Subgenre Sampler
Television > Action/Adventure: 120 Films to Buy & Rent
Quarry (TV Series) (2016)
- Dir. Greg Yaitanes, John Hillcoat
Feat. Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman…
- A dark yet realistic crime drama series in which a disillusioned Vietnam War vet returns home to Memphis in 1972 only to find rejection and scrutiny,…
Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series) (2016)
- Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill…
- A four–part dramatisation of how a penniless, ostracised archaeologist named Howard Carter became a household name following his discovery of…
Wynonna Earp (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Melanie Scrofano, Shamier Anderson, Tim Rozon…
- Canadian supernatural Western series based on the IDW Comic, that follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures…
Agent Carter (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Enver Gjokaj
- Marvel crime series follows secret agent Peggy Carter as she attempts to thwart various atomic threats in forties New York.
Daredevil (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio
- Marvel's blind superhero gets a laudable TV adaptation with Charlie Cox as the lawyer by day, superhero vigilante by night.
Hollow Crown, The: Wars of the Roses (TV Series) (2015)
- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench…
- A second series of star–studded, exceptionally presented Shakespeare adaptations, with Henry VI in two parts, along with Richard III. Together…
Justified - The Final Season (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Walton Goggins…
- Raylan Givens gets a terrific send–off in the conclusion to Elmore Leonard's urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned…
Last Kingdom, The (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, Matthew MacFadyen…
- Historical adventure series set in the divided England of the 9th century follows the travails of the orphaned son of a Saxon nobleman.
Last Man On Earth, The (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones…
- Quirky send–up of the post–apocalypse genre with talented comedians Kristen Schaal and Will Forte playing a pair of mismatched survivors…
Last Panthers, The (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, John Hurt
- Globe–trotting crime caper with Samantha Morton and Tahar Rahim on the trail of a gang of diamond thieves.