Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3100 Films to Rent
Ladykillers, The (2004)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall
- The ever–talented Coen Brothers (O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?) take on the challenging task of updating the classic Ealing black comedy, importing…
Layer Cake (2004)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham…
- A harder–edged version of Britcrime from the LOCK STOCK stable, this has Daniel Craig playing a cocaine dealer on the verge of retirement,…
Machinist, The (2004)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Ironside
- A mind–twisting thriller in the industrial–gothic mould, this might at times feel like an off–cut from the David…
Man on Fire (2004)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell…
- A hard–eyed revenge thriller which sees an alcoholic bodyguard (Washington) losing a 11–yr old girl he's assigned to protect in Mexico…
Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber…
- Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…
Marple (TV Series) [Geraldine McEwan] (2004-2005)
- Dir. Andy Wilson, John Strickland, Charles Palmer
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, John Hannah…
- Four episodes from the most recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's novels set around her indefatiguable elderly heroine and amateur detective Miss…
Matando Cabos (2004)
- Dir. Alejandro Lozano
Feat. Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancon, Pedro Jr. Armendariz
- Energetic Mexican 'farce of errors' in which two teenagers kidnap a coldly ruthless businessman, not realising he is also a coveted prize for a…
Memories of Tomorrow (2004)
- Dir. Amit Tripuraneni
Feat. Richard Thompson, Rachel Gilchrist, Ray Trickitt
- An artful psychological thriller set around a man's (Thompson) frustrating amnesia of a past which seemingly involves commando training and…
Mindhunters (2004)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Val Kilmer…
- Mindlessly contrived suspense yarn, gains satisfactions from the sheer loopiness of its central tale of seven trainee FBI 'profilers', who must…
Murder in Suburbia (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Lisa Faulkner, Caroline Catz
- Another variation on Britain’s fetish for sleuthing duos, this is a spunkier, sexier alternative to most under the female eye two abrasively…