Recommended: Suspense/Crime

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Blood For Dust (2023): 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 Leave (2022): 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
Maigret (2022): 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 Evil (2022): 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 Mogadishu (2021): 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, The (2021): 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
Nitram (2021): 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 Chiara (A Chiara) (2021): 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, The (2020): 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, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020): 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 Day (2019): 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'd (The Delivered) (2019): 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 Losers (2019): Winning underdog comedy from Argentinian director Sebastian Borensztein (CHINESE TAKEAWAY) based on the novel by Eduardo Sacheri (THE SECRET IN THEIR…; DVD $29.95
Joker (2019): 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 Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019): 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 War (2018): 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 Place (2018): 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 Favour (2018): 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 Passage (2018): 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
Destroyer (2018): 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 Concrete (2018): 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 & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018): 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 Woods (2018): 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) (2018): 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 Time (2017): 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, The (2017): 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) (2017): 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, The (2016): 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) (2015): 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. Holmes (2015): 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) (2015): Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.; DVD ~~$30~~ $22.50
Occupied (TV Series) (2015): 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
Sicario (2015): 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
Suburra (2015): 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) (2015): 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) (2013): 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, The (2013): 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) (2013): 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 Up (2013): 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 Lake (2013): 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) (2013): An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…; DVD $39.95
A Hijacking (2012): 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
Disconnect (2012): 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) (Forbrydelsen) (2012): 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, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012): 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
Drive (2011): Ryan Gosling smoulders as a moonlighting getaway driver in–over–his–head in this crisply stylised, romance–inflected crime…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Headhunters (2011): 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
Snowtown (2011): 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 Kingdom (2010): 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 Summer (2010): 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) (2010): 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 Elly (2009): 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) (Forbrydelsen) (2009): 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) (2008): 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 (2008): 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) (Inspector George Gently) (2007): 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) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012): The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…; DVD $79.95
Noise (2007): 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, The (2005): 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
Birth (2004): 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) (A Crime Odyssey) (2004): 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 Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003): 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 Adam (2003): 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) (2002-2015): 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) (2002): Terrific tough–as–nails UK detective show focused on a compassionate clinical psychologist (Green) and an ambitious Detective Inspector…; DVD $19.95
Gosford Park (2001): 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, The (2001): 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 Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001): 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) (Commissario Montalbano) (1999-2018): 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
Scarfies (1999): Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Cube (1998): 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 Brown (1998): 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
Breakdown (1997): 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) (1997): 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) (1997): 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 Eight (Sydney) (1996): 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) (1993-1994): Justifiably acclaimed, often grim television drama centred round the forensic exploits of troubled, gambling–addict psychologist Robbie…; DVD ~~$30~~ $22.50
Jacob's Ladder (1990): 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) (1989-2002): 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) (1987-2000): 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. Wrong (1985): 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) (1985-1993): The long–running British TV Series which comprehensively stages the various cases of proto–detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan…; DVD ~~$80~~ $60
Witness (1985): 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 Doubt (1980): 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, The (1974): 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, The (1974): 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 Whip (1964): 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 Collide (1951): 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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