Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Girl-centric: 90 Films to Rent on DVD
- 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…