Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3174 Films to Buy & Rent
Code, The (2009)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hardy…
- Routine heist film with Freeman playing a veteran thief who recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to…
Cry of the Owl, The (2009)
- Dir. Jamie Thraves
Feat. Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, James Gilbert…
- Middling adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel with Considine playing a troubled voyeur who strikes up an unlikely relationship with the object of…
Cult, The (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Renato Bartolomei, Latham Gaines, Danielle Cormack…
- A group of brainwashed cult members are desperate to escape the mysterious compound and its deranged leader they're imprisoned by in this ambitious…
Daybreakers (2009)
- Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill…
- Inventive take on the vampire genre has a world populated with the fanged undead facing a food shortage with the human population rapidly dwindling.…
Disappearance of Alice Creed, The (2009)
- Dir. J Blakeson
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compston
- Nominally another addition to the flavorless torture genre, this ransom drama centred on the abduction of a millionaire's daughter by two…
Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
- Dir. Jeff Beesley
Feat. Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley
- Revenge yarn based on a Stephen King short story sees Christian Slater play the titular Dolan, a crooked slimeball begging for punishment after he…
Double Hour, The (La Doppia Ora) (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Capotondi
Feat. Kseniya Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo…
- A high–concept, twisty Euro–thriller plays out after a chambermaid and an ex–cop meet at a speed dating event.
As is par for the…
Duplicity (2009)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson…
- Power–dressed by Clive Owen and Julia Roberts, this is a smart, playful conundrum of a spy thriller that proves great fun to unravel, as…
Exam (2009)
- Dir. Stuart Hazeldine
Feat. Jimi Mistry, Luke Mably, Adar Beck…
- High–concept, low–budget thriller from the UK delivers a testing spin on 'The Apprentice', where eight candidates vying for a corporate…
Farewell (2009)
- Dir. Christian Carion
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Gary Lewis…
- This riveting Cold War yarn from the dir. of JOYEUX NOEL brings to light the little–known true story of a disillusioned KGB colonel (played by…