Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Amsterdamned (1988)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Monique Van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke
- Around the canals of the Dutch capital, an elusive serial killer is manhunted. Huub Stapel stars in this sleek, exotic thriller from genre stylist…
Appointment with Death (1988)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud
- Agatha Christie mystery with Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, and Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud among the suspects.
As Tears Go By (Wong gok ka moon) (1988)
- Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
- Dir. Wong Kar–Wai debuted with this ambitious remake of MEAN STREETS, where best buddies Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung struggle through the…
Betrayed (1988)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard…
- FBI agent Debra Winger must infiltrate a vicious white supremacist network, apparently run by the handsome, affable Tom Berenger. Murky plotting gets…
Bourne Identity, The (Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle…
- Mini–series based on Robert Ludlam's best–seller about an injured, unconscious man who washes ashore in a small French town and discovers…
D.O.A. (1988)
- Dir. Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling
- After being fed a slow poison, Dennis Quaid endeavours to find his killer before he meets his maker. Remake of the 1950 classic.
Dead Ringers (1988)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold
- You'll share in Jeremy Irons' nightmares as twin gynaecologists, both brilliant and respected in their trade, who succumb to perverse mid–life…
For Queen and Country (1988)
- Dir. Martin Stellman
Feat. Denzel Washington, George Baker, Amanda Redman
- Denzel Washington plays a retired paratrooper who struggles to adapt to civilian life after returning home from the Falklands War. Crime drama…
Frantic (1988)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley…
- Harrison Ford plays a surgeon who becomes involved in the Paris underworld when his wife disappears on their first day abroad. A clever and…
Grasscutter, The (1988)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Terence Cooper, Joel Tobeck, Martin Maguire
- A new life and identity in Dunedin proves to be no escape for a former IRA gunman who gave evidence that put 23 fellow terrorists behind bars.…