Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3100 Films to Rent
7 Times Lucky (2004)
- Dir. Gary Yates
Feat. Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick…
- Solid caper film that benefits from Kevin Pollak's performance as a small time con man who suddenly finds himself with the prospect of a big score…
After the Sunset (2004)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson…
- Recently retired jewel thieves Brosnan and Hayek are safely esconsed on a desert island, when an old FBI nemesis turns up simultaneous with a…
Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)
- Dir. Niels Mueller
Feat. Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts…
- The ghost of 'Travis Bickle' (TAXI DRIVER) pervades this accomplished diatribe on the contentious era of Richard Nixon's administration – a…
Birth (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston…
- 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…
Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Brian Cox…
- Creditable sequel to the sleeper hit THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which tracked the anxieties of an amnesiac former CIA–assassin on the run across…
Brush Off, The (2004)
- Dir. Sam Neill
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, John Clarke…
- David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
Cellular (2004)
- Dir. David R Ellis
Feat. Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham…
- Interesting abduction thriller leads with a premise that has flaky beachbum Evans rung on his cellphone with a chilling message from a kidnap victim…
Clearing, The (2004)
- Dir. Pieter Jan Brugge
Feat. Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, Helen Mirren…
- An unusually flavoured and structured kidnapping thriller, in which wealthy entrepeneur Redford is abducted by a polite, former–employee…
Collateral (2004)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith…
- A moody night–thriller that cruises the streets of Los Angeles with a taxi–driver (Foxx) whose cab is commandered by a ruthless,…
Connie and Carla (2004)
- Dir. Michael Lembeck
Feat. Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny…
- In an unusual twist on the 'drag comedy' genre Toni Collette and Nia Vardalos are pursued by mobsters and escape by posing as drag–queens on…