Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3104 Films to Rent
Intacto (2001)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Max von Sydow, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Guillermo Toledo
- A finely devised Spanish thriller, in which particularly obsessed gamblers contest their 'Luck' in various absurd, dangerous and creepy…
Knockaround Guys (2001)
- Dir. Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper…
- SOPRANOS–influenced crime drama, which follows aspiring NYC wiseguy Barry Pepper, son of a famous mafioso, but stuck in a menial role.…
Last Castle, The (2001)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo
- Solid followup to THE CONTENDER for dir. Lurie, set in a military stockade where war–hero General Robert Redford has been sent for disobeying…
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) (2001-2004)
- Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan…
- One of the various spin–offs to the long–running crime drama LAW AND ORDER, in which D'Onofrio and Erbe track down the bad guys for the…
Love the Hard Way (2001)
- Dir. Peter Sehr
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pam Grier
- Big–city fable with Brody playing a snakeskin–jacketed thief with some polished one–liners, who nurses a secret ambition to be a…
Made (2001)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen…
- The hotly–awaited follow–up to SWINGERS from Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau looks to resurrect the easy–going swing and…
Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini…
- The Coen Brothers chalk up another film in love with film, an attractive but slender paean to 1950s pulp melodramas, with its nostalgia–soaked…
Mary Higgins Clark - Collection One (All Around Town, Haven't We Met Before?, Loves Music Loves to Dance) (2001-2002)
- Feat. Nastassja Kinski, Nicollette Sheridan
- Two telemovie thrillers from the prolific pen of Mary Higgins Clark which generally revolve around a female protagonist who must resolve a difficult…
Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap) (2001)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert
- Slyly subversive psychodrama, with Isabelle Huppert excelling as the owner of a Swiss chocolate–business, who also happens to be a…
Messiah (TV Series) (2001-2005)
- Feat. Ken Stott, Frances Grey, Michelle Forbes
- Grisly BBC serial in the tradition of PRIME SUSPECT and CRACKER shadows the case solving of a partially–deaf detective with a disturbed nose…