Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3104 Films to Rent
Chairman, The (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill…
- Engrossing and utterly preposterous spy flick with Peck as a scientist who must sneak into communist China to steal a secret formula, and to…
Femme Infidele, La (The Unfaithful Wife) (1969)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Bouquet, Stephane Audran, Maurice Ronet
- French bourgeoisie couple Michel Bouquet and Stephane Audran form a murderous love–triangle with seducer Maurice Ronet, revealing the hidden…
Love is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) (1969)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Ulli Lommel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla…
- The first in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career.
Fassbinder…
Michael Kohlhaas (1969)
- Dir. David Warner
Feat. David Warner
- Bizarre high drama about a 16th Century horse–dealer who leads a revolt against an unscrupulous Baron overlord. David Warner inhabits the title…
Public Eye (TV Series) (1969-1971)
- Feat. Alfred Burke
- British drama series starring Alfred Burke as Frank Marker, a jaded private investigator who deals with a variety of cases. A more realistic and…
Que La Bete Meure (This Man Must Die) (1969)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Duchaussoy, Jean Yanne, Caroline Cellier
- Thriller based on the book called The Beast Must Die by Cecil Day–Lewis (under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake), about a man who becomes involved…
Some Girls Do (1969)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Richard Johnson, Daliah Lavi, James Villiers…
- Return outing for Richard Johnson's 'Bulldog Drummond' pits the Bond–wannabe against a cabal of mini–skirted fembots and his…
Strange Report (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills
- Wily Anthony Quayle is Adam Strange, ex–police officer turned criminologist charged with cleaning up murder sprees and other unsolvable cases…
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
- Dir. Abraham Polonsky
Feat. Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake…
- This Western comeback from blacklisted director Polonsky (FORCE OF EVIL) focuses (rather ironically) on the manhunt of Robert Blake, who here plays…
A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Sylva Koscina
- Dramatic suspense in which a retired vigilante NYC cop hired to look after a potential murderess ends up unprofessionally mixing business and…