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RecommendedRecommended: Suspense/Crime

88 Suspense/Crime Films we think you’ll enjoy

 
Blood For DustBlood For Dust (2023)Recommended
A stylish crime–thriller set in 90’s Minnesota that addresses the grim consequences of economic decline with slow–burn menace and…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Decision To LeaveDecision To Leave (2022)Recommended
An exquisite and mysterious melodrama from Korean maestro Park Chan–Wook (Old Boy, Thirst, The Handmaiden), ostensibly about a detective who…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
MaigretMaigret (2022)Recommended
Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th–century crime fiction in this crime drama from…
DVD $29.95
The Origin of EvilThe Origin of Evil (2022)Recommended
A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
DVD $29.95
Escape from MogadishuEscape from Mogadishu (2021)Recommended
A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
DVD $29.95
Forgiven, TheForgiven, The (2021)Recommended
Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
NitramNitram (2021)Recommended
An intense yet clear–eyed psychological drama from accomplished director Justin Kurzel (TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG) depicting the events…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
To ChiaraTo Chiara (A Chiara) (2021)Recommended
A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
DVD $29.95
Painter and the Thief, ThePainter and the Thief, The (2020)Recommended
A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings. What…
DVD $29.95
Translators, TheTranslators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020)Recommended
A multi–lingual literary thriller centering around nine international translators, one of whom may be leaking pages of a highly anticipated…
DVD $29.95
A White, White DayA White, White Day (2019)Recommended
Aesthetically striking Icelandic drama which plunges the viewer deep into the psyche of a tortured former police officer who suspects a neighbour…
DVD $29.95
Fanny Lye Deliver'dFanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)Recommended
British period thriller set in 1657 on a Shropshire farm, where Fanny Lye (the magnificent Maxine Peake) is living a quiet, puritan life until the…
DVD $29.95
Heroic LosersHeroic Losers (2019)Recommended
Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…
DVD $29.95
JokerJoker (2019)Recommended
Brilliantly dark psychological thriller introducing Batman's arch nemesis as a traumatised loner who finds his voice in acts of violence. An achingly…
Blu-Ray $19.95 $14.95
Who You Think I AmWho You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019)Recommended
Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle–aged…
DVD $29.95
A Private WarA Private War (2018)Recommended
Rosamund Pike is a stand out in this powerful thriller based on the true story of the fearless and celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin. Having…
DVD $29.95
A Quiet PlaceA Quiet Place (2018)Recommended
A smart and creative horror movie made by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside his real–life spouse Emily Blunt as parents fighting for…
DVD $15 $11.25
A Simple FavourA Simple Favour (2018)Recommended
Featuring a knowing cocktail of far–fetched twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, this stylish post–modern film noir stars Anna…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Birds of PassageBirds of Passage (2018)Recommended
Intelligent and engrossing narco–thriller set in Columbia in the 1960's, following an indigenous Wayuu man and his family as they turn to drug…
DVD $29.95
DestroyerDestroyer (2018)Recommended
Nicole Kidman goes all in with this gutsy portrayal of an LAPD detective who goes after members of a criminal gang that she infiltrated in a former…
DVD $29.95
Dragged Across ConcreteDragged Across Concrete (2018)Recommended
A simmering, witty and entirely unpredictable heist epic from the writer/director of BONE TOMAHAWK that stars an ageing Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughan…
DVD $24.95
Judy & PunchJudy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018)Recommended
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…
DVD $29.95
Little WoodsLittle Woods (2018)Recommended
Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
DVD $29.95
Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series)Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series) (2018)Recommended
Searing psychological thriller with Amy Adams playing a reporter who returns to her small home town to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.…
DVD $20 $15
Good TimeGood Time (2017)Recommended
Robert Pattinson is riveting as a small–time hustler who embarks on a frantic nocturnal mission to break his brother out of custody after a…
DVD $29.95
Killing of a Sacred Deer, TheKilling of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)Recommended
Colin Farrell returns for the singular director of THE LOBSTER for another round of macabre absurdism, this time cast as a cardiovascular surgeon and…
DVD $29.95
Rellik (TV Mini-series)Rellik (TV Mini-series) (2017)Recommended
The title is "Killer" backwards, as so is the structural conceit of this innovative BBC crime thriller that starts at the end, with a prime suspect…
DVD $34.95
Handmaiden, TheHandmaiden, The (2016)Recommended
Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
Blu-Ray $34.95
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series)Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (2015)Recommended
Cheery update of Agatha Christie's crime–fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s…
DVD $34.95
Mr. HolmesMr. Holmes (2015)Recommended
An intriguing take on the great detective's final years with Ian McKellen in his element as the retired Sherlock Holmes who, dealing with early…
DVD $19.95
Narcos (TV Series)Narcos (TV Series) (2015)Recommended
Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
DVD $30 $22.50
Occupied (TV Series)Occupied (TV Series) (2015)Recommended
Exciting Norwegian political thriller from the pen of Jo Nesbo that posits a future Norway taken over by Russia in a bid to increase oil production.
DVD $29.95, $29.95, $39.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
SicarioSicario (2015)Recommended
Nerve–jangling thriller follows an idealistic FBI agent drawn into the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
SuburraSuburra (2015)Recommended
Enthralling crime saga follows a gangster named Samurai as he attempts to turn the waterfront of Rome into an Italian Las Vegas.
DVD $29.95
Unforgotten (TV Series)Unforgotten (TV Series) (2015)Recommended
Haunting crime drama about a delicate investigation that begins when the bones of a young man are found under the footings of a demolished house 39…
DVD $34.95, $34.95
Americans, The (TV Series)Americans, The (TV Series) (2013)Recommended
A smart, atmosphere rich spy thriller shot with impeccable period detail, centred on a pair of Soviet KGB officers posing as a married couple in the…
DVD $29.95 $20
Double, TheDouble, The (2013)Recommended
Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) directs this stylish Kafka–esque thriller about a government worker who is joined by his doppelganger.
Blu-Ray $24.95
Ray Donovan (TV  Series)Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2013)Recommended
Echoing THE LONG GOODBYE and Chander's Philip Marlowe, this Californian noir stars Liev Schreiber as corporate 'fixer' whose work involves cleaning…
DVD $60 $45
Starred UpStarred Up (2013)Recommended
A troubled teenager is transferred to the same prison as his violent father in this explosive British prison drama.
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Stranger by the LakeStranger by the Lake (2013)Recommended
An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…
DVD $29.95
Top of the Lake (TV Series)Top of the Lake (TV Series) (2013)Recommended
An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…
DVD $39.95
A HijackingA Hijacking (2012)Recommended
A Danish cargo ship is hijacked off the coast of Somalia in this gripping, intense maritime adventure that cuts out all the action heroics usually…
DVD $19.95
DisconnectDisconnect (2012)Recommended
A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series)Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012)Recommended
Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
DVD $39.95
Shadow Men, TheShadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012)Recommended
Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…
DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
DriveDrive (2011)Recommended
Ryan Gosling smoulders as a moonlighting getaway driver in–over–his–head in this crisply stylised, romance–inflected crime…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
HeadhuntersHeadhunters (2011)Recommended
Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
DVD $20 $15
SnowtownSnowtown (2011)Recommended
Australian serial killer John Bunting is the controversial subject of this disturbing yet persuasively told recreation of the 'scum' murders that…
DVD $34.95 $19.95
Animal KingdomAnimal Kingdom (2010)Recommended
The deadly underworld politics of a Melbourne crime family come under the microscope in this outstanding Australian gangland thriller. Framed…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
How I Ended This SummerHow I Ended This Summer (2010)Recommended
Two Russian meteorologists isolated at polar station on the Arctic fringes put each other in jeopardy in this tense, slow–burn adventure. An…
DVD $34.95
Sherlock - Series 1 (TV Series)Sherlock - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010)Recommended
Ingenious updating of the master detective finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. Benedict…
DVD $29.95 $22.45, $69.95
About EllyAbout Elly (2009)Recommended
Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
DVD $29.95
Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series)Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009)Recommended
Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
DVD $39.95
Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) (2008)Recommended
An under–appreciated, unique historical crime series set in Victorian Toronto in which an unorthodox young detective, William Murdoch, uses…
DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Restraint Restraint (2008)Recommended
Gripping, stripped–back thriller from across the ditch, in which an agoraphobic toff is taken hostage by a young couple on the run from the…
DVD $29.95
George Gently (TV Series)George Gently (TV Series) (Inspector George Gently) (2007)Recommended
Retro policier with a superb attention to detail, starring Martin Shaw as the eponymous inspector whose old–school detective methods are caught…
DVD $29.95, $29.95, $29.95, $29.95
Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series)Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012)Recommended
The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…
DVD $79.95
NoiseNoise (2007)Recommended
An impressive Australian modern 'noir', refreshingly off–centred around a hearing–afflicted cop who is assigned the night shift at a…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Aura, TheAura, The (2005)Recommended
A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS. Unfolding as a…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
BirthBirth (2004)Recommended
An absorbing psychological drama about a young widow (Kidman) whose New York life is disrupted when a 10 year–old boy claims to be the…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Eagle, The (TV Series)Eagle, The (TV Series) (A Crime Odyssey) (2004)Recommended
An expert Danish thriller dealing in international terrorism and cross–border crime, this involves the usual task force machinations of special…
DVD $35 $26.25
I'm Not ScaredI'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003)Recommended
Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Young AdamYoung Adam (2003)Recommended
Evocatively set amid the grimy canal barges of post–WW2 Scotland, this follows the shady fortunes of a failed writer (McGregor), whose…
DVD $29.95
Foyle's War (TV Series)Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)Recommended
A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
DVD $24.95, $24.95, $24.95, $24.95
Wire in the Blood (TV Series)Wire in the Blood (TV Series) (2002)Recommended
Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…
DVD $19.95
Gosford ParkGosford Park (2001)Recommended
A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
Poster (VG) $14.95
Man Who Wasn't There, TheMan Who Wasn't There, The (2001)Recommended
The Coen Brothers chalk up another film in love with film, an attractive but slender paean to 1950s pulp melodramas, with its nostalgia–soaked…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Read My LipsRead My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)Recommended
Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Poster (VG) $12.95
Inspector Montalbano (TV Series)Inspector Montalbano (TV Series) (Commissario Montalbano) (1999-2018)Recommended
Based on the global bestsellers by Andrea Camilleri, this series of telemovies is set around a world–weary, though not cynical, Sicilian…
DVD $29.95, $29.95, $34.95, $39.95
ScarfiesScarfies (1999)Recommended
Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…
DVD $20 $15
CubeCube (1998)Recommended
More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada. Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
DVD $20 $15
Jackie BrownJackie Brown (1998)Recommended
Quentin Tarantino follows–up the fireworks of PULP FICTION with a laidback ode to lowlife dreamers and schemers that reclines comfortably into…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
BreakdownBreakdown (1997)Recommended
With Kurt Russell driving and Kathleen Quinlan in the passenger seat, buckle up for a tight, lean car–trip thriller that heads out across…
Blu-Ray $24.95
Jonathan Creek (TV Series)Jonathan Creek (TV Series) (1997)Recommended
Odd coupling Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin play nerdy magician and blunt–edged journalist respectively in this British series of…
DVD $24.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Midsomer Murders (TV Series)Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997)Recommended
A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
DVD $49.95 $29.95, $59.95 $29.95, $59.95 $29.95, $59.95 $29.95
Hard EightHard Eight (Sydney) (1996)Recommended
Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
Blu-Ray $24.95
Cracker (TV Series)Cracker (TV Series) (1993-1994)Recommended
Justifiably acclaimed, often grim television drama centred round the forensic exploits of troubled, gambling–addict psychologist Robbie…
DVD $30 $22.50
Jacob's LadderJacob's Ladder (1990)Recommended
Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
Blu-Ray $29.95
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series)Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002)Recommended
Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Mini-series) Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Mini-series) (1987-2000)Recommended
Well–loved British mystery series consisting of adapted stories from celebrated crime writer Ruth Rendell, brought to life by an impressive…
DVD $109.95 $35, $109.95
Mr. WrongMr. Wrong (1985)Recommended
A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
DVD $29.95 $20, $29.95
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (1985-1993)Recommended
The long–running British TV Series which comprehensively stages the various cases of proto–detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan…
DVD $80 $60
WitnessWitness (1985)Recommended
Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Beyond Reasonable DoubtBeyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)Recommended
Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Gambler, TheGambler, The (1974)Recommended
A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
Blu-Ray $34.95
Parallax View, TheParallax View, The (1974)Recommended
Intelligent, stylish paranoia thriller with Warren Beatty as a renegade reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert…
Blu-Ray $34.95
Kitten with a WhipKitten with a Whip (1964)Recommended
Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
Blu-Ray $34.95
When Worlds CollideWhen Worlds Collide (1951)Recommended
When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
Blu-Ray $34.95

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