Subgenre Sampler
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009)
- Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Feat. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre - One of the highest–grossing foreign language hits at the NZ box office, this riveting, full–bodied Swedish thriller follows an escalating…
Glorious 39 (2009)- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, David Tennant… - Trademark Stephen Poliakoff visuals and upper crust intrigue characterise this pre–WWII mystery, starring Romola Garai as the adoptive daughter…
Godspeed (2009)- Dir. Robert Saitzyk
Feat. Joseph McKelheer, Courtney Halverson, Cory Knauf… - Heavy–handed themes dog this otherwise vivid Alaskan thriller, in which a small–time preacher experiences a crisis of faith in the…
Good Wife, The (TV Series) (2009-2016)- Feat. Julianne Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles…
- First–rate, Golden Globe–winning series about a politician's wife who must return to the workforce after a sex and corruption scandal…
Harry Brown (2009)- Dir. Daniel Barber
Feat. Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles… - Michael Caine plays a disgruntled ex–serviceman who takes the law into his own hands when the drug and gang problem within his neighborhood…
High Life (2009)- Dir. Gary Yates
Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Rossif Sutherland - Well–executed crime caper has four laughable lowlifes hatch a plan to rob a series of ATM machines, only for their moronic, stoned–out…
Horsemen, The (2009)- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Lou Taylor Pucci… - Blood–soaked biblical thriller from dir. Akerlund (better known for his Lady Gaga music videos), with Dennis Quaid as a grizzled detective…
Hurt (2009)- Dir. Barbara Stepansky
Feat. Melora Walters, William Mapother, Johanna Braddy… - Desert set indie–horror is a more thoughtful entry in the burgeoning 'demon child' canon with Melora Walters as a mother trying to hold the…
I'm Not Harry Jenson (2009)- Dir. James Napier Robertson
Feat. Gareth Reeves, Ian Mune, Marshall Napier… - Tensely conceived, enterprising Kiwi thriller finds a true crime novelist so deeply invested in the violent subject of his latest book, that he…
In the Electric Mist (2009)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard… - Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
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