Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3149 Films to Buy & Rent
- Angela Black (Mini-series) (2021)
- Feat. Joanne Froggatt, Michiel Huisman, Samuel Adewunmi
- 6–Part TV thriller about a wife and mother of two (Joanne Froggatt, DOWNTON ABBEY) who is approached out of the blue by a private investigator…
- Before We Die (TV Series) (2021)
- Feat. Lesley Sharp, Patrick Gibson, Vincent Regan
- 6 part Police drama based on the popular Scandi–noir series of the same name, shifting the setting from Stockholm to Bristol.
Follows a…
- Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
- Dir. James Ashcroft
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Erik Thomson, Daniel Gillies…
- Not for the faint of heart, this Kiwi thriller is confrontingly grim yet takes the psycho–killer genre into thematic territory it rarely…
- Cruella (2021)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry…
- Crime comedy starring Emma Stone as the villainous character Cruella de Vil from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians.
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- Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Yoon-seok Kim, In-sung Zo, Joon-ho Huh
- A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
- Forgiven, The (2021)
- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Christopher Abbott…
- Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
- 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.…
- Gaia (2021)
- Dir. Jaco Bouwer
Feat. Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Dick Van Dyke…
- Visually striking South African eco–horror about an injured forest ranger on a routine mission who is saved by two off–the–grid…
- 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…
- Hollington Drive (Mini-series) (2021)
- Feat. Anna Maxwell Martin, Rachael Stirling, Peter McDonald…
- 4–Part drama–thriller created and written by Sophie Petzal (BLOOD), following the lives of two sisters whose suburban comforts are…