Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Elegant Criminel, L' (1990)
- Dir. Francis Girod
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jaques Weber
- Daniel Auteuil stars in this irreverent and witty biography of suave petty thief and condemned killer Pierre Lacenaire, whose brief flame burned…
Everybody Wins (1990)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton…
- Arthur Miller's first screenplay since THE MISFITS tells the story of a private eye, hired for a murder enquiry by a strange woman who claims to know…
Fourth War, The (1990)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow, Harry Dean Stanton
- Cold War thriller set during the early days of detente has Scheider and Prochnow as two border commanders whose friendly rivalry on the…
Godfather Part 3, The (1990)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Al Pacino
- The conclusion of the epic Corleone trilogy, with an aging Al Pacino looking to legitimise his business activities, and find a suitable successor.…
Grifters, The (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
- Small time con–artists Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening cross paths but come to discover little honour among thieves. A quirky,…
Havana (1990)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Lena Olin
- A gracefully ageing Robert Redford seeks his fortune on the verge of the Cuban revolution, while romantic entanglement with Lena Olin has political…
Hidden Agenda (1990)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Brian Cox, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif…
- Perhaps dir. Loach’s most genre–based film, this political thriller about sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s involves…
Horseplayer (1990)
- Dir. Kurt Voss
Feat. Brad Dourif, Sammi Davis, Max Perlich
- Interesting item stars the incomparably strange Brad Dourif as a loner being manipulated by bored neighbours. Unfortunately for them, Brad turns out…
Hot Spot, The (1990)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly…
- Don Johnson drifts into nowheresville, where things are more than a little strange and everybody chainsmokes. Steamy modern noir with a sultry blues…
Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Adam Baldwin, Scott Glenn…
- Sean Connery plays a renegade Soviet captain of a high–tech submarine who deviates into Western waters. Is he hostile or is he trying to…