Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Vinnie Jones, James Caan, Ann Magnuson…
- A grimly satisfying, verbally violent drama set in a fleabag hotel in L.A. where two aging hoods plan their migration to the not–so–mean…
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (2001)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts…
- Remodelling the not–so–great ‘Rat Pack’ original from 1960, dir. Soderbergh slickens his heist thriller with a spot–on sense of…
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2001)
- Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan…
- Fairly decent, but ordinary rerun of the same events covered by Boorman's THE GENERAL, detailing the colourful life of Irish gangster Martin Cahill…
Prime Gig, The (2001)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond…
- A soberly played drama–thriller, in which Vince Vaughn is drawn into a shady telemarketing scam operated by philosophising villain Ed…
Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos
- Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Roadkill (Joy Ride) (2001)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski
- A popcorn thriller that breathes white–knuckle life into road movies well travelled – a practical joke involving CB radios has sinister…
Session 9 (2001)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Josh Lucas…
- A “haunted house” movie with a difference, this is an intense, thinking person’s spook session involving a team of tradesmen hired to clean up…
Sexy Beast (2001)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane…
- Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
Shiner (2001)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber…
- A contemporary British gangster film with a showcase role for Michael Caine as a blindly ambitious, fast–talking East End boxing promoter…
Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
- A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…