Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Policier: 396 Films to Rent on DVD
- Ripper Street (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Jerome Flynn, MyAnna Buring
- A gritty and gripping period policier which revisits the manhunt for Jack the Ripper in Victorian London.
Series One: eight episodes across three…
- Safe House (2012)
- Feat. Errol Shand, Peter Elliot, Morgana O’Reilly…
- The infancy of witness protection in New Zealand is given a suspenseful retelling in this quality feature–length production from TVNZ's Sunday…
- Sweeney, The (2012)
- Dir. Nick Love
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell…
- Ray Winstone phones it in as the 'ard as nails Flying Squad detective determined to bring down an old adversary planning a major bank heist. Maximum…
- Young Montalbano (TV Series) (Il giovane Montalbano) (2012)
- Feat. Michele Riondino
- The popular Inspector Montalbano lives on in this prequel which employs Andrea Camilleri's earlier books to paint a picture of Montalbano in his…
- Blitz (2011)
- Dir. Elliott Lester
Feat. Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen…
- Subtlety–free actioner with Statham as a brutish cop given free reign to bring in a serial cop–killer. Almost oppressively violent with a…
- Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011)
- Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg
- The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…
- Case Sensitive (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Peter Wight…
- Serviceable British policier centred on the case–solving acumen of a male–female detective team whose work regularly descends into…
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer…
- David Fincher helms this electrifying big–budget remake of the dynamite Swedish thriller, adapted from Stieg Larsson's worldwide bestseller.…
- Grimm (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch…
- A supernaturally gifted homicide detective begins to take on cases linked to creature mythology and fairytale archetypes in this police procedural…
- Killing, The (TV Series, US) (2011)
- Feat. Mireille Enos, Billy Campbell, Michelle Forbes
- Absorbing US remake of the hit Danish homicide serial remains faithful to the long–form, deep–focus procedural format of the original…