Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3100 Films to Rent
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello…
- Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
Krays, The (1990)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Billie Whitelaw, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
- Excellent biographical account of the rise and fall of London's notorious Kray twins, with Spandau Ballet's Kemp brothers doing an admirable job in…
Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro
- Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
Misery (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. James Caan, Kathy Bates
- You'll have a far from miserable experience watching novelist James Caan nursed back to health by his psychotic number one fan (Kathy Bates in an…
Narrow Margin (1990)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking…
- Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo…
- A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
One False Move (1990)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton
- Naive county sheriff Bill Paxton gets a chance at the big–time when two vicious criminals sweep through his sleepy town. Things lighten up…
Paper Mask (1990)
- Dir. Chris Morahan
Feat. Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe
- A frustrated hospital porter (Paul McGann) embarks on an outrageous bluff, assuming the identity of a deceased doctor. A truly scary indictment of…
Presumed Innocent (1990)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia…
- Scott Turow's best seller is faithfully adapted here with Harrison Ford cast as the D.A. who finds himself accused of the rape and murder of a…
Q & A (1990)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Nick Nolte, Armand Assante, Timothy Hutton…
- Lengthy, sometimes incoherent thriller from genre specialist Sidney Lumet, set amid a not entirely unfamiliar cesspit of NYC corruption. Notable for…