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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…
Ripper Street (TV Series)Ripper Street (TV Series) (2012) Recommended
Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Jerome Flynn, MyAnna Buring
A gritty and gripping period policier which revisits the manhunt for Jack the Ripper in Victorian London. Series One: eight episodes across three…
Safe HouseSafe House (2012)
Feat. Errol Shand, Peter Elliot, Morgana O’Reilly
The infancy of witness protection in New Zealand is given a suspenseful retelling in this quality feature–length production from TVNZ's Sunday…
Young Montalbano (TV Series)Young Montalbano (TV Series) (Il giovane Montalbano) (2012)
Feat. Michele Riondino
The popular Inspector Montalbano lives on in this prequel which employs Andrea Camilleri's earlier books to paint a picture of Montalbano in his…

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