Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3194 Films to Buy & Rent
Frozen River (2008)
- Dir. Courtney Hunt
Feat. Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
- A fraught, unexpected thriller within indie drama specs, this engrossing premise concerns two single mothers who find themselves smuggling immigrants…
Generation Kill (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen…
- Superlative HBO series from the makers of THE WIRE following the U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion in the first year of the Iraq invasion.…
Go Fast (2008)
- Dir. Olivier Van Hoofstadt
Feat. Roschdy Zem, Olivier Gourmet
- An exciting, if standard issue Gallic policier set around the high–stakes world of narcotics, where an Arab police officer goes undercover to…
Gran Torino (2008)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her…
- Grizzly Korean war veteran Clint Eastwood puts aside his prejudices to defend a family of Hmong immigrants from Asian gangsters in this clear cut and…
Guns (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Dir. David Sutherland
Feat. Elisha Cuthbert, Lyriq Bent, Colm Feore
- Mini–series exploring the issue of gun violence in Canada through the story of four families caught up in illegal trafficking in Toronto.…
Happening, The (2008)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, John Leguizamo, Zooey Deschanel…
- Latest M. Night Shyamalan thriller, set in the disaster capital of New York City, where a family tries to escape a disturbing blight of city…
Hell Ride (2008)
- Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, Eric Balfour…
- Grindhouse–inspired biker flick stars Bishop as the head of a biker gang on a mission to avenge a fallen comrade killed by a rival…
Hurt Locker, The (2008)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty…
- Nerve–jangling Iraq War set drama follows a gung–ho bomb disposal expert with a seeming addiction to adrenaline.
The most…
Hush (2008)
- Dir. Mark Tonderai
Feat. William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski
- Highway thriller concerning a yappy young Manchester couple who commit an innocent indiscretion on the road, plunging them into a race for their…
I Come with the Rain (2008)
- Dir. Tran Anh Hung
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Elias Koteas, Tran Nu Yen-Khe…
- Dir. Tran Anh Hung revives the humid, squalored atmosphere of his acclaimed CYCLO with this stylish, heavy–handed international noir. Josh…