Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3174 Films to Buy & Rent
Leaves of Grass (2009)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
Lebanon (2009)
- Dir. Samuel Maoz
Feat. Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen…
- Intense, multi–faceted battle thriller set during the height of the Israeli–Lebanon conflict in 1982 in which four young soldiers sent by…
Lie To Me (TV Series) (2009-2011)
- Feat. Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines
- Engaging crime drama that sees an unlikely Tim Roth play Cal Lightman, a doctor who has such an uncanny ability to read facial expressions and body…
Limits of Control, The (2009)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Isaach de Bankole, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton…
- Indie King Jim Jarmusch directs this mysterious and moody crime thriller, in which a Lone Man wanders through Madrid and Seville on an undisclosed…
Lodger, The (2009)
- Dir. David Ondaatje
Feat. Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West…
- Remake of the Hitchcock original takes Jack the Ripper out of Whitechapel and places him on West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, pursued by grizzled…
Lost (TV Series) - Season 5 (2009)
- Feat. Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly…
- The mysterious consequences of the downing of Oceanic Flight 815 continue, this season finally answering some long–standing questions.
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Lucky Country (2009)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Aden Young
- Terrific outback chamber piece is a turn–of–the–century powerplay between a poverty–stricken family, and three…
Lulu and the Bank Robber (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- Feat. Lene Maria Christensen, Lars Brygmann, Nicole Johansen
- An independent mother and small business owner is drawn into the dodging dealings of her habitual criminal husband in this pulpy Danish crime…
Marple (TV Series) [Julia McKenzie] (2009-2011)
- Dir. John Strickland, Nicholas Renton, Charles Palmer
Feat. Julia McKenzie, Prunella Scales, Rik Mayall…
- Yet another regeneration of British TV's long–running Agatha Christie serial, with Julia McKenzie taking the reins from Geraldine McEwan, who…
Message, The (2009)
- Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang…
- Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…