Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema > Suspense/Crime: 38 Films to Rent on VHS
- L627 (1992)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart
- A sharp, unsentimental depiction of the daily grind that a Paris drugs–squad detective must endure, contending with dealers, addicts and…
- Autobus (1991)
- Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Kristin Scott Thomas
- A desperate, attention–seeking young man (Yvan Attal – superb) hijacks a school bus, taking its two adults and little passengers hostage.…
- Highway Patrolman (1991)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche
- A wayward film–maker returns to form in using road–movie conventions to enrich this tale of poverty, drugs, prostitution and rampant…
- Hors La Vie (Life on Hold) (1991)
- Dir. Maroun Bagdadi
Feat. Hippolyte Girardot, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Nidal Ashkov…
- A fictionalised depiction of a freelance photographer's ten months in Shi'ite custody. Charged with political anger but unsensationalist and…
- Indecent Woman, The (1991)
- Dir. Ben Verbong
Feat. Jose Way, Coen Van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Huub Stapel
- A married violinist is drawn into a no–holds–barred relationship with a mystery man. A decent erotic parable that perceptively explores…
- Lovers (1991)
- Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril
- Almodovar–regular Victoria Abril brings her sultry star presence to this smouldering tale of illicit lovers who conspire to a horrendous crime…
- Cup Final (1990)
- Dir. Eran Riklis
Feat. Moshe Ivgy, Mohamed Bakri, Salim Dau
- An engaging Israeli film about a soccer player whose dreams of representing his country at the World Cup in Spain are shattered by war. He is…
- Doctor Petiot (1990)
- Dir. Christian De Chalonge
Feat. Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Berangere Bonvoisin
- A dark, expressionistic account of a depraved physician who, in occupied Paris, used his practise to facilitate emigration for hopeful Jews, only to…
- Elegant Criminel, L' (1990)
- Dir. Francis Girod
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jaques Weber
- Daniel Auteuil stars in this irreverent and witty biography of suave petty thief and condemned killer Pierre Lacenaire, whose brief flame burned…
- Dark Woods, The (1989)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Beatrice Dalle
- Beatrice Dalle (BETTY BLUE) marries a stranger on a whim, and lives to regret it when her affections for his brother leads to a brutal crime of…