Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 253 Films to Buy & Rent
Blue Murder (Mini-Series) (1995)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni…
- Hard–nosed, confrontational broadside on the NSW police force, based on the illegal undertakings of a corrupt detective and a career criminal…
McCallum (TV Series) (1995-1998)
- Feat. John Hannah
- Above–par crime series trails the private and professional life of the titular forensic pathologist as he becomes entangled in various murder…
Seven (Se7en) (1995)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Director David Fincher imbues the hackneyed serial–killer genre with astonishing directorial flair, while bringing an influential 'underground'…
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin…
- Find out who 'Keyser Soze' is, or who you thought he was, in this utterly captivating, original caper movie that unfolds a series of flashbacks in…
Inspector Rex (TV Series) (1994-2004)
- Feat. Tobias Moretti
- Austrian TV series, with a sizable cult following around the world (especially in Australia), in which a lone policeman and his German Shepherd…
Wycliffe (TV Series) (1994)
- Dir. Jack Shepherd
Feat. Bill Nighy, Jack Shepherd
- Edgy novel based detective drama following the feats of a conventional trench coat clad superintendent investigating small town crime. Effectively…
NYPD Blue (TV Series) (1993)
- Feat. David Caruso, Dennis Franz, Amy Brenneman…
- "Groundbreaking" TV cop show that wasn't so much groundbreaking as a slick 90s rehash of the likes of 'Hill Street Blues'. But despite all the fast…
Rising Sun (1993)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Sean Connery, Harvey Keitel
- Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery are buddy–cops with a murder–mystery on their hands in Tokyo. A glitzy, unsubtle working of Michael…
Between the Lines (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond…
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
L627 (1992)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart
- A sharp, unsentimental depiction of the daily grind that a Paris drugs–squad detective must endure, contending with dealers, addicts and…