Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3174 Films to Buy & Rent
Prophet, A (Un Prophet) (2009)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif…
- Dir. Jacques Audiard betters the accomplished storytelling of THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED, situating an immersive world of cloistered gangsters and…
Push (2009)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning…
- Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller.
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Red Riding Trilogy (1974, 1980, 1983) (2009)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Feat. Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey…
- David Peace’s gritty quartet of crime novels receive a stunning translation to the screen with this threesome of British detective thrillers, based…
Secret in Their Eyes, The (El Secreto de sus Ojos) (2009)
- Dir. Juan José Campanella
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Carla Quevedo
- Arresting, well–rounded Argentine crime drama sees a retired court employee become obsessed with a 25–year–old murder case that he…
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams…
- Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
Shinjuku Incident (San suk si gin) (2009)
- Dir. Derek Yee
Feat. Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu
- Jackie Chan turns serious for this gritty, nocturnal gangland drama centered around a Chinese immigrant who is unintentionally drawn into Tokyo’s…
Spooks - Season 8 (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Peter Firth, Hermione Norris, Richard Armitage
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
State Of Play (2009)
- Dir. Kevin MacDonald
Feat. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams…
- With excellent political thriller credentials, this accomplished remake (from the BBC mini–series) transposes its conspiracy–laden scoop…
Staten Island (Little New York) (2009)
- Dir. James DeMonaco
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel…
- Ethan Hawke plays a blue collar New Yorker whose plan to fleece a mob boss of his dirty money comes unstuck when a deaf–mute hitman enters the…
Stepfather, The (2009)
- Dir. Nelson McCormick
Feat. Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard…
- This cliche–heavy remake of the eighties classic about a teenager convinced his new step father is a serial killer doesn't have the same…