Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3194 Films to Buy & Rent
Ruby (1992)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Danny Aiello
- The story of the man who shot the man who shot JFK, with Danny Aiello perhaps too likeable in the title role. Worthy slant on an increasingly…
Rush (1992)
- Dir. Lili Fini Zanuck
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric
- This sordid but engaging parable posits Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as narcotics cops who slip into a drug–addicted mire whilst…
Single White Female (1992)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Bridget Fonda shares her flat with a lonely neurotic who turns out be her psychotic nemesis. Another triumph for Jennifer Jason Leigh, on her way to…
Sneakers (1992)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier…
- This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
Thunderheart (1992)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham (Actor) Greene…
- Part–Sioux FBI agent Val Kilmer is awakened to his heritage when assigned to investigate a murder on a reservation. An absorbing account of a…
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Moira Kelly…
- The big–screen prequel charts a surreal path of events preceding the murder of Laura Palmer. Without the constraints of TV censorship Lynch…
Under Suspicion (1992)
- Dir. Simon Moore
Feat. Liam Neeson, Kenneth Cranham, Laura San Giancomo
- In 50s Brighton, a disgraced policeman–turned–private eye (Liam Neeson) becomes prime suspect when his wife and a wealthy painter are…
White Sands (1992)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke…
- When Deputy Willem Dafoe discovers a dead man and half a million bucks, we know something is mighty queer. Enter Mickey Rourke and all is explained.
A Murder of Quality (1991)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Glenda Jackson, Joss Ackland…
- Tele–movie based on the novel by John le CarrĂ©, who also served here as screenwriter, following the fictional character George Smiley…
After Dark, My Sweet (1991)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
- A punch drunk drifter befriends a mysterious couple in a sun–blasted desert town. A smoulderingly atmospheric tale based on the novel by Jim…