Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 245 Films to Rent on VHS
- Resurrection Man (1997)
- Dir. Marc Evans
Feat. Stuart Townsend
- Cut–above Irish thriller based around the notorious 1970s razor–gang Shankill Butchers, who dealt in drugs and intimidation with Stanley…
- She's So Lovely (1997)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta
- As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
- Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Smilla's Sense of Snow) (1997)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris
- From Peter Hoeg's acclaimed novel, Julia Ormond glistens in the plumb role of the frosty, feisty half–eskimo woman who over–concerns…
- Ulee's Gold (1997)
- Dir. Victor Nunez
Feat. Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel
- Peter Fonda gives good grace as an ageing, emotionally reticent beekeeper who is much less at ease with what's going on in his family's hive, a unit…
- Unforgettable (1997)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino
- A modern noir with a conceit lifted straight out of a sci–fi B–movie, cop Ray Liotta's obsession to learn the truth about his wife's…
- Crimetime (1996)
- Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost…
- An educated, grisly thriller from director of THE VANISHING, set in a near–future where TV re–enacts, week by week, the latest efforts of…
- Diabolique (1996)
- Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri
- Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani and Chazz Palminteri star in this flashy remake of the 1955 French classic, LES DIABOLIQUES. Strictly for those that…
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher
- Cajun ex–cop Alec Baldwin investigates his wife's death, and encounters old pal turned crime–lord Eric Roberts lurking in the Bayou.…
- Jaded (1996)
- Dir. Caryn Krooth
Feat. Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald…
- Putting a hefty, controversial twist on the subject of rape, this psychodrama has smalltown loner Carla Gugino sexually abused, not by a man, but by…
- Jason's Lyric (1996)
- Dir. Doug McHenry
Feat. Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Forest Whitaker…
- If you can't get enough boys in the 'hood, there's plenty of bloodshed and moral penance to be found in this tale of doomed lovers struggling to…