Subgenre Sampler
Hostages & Terrorism: 228 Films to Buy & Rent
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn…
- The grief and curiosity of a nine–year–old autistic boy is explored in this tough, but tender drama set in the aftermath of the September…
- Greetings to the Devil (2011)
- Dir. Juan Felipe Orozco
Feat. Édgar Ramírez, Ricardo Vélez, Carolina Gómez
- Fast and aggressive Colombian thriller stars the charismatic Édgar Ramírez, fresh off CARLOS, as a former guerrilla forced to hunt down and kill…
- Homeland - Season 1 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin…
- Anchored by Claire Danes's riveting, high–tensile performance, this outstanding surveillance thriller centres on the return of an Iraq war hero…
- If a Tree Falls (2011)
- Dir. Marshall Curry
- Part coming–of–age tale, part cops–and–robbers thriller, this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Daniel McGowan,…
- Kidnap and Ransom (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Trevor Eve, John Hannah, Helen Baxendale
- Muscular ITV hostage thriller, centred on an expert negotiator whose latest assignment comes unstuck in volatile South Africa. Carefully balances…
- Policeman (2011)
- Dir. Nadav Lapid
Feat. Yiftach Klein
- With contemporary Israel as its disquieting backdrop, this sharp and incisive account of revolutionary action, witnessed through the eyes of a…
- Rebellion (2011)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi…
- A proficient, airtight geopolitical thriller from dir. Kassovitz, who also stars as the captain of a counterterrorist division sent to New Caledonia…
- Special Forces (2011)
- Dir. Stéphane Rybojad
Feat. Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoit Magimel
- A kidnapped war correspondent is rescued by an elite unit of French soldiers, only to be relentlessly pursued by her Taliban captors. Grunty and…
- Straw Dogs (2011)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard…
- Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 film is bleached, but certainly not bettered in this nasty remake that goes for broke in the violence stakes,…
- 24 - Season 8 (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
- Final season of the high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…