Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
McCloud (TV Series) (1970-1977)
- Feat. Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Ken Lynch…
- Nicely executed crime series following an ex–sheriff from "out west" that joins up with a New York City police squadron to nab the baddies by…
Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
- Feat. Rod Serling
- Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page…
- Late period Billy Wilder (THE APARTMENT) applies his ironic sensibility, with less acid than usual, to the mind of Conan Doyle's detecting hero and…
Rider on the Rain (Le passager de la pluie) (1970)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Marlène Jobert, Annie Cordy, Charles Bronson
- Stylish psychosexual French mystery thriller in obvious homage to Hitchcock, with Charles Bronson playing a US Army colonel hunting down an escaped…
Shadows of Fear (TV Series) (1970)
- Feat. Sheila Hancock, Ronald Hines, Edward Fox…
- Featuring some of Britain's most renowned stage and TV performers, this anthology series brings together eight plays with a 'chilling Hitchcockian…
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Juano Hernandez
- The first sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT has Sidney Poitier’s detective now settled in San Francisco and investigating a girl’s…
Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas…
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
Boucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne
- Psychological thriller probes the perhaps dangerous liaison between a celibate school–teacher and a murder suspect, the local butcher. Rich in…
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…