Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Drama: 727 Films to Buy & Rent
Zero Day (2003)
- Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson
- A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
'R Xmas (2002)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Lillo Brancato Jr., Drea De Matteo, Ice-T
- Familiar territory tinged with originality from bad boy dir. Ferrara, examining the unusual Christmas crises of a drug–dealing Latino couple in…
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte…
- A smooth exercise in self–satire from dir. Lelouch, with Jeremy Irons playing a shifty jewel–thief who hooks up with lounge–singer…
Assassination Tango (2002)
- Dir. Robert Duvall
Feat. Robert Duvall, Kathy Baker, Ruben Blades
- Unassuming, yet engrossing crime drama, which follows aging hitman Robert Duvall on a job in Argentina, while casually digressing into a search for…
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Perry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang…
- Spinning a novel twist on a few cliches, this parable concerns a group of bored Asian–American high schoolers in Orange County, California who…
Changing Lanes (2002)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
Chaos (2002)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot
- A witty French thriller where, through a chance meeting, a middle–class woman comes to the rescue of an Algerian–born prostitute who is…
City By the Sea (2002)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand
- Robert De Niro faces a personal and professional dilemma as a decent cop/bad father who discovers that the prime suspect in the murder of his partner…
City of Ghosts (2002)
- Dir. Matt Dillon
Feat. Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone…
- A moody debut for dir. Dillon, unfolding a familiar thriller of dueling lowlifes in the exotic–chaotic scenery of presentday…
City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
- Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmano da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen
- An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…