murder trial,…
- DVD $29.95
Company You Keep, The (2012)
- Robert Redford directs and stars in this bristling thriller, about a former Weather Underground member, now in hiding, whose violent past comes back…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Disconnect (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Hotel Noir (2012)
- Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
- DVD $39.95
Line of Duty (TV Series) (2012)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Outstanding new British policier deals with corruption and department politics within a special unit whose record crime figures don't quite add up.…
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV Series) (2012)
- An elegant Melbourne socialite sleuths murder mysteries in between sipping martinis and bedding lovers in this spiffy crime series set during the…
- DVD
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Motel Life, The (2012)
- Two brothers hit the road after becoming involved in a fatal hit–and–run accident. Evocatively set between Reno and the Sierra Nevadas,…
- DVD $29.95
Safe House (2012)
- The infancy of witness protection in New Zealand is given a suspenseful retelling in this quality feature–length production from TVNZ's Sunday…
- DVD
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Secret State (TV Mini-series) (2012)
- Gabriel Byrne stars in this political thriller that explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
- DVD $34.95
Shadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Taste of Money, The (2012)
- The dir. of THE HOUSEMAID buffs this heady class critique of Korea's impudent elite to a high sheen, with the lust and corruption of a wealthy family…
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Young Montalbano (TV Series) (Il giovane Montalbano) (2012)
- The popular Inspector Montalbano lives on in this prequel which employs Andrea Camilleri's earlier books to paint a picture of Montalbano in his…
- DVD $49.95, $49.95
Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…
- DVD $99.95
Devil's Double, The (2011)
- An Iraqi foot solider is selected as the body double for Saddam Hussein's ruthless son Uday in this violent docu–drama from Kiwi dir. Lee…
- DVD $14.95
Drive (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Ryan Gosling smoulders as a moonlighting getaway driver in–over–his–head in this crisply stylised, romance–inflected crime…
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Headshot (2011)
- Thai new waver Pen–ek Ratanaruang directs this zen–like "Buddist noir" about a hitman who seeks enlightenment after a bullet to the head…
- DVD $29.95
Homeland - Season 1 (TV Series) (2011)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Anchored by Claire Danes's riveting, high–tensile performance, this outstanding surveillance thriller centres on the return of an Iraq war hero…
- DVD
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Kill the Irishman (2011)
- Based on the violent exploits of Shamrock career criminal Danny Greene – a union crook, loan shark heavy, and finally, organised crime boss in…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Life Without Principle (2011)
- Hong Kong's master of suspense crafts this swirling triumvirate of stories centred on unraveling lives amidst the global financial crisis.
Combing…
- DVD $29.95
Sleepless Night (2011)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A stonking, white–knuckle French action picture, smartly and tightly wound around a cop's frantic search for a stolen drug stash in order to…
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Snowtown (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Australian serial killer John Bunting is the controversial subject of this disturbing yet persuasively told recreation of the 'scum' murders that…
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Unforgettable (TV Series) (2011-2016)
- A police detective with hyperthymesia (the ability to remember everything she's ever experienced) uses her rare condition to solve crime on the…
- DVD $119.95
X (Night of Vengeance) (2011)
- A lurid, superficially–surfaced expose of tough–minded prostitutes working Sydney's King's Cross sex trade. Strictly style over…
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Angels of Evil (2010)
- Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…
- DVD
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Brighton Rock (2010)
- Graham Greene's 1939 novel is the source material for this prickly British underworld drama about a gangster (Riley) whose rise through the ranks is…
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Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)
- Haunting cautionary tale – based on a true story – chronicles the interactions between an ambitious college student and the notorious…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Easy Money (Snabba Cash) (2010)
- High–flying Swedish thriller centres on a Stockholm business student who moonlights as a drug runner in order to maintain the illusion of…
- DVD $29.95
Edge Of Darkness (2010)
- Kiwi Martin Campbell helms this compact Hollywood remake of the 1986 BBC mini–series he also directed.
Despite Mel Gibson’s…
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Holy Rollers (2010)
- The true story of a disillusioned Orthodox Jew who turns to Ecstasy dealing is given an underwhelming treatment in this otherwise fascinating glimpse…
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How I Ended This Summer (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure.
An…
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Outside the Law (2010)
- Dir. Bouchareb (DAYS OF GLORY) re–frames the revolutionary tactics of Algerian nationalists against the French post–WWII as a…
- DVD $29.95
Revenge: A Love Story (2010)
- 'Hammer and tong' serial killer potboiler centres on a lowly store clerk who begins murdering policemen (and their pregnant wives) after his…
- DVD $29.95
Sherlock - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Ingenious updating of the master detective finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Benedict…
- DVD $69.95
Stolen (2010)
- TV thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie, which saturated NZ media at the time. Held for $3 million ransom, the child…
- DVD $19.95
A Million (2009)
- Slavishly entertaining Reality TV spin–off pits eight Korean contestants against each other and the Australian Outback in a race for the…
- DVD $29.95
About Elly (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
- DVD $29.95
Balibo (2009)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
- DVD $19.95
Glorious 39 (2009)
- Trademark Stephen Poliakoff visuals and upper crust intrigue characterise this pre–WWII mystery, starring Romola Garai as the adoptive daughter…
- DVD
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Harry Brown (2009)
- Michael Caine plays a disgruntled ex–serviceman who takes the law into his own hands when the drug and gang problem within his neighborhood…
- DVD $14.95
In the Electric Mist (2009)
- Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
- DVD
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Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
- DVD $39.95
Lucky Country (2009)
- Terrific outback chamber piece is a turn–of–the–century powerplay between a poverty–stricken family, and three…
- DVD
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Lulu and the Bank Robber (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- An independent mother and small business owner is drawn into the dodging dealings of her habitual criminal husband in this pulpy Danish crime…
- DVD $44.95
Mother (2009)
- Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…
- DVD $19.95
Push (2009)
- Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller.
Derives…
- DVD $14.95
Detective De Luca (TV Series) (2008)
- Another good looking entry into the Italian crime fiction genre, only this time set during the country's fascist era and along the war torn Bologna…
- DVD $34.95
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
- DVD $159.95
Jerusalema (2008)
- A punchy, gun–toting gangland epic following the rise to two Soweto teenagers seduced by crime and violence in South Africa.
Although…
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Mesrine (Killer Instinct, Public Enemy Number 1) (2008)
- Effective, if at times highly sensationalised biopic of career criminal Jacques Mesrine – France’s ‘Public Enemy #1’ throughout the 1960s and…
- DVD $19.95
Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) (2008)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An under–appreciated, unique historical crime series set in Victorian Toronto in which an unorthodox young detective, William Murdoch, uses…
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Restraint (2008)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Gripping, stripped–back thriller from across the ditch, in which an agoraphobic toff is taken hostage by a young couple on the run from the…
- DVD $29.95
Wallace and Gromit - A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
- BAFTA–winning animation from the unstoppable clay characters of cheese–loving Wallace and his trusty dog Gromit.
This time round the…
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George Gently (TV Series) (Inspector George Gently) (2007)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Retro policier with a superb attention to detail, starring Martin Shaw as the eponymous inspector whose old–school detective methods are caught…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $29.95, $29.95
Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…
- DVD $79.95
Monkey Puzzle (2007)
- A camping trip in search of a rare tree goes pear–shaped for a group of Aussie twenty–somethings as they lose their bearings and their…
- DVD
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Nines, The (2007)
- Exigent thriller commenting on the realities of Hollywood, told by way of three connected stories inside the minds of an actor, a screenwriter and a…
- DVD $14.95
Noise (2007)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An impressive Australian modern 'noir', refreshingly off–centred around a hearing–afflicted cop who is assigned the night shift at a…
- DVD
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When Night Falls (2007)
- Creeping Wairarapa–set thriller fixed on two nurses holed up in a remote country house caring for a patient while trying to steer clear of a…
- DVD
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Hollywoodland (2006)
- The intriguing, mysterious circumstances surrounding George ‘Superman’ Reeves’ suicide are exhumed by a private eye (Adrien Brody) in this…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
Irresistible (2006)
- Susan Sarandon feels the wrath of Emily Blunt in this Hitchcockian fable of one woman's struggle to prevent her life from being overtaken by another.…
- DVD $24.95
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
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Perfume - The Story of a Murderer (2006)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Lush, faithful adaptation of Patrick Suskind’s 1985 novel, with Ben Whishaw as Jean–Baptiste Grenouille, the gifted ‘nose’ turned…
- DVD
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Sentinel, The (2006)
- A political conspiracy thriller with plenty of gun–cocked posturing involves veteran secret service agent Michael Douglas, implicated in a…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
Southland Tales (2006)
- A chaotically comedic, pre–apocalyptic sci–fi ensemble piece, helmed with self–importance and unrestraint by the…
- DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
Aura, The (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS.
Unfolding as a…
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Bones (TV Series) (2005-2014)
- A curious forensic policier positing a new angle on the genre, this partners a brilliant anthropologist (Deschanel) and a cocky FBI agent (Boreanaz)…
- DVD
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Edmond (2005)
- Raw, unapologetic adaptation of David Mamet's 1982 stageplay stars William H. Macy as a downtrodden everyman who embarks on a volatile…
- DVD $29.95
King, The (2005)
- A brooding, accomplished slice of southern discomfort with Gael Garcia Bernal (in his first US film) playing recently dischargee from the Navy named…
- DVD $34.95
Proposition, The (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
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Supernatural (TV Series) (2005)
- Two brothers scour the countryside for urban myths and legends, stumbling upon various paranorma, horror movie moments and other unexplained events…
- DVD
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Wallander (TV Series) (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
- DVD $44.95
Brush Off, The (2004)
- David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
- DVD
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Clearing, The (2004)
- An unusually flavoured and structured kidnapping thriller, in which wealthy entrepeneur Redford is abducted by a polite, former–employee…
- DVD $19.95
In My Father's Den (2004)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Achieving a new high watermark in production terms at least, this vivid New Zealand melodrama harnesses the complexities of Maurice Gee's…
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Khakee (2004)
- A Bollywood offering in which the song count is low but the body count is high, this twist–filled, often violent drama centres on the police…
- Poster (F) $7.95
Matando Cabos (2004)
- Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…
- DVD $29.95
Memories of Tomorrow (2004)
- An artful psychological thriller set around a man's (Thompson) frustrating amnesia of a past which seemingly involves commando training and…
- DVD
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Offensive Behaviour (2004)
- Amiable though underwritten exercise in Kiwi bad taste, revolving around one afternoon’s goings on in a block of flats.
The deviants inside…
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Stiff (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Superior telemovie adaptation from the popular crime novel series by Shane Maloney, based around a shambling but effective government advisor…
- DVD $24.95
Wire, The - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Third season of this cracking HBO crime drama set in the seedy underbelly of the Baltimore crime scene.
This season the Baltimore mayor is…
- DVD
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I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…
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Rosemary & Thyme (TV Series) (2003)
- Utterly peculiar crime series follows two disenchanted botanists – Rosemary, a sacked horticulture lecturer, and Laura, a police officer separated…
- DVD $59.95
Wire, The - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Much of the cast of the first season of this phenomenal HBO crime drama return for another complex delve into the Baltimore crime scene.
This time…
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Young Adam (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Evocatively set amid the grimy canal barges of post–WW2 Scotland, this follows the shady fortunes of a failed writer (McGregor), whose…
- DVD $29.95
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…
- DVD
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CSI Miami (TV Series) (2002)
- Episodes from the first series of the Florida–based spinoff from the successful forensic procedural series. David Caruso follows William…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
Dancer Upstairs, The (2002)
- John Malkovich debuts as a director with this slow–burn police thriller played out in the humid atmosphere of an unamed South American…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95, $24.95, $24.95
Kaante (Thorns) (2002)
- From a new generation of Bollywood film–making comes a kinetic heist picture, shot and located in LA in which six Indian suspects plot a…
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
- The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
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Wire in the Blood (TV Series) (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…
- DVD $19.95
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Chiefly tracks…
- DVD $19.95
Gosford Park (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
- Poster (VG) $14.95
Intacto (2001)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A finely devised Spanish thriller, in which particularly obsessed gamblers contest their 'Luck' in various absurd, dangerous and creepy…
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Mulholland Drive (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. David Lynch returns to the defiantly enigmatic mode of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Lost Highway’ with an absurdist Tinseltown satire that probably…
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Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
When Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001)
- A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN, THE…
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CSI (TV Series) (Crime Scene Investigation) (2000-2001)
- Highly watchable forensic TV drama that follows the fortunes of a police unit in Las Vegas who use tiny clues and the latest scientific methods to…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Stickmen (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A crowd–pleasing and assured sports–fetish movie, this doesn't shy from being dubbed 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Pool Cues', with its…
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Traffic (2000)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A masterful, suitably complex address of the ‘drug problem’ and how it enslaves consumers, dealers, policy–makers and law–enforcers…
- DVD $19.95
Essex Boys (1999)
- One of the present wave of British crime–films, this tale of trainee cabbie Charlie Creed–Miles going to work for volatile hard–man…
- DVD $39.95
Felicia's Journey (1999)
- Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan takes a sideways step to adapt the Birmingham–set novel by William Trevor, a portrait of a serial killer of the…
- DVD
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Ghost Dog (1999)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch refines his zen–like poise in this weird, laidback comedy. Solemn hitman Forest Whitaker follows an ancient samurai code,…
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Inspector Montalbano (TV Series) (Commissario Montalbano) (1999-2018)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Based on the global bestsellers by Andrea Camilleri, this series of telemovies is set around a world–weary, though not cynical, Sicilian…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $34.95, $39.95
Cube (1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada.
Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
- DVD
$20 $15
Heat of the Sun (TV Mini-Series) (1998)
- The seedier side of Kenya's expatriate community is laid bare in this classic British police procedural set in 1930s Nairobi.
- DVD $29.95
Pi (1998)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Super–inventive, grungy portrait of a maths genius who slides into a maelstrom of paranoia as he get closer to 'cracking the code' that may or…
- DVD
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Psycho (1998)
- Colour remake of Hitchcock's most famous film closely follows the original but never comes close to being anything other than a cheap gimmick.
The…
- DVD $14.95
Stalker's Apprentice, The (1998)
- A book editor uses a writer's manuscript about a serial killer as a template for his own homicidal fantasies in this punchy, at times lurid British…
- DVD $24.95
Breakdown (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- With Kurt Russell driving and Kathleen Quinlan in the passenger seat, buckle up for a tight, lean car–trip thriller that heads out across…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Character (1997)
- A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
Insomnia (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An edgy, ingeniously plotted psychological thriller about an amoral Swedish detective whose murder investigation in Northern Norway (where the sun…
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Jonathan Creek (TV Series) (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Odd coupling Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin play nerdy magician and blunt–edged journalist respectively in this British series of…
- DVD $24.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Melissa (TV Mini-series) (1997)
- Alan Bleasdale cleverly reworks Francis Durbridge's famous novel, relocating its thriller premise of a man who falls in love with a mysterious,…
- DVD $39.95
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
- DVD $24.95, $24.95, $24.95, $24.95
Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Lone Star (1996)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- John Sayles' searching character study set in a dusty New Mexican town crosses multiple characters and time frames across three ethnic cultures.…
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L'Appartement (The Apartment) (1995)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Chic Parisian thriller lifts a few motifs from VERTIGO, but adds more than a few original flourishes.
Vincent Cassel is about to settle down with…
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Dandelion Dead (TV Mini-Series) (1994)
- A respected solicitor in a small country town poisons his wife – and expects to get away with it – in this riveting murder–mystery,…
- DVD $24.95
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) (1993)
- Dick Van Dyke is on duty as Dr. Mark Sloan, a good–natured, unconventional and sometimes zany physician with a nose for murder. A…
- DVD $39.95
Malice (1993)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- An unlikely but nonetheless ripping yarn unfolds when a brilliant but dubious doctor is sued for medical negligence by his college pal's wife.…
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
- Woody Allen reunites with Diane Keaton as insecure marrieds who get involved in solving what could be a neighbourhood murder. Alan Alda and Anjelica…
- DVD
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Body Parts (1992)
- Criminal psychologist Jeff Fahey loses his arm in a car accident and becomes the recipient of an homicidal donor arm! Unsettling thriller soon takes…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
Dead Again (1991)
- Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson go Stateside for this askewed whodunnit about a P.I. who is hired to help an amnesia victim, seemingly haunted by…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
- DVD $54.95
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- The ultimate Sci–fi action picture, it shamelessly flaunts its $100 million budget with Big Arnie playing second fiddle to a plethora of…
- DVD
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Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The (TV Series) (1990)
- Detective series plucked from the novels of famed crime writer Ngaio Marsh follows Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn as he suavely solves crime in…
- DVD $34.95, $39.95, $49.95
Jacob's Ladder (1990)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
Misery (1990)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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…
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Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
- DVD $19.95
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)
- This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…
- DVD $24.95
House of Games (1987)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Psychiatrist Lindsay Crouse is lured into the world of charming con–racketeer Joe Mantegna, where trust is a fragile concept. David Mamet…
- DVD
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Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) (1987)
- Eighties primetime crime show starring William Conrad (CANNON) as a generously plump former cop turned maverick district attorney who teams with a…
- DVD $139.95
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Mini-series) (1987-2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Well–loved British mystery series consisting of adapted stories from celebrated crime writer Ruth Rendell, brought to life by an impressive…
- DVD $119.95
Matlock (TV Series) (1986)
- Updating the "Perry Mason" blueprint with rumpled Southern charm, the ultra laid–back Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, an Atlanta defense…
- DVD $119.95
At Close Range (1985)
- Sean Penn plays a wayward youth who reunites with his gangland father (Christopher Walken) with violent consequences. Sordid yet solid drama.
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Mr. Wrong (1985)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
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Witness (1985)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
- Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
- DVD $29.95
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
- DVD $24.95, $249.95
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
- DVD $64.95
Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)
- Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
Blow Out (1981)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A seemingly ordinary car–crash is found by sound–recordist John Travolta to have sinister overtones when he rewinds his chance taping of…
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
- DVD
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Juliet Bravo (TV Series) (1980)
- Massively popular – although rather dated – UK police series focused on a female police officer who takes charge of a fictional…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
Magnum P.I. (TV Series) (1980)
- After a tour of duty in Vietnam, the ever–affable Tom Selleck cruises Hawaii in his Porsche as a private investigator. Classic,…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
- A classic Agatha Christie TV adaptation in which a vicar sets out to discover the meaning behind "Why didn't they ask Evans?", the last words spoken…
- DVD $24.95
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Clint Eastwood uses a pair of nail–clippers to stage his bid for freedom, in this memorable, understated thriller based on the only successful…
- DVD
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Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
- DVD $19.95
Medusa Touch, The (1978)
- Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
Black Sunday (1977)
- A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Rhinemann Exchange, The (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Vintage spy thriller follows a US intelligence agent (Collins) on a mission to oversee the exchange of high–altitude gyroscope plans. A little…
- DVD $29.95
American Friend, The (1976)
- Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…
- DVD
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Murder by Death (1976)
- A classic whodunnit premise is taken within an inch of its life by a knockout cast, here playing a gaggle of famous sleuths and sidekicks who convene…
- DVD
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
- With a nailbitten Robert Mitchum as a weathered Marlowe, this complex Raymond Chandler story is an impressive homage to '40s film noirs.
- DVD
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Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975)
- Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
- DVD $29.95
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Simply one of the best Australian films ever, this elegant mystery, based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, centres around the disappearance of several…
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Gambler, The (1974)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Godfather Part 2, The (1974)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- The Corleone saga continues with the same passion and exacting standards, it both broadens the scope and bolsters the stature of the original. Hailed…
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Parallax View, The (1974)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Sting, The (1973)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Classic vehicle for Robert Redford and Paul Newman playing two Depression–era conmen. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture. Music by…
- DVD
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Baffled (1972)
- Following a disturbing 'vision', racing–car driver Leonard Nimoy becomes engulfed in a supernatural vortex of baffling incidents, haunted…
- DVD $14.95
Emergency! (TV Series) (1972)
- Thrilling medical drama concerning firefighting paramedics weaves nonsensical medical jargon and elaborate novelty accidents with the one–two…
- DVD $49.95
Pulp (1972)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- After completing the phenomenal GET CARTER Caine and dir. Hodges reteamed for this lightweight, yet highly watchable comedy thriller.
Caine plays…
- DVD
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Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
- DVD $39.95
Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
- DVD $109.95
A Reflection of Fear (1971)
- A giallo inspired psychological thriller set in a seaside mansion in Eastern Canada.
A young girl's mental health declines rapidly when her…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975)
- Whodunnit series stars Jim Hutton as a mystery writer whose sleuthing know–how is regularly called upon by his Police Inspector…
- DVD $49.95
Firechasers, The (1971)
- Brit–crime flick has an insurance investigator chasing down an arsonist, along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter…
- DVD $14.95
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
DVD 'Box…
- DVD $79.95
Play Misty for Me (1971)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The film that inspired FATAL ATTRACTION stars Clint Eastwood as a late night radio talkhost whose female fan goes way over the line.
- DVD
$20 $15
Wake In Fright (Outback) (1971)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- After many years in obscurity, this drama has been dusted off and deservingly reappraised as an Australian classic – a waking nightmare of…
- DVD $19.95 | Blu-Ray $19.95
Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
- DVD $129.95
Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
- Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
- DVD $29.95, $29.95, $39.95, $79.95
Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Some Girls Do (1969)
- Return outing for Richard Johnson's 'Bulldog Drummond' pits the Bond–wannabe against a cabal of mini–skirted fembots and his…
- DVD $19.95
Danger Diabolik (1968)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Dragnet (TV Series) (1967)
- The classic hard–case, ultra–realistic sixties police procedural, with officers Friday and Gannon cleaning up the mean streets of…
- DVD $49.95
President's Analyst, The (1967)
- Madcap comedy suspense tracking a hapless guy awarded the task of being the president's assistant, who then must deal with bribes and death threats…
- DVD
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Rage (1966)
- Sweaty Mexican American thriller with Glenn Ford playing a self–pitying alcoholic doctor who lives alone in a border town, and finds himself…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Blindfold (1965)
- Rock Hudson stars in this wry thriller as a psycho–analyst caught up in an international spy plot after one of his patients knows more than…
- DVD $14.95
Kitten with a Whip (1964)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Birds, The (1963)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Hitch's masterful rendering of Daphne Du Maurier's novella contains some of his most memorable set pieces, as the population of a seaside resort come…
- DVD
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Portrait in Black (1960)
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
- DVD $14.95
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959)
- Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…
- DVD
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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
- DVD
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When Worlds Collide (1951)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Stage Fright (1950)
- Aspiring actress Jane Wyman investigates her friend's claims of innocence after he's imprisoned for murder. A polished job from Hitch, notable for a…
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
- Often underrated 'film noir' has an amnesiac soldier (Hodiak) return to Los Angeles from WW2 to rediscover his identity, only he may not want to... A…
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Stranger, The (1946)
- Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
- DVD $29.95
Dark Journey (1937)
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
- DVD $34.95