Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Drama: 727 Films to Buy & Rent
Too Late (Prea Târziu) (1996)
- Dir. Lucian Pintilie
Feat. Razvan Vasilescu
- Bleak, unflinching examination of Romanian society from dir. Pintilie focuses on an inexperienced investigator who discovers a myriad of corruption…
Carried Away (1995)
- Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, Amy Locane…
- Rustic, brooding melodrama in which a middle–aged school–teacher (Dennis Hopper) crosses the line with his 17–year old student, and…
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt…
- After MISERY, this non–supernatural Stephen King adaptation displays yet another facet of Kathy Bates multiple screen personas – here she…
La Haine (Hate) (1995)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui…
- A distinctive French urban crime drama in which the idle hands of male youth form fisticuffs on mean urban streets. A whole lot punchier, intelligent…
McCallum (TV Series) (1995-1998)
- Feat. John Hannah
- Above–par crime series trails the private and professional life of the titular forensic pathologist as he becomes entangled in various murder…
Oliver's Travels (TV Mini-series) (1995)
- Feat. Alan Bates, Sinead Cusack, Bill Paterson
- BBC oddity centered around Oliver (Bates), an ex–university lecturer with a passion for puzzles, who goes on a search to find legendary…
Death of a Cheerleader (A Friend to Die For) (1994)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Tori Spelling, Valerie Harper, Kellie Martin
- Enjoyably trashy true story in which a mousy Catholic girl transfers to a public school and desperately attempts to befriend the most popular girl in…
Getting Gotti (1994)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Lorraine Bracco, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony John Denison
- Lorraine Bracco pre–SOPRANOS stardom takes on the role of a determined U.S. Attorney Assistant tracking down a Mafia Crime Boss that grew up in…
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
- Peter Jackson follows his zombie trilogy with this Oscar–nominated tour–de–force based on the Parker–Hulme murders of the…
Little Odessa (1994)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave…
- Fugutive assassin Tim Roth returns home to the Russian quarter of New York, where personal problems compound the stresses of the job. Portrait of a…