Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3195 Films to Buy & Rent
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2001)
- Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan…
- Fairly decent, but ordinary rerun of the same events covered by Boorman's THE GENERAL, detailing the colourful life of Irish gangster Martin Cahill…
Prime Gig, The (2001)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond…
- A soberly played drama–thriller, in which Vince Vaughn is drawn into a shady telemarketing scam operated by philosophising villain Ed…
Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos
- Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Roadkill (Joy Ride) (2001)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski
- A popcorn thriller that breathes white–knuckle life into road movies well travelled – a practical joke involving CB radios has sinister…
Session 9 (2001)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Josh Lucas…
- A “haunted house” movie with a difference, this is an intense, thinking person’s spook session involving a team of tradesmen hired to clean up…
Sexy Beast (2001)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane…
- Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
Shiner (2001)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber…
- A contemporary British gangster film with a showcase role for Michael Caine as a blindly ambitious, fast–talking East End boxing promoter…
Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
- A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…
Snakeskin (2001)
- Dir. Gillian Ashurst
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Dean O'Gorman, Boyd Kestner…
- Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…
Spy Game (2001)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, Catherine McCormack
- King–of–flash, dir. Scott (TOP GUN) contrives a drama around super–spy Robert Redford’s last day on the job, having to rescue…