Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Drama: 727 Films to Buy & Rent
Ashes and Sand (2003)
- Dir. Bob Blagden
Feat. Nick Moran, Lara Belmont
- Promising but ultimately disappointing drama set among the members of a girl–gang in Brighton, England.
Although based on an…
Blackjack (TV Series) (2003-2007)
- Dir. Peter Andrikidis
Feat. Colin Friels, Vince Colosimo, Kate Beahan…
- Tenacious Aussie crime series centred on a detective banished to work in the police archives section, who uses his new surrounds to solve long…
Blind Flight (2003)
- Dir. John Furse
Feat. Ian Hart, Linus Roache
- True story of the 4–year kidnapping in 80s Lebanon of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy, given an affecting depth by its…
Blue Murder (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Caroline Quentin
- Pragmatic crime series featuring British comedian Caroline Quentin as a detective at the top of her game, trying to juggle her demanding career and…
Carandiru (2003)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
- An expressionist series of tales set within the notorious titular prison in Sao Paolo, Brazil, as seen through the eyes of a benevolent doctor and…
Dallas 362 (2003)
- Dir. Scott Caan
Feat. Scott Caan, Jeff Goldblum, Shawn Hatosy…
- Minor but admirable drama about a young man seeking to break away from his stifling life in Los Angeles with the encouragement of his stoner…
Dot The I (El Punto sobre la I) (2003)
- Dir. Matthew Parkhill
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, James D'Arcy, Natalia Verbeke
- A skillfully moody London romance, in which the relationship of an engaged couple is disturbed by a pre–wedding ritual in which Verbeke must…
Elephant (2003)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, Timothy Bottoms…
- A smoothly crafted, but troubling depiction of the Columbine High School massacre in which two disaffected teenagers planned and staged the multiple…
For Good (2003)
- Dir. Stuart McKenzie
Feat. Michelle Langstone, Timothy Balme, Miranda Harcourt…
- Deserving of a wider audience, this assured and well–focused NZ feature debut belies its limited budget with a pertinent crime story executed…
Good Morning, Night (2003)
- Dir. Marco Bellocchio
- A dramatisation of events surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 by The Red Brigades, as seen through the…