Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Cass (2008)
- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press, Leo Gregory
- Freewheeling hooligan flick centered around the true story of Cass Pennant, a Jamaican brought up in an all white area of London who grew up to be…
Changeling (2008)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, John Malkovich
- Would–be heavyweight drama set in 1920's L.A. sees solo mother Angelina Jolie reunite with her kidnapped son only to realise he is an impostor,…
Chaser, The (Chugyeogja) (2008)
- Dir. Hong-jin Na
Feat. Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo
- As much concerned with criticizing the police force as it is deftly juggling plot twists, murders, and other serial killer conventions, this Korean…
Deception (2008)
- Dir. Marcel Langenegger
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams…
- Smoke–and–mirrors suspenser stars Ewan McGregor as a disillusioned accountant entangled in an illicit world of duplicity after getting…
Detective De Luca (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Alessandro Prezioni
- Another good looking entry into the Italian crime fiction genre, only this time set during the country's fascist era and along the war torn Bologna…
Disappeared, The (2008)
- Dir. Johnny Kevorkian
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Ros Leeming…
- Restrained British chiller set on a London estate focuses on a young man's search for his missing younger brother.
Impressive debut for dir.…
Eagle Eye (2008)
- Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson…
- Derivative but entertaining cyber–thriller in which a young man and single mother get framed as terrorists and find themselves unexpectedly…
Escapist, The (2008)
- Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Feat. Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes
- This straight–up escape movie delivers all the thrills and spills of the durable prison genre, with old–timer Brian Cox hatching a master…
Eye, The (2008)
- Dir. David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Feat. Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Rade Serbedzija…
- Mildly startling Hollywood remake of creepy Hong Kong horror sees Jessica Alba playing the once–blind violinist whose sight gets surgically…
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
- Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers…
- Sharp docu–drama with Jim Sturgess as Irishman Martin McGartland, charged with infiltrating the IRA during the 1980s. Tense action sequences…