Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3104 Films to Rent
Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)
- Dir. Ernest B Shoedsack, Irving Pichel
Feat. Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
- This mother of all chase–movies was adapted from Richard Connell's book by the makers of KING KONG. A fresh–faced Joel McCrea is…
M... Worst Crime of All (1931)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Peter Lorre
- A chilling expressionist classic starring Peter Lorre as psychotic child molester. Dir. Lang masterfully fills the screen with understated but…
Gangster Films, The: Three Silent Films by Yasujiro Ozu (Walk Cheerfully, That Night's Wife, Dragnet Girl) (1930-1933)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
- Criterion collection of three silent crime films made by prolific Japanese director Ozu before his reputation for post–WWII domestic dramas was…
Hitchcock Showcase (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Four films from the early career of suspense's elder statesman, available on twin cassettes – MURDER (1930), SKIN GAME (1931), NUMBER 17…
Murder! (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
- Hitchcock's second talkie is a clever whodunnit in which a juror (Marshall) in the murder trial of a young woman decides to open his own…
Blackmail (1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood…
- Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Silent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, The (1927-1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Two of Hitchcock's early films showcasing the best from the Master Of Suspense during his silent era.
THE RING: A boxer must compete with a rival…
Underworld (1927)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook
- Josef von Sternberg’s breakthrough silent film arguably pioneered the American gangster genre, with George Bancroft cast as a criminal kingpin…
Lodger, The (1926)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney…
- The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
Burning Crucible, The (Le Brasier Ardent) (1923)
- Dir. Ivan Mosjoukine
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- Melodrama styled as a semi–comic Kafkaesque nightmare. The film that inspired Jean Renoir to start directing.