Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3179 Films to Buy & Rent
Good Thief, The (2002)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes
- This woozy, lightly stylised thriller finds Nick Nolte as the titular gambling thief looking to go into retirement by heisting expensive paintings…
Hard Word, The (2002)
- Dir. Scott Roberts
Feat. Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Damien Richardson…
- A lean comic thriller taking its attitude from LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, but given stubbled Aussie charm by leads Guy Pearce and Rachel…
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (A la Folie pas du Tout) (2002)
- Dir. Laetitia Colombani
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan
- A slyly–structured tale of adultery which uses the ambiguous qualities of actress Audrey Tautou (AMELIE) to deliver some thrilling…
Heaven (2002)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
- An art–thriller worked from a script by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski which follows the enigmatic trail of recently widowed and vengeful Cate…
Hunted, The (2002)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen
- Hunt–and–kill thriller with Del Toro playing a psychically wounded veteran of Kosovo, who back in America begins stalking deer hunters in…
Hypnotic (Doctor Sleep) (2002)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson…
- The smouldering Visnjic (THE DEEP END) plays a hypnotherapist who has the gift of receiving startling visualisations from the minds of his…
Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Anthony Wong…
- This dynamic cops ‘n’ robbers spectacle is populist Hong Kong film–making at its most slick and sophisticated.
Infused with more than a…
Inner Senses (Yee do hung gaan) (2002)
- Dir. Chi-Leung Law
Feat. Leslie Cheung, Karena Lam, Maggie Poon
- A loner psychologist (Cheung) falls for a suicidal woman he is treating for her constant, gloomy visions of the dead, in this stylish Asian riff on…
Insomnia (2002)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank…
- Consummate thriller from the director of “Memento” is an exemplary remake that follows closely yet deftly refines the well–regarded yet…
John Q (2002)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall…
- Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…