Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Our Lady of the Assassins (la Virgen de los Sicarios) (2000)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo
- A middle aged author returns to his native Colombian village to find that it has been overrun by violence and corruption. After his young male lover…
Panic (2000)
- Dir. Henry Bromell
Feat. William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, Tracey Ullman…
- There is more than meets the eye in this curiously pitched black comedy concerning a well–dressed contract killer (Macy) who seeks refuge from…
Pledge, The (2000)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…
- Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson.
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Princess and the Warrior, The (2000)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente
- Follow–up and companion piece to dir. Tykwer’s RUN LOLA RUN, is a 'Snow White'–inspired tale of a psychiatric nurse who is hit by a…
Proof of Life (2000)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse
- South American ransom thriller with Meg Ryan seeking to extricate her rich husband (David Morse) from the jungle, and Russell Crowe as the…
Rancid Aluminium (2000)
- Dir. Edward Thomas
Feat. Rhys Ifans, Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald…
- A minor Britcrime thriller that, despite some amateurish production, has its own peculiar vein of comedy that may strike one as quite amusing in the…
Reindeer Games (2000)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron…
- Parolee Ben Affleck may wish he was back in his cell after impersonating his dead cellmate and landing in various spots of leftover bother, namely…
Risk (2000)
- Dir. Alan White
Feat. Tom Long, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan
- With an assured sense of style and atmosphere, the dir. of ERSKINVILLE KINGS crafts a thriller with more than the usual depth. Tom Long is an…
Seance (2000)
- Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho
- A hybrid of crime thriller and ghost story, this remake of the British classic "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" reinstates the supernatural emphasis of…
Secret Agent Man (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Costas Mandylor, Dondre Whitfield, Dina Meyer…
- Short lived quasi–remake of DANGER MAN, this has three agents working for the mysterious 'Agency' in order to quell evildoers and their plans.…