Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Masquerade (1988)
- Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall
- Smooth sailor Rob Lowe charms the pants off Hampton heiress Meg Tilly, but is more concerned with whats in her pockets. Also features a young Kim…
Mississippi Burning (1988)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
- Three boys mysteriously disappear in Ku Klux Klan country in 1964. This film details the FBI investigation based on true events. A…
Monkey Shines (1988)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil
- A first–rate thriller about an invalid who loses control over his pet monkey that has been subjected to cerebral experiments. Intelligent…
Monsieur Hire (1988)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire
- A lonely, middle–aged tailor becomes obsessed with a glamourous but suspicious woman, whom he observes from his opposing apartment. Melancholy…
Paperhouse (1988)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill
- Beautifully photographed English spook story about a schoolgirl who can enter a netherworld by simply drawing it on paper. A thinking person's…
Rampage (1988)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell
- This grapples with the psychology of murder and the moral dilemma surrounding the death penalty. A vicious serial killer is prosecuted but how will…
Short Takes: Dark Tales (1988-1994)
- Dir. Scott Reynolds, Simon Bare, Don McGlashan
- A choice selection of short and shady New Zealand films:
Game With No Rules (Dir. Scott Reynolds) 17m.
Eau De La Vie (Dir. Simon Bare) 13m.
The…
Tenth Man, The (1988)
- Dir. Jack Gold, Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Brenda Bruce, Derek Jacobi…
- A measured TV–movie adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene about a French lawyer who saves himself from being executed during the Nazi…
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Wandering yet amiable thriller replicates the trashy romanticism of Old Hollywood, with drug–dealer Mel Gibson trying to go straight under the…
Vanishing, The (1988)
- Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Berroets, Johanna Ter Steege
- A genuinely creepy psychological thriller – a woman vanishes while on holiday in France, later her boyfriend is taunted in a battle of wits…