Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Life Before This, The (1999)
- Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Joe Pantoliano…
- Based loosely on a real–life shootout in Toronto, this ambitious drama postulates life as a mosaic of interconnected actions, where often…
Limbo (1999)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- John Sayles, the doyen of American independents, succeeds all Johnny–Come–Lately's with an arresting, multi–layered fable that…
Limey, The (1999)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman…
- A muscular revenge picture steered by a gifted director not afraid to experiment, Terrence Stamp plays an aging Cockney career criminal who, fresh…
Manor, The (1999)
- Dir. Ken Berris
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole…
- Comical murder mystery set in a creaky English manor where an investigator searches for the killer of a stable boy, however runs into obstacles when…
Million Dollar Hotel, The (1999)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich…
- Dir. Wim Wenders (WINGS OF DESIRE) works–up his latest narrative of modern alienation in the scuzzy, titular hotel (which actually exists in…
Minus Man, The (1999)
- Dir. Hampton Fancher
Feat. Owen Wilson, Mercedes Ruehl, Janeane Garofalo…
- Comic actor Owen Wilson is sort–of cast against type as an impassive, child–like drifter with a penchant for random poisonings, settling…
Missing, The (1999)
- Dir. Manuela Alberti
Feat. Rebecca Frith
- Linking, with some difficulty, the closeted world of a Vatican City priest to a quasi–supernatural murder mystery set in the Australian…
Mod Squad, The (1999)
- Dir. Scott Silver
Feat. Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps
- In LA Clubland Claire Danes and fellow teen–delinquents Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps, are pressed into a crime–fighting role, proceeding…
Nameless, The (Los Sin Nombre) (1999)
- Dir. Jaume Balaguero
Feat. Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde
- A family, devastated by the murder of their daughter, are sent into a fresh spin by her seeming re–appearance five years later in this visually…
Omega Code, The (1999)
- Dir. Rob Marcarelli
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside…
- Casper Van Dien plays an academic in on a global conspiracy overseen by Michael York – who has managed to decode hidden predictions in the Bible.