Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 440 Films to Buy & Rent
Back in Crime (2013)
- Dir. Germinal Alvarez
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Mélanie Thierry, Philippe Berodot
- Offbeat police thriller with Anglade as an obsessive cop who finds himself inexplicably transported back in time.
Blind Detective (2013)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
- Dir. Johnnie To has a bob each way with this entertaining policier, effortlessly combining action, comedy and slapstick romance. Andy Lau plays the…
Bridge, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2013)
- Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg
- Further episodes in this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, with series two investigating the mystery surrounding an abandoned coastal…
Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker…
- Superb addition to the euro crime craze, with Tennant and Colman bringing a surprisingly fresh take on the mismatched partner scenario, as detectives…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews…
- Andy Samberg plays a hotshot detective too cocksure for his captain's liking in this irreverent law and order sitcom, very much in the vein of…
Death of a Pilgrim (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
- Feat. Rolf Lassgard
- Fascinating Scandi–conspiracy thriller centred on the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, a murder that to this day…
Fall, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Laura Donnelly
- A dark exemplar of the current wave of female–driven crime dramas, with former X–FILES stalwart Gillian Anderson bringing a steely edge…
Hannibal - Season 1 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas…
- A grisly, ultra stylised thriller based on Thomas Harris' ubiquitous crime novels, with the grimly compelling relationship between FBI agent Will…
Harry (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu…
- Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
R.I.P.D (2013)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon…
- This big budget flop is a lot of fun on its own terms: a carefree, unpretentious shoot–em–up about deceased detectives who project the…