Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Bourne Identity, The (2002)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper…
- A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
Changing Lanes (2002)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
Chaos (2002)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot
- A witty French thriller where, through a chance meeting, a middle–class woman comes to the rescue of an Algerian–born prostitute who is…
Cherish (2002)
- Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley…
- A self–consciously offbeat ‘indie’ about a retro–pop obsessed misfit (Robin Tunney in a winning, flaky performance) who finds…
City By the Sea (2002)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand
- Robert De Niro faces a personal and professional dilemma as a decent cop/bad father who discovers that the prime suspect in the murder of his partner…
City of Ghosts (2002)
- Dir. Matt Dillon
Feat. Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone…
- A moody debut for dir. Dillon, unfolding a familiar thriller of dueling lowlifes in the exotic–chaotic scenery of presentday…
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
- Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmano da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen
- An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…
Code, The (La Mentale) (2002)
- Dir. Manuel Boursinhac
Feat. Samuel Le Bihan
- Convincingly gritty crime drama set in the drab outer zone of Paris' apartment estates and trailer parks, with a recently paroled hood (Le Bihan)…
Confidence (2002)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia…
- In order to extricate himself from his last botched con, grifter Ed Burns enacts a monster scam against a crooked banker for mobster Dustin…
Crime and Punishment (TV Mini-series) (2002)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. John Simm, Kate Ashfield, Lara Belmont…
- Lyrical TV adaptation of the great Dostoevsky novel focused on a young murderer struggling to escape his feelings of guilt and paranoia before they…