Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
A Crime (Un Crime) (1993)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Alain Delon
- Vintage courtroom vehicle for the ice cool Delon, sturdy in its workmanlike screenplay and no–nonsense attitude.
Assassin, The (Point of No Return) (1993)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney…
- Hollywood goes for the sure thing with this virtual frame–by–frame remake of NIKITA. Bridget Fonda does the best she can as the sexy…
Blind Side (1993)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver
- Geoff Murphy directs this efficient thriller in which Rutger Hauer reprises his psycho–turn from THE HITCHER. Creepy events mount after…
Blood In, Blood Out (Bound by Honour) (1993)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Benjamin Bratt
- Melodramatic but exciting depiction of Hispanic prison gangs at war in San Quentin, California during the 1980s. Set around two brothers and their…
Boxing Helena (1993)
- Dir. Jennifer Lynch
Feat. Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands
- Ludicrous psycho–sexual drama in which an obsessed surgeon keeps his reluctant object of desire (Sherilyn Fenn) all 'boxed' in. David Lynch's…
Chain of Desire (1993)
- Dir. Temistocles Lopez
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell
- A 'chain' of sexual encounters between numerous partners, brought full circle before the stinging twist in its tale. Linda Fiorentino and Malcolm…
Consenting Adults (1993)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Kevin Kline, Kevin Spacey, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio…
- Kevin Kline becomes spooked by his high–living neighbour (Kevin Spacey) who's into such things as insurance scams and wife–swapping. His…
Cracker (TV Series) (1993-1994)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom, Andy Wilson, Julian Jarrold
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Christopher Eccleston, Adrian Dunbar…
- Justifiably acclaimed, often grim television drama centred round the forensic exploits of troubled, gambling–addict psychologist Robbie…
Crush, The (1993)
- Dir. Alan Shapiro
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin
- Psycho–brat Alicia Silverstone, all pert and pout at only fourteen, tries to ensnare her new neighbour of twice her age. Curious adolescents…