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Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series)Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker
Superb addition to the euro crime craze, with Tennant and Colman bringing a surprisingly fresh take on the mismatched partner scenario, as detectives…
Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series)Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Laura Donnelly
A dark exemplar of the current wave of female–driven crime dramas, with former X–FILES stalwart Gillian Anderson bringing a steely edge…
Hannibal - Season 1 (TV Series)Hannibal - Season 1 (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas
A grisly, ultra stylised thriller based on Thomas Harris' ubiquitous crime novels, with the grimly compelling relationship between FBI agent Will…
Harry (TV Series)Harry (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu
Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
Top of the Lake (TV Series)Top of the Lake (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Dir. Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan, David Wenham
An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…
Tunnel, The (TV Series)Tunnel, The (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Stephen Dillane, Clemence Poesy, Mia Goth
An Anglo/French remake of Scandinavian crime hit THE BRIDGE, centred alternatively on a British and French detective who find themselves working…
Alcatraz (TV Series)Alcatraz (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill
A short–lived but engrossing policier with a mystery hook – a la LOST – which re–imagines San Francisco's Alcatraz prison as…
Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series)Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012) Recommended
Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling
Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
Line of Duty (TV Series)Line of Duty (TV Series) (2012) Aro Favourite
Feat. Lennie James, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure
Outstanding new British policier deals with corruption and department politics within a special unit whose record crime figures don't quite add up.…
Place Beyond the Pines, ThePlace Beyond the Pines, The (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper
Ryan Gosling re–teams with the dir. of BLUE VALENTINE for this equally arresting crime saga that unfolds after a motorcycling drifter's…

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