Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 436 Films to Buy & Rent
French Connection, The (1971)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider…
- An influential crime picture based on the largest narcotics seizure of all time. Won the Oscar for Best Picture for its realistic portrait of New…
Max and the Junkmen (Max Et Les Ferrailleurs) (1971)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider
- French crime drama set in the noir shaded streets of Paris follows a frustrated detective getting tangled up in a love triangle after commissioning a…
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) (1971-1977)
- Feat. Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James
- Mild crime series centred on a husband and wife detective team solving crime and bringing felons to justice on the streets of San Francisco. More…
Organization, The (1971)
- Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Sidney Poitier
- Poitier takes on heroin traffickers in an adept second sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
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…
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…
Special Branch (TV Series) (1969-1974)
- Feat. Derren Nesbitt, Fulton MacKay
- Brit detective series revolving around England's finest police duo tackling the bad guys of the local district. This series still holds appeal to a…
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…
Adam-12 (TV Series) (1968-1975)
- Feat. Kent McCord, Martin Milner, William Boyett
- Cult cop show following the lives of two LAPD officers shot in a gritty docudrama style, and distinguished by a strict adherence to realism that…
Bullitt (1968)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn…
- A taut, action–packed cop thriller boasting the most spectacular car chase to be committed to screen, through the streets of San Fransisco.