Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Russia House, The (1990)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this cat–and–mouse drama involving Western intelligence's use of a publisher to liaise with an…
Total Recall (1990)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone
- From the heyday of the Schwarzenegger craze, this eccentric sci–fi thriller boasts a massive f/x budget that proves (literally) eye popping,…
Two Jakes, The (1990)
- Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel
- Long–awaited sequel to CHINATOWN, with Jack Nicholson reprising his role as the laconic P.I. whose petty burrowing upturns homicide and…
Undercover (1990)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. William Brandt
- Telemovie depiction of the lifestyle of an undercover detective in NZ's drug underworld. A bit rough around the edges, but perhaps worth a look.
Wild at Heart (1990)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd…
- Disturbing, provocative and always stylish, the director parodies himself and many other great film–makers in this mother of all road movies.…
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002)
- Feat. David Suchet
- Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
Apartment Zero (1989)
- Dir. Martin Donovan
Feat. Colin Firth, Hart Bochner
- Weird tale in which a loner (Colin Firth) rents half of his apartment to a man of dubious motives and background (Hart Bochner). Pays homage to many…
Black Rain (1989)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura…
- Unrelenting violence made impressive by Scott's visual flair, sees Michael Douglas as a NY cop in Japan assigned to deliver a dangerous mobster.
Brotherhood Of The Rose (Mini-Series) (1989)
- Feat. Robert Mitchum, David Morse, Peter Strauss…
- Mini–series from author David Morrell about two orphans raised to be super–soldier CIA operatives who become embroiled in an…
Campion (TV Series) (1989-1990)
- Feat. Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt
- Eccentric detective series sees Peter Davison play the titular Albert Campion, who, along with his melancholy sidekick Lugg, solve mind–bending…