Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3174 Films to Buy & Rent
Edge Of Darkness (2010)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
- Kiwi Martin Campbell helms this compact Hollywood remake of the 1986 BBC mini–series he also directed.
Despite Mel Gibson’s…
Esoterica (2010)
- Dir. Sam Barrett
Feat. James Helm, George Shevtsov, Melanie Munt
- A photographer specialising in the surveillance of wayward spouses takes on a case that will involve his ex–wife, chainsaw wielding gangsters…
Essential Killing (2010)
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner
- Vincent Gallo plays a terrified Taliban fighter on the run from American forces in this oddly compelling chase movie, distinctive for its relentless…
Experiment, The (2010)
- Dir. Paul Scheuring
Feat. Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr.
- Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker chew the scenery in this slick, if largely diminished remake of the 2001 German thriller, itself a dramatisation of…
Fair Game (2010)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Tom McCarthy…
- A smart, ground level conspiracy thriller based on the true story of an undercover CIA operative (Watts) whose identity was suspiciously leaked after…
Five Days (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Suranne Jones, Anne Reid, Bernard Hill…
- High concept BBC crime series magnifies the complex thread of events and consequences surrounding a lengthy crime investigation by focusing on five…
Frozen (2010)
- Dir. Adam Green
Feat. Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers…
- Nifty little thriller with three snowboarding friends trapped on a frozen ski lift, and as night comes they discover something lurks down below.…
Ghost Writer, The (2010)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams…
- A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair–like former British prime…
Guard, The (2010)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham…
- A straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle) and a raucous Irish cop (Gleeson) buddy up to take down an international drug smuggling ring in this riotous…
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim…
- A souped–up, though still relatively faithful update of the funky surf and sun policier, originally a hit in the late sixties. Alex O'Loughlin…