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Rental > Television > Foreign Cinema: 61 Films to Rent
Wallander (TV Series) (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Feat. Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström
- Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
Eagle, The (TV Series) (A Crime Odyssey) (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Jens Albinus
- An expert Danish thriller dealing in international terrorism and cross–border crime, this involves the usual task force machinations of special…
Elfen Lied (2004)
- Dir. Mamoru Kanbe
- Anime TV series adapting the earlier part of a manga of the same name by Lynn Okamoto that was considered edgy in its time due to being pretty dark…
City of Men (TV Series) (Cidade dos Homens) (2003)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva
- Brazilian TV followup to the crime epic CITY OF GOD, continues the lives of Acerola and Laranjinha in the shanties of Sao Paolo dodging drug gangs…
Braquo (TV Series) (2002)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal, Xavier Palud
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joseph Malerba, Karole Rocher…
- Grungy French police series in which four officers of the SDPJ Hauts–de–Seine have their lives turned upside down after a colleague…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2001)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort
- The classic tale of injustice and revenge (by Alexander Dumas), gets respectful treatment in this French TV mini–series starring Gerard…
Turbo (TV Series) (2000-2001)
- Feat. Roberto Farnesi
- Addictive mystery series with the canine detective Turbo tracking villains against the sun–drenched vistas of Tuscany.
Kingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Udo Kier
- Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy.
Raising the…
Eko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino
- Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
Inspector Rex (TV Series) (1994-2004)
- Feat. Tobias Moretti
- Austrian TV series, with a sizable cult following around the world (especially in Australia), in which a lone policeman and his German Shepherd…