Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Hostage (Savage Attraction) (1983)
- Dir. Frank Shields
Feat. Kerry Mack, Ralph Schicha, Gabriella Barraket
- True crime thriller set in the 70's about Christine Maresch, the Australian woman who married a West German man in the city of Wollongong before…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1983)
- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott…
- Ian Richardson (HOUSE OF CARDS) plays Sherlock Holmes in this crafted version of Conan Doyle’s most famous mystery, in which a monstrous…
House on Sorority Row, The (1983)
- Dir. Mark Rosman
Feat. Kate McNeil, Harley Jane Kozak, Eileen Davidson…
- Cult 80's slasher set in a sorority house, where the sisters pull a graduation prank that backfires and leads to them being stalked and murdered one…
Jamaica Inn (Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Eve
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Moon in the Gutter (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril…
- Dockworker Gerard Depardieu befriends Nastassja Kinski as he hunts for the killer of his sister. Pompous or excellent? Watch and decide for yourself.…
Outside Man, The (Le Marginal) (1983)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Tcheky Karyo
- Big–budget actioner has rogue cop Belmondo raising hell and the ire of his colleagues as he pursues drug kingpin Silva.
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Phantom of the Opera (1983)
- Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Jane Seymour, Michael York
- Nicely–produced TV version of the Gaston Leroux classic, that while straying far from the source, puts perhaps the darkest twist on the story…
Reilly Ace Of Spies (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson…
- Quintessential 1980s mini–series follows the adventures of a real life British superspy Sidney Reilly in the turbulent Russia, Europe and Asia…
Scales of Justice (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Isabelle Anderson…
- A three–part crime drama which links tales of drug–dealing, organised crime, police corruption and political conspiracy in 1980s…
Scarlet and the Black, The (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud…
- Thrilling cat–and–mouse tale of Vatican attempts to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airman from Nazi imprisonment.