Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Stick (1985)
- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal…
- Moody action flick with a paroled Reynolds becoming embroiled in drug–running with an old friend. Unintentionally campy fun based on the Elmore…
Subway (1985)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani
- Fast paced action thriller set in the Paris underground. A cool rebel–hero (Christopher Lambert) teams up with Isabelle Adjani in stylish…
Time for Murder (1985)
- Feat. Claire Bloom, Charles Dance, Sylvia Syms…
- This unheralded, one–off British crime series commissioned six authors to conceive a series of murder mysteries for the small screen. A superb…
White Nights (1985)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski…
- Baryshnikov and Hines try to dance themselves free from Soviet oppression in this amusing dated thriller. The dance sequences still hold up though.
Witness (1985)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer…
- Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
Year of the Dragon (1985)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Mickey Rourke, John Lone
- Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
Against All Odds (1984)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods
- Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Bill, The (TV Series) (1984-2006)
- One of the longest–running TV series in history, this surprisingly realistic drama is set around the comings and goings of the Sun Hill Police…
Blood Simple (1984)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya…
- A humdinger debut from the Coen Brothers, who teasingly draw out the sinister activities of shady activities of shady rednecks before nailing things…
Body Double (1984)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
- A sleazy but thoroughly fascinating tale of how one man's voyeurism leads him to witness a murder. In an attempt to track down the psychopath, he…