Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 259 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
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.