Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Parallax View, The (1974)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss
- Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- Feat. James Garner, Noah Jr. Beery, Joe Santos…
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
- Dir. Jerry Thorpe
Feat. David Janssen, Jodie Foster, Andrea Marcovicci
- David Janssen plays a cop turned private sleuth who is on the trail of the psychopath who is targeting his ex–partner's supermodel daughter.
Taking of Pelham 123, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam…
- Superlative '70s heist movie – four gunmen hi–jack a train and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute the ransom is late. Taut,…
Tamarind Seed, The (1974)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle…
- Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…
Terrorists, The (Ransom) (1974)
- Dir. Caspar Wrede
Feat. Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Jeffry Wickham
- Improbable thriller with Connery as a Norwegian colonel charged with liberating a plane full of hostages in the "country" of Scandinavia.
Truck Turner (1974)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks…
- Neo–noir blaxploitation with soul singer Isaac Hayes playing a professional football player who suffers an injury and turns to bounty hunting…
Badlands (1973)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
- Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are a knock–out as deluded teenage fugitives who chalk up a hefty body count as they flee across country. Based…
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether
- Forced out of retirement to solve the murder of his son, lanky, milk–drinking Detective Jones is back doing what he does best – catching…
Burned Barns, The (Les granges brulées) (1973)
- Dir. Jean Chapot
Feat. Alain Delon, Simone Signoret
- Moody provincial drama of death and betrayal reunites Delon and Signoret, this time on opposite sides of the law.
More a character study than a…