Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Innocent Sleep, The (1995)
- Dir. Scott Michell
Feat. Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Annabella Sciorra…
- Rupert Graves makes a convincing derelict who unveils a complex international conspiracy after reporting a Thames–side murder to the police. An…
Jade (1995)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, David Caruso, Chazz Palminteri…
- Her sultriness Linda Fiorentino (LAST SEDUCTION) revamps for this did–she–or–didn't–she thriller from the lurid pen that…
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Dir. Richard Longo
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T…
- Keanu Reeves as futuristic cyber courier, dude! Aimed well below the high–concept, author William Gibson gleefully cannibalizes much of his…
Just Cause (1995)
- Dir. Arne Glimcher
Feat. Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris…
- Power–attorney Sean Connery defends a death row prisoner despite the evidence against him, and butts heads with Larry Fishburne, the cop…
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
- Dir. Masato Harada
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka
- An apprentice gangster fouls up his first major assignment and flees Tokyo in a taxi, the driver of which turns out to be a unlikely confident with a…
Kavanagh QC (TV Series) (1995-2001)
- Feat. John Thaw, Ray Winstone, Ewan McGregor
- Clever Brit crime series, with INSPECTOR MORSE's John Thaw stepping easily back into the role of criminal investigator, this time as a London law…
L'Amour Molesto (Wounded Love) (1995)
- Dir. Mario Martone
Feat. Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce, Gianni Cajafa…
- Filial difficulties between mother and daughter act as the centre of gravity for this Italian mystery that matches its edgy storyline with a…
L'Appartement (The Apartment) (1995)
- Dir. Gilles Mimouni
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Romane Bohringer, Monica Bellucci
- Chic Parisian thriller lifts a few motifs from VERTIGO, but adds more than a few original flourishes.
Vincent Cassel is about to settle down with…
La Ceremonie (Judgement in Stone, A) (1995)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset
- Veteran new–wave director Chabrol takes this HEAVENLY CREATURES–ish tale of the unholy synergy between two women, adds some class theory,…
La Haine (Hate) (1995)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui…
- A distinctive French urban crime drama in which the idle hands of male youth form fisticuffs on mean urban streets. A whole lot punchier, intelligent…