Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Foreign Cinema: 470 Films to Buy & Rent
- Viva Riva (2010)
- Dir. Djo Munga
Feat. Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Diplome Amekindra
- Torrid, violent thriller with a small–time hustler discovering a stockpile of gasoline during a fuel crisis, and struggling to stay alive long…
- Yellow Sea, The (2010)
- Dir. Hong-jin Na
Feat. Jung-woo Ha, Yoon-seok Kim
- High–tension Korean noir–style thriller from the director of THE WAILING about a down–on–his–luck Korean taxi driver…
- A Million (2009)
- Dir. Min-Ho Cho
Feat. Hae-il Park, Min-Ah Shin, Min-Ki Lee
- Slavishly entertaining Reality TV spin–off pits eight Korean contestants against each other and the Australian Outback in a race for the…
- About Elly (2009)
- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti…
- Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
- Above the Street Below the Water (Over gaden under vandet) (2009)
- Dir. Charlotte Sieling
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Mohammed Al-Bakier
- Light ensemble drama set in Copenhagen with Sidse Babett Knudsen (BORGEN) leading a cast of Danes in their 40's whose relationship complications are…
- Accident (Yi ngoi) (2009)
- Dir. Pou-Soi Cheang
Feat. Louis Koo, Richie Ren, Shui-Fan Fung
- A number of skillfully choreographed set–pieces are at the centre of this top–notch Hong Kong thriller, about a league of assassins who…
- Double Hour, The (La Doppia Ora) (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Capotondi
Feat. Kseniya Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo…
- A high–concept, twisty Euro–thriller plays out after a chambermaid and an ex–cop meet at a speed dating event.
As is par for the…
- Farewell (2009)
- Dir. Christian Carion
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Gary Lewis…
- This riveting Cold War yarn from the dir. of JOYEUX NOEL brings to light the little–known true story of a disillusioned KGB colonel (played by…
- Fortapasc (Fort Apache) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Risi
Feat. Libero de Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino…
- Poignant account of the last days in the life of a young Italian journalist who's investigations into the Neapolitan Mafia resulted in his murder.
- Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The (2009)
- Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
- Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy features some lengthy courtroom scenes as Salander and Nyqvist fight to clear her name and unravel the…