Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Foreign Cinema: 396 Films to Buy & Rent
- Mermaid, The (2016)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Chao Deng, Lin Yun, Zhang Yuqi…
- Madcap comic fantasy that marks a return to form for director Chow tells the tale of a beautiful mermaid who falls for the property developer she was…
- Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente) (2015)
- Dir. Ciro Guerra
Feat. Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar
- A breathtaking cinematic odyssey through the Amazon, following the quests of two European explorers (one in 1909 and the other in the 1940s).…
- Wave, The (2015)
- Dir. Roar Uthaug
- Classy Norwegian entry into the catastrophe drama genre, this white knuckle thriller mines the beauty and terror of Norway's Northwestern fjord land…
- Far from Men (2014)
- Dir. David Oelhoffen
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb
- Viggo Mortensen stars in this existential western adapted from an Albert Camus' short story. Set in Algeria in the fifties, Mortensen is charged with…
- Last Diamond, The (2014)
- Dir. Eric Barbier
Feat. Yvan Attal, Bérénice Bejo, Jean-Francois Stevenin
- Slick heist film with an ex–con battling gangsters and ruthless killers in the race to pull off a daring diamond heist.
- Raid 2, The (2014)
- Dir. Gareth Evans
Feat. Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Julie Estelle…
- Picking up from where it last left off, this epic sequel to the best martial arts movie in recent memory combines gangland melodrama (reminiscent of…
- Tokyo Tribe (2014)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Akihiro Kitamura, Ryôhei Suzuki, Hitomi Katayama
- Dystopian action–musical set in an alternate Japan where territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes.
- Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
- Dir. Arnaud des Pallières
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, David Kross…
- Mads Mikkelsen plays a Robin Hood–esque horse trader who rallies against an oppressive regime in 16th century France.
A stern medieval tale…
- Berlin File, The (2013)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Jung-woo Ha, Gianna Jun
- After an illegal arms deal in Berlin is disrupted by unknown assailants, a South Korean intelligence agent finds himself embroiled in a vast…
- Blind Detective (2013)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
- Dir. Johnnie To has a bob each way with this entertaining policier, effortlessly combining action, comedy and slapstick romance. Andy Lau plays the…