Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Thursday (1998)
- Dir. Skip Woods
Feat. Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova…
- Architect Thomas Jane has his suburban life up–ended when his drug–dealing past catches up with him in the form of Aaron Eckhart and his…
Ultraviolet (Mini Series) (1998)
- Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Jack Davenport, Philip Quast
- Set in the drab, menacing atmosphere of South London, a detective quests for his missing partner and turns up a frightening cabal of powerful…
Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, The (1998)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Ed Bishop, Peter Bland
- Game old lady Angela Lansbury fulfils her life ambition to be a CIA–spy when she's accidentally sent on a mission to Morocco. Although this has…
Versace Murder, The (1998)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Franco Nero, Steven Bauer
- Hackmeister General Golan is at it again with this predictably schlocky treatmenr of the tragic slaying of fashion designer Versace. Franco Nero…
Very Bad Things (1998)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz…
- Jon Favreau's (SWINGERS) stag party pals accidently kill a call–girl during a cocaine–fueled Las Vegas bender, and once they've…
Wild Things (1998)
- Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Matt Dillon…
- Rattle–brained thriller sets highschool minxes Neve Campbell and Denise Richards into action, putting honest–Joe sailing instructor Matt…
Wisdom of Crocodiles, The (1998)
- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Kerry Fox…
- Suave vampire Jude Law cruises London looking for a cure to his soul–sickness in this slick–looking thriller with literary…
Advocates, The (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Ewan Stewart, Isla Blair, Rachel Weisz…
- Obscure Scottish legal drama contrasting high powered lawyers with the sleazy underbelly of Edinburgh's streets, and the inevitable merging of the…
American Perfekt (1997)
- Dir. Paul Chart
Feat. Robert Forster, Amanda Plummer, David Thewlis
- The most familiar of premises, an American desert road–trip entangling three motorists with a series of mysterious killings is elevated by an…
Assassin(s) (1997)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz, Michel Serrault
- Disappointing followup to LA HAINE for dir./star Kassovitz, plumping for a story of an apprentice hitman (Kassovitz) to aging pro Michel Serrault,…