Subgenre Sampler
      Suspense/Crime > Drama: 729 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
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…
 
Crime and Punishment (TV Mini-series)  (2002) 
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. John Simm, Kate Ashfield, Lara Belmont… 
- Lyrical TV adaptation of the great Dostoevsky novel focused on a young murderer struggling to escape his feelings of guilt and paranoia before they…
 
Dancer Upstairs, The (2002) 
- Dir. John Malkovich
Feat. Javier Bardem 
- John Malkovich debuts as a director with this slow–burn police thriller played out in the humid atmosphere of an unamed South American…
 
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez 
- A tightly–wound, satisfying British melodrama about illegal immigrants in London that find themselves exploited by a medical scam.
Chiwetel…
 
El Bonaerense (2002)
 
- Dir. Pablo Trapero
 
- An authentically macho tale about the notoriously clannish and corrupt police force of Buenos Aires (members are known as 'el Bonaerense') which…
 
Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)
 
- Feat. Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell
 
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
 
Gangs of New York (2002)
 
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz… 
- Dir. Martin Scorsese’s messy yet resonant epic based on a 19th century chapter that witnessed mass civil unrest in NYC is painted with the…
 
Heaven (2002) 
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi 
- An art–thriller worked from a script by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski which follows the enigmatic trail of recently widowed and vengeful Cate…
 
John Q (2002) 
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall… 
- Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…