Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) (Father Dowling Investigates) (1987)
- Feat. Tom Bosley, Mary Wickes, Tracy Nelson
- Soul food for the mystery buff. Steadily paced and written series concerns the crime solving feats of a Chicago Catholic Priest (HAPPY DAYS' Tom…
Fourth Protocol, The (1987)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Michael Caine, Ned Beatty…
- Based on the novel by famed thriller writer Frederick Forsyth (DAY OF THE JACKAL), this posits Brosnan as a Russian agent intent on infiltrating…
Ground Zero (1987)
- Dir. Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson
Feat. Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence
- Colin Friels reveals a high–level government cover–up involving radioactive contamination in this brisk Australian thriller. Based on…
Hiding Out (1987)
- Dir. Bob Giraldi
Feat. Jon Cryer, Annabeth Gish, Keith Coogan…
- 80's comedy blending adult and teenage themes, with Jon Cryer playing a stock broker who disguises himself as a high school student in order to hide…
Honeymoon (1987)
- Dir. Patrick Jamain
Feat. Nathalie Baye, John Shea, Richard Berry
- A French woman marries through an agency in order to stay in America. Soon a man she's never met knocks on her door with the groceries! A real…
House of Games (1987)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna
- Psychiatrist Lindsay Crouse is lured into the world of charming con–racketeer Joe Mantegna, where trust is a fragile concept. David Mamet…
Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. William Conrad, Joe Penny
- Eighties primetime crime show starring William Conrad (CANNON) as a generously plump former cop turned maverick district attorney who teams with a…
Julia and Julia (1987)
- Dir. Peter Del Monte
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Sting
- Kathleen Turner leads a double (love) life with husband Gabriel Byrne and toy–boy photographer Sting.
Loner, The (Le Solitaire) (1987)
- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Malo, Pierre Vernier
- Sub–par Belmondo outing has him play the routine jaded cop out to avenge his partner's death. Low on stunts but high on cruelty this is one for…
Masques (1987)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Bernadette Lafont
- Showbiz thriller with an offbeat setting and treatment typical of the director.
Phillip Noiret excels as a vain and complacent TV celebrity, with…