Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 436 Films to Buy & Rent
Other Guys, The (2010)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make for incompatible partners in this absurdist buddy–cop homage from the dir. of STEP BROTHERS and TALLADEGA…
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (2010-2016)
- Feat. Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Bruce McGill…
- Girl–powered police procedural series that teams up Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr.…
Rookie Blue (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith
- A group of young, incongruously attractive recruits learn the ropes of police work in this highly unrealistic, but nonetheless addictive soap opera…
Sebastian Bergman (TV Series) (Den fördömde) (2010)
- Feat. Rolf Lassgard
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Single-Handed (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Colm McCarthy, Anthony Byrne
Feat. Owen McDonnell
- Picturesque rural Ireland policier following a big city officer who returns to his home–town to find it seething with a complex web of…
Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
- Dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly
Feat. Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Martha Plimpton…
- Simmering provincial redemption story stars Peter Stormare as a clammy police officer trying to escape his violent past in a small Mennonite…
Thorne (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen…
- Another top–draw British policier loaded with all the usual suspects: atmosphere, plot twists, and a hard–bitten hero, with David…
Underbelly - Season 3 (TV Mini-series) (The Golden Mile) (2010)
- Feat. Mitch Bartlett, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Emma Booth
- Sydney’s infamous Kings Cross, circa 1989, is the setting for this latest airing of Australia’s dirty laundry.
Although centred on the…
Above Suspicion (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Dingwall
- British crime series based on the novels written by Lynda La Plante (PRIME SUSPECT). A rookie female detective, determined to prove herself amidst…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer…
- Werner Herzog's spin on the 1992 bad–boy classic delights in seeing a pasty, middle–aged Nicolas Cage cracking up (in all three meanings…