Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3181 Films to Buy & Rent
Murder Rock (Dancing Death) (1984)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli
- Enjoyably bonkers Italian giallo horror with a retro–futuristic vibe, set in a prestigious New York ballet school beset by a series of sexually…
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
Special Effects (1984)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Zoƫ Tamerlis, Eric Bogosian
- Enjoyably lurid horror–thriller from Larry Cohen stars Eric Bogosian (TALK RADIO) as a film director who casts a woman in a crime movie based…
Terminator, The (1984)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
- Breakthrough film for Schwarzenegger and its director, it's a high–powered action fantasy that set a precedent for the genre. And 'I'll be…
Trial Run (1984)
- Dir. Melanie Read
Feat. Annie Whittle
- Eerie occurences manifest into the worst nightmare for a wildlife photographer posted at an isolated cottage. Annie Whittle gives it heck as the…
Widows (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
- Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Breathless (1983)
- Feat. Richard Gere, Art Metrano
- Jazzed–up remake of Godard's UN BOUT DE SOUFFLE with a hyperactive Gere on the lam, with his half–hearted girlfriend in tow. Now an…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis…
- A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Corrupt (a.k.a Copkiller; Order Of Death; L'assassino Dei Poliziotti) (1983)
- Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia…
- Surprisingly intense thriller has Harvey Keitel playing a dodgy NYC detective taunted by disturbed youth John Lydon (formerly 'Johnny Rotten' of the…