Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3194 Films to Buy & Rent
Deep End, The (2001)
- Dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Feat. Tilda Swinton
- Immaculate remake of Max Ophuls’ ‘The Reckless Moment’ follows the original closely but scores bonus points from Tilda Swinton’s taut…
Domestic Disturbance (2001)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo
- John Travolta’s heart races as a Dad who realises his 11–year old son’s stepfather (Vince Vaughn) is one scary (though wealthy)…
Don't Say a Word (2001)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Jennifer Esposito…
- “Threatened–family” thriller, with psychiatrist Michael Douglas rising to the challenge – outwit the kidnappers of his daughter, who…
Double Whammy (2001)
- Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, Luis Guzman…
- Indie twist on classic genre material by dir. Dicillo (LIVING IN OBLIVION), with ‘rotten–luck’ cop Denis Leary enduring dodgy partners…
Enigma (2001)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Jeremy Northam…
- Superior period–thriller, loosely set around the dedicated cryptanalysts of Bletchley Park who led the race to crack the Nazi’s Enigma code…
Experiment, The (Das Experiment) (2001)
- Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
Feat. Moritz Bleibtreu, Maren Eggert, Christian Berkel
- Twenty men volunteer for a paid two–week simulated study that divides them into the roles of prisoners and guards in a ‘controlled’…
Forever Mine (2001)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Ray Liotta, Gretchen Mol, Joseph Fiennes
- The victim of a squelched distribution deal, this film–noir romance from dir. Schrader (AFFLICTION) is one of the most notable films to ever go…
Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2001)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer…
- Super drug–chemist Jackson embarks to the UK on the deal of a lifetime, but is quickly embroiled in murky underworld plots in…
Four Days (2001)
- Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…
- This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
Fourth Angel, The (2001)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Charlotte Rampling…
- The inimitable Jeremy Irons plays a magazine editor whose family are killed in a terrorist attack by a Serbian man, and he decides to seek justice…