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Full Time (A Plien Temps) (2021): Dir. Eric Gravel
Feat. Laure Calamy, Genevieve Mnich, Anne Suarez; A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021): Dir. Navot Papushado
Feat. Karen Gillan , Lena Headey, Carla Gugino…; Navot Papushado (BIG BAD WOLVES) directs this neon–infused action thriller about a master assassin (Karen Gillan) who teams up with her…
To Chiara (A Chiara) (2021): Dir. Jonas Carpignano
Feat. Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Giorgia Rotolo…; A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020): Dir. Tony Tilse
Feat. Essie Davis, Nathan Page; Film based on the acclaimed TV series MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES, with Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) returning as the Jazz age sleuth, unravelling…
Promising Young Woman (2020): Dir. Emerald Fennell
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie…; Carey Mulligan is sensational as the 'promising young woman' who contrives an elaborate scheme to avenge for a traumatizing past event in this…
Shirley (2020): Dir. Josephine Decker
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg; Elisabeth Moss gives another inspired performance in this literary themed thriller, playing a renowned horror writer who is interrupted on the brink…
Big Little Lies - Season 2 (TV Mini-series) (2019): Dir. Andrea Arnold
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley…; The second chapter of this acclaimed HBO series, this time from the director of FISHTANK and AMERICAN HONEY, throws a grief ridden…
Cheat (TV Mini-series) (2019): Dir. Louise Hooper
Feat. Katherine Kelly, Molly Windsor, Tom Goodman-Hill…; Another female–centric psychological thriller from Britain premised on a dangerous relationship between university professor and her student.…
Hustle, The (2019): Dir. Chris Addison
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp…; A female makeover of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988), with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson starting as scam artists, one low rent and the other high…
Hustlers (2019): Dir. Lorene Scafaria
Feat. Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles…; A group of former strip club employees take on their Wall Street Clients in this high energy, whip smart crime comedy. Inspired by the New York…
Kitchen, The (2019): Dir. Andrea Berloff
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss…; After their mobster husbands get locked up in prison, three housewives decide to take over the family business. Set in Hell's Kitchen in 1978, and…
Queens of Mystery (TV Series) (2019): Feat. Julie Graham, Rebecca Grant, Andrew Leung…; Delightfully tongue–in–cheek British crime series set in a picturesque fictional English village, following a young detective and her…
Russian Doll (TV Series) (2019): Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez…; Emmy–nominated comedy–thriller series, in which co–creator Natasha Lyonne stars as a game developer who repeatedly dies and relives…
A Simple Favour (2018): Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding…; Featuring a knowing cocktail of far–fetched twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, this stylish post–modern film noir stars Anna…
Greta (2018): Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe…; Creepy psychological thriller from Neil Jordan with a reliably fantastic performance from Huppert as a lonely widow with a sinister agenda who…
Judy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018): Dir. Mirrah Foulkes
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman; A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018): Dir. Sara Colangelo
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Rosa Salazar…; English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
Little Woods (2018): Dir. Nia DaCosta
Feat. Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby; Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
Ocean's 8 (Ocean's Eight) (2018): Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway…; A star–studded ensemble cast deliver a slick heist caper in the vein of previous installments. A team of crooks go for a 150 million dollar…
Red Joan (2018): Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes…; The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest–serving British spy. Arrested in retirement by the MI5, the extraordinary…
Big Little Lies - Season 1 (TV Mini-series) (2017): Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley…; A superb, darkly comedic seven–part HBO miniseries set in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, that weaves a tale of murder and…
Fearless (TV Mini-series) (2017): Feat. Helen McCrory, Wunmi Mosaku; A classy 6–part British miniseries following a human rights lawyer (Helen McCrory in an absorbing performance) as she attempts to secure a…
Prime Suspect 1973 (TV Series) (Prime Suspect: Tennison) (2017): Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison…; A retro–dated prequel to Lynda LaPlante's long–running British detective drama series, originally starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane…
Replacement, The (TV Mini-series) (2017): Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin…; Three part British miniseries set in Glasgow, with a successful architect who interrupts her work on a big project to have a child, hiring an…
Unforgettable (2017): Dir. Denise Di Novi
Feat. Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl; Katherine Heigl plays a scorned divorcee seeking revenge on her ex–husband's new lover in this deliciously villainous suburban thriller.
Equity (2016): Dir. Meera Menon
Feat. Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas…; Sharp, female–centric financial thriller with BREAKING BAD's Anna Gunn as a senior investment banker who finds her career undermined by scandal…
Girl on the Train, The (2016): Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson…; Adapted of the best–selling novel by Paula Hawkins (and transposed from its British setting to America), the mystery unravels for Emily Blunt…
Level, The (TV Series) (2016): Dir. Mark Everest, Andy Goddard
Feat. Karla Crome, Lindsey Coulson, Noel Clarke…; Six–part British crime drama featuring Karla Crome as a detective with the National Crime Division assigned to Brighton CID to investigate the…
Morgan (2016): Dir. Luke Scott
Feat. Kate Mara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Yeoh…; A flawed yet tense and thought–provoking sci–fi thriller about a corporate risk–management consultant who must decide whether or…
Neon Demon, The (2016): Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone…; An aspiring model moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty–obsessed women and exploitative…
Black Work (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Sheridan Smith, Matthew McNulty, Geraldine James…; Pacy British crime series with Sheridan Smith as a policewoman who sets out to discover who murdered her husband, an undercover officer.
Into the Forest (2015): Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Elliot Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Keith Rennie…; Quiet, character driven post–apocalyptic drama following two sisters whose peaceful Pacific Northwestern lives are disrupted by a…
Modus (TV Series) (2015-2017): Feat. Melinda Kinnaman, Greg Wise, Kim Cattrall…; Swedish psychological thriller series following the work of a criminal psychologist and profiler who has previously assisted both the Swedish police…
Keeping Rosy (2014): Dir. Steve Reeves
Feat. Maxine Peake, Brooke Skylar Baptist, Delta Storm Baptist…; Maxine Peake plays a women whose life is shattered after her company's board of directors betrays her, in this chilly thriller based on director…
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011): Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer…; David Fincher helms this electrifying big–budget remake of the dynamite Swedish thriller, adapted from Stieg Larsson's worldwide bestseller.…
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011): Dir. Sean Durkin
Feat. Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy…; A damaged young woman struggles to re–assimilate with her sister after fleeing an abusive cult in this unnerving, suggestive psycho–drama…
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (2010-2016): Feat. Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Bruce McGill…; Girl–powered police procedural series that teams up Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr.…
Girl Who Played with Fire, The (2009): Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre; Part two of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium Trilogy' sees the return of touch–as–nails Lisbeth Salander, who must clear her name of murder…
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009): Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Feat. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre; One of the highest–grossing foreign language hits at the NZ box office, this riveting, full–bodied Swedish thriller follows an escalating…
Julia (2008): Dir. Erick Zonca
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo; Gutsy, dynamic melodrama propelled by a full–tilt performance from Tilda Swinton as a loose cannon alcoholic who becomes embroiled in…
Roxy Hunter (2008): Dir. Eleanor Lindo
Feat. Aria Wallace; Nancy Drew–ish family drama revealing another precocious kid sleuth and her best buddy as they use their investigative know–how to solve…
Wanted (2008): Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman; A relentless rollercoaster ride on amphetamines, this breakneck graphic novel adaptation from the Russian director of NIGHT WATCH tracks the…
Exodus (Cheut ai kup gei) (2007): Dir. Pang Ho-Cheung
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Annie Liu; An indifferent Hong Kong detective slowly becomes convinced that women are conspiring to kill off the entire male species in this curious melange of…
Yella (2007): Dir. Christian Petzold
Feat. Nina Hoss; Engrossing metaphysical thriller set in a predatory corporate world in which a divorcee accountant (Hoss) decides to leave behind her redundant life…
.45 (2006): Dir. Gary Lennon
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Stephen Dorff; Sultry crime drama centred on two petty–crime thugs addicted to danger and each other, until a violent attack spurs the woman (Jovovich) to…
Anna Pihl (TV Series) (2006-2008): Feat. Charlotte Munck, Iben Hjejle; Praised for its realism, this Danish police drama centres around a Copenhagen policewoman also having to deal with solo parenthood.
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman; A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…
Notes on a Scandal (2006): Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy; Authorities Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench go head–to–head in this psychological gambit between a pottery teacher engaged in an illicit…
Ashes and Sand (2003): Dir. Bob Blagden
Feat. Nick Moran, Lara Belmont; Promising but ultimately disappointing drama set among the members of a girl–gang in Brighton, England. Although based on an…
Cherish (2002): Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley…; A self–consciously offbeat ‘indie’ about a retro–pop obsessed misfit (Robin Tunney in a winning, flaky performance) who finds…
Panic Room (2002): 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 Women (8 Femmes) (2001): 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 Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001): 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…
Snakeskin (2001): 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 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, The (2000): 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 Run (1998): 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 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 Killer (1997): 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 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…
Bound (1996): Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon; Modern film noir madeover in lesbian chic – Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon pout, titillate and conspire their way through the moral marshlands…
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…
Jade (1995): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, David Caruso, Chazz Palminteri…; Her sultriness Linda Fiorentino (LAST SEDUCTION) revamps for this did–she–or–didn't–she thriller from the lurid pen that…
La Ceremonie (Judgement in Stone, A) (1995): Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset; Veteran new–wave director Chabrol takes this HEAVENLY CREATURES–ish tale of the unholy synergy between two women, adds some class theory,…
She's Out (TV Mini-series) (1995): Dir. Ian Toynton
Feat. Ann Mitchell, Linda Marlowe, Maureen Sweeney…; Six–part crime drama written by Lynda La Plante (PRIME SUSPECT) as a sequel to her 1980's series, Widows. Ann Mitchell is superb as Dolly…
Disclosure (1994): Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Michael Douglas, Demi Moore; Michael Douglas exposes himself to become the sexual prey of no–nonsense lady–boss Demi Moore and is forced to sue her for sexual…
Getting Gotti (1994): Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Lorraine Bracco, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony John Denison; Lorraine Bracco pre–SOPRANOS stardom takes on the role of a determined U.S. Attorney Assistant tracking down a Mafia Crime Boss that grew up in…
Romeo Is Bleeding (1994): Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Gary Oldman, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis…; Petty corrupt cop Gary Oldman gets into all sorts of bother with the mob and his three women – Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis and…
Assassin, The (Point of No Return) (1993): Dir. John Badham
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney…; Hollywood goes for the sure thing with this virtual frame–by–frame remake of NIKITA. Bridget Fonda does the best she can as the sexy…
Crush, The (1993): Dir. Alan Shapiro
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin; Psycho–brat Alicia Silverstone, all pert and pout at only fourteen, tries to ensnare her new neighbour of twice her age. Curious adolescents…
Last Seduction, The (1993): Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, J.T. Walsh…; Magnificent modern noir in which Linda Fiorentino offers the most brazen female performance in years, power–driving her way through a script…
Basic Instinct (1992): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas; Sharon Stone leapt into fame, fortune and notoriety with her raunchy portrayal of the sultry crime novelist who may or may not be living out her…
Body of Evidence (1992): Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna…; Madonna does the femme fatale thing. Willem Dafoe does the lawyer whose penis clouds his judgement thing. Did she bonk the old geyser to death for…
Redheads (1992): Dir. Danny Vendramini
Feat. Claudia Karvan, Catherine McClements, Alexander Petersons; With nothing in common except auburn locks, two women – a rookie barrister and a murder witness – join forces to unravel a mystery that…
Not Without My Daughter (1991): Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Sally Field, Alfred Molina; Sally Field stars in this gripping true story of a woman who accompanied her Iranian–born husband to his homeland, and became his permanent…
Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990): Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo…; A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
Fatal Beauty (1987): Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades; Whoopi Goldberg stars in this action–comedy thriller as a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Clearly modelled after the BEVERLY…
Black Widow (1986): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey…; Husband–murdering Theresa Russell, is cautiously snooped by Debra Winger.
Widows (TV Series) (1984): Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell; Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982): Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly; Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Zoë Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau; Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
Night The Prowler, The (1978): Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker; Based on a play by Patrick White, this stylised drama concerns a sexually repressed young woman (Walker), under the thumb of her domineering snobbish…
Lipstick (1976): Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King…; A trashy yet compulsive thriller in which a gorgeous fashion model (Margaux Hemingway) is raped by a seemingly benign admirer, who dabbles in bizarre…
You'll Like My Mother (1972): Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas; Patty Duke plays a heavily pregnant woman who travels to rural Minnesota to meet her late husband's mother–in–law, who turns out to have…
Deadlier Than the Male (1966): Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina…; Retro adventure spy flick compiled of alluring girls with spear guns in trouble after knocking off a couple of oil industry big wigs. This thriller…
Bonnie Parker Story, The (1958): Dir. William Witney
Feat. Dorothy Provine, Dick Bakalyan, Jack Hogan; Dorothy Provine is sensational in this low–budget telling the story of the tommy–gun toting 1930s gangster Bonnie Parker,…
Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) (1956): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig; British crime drama film that features a celebrated performance by "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors. Bearing a coincidental resemblance to the Ruth…
Les Diaboliques (1954): Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse…; Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…
Niagara (1952): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters…; This bold film provided Marilyn with her first big part, and it's possibly her best. She's a scheming, faithless wife who plots to murder her husband…
Gun Crazy (1948): Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Feat. John Dall, Peggy Cummins; Cocked with outstanding set pieces, daring twists and a desperate, exciting romanticism, this 'B–movie' thriller makes the grade with any of…
Detour (1945): Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Tom Neal, Ann Savage; Often touted as the best B–movie ever made, this blistering film noir upstaged many of the Hollywood main features it was paired with. Short on…
Nancy Drew...Reporter (1939): Dir. William Clemens
Feat. Bonita Granville; One of the very first screen adaptations of Edward Stratemeyer’s series of "Nancy Drew" mystery stories, Bonita Granville stars as the youthful…
Bete Humaine, La (1938): Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux…; Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…

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