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      Suspense/Crime > Foreign Cinema: 473 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
Election 2 (Triad Election) (2006) 
- Dir. Johnny To
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Louis Koo 
- Genre exponent Johnny To logically extends the gangland politics of his original film in this punchy, no–nonsense sequel concerning a fresh…
 
Exit (2006) 
- Dir. Peter Lindmark
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Skarsgard 
- Gripping Swedish corporate thriller stars the angular Mads Mikkelsen (CASINO ROYALE) as a family man on the run after he becomes the main suspect in…
 
Few Days in September, A (Quelques jours en septembre) (2006) 
- Dir. Santiago Amigorena
Feat. Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Nick Nolte… 
- Pre–September 11 spy–thriller dramatising events leading up to the fatal terrorist attack, with former spy (Binoche) being stalked…
 
Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) (2006)
 
- Dir. Chris Kraus
Feat. Monika Bliebtreu, Hannah Herzsprung 
- Unrelentingly gritty German drama of redemption details the hostile relationship between an incarcerated piano player and her emotionally chilly…
 
Invisible Waves (2006) 
- Dir. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Feat. Tadanobu Asano 
- Moody and sophisticated dream–noir from the dir. of LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE again casts Japanese star Tadanobu Asano, here in the role of a…
 
Jar City (Mýrin) (2006)
 
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Agusta Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson 
- With dirt under its fingernails and ice on its breath, this forensic thriller harnesses the harsh, otherworldly elements of its Icelandic setting to…
 
Lives of Others, The (2006)
 
- Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Feat. Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck… 
- Compelling dramatisation of the political tensions between artists and authorities in 80's East Germany, this widely celebrated arthouse hit won the…
 
Tell No One (Ne le dis à Personne) (2006) 
- Dir. Guillaume Canet
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Marie-Josee Croze, Andre Dussollier… 
- Convoluted yet propulsive French thriller about a man whose deceased wife contacts him eight years after her supposed murder, triggering a quest to…
 
Unknown Woman, The (La Sconosciuta) (2006) 
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini 
- Skillful Hitchcockian suspense hailed as a return to form for the director of CINEMA PARADISO, following a troubled Ukrainian immigrant in Italy who…
 
Vengeance  (Phairii phinaat paa mawrana) (2006) 
- Dir. Preaw Sirisuwan
 
- Fast–paced jungle fantasy horror has a young man and his friends in pursuit of an escaped prisoner inside a fantastical forest populated by…