Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3179 Films to Buy & Rent
Shield, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, C.C.H. Pounder…
- Daring police series with a controversially dark streak about an elite LAPD strike team that “knock down the doors that other cops don’t want…
Spider (2002)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne…
- One to relish for those with a taste acquired for the stark, uncompromising visions of David Cronenberg (CRASH, NAKED LUNCH, etc.), this is both…
Spooks - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Watchable and fast–paced teledrama set around the activites of Britain's official spy agency, MI5.
Based around half a dozen characters in…
Spun (2002)
- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…
- A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
Stick Up, The (2002)
- Dir. Rowdy Herrington
Feat. James Spader, David Keith, Leslie Stefanson
- James Spader robs a small–town bank wearing a clown mask, in this heist thriller with a few noir pretensions. Another one that has fallen…
Sum of All Fears, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
- A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…
Swimfan (2002)
- Dir. John Polson
Feat. Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby
- A teen exploitation version of FATAL ATTRACTION, in which champion swimmer Jesse Bradford is stalked, seduced and menaced by his “number one…
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Doona Bae
- Incredibly bleak suspenser witnesses the disastrous efforts of a deaf–mute man and his girlfriend (who is on the fringes of a terrorist cell)…
Ted Bundy (2002)
- Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Michel Reilly Brooke
- For those not wearied of the serial–killer genre, this is a memorable portrait of America’s first acknowledged specimen, Ted Bundy…
Transporter, The (2002)
- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Francois Berleand
- Slick, highly kinetic action with Jason Statham playing a mob courier on the French Riviera who stumbles into complications involving…