Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 253 Films to Buy & Rent
Maigret (TV Series) (1992-1993)
- Feat. Michael Gambon, Jack Galloway
- Michael Gambon plays Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris Surete in this realistic crime series centred on Maigret's investigations into…
Highway Patrolman (1991)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche
- A wayward film–maker returns to form in using road–movie conventions to enrich this tale of poverty, drugs, prostitution and rampant…
Homicide (1991)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalija Nogulich…
- An absorbing, sophisticated psychological drama from the playwright–turned–director who blessed the genre with HOUSE OF GAMES. Joe…
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
Impulse (1990)
- Dir. Sondra Locke
Feat. Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza
- Theresa Russell plays a cop who yields to corruption while undercover as a streetwalker. Under–rated police thriller is intelligently played…
Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The (TV Series) (1990)
- Feat. Patrick Malahide
- Detective series plucked from the novels of famed crime writer Ngaio Marsh follows Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn as he suavely solves crime in…
Internal Affairs (1990)
- Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis…
- Richard Gere plays a repugnant cop that will do just about anything for a buck, or a kick. Andy Garcia is the investigator who adopts a personal…
One False Move (1990)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton
- Naive county sheriff Bill Paxton gets a chance at the big–time when two vicious criminals sweep through his sleepy town. Things lighten up…
Q & A (1990)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Nick Nolte, Armand Assante, Timothy Hutton…
- Lengthy, sometimes incoherent thriller from genre specialist Sidney Lumet, set amid a not entirely unfamiliar cesspit of NYC corruption. Notable for…
Campion (TV Series) (1989-1990)
- Feat. Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt
- Eccentric detective series sees Peter Davison play the titular Albert Campion, who, along with his melancholy sidekick Lugg, solve mind–bending…