Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 245 Films to Rent on VHS
- Criminal, The (1999)
- Dir. Julian Simpson
Feat. Bernard Hill, Stephen Mackintosh, Eddie Izzard…
- Brit–crime without the big flashy style, instead opting for a classic prime–suspect–on–the–run plotline, underworld…
- Desert Blue (1999)
- Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci…
- Various moods of isolation pervade the Californian desert–town setting of this comical melange of cliché and eccentricity, contrived around an…
- Envy (1999)
- Dir. Julie Money
Feat. Anna Lise Phillips, Linda Cropper, Wade Osborne
- A family is devastated in the aftermath of the ‘rape’ of her teenage son at the hands of a trio of young crims – mother Linda Cropper then…
- Gun Shy (1999)
- Dir. Eric Blakeney
Feat. Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt…
- Implausible and cartoonish, this crime comedy has the novelty of Liam Neeson trying out a comedy role – as stressed–out undercover cop…
- If… Dog… Rabbit… (1999)
- Dir. Matthew Modine
Feat. Matthew Modine, Bruce Dern, John Hurt…
- Directorial debut for actor Matthew Modine (who also stars), coming up with a by now rather familiar gangster caper, set among an eccentric bunch of…
- Jerry and Tom (1999)
- Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…
- Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
- Kin (1999)
- Dir. Elanie Proctor
Feat. Miranda Otto, Isaiah Washington, Chris Chameleon
- A game–keeper of elephants in the Namibian desert, Miranda Otto hovers between passions for brother Chris Chameleon and American newcomer…
- Minus Man, The (1999)
- Dir. Hampton Fancher
Feat. Owen Wilson, Mercedes Ruehl, Janeane Garofalo…
- Comic actor Owen Wilson is sort–of cast against type as an impassive, child–like drifter with a penchant for random poisonings, settling…
- Omega Code, The (1999)
- Dir. Rob Marcarelli
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside…
- Casper Van Dien plays an academic in on a global conspiracy overseen by Michael York – who has managed to decode hidden predictions in the Bible.
- Pups (1999)
- Dir. Ash
Feat. Burt Reynolds
- A frustrated thirteen–year–old comes across the family firearm, prompting him to hold up the local bank with his reluctant girlfriend in…