Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 436 Films to Buy & Rent
36 Quai Des Orfevres (2004)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil partner again for this straight–faced policier as two veteran cops who compete for the top job while trying…
Eagle, The (TV Series) (A Crime Odyssey) (2004)
- Feat. Jens Albinus
- An expert Danish thriller dealing in international terrorism and cross–border crime, this involves the usual task force machinations of special…
Last Shot, The (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Nathanson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette…
- Zany comedy a nifty premise, has Broderick play a wannabe director who gets the 'greenlight' without realising he is part of an elaborate FBI…
New Police Story (2004)
- Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu
- A groundbreaking fourth (or possibly fifth) entry in Jackie Chan's martial arts series about the life of a reckless Hong Kong policeman, here…
Spartan (2004)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy…
- An expert 'special ops' agent (Kilmer) is sucked headfirst into a wild, yet plausible conspiracy involving the kidnapping of the US president's…
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell…
- With this updated comic riff on the iconic cop show of the 1970s, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson repeat the winning formula of hits like ZOOLANDER and…
Suspect Zero (2004)
- Dir. E. Elias Merhige
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, Carrie-Anne Moss
- A foreboding blood hunt in the stylish tradition of SEVEN, with serial–killer Kingsley and FBI–man Eckhart circling each other in a fog…
Blackjack (TV Series) (2003-2007)
- Dir. Peter Andrikidis
Feat. Colin Friels, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan…
- Tenacious Aussie crime series centred on a detective banished to work in the police archives section, who uses his new surrounds to solve long…
Blue Murder (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Caroline Quentin
- Pragmatic crime series featuring British comedian Caroline Quentin as a detective at the top of her game, trying to juggle her demanding career and…
In the Cut (2003)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An uncomfortable, darkly ‘feminist’ thriller for which Meg Ryan deflowers her star persona, playing a troubled forty–something who…