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Subgenre Sampler

 
Panic RoomPanic Room (2002) Recommended
Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam
Gifted visual stylist David Fincher downsizes a little with a dark, Hitchcockian chamber piece that pushes enough of the right buttons to make it a…
8 Women8 Women (8 Femmes) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart
In the classic whodunnit mould, this whimsical French "thriller" starts with a man’s dead body in a snowbound Alpine manse in the 1950s, and eight…
Read My LipsRead My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos
Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
SnakeskinSnakeskin (2001) Recommended
Dir. Gillian Ashurst
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Dean O'Gorman, Boyd Kestner
Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…
Beautiful CreaturesBeautiful Creatures (2000)
Dir. Bill Eagles
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch
An ultra–violent Scottish twist on THELMA AND LOUISE, with Rachel Weisz and Susan Lynch leaving Glasgow in a shower of blood, and heading out…
Contender, TheContender, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges
Strongly performed political thriller centred around the confirmation of Vice–Presidential candidate Joan Allen, whose enemies try every trick…
Run Lola RunRun Lola Run (1998) Recommended
Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu
Runaway foreign–language hit clocks up mileage from a simple conceit – flame–haired punkette Lola has twenty minutes to go like the…
Wild ThingsWild Things (1998)
Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Matt Dillon
Rattle–brained thriller sets highschool minxes Neve Campbell and Denise Richards into action, putting honest–Joe sailing instructor Matt…
Office KillerOffice Killer (1997) Recommended
Dir. Cindy Sherman
Feat. Cindy Sherman, Molly Ringwald, Barbara Sukowa
A bloody revenge fantasy – a mousy secretary gets her own back on intimidating office co–workers – informed by a stylised,…
Smilla's Feeling for SnowSmilla'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…

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