Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 253 Films to Buy & Rent
Sea of Love (1989)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, John Goodman
- Murder suspect Ellen Barkin and detective Al Pacino have a very dangerous liaison in this sexy, hi–tension whodunnit. A first class entry with…
Loner, The (Le Solitaire) (1987)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Malo, Pierre Vernier
- Sub–par Belmondo outing has him play the routine jaded cop out to avenge his partner's death. Low on stunts but high on cruelty this is one for…
Wiseguy (TV Series) (1987-1990)
- Feat. Ken Wahl, Kevin Spacey, Tim Curry…
- Influential 80's crime series featuring the appealing Ken Wahl as an undercover FBI agent attempting to infiltrate the Mafia and destroy them from…
P.D. James Collection, The (TV Series) (1985-1998)
- Feat. Roy Marsden
- Award winning drama collections written by P.D. James detailing the challenges of a disciplined detective commander solving a series of scandalous…
Witness (1985)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer…
- Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
City Heat (1984)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander…
- Effective self–parody from Eastwood and Reynolds as unlikable cops who team together to clean up gangster–ridden Kansas City in the…
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002)
- Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Kevin Whatley…
- Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis…
- A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Corrupt (a.k.a Copkiller; Order Of Death; L'assassino Dei Poliziotti) (1983)
- Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia…
- Surprisingly intense thriller has Harvey Keitel playing a dodgy NYC detective taunted by disturbed youth John Lydon (formerly 'Johnny Rotten' of the…