Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3100 Films to Rent
Third Man Out (2005)
- Dir. Ron Oliver
Feat. Chad Allen, Sean Young
- First adaptation of Richard Stevenson's 'Donald Strachey' detective novels – about a homosexual PI who works cases involving Albany's queer…
Tsotsi (2005)
- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Presley Chweneyagae
- Deserved winner of the 2006 Foreign Language Oscar, this gripping tale of a young homicidal street–thug ('tsotsi') in post–apartheid…
Two for the Money (2005)
- Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo…
- Set in the world of gridiron betting, this steamy male melodrama has an injured quarterback (McConaughey) tempted into the field of 'sports…
Underworld: Evolution (2005)
- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy
- The slinky, rubber–clad Kate Beckinsale continues her Vampiric crusade against 'the Lycans' (Werewolves) in this obligatory sequel to the…
Vincent (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Ray Winstone, Joe Absolom, Angel Coulby
- Solid British drama has Ray Winstone play an ex–cop who runs a private investigation firm, finding himself and his staff embroiled in a series…
Wallander (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström
- Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
- Challenging and kinky mystery drama from dir. Atom Egoyan (EXOTICA), in which a reporter in the 1970s (Lohman) investigates the death by overdose of…
White Noise (2005)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice
- An architect (Keaton) becomes entranced by the possibilities of speaking with his deceased wife (Unger) by tapping into the audiovisual chaos of a TV…
24 - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
- Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
36 Quai Des Orfevres (2004)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil partner again for this straight–faced policier as two veteran cops who compete for the top job while trying…