Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 430 Films to Buy & Rent
Street Kings (2008)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker…
- LA CONFIDENTIAL author James Ellroy and the writer of TRAINING DAY team up for this ultra–macho, ultra–violent LAPD–centric…
Wallander (TV Series, UK) (2008)
- Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Sadie Shimmin
- UK adaptation of Henning Mankell’s crime novels sees Branagh take on the titular role of the grizzled Nordic detective, solving gristly crimes in…
Whitechapel (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton
- Atmospheric detective show focused on a group of detectives who are trying to track down a Jack The Ripper copycat.
Filmed entirely in the East…
American Gangster (2007)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…
Brave One, The (2007)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Jodie Foster, Naveen Andrews, Terrence Howard
- Jodie’s gotta gun, here playing a radio jock turned vigilante avenging her husband's fatal mugging in Neil Jordan's tough stylish, revenge…
Chrysalis (2007)
- Dir. Julien Leclercq
Feat. Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Marthe Keller…
- Relentless French sci–fi flick shot in gun–metal blue and packed with fine examples of classic and contemporary science–fictional…
Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard) (2007)
- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long…
- Bruce Willis returns as hardass action copper John McClane, taking on a plugged–in, post–9/11 terrorist cell in this fourth addition to…
East West 101 (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Don Hany, William McInnes, Susie Porter
- A contemporary, racially–charged policier by way of blue collar Sydney, observing the volatile working relationship between an old–school…
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) (2007)
- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro, Caio Junqueira…
- Brawny South American policier centred on a special division of Brazilian drug enforcement at war with the drug lords of Rio de Janeiro.
Stacked…
Exodus (Cheut ai kup gei) (2007)
- Dir. Pang Ho-Cheung
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Annie Liu
- An indifferent Hong Kong detective slowly becomes convinced that women are conspiring to kill off the entire male species in this curious melange of…