Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 430 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
Fred Vargas Collection (TV Series) (2008-2010)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Helene Fillieres, Charlotte Rampling
- Four excellent French TV adaptations of crime fiction novelist Fred Vargas' popular policiers, with her famous protagonist, Detective Adamsberg, a…
Go Fast (2008)
- Dir. Olivier Van Hoofstadt
Feat. Roschdy Zem, Olivier Gourmet
- An exciting, if standard issue Gallic policier set around the high–stakes world of narcotics, where an Arab police officer goes undercover to…
Investigator, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Probing Kiwi crime doco series investigating six unsolved New–Zealand crimes by delving into the pitfalls of the justice system in our country…
Lady Cop and Papa Crook (Daai Sau cha Ji Neui) (2008)
- Dir. Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Feat. Eason Chang, Sammi Cheng, Tak-bun Wong…
- An oil kingpin (Chang) finds himself in alliance with a cop (Cheng) when his son is kidnapped, resulting in an uneasy relationship between the law…
Max Payne (2008)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges…
- Another over–stylised blockbuster based on a video game, this stars Wahlberg as a particularly grim maverick cop on a mission of revenge to…
Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
- Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…
Pride and Glory (2008)
- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight…
- A withdrawn, honest Irish cop becomes tangled in a web of betrayal when his brother's drug bust goes savagely wrong and he is ordered to investigate…
Righteous Kill (2008)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo…
- Heavyweight has–beens De Niro and Pacino team up again as a couple of NYPD detectives on the trail of a serial killer, whose signature murders…