Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3100 Films to Rent
Death of a Snowman (Black Trash) (1978)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
Feat. Nigel Davenport, Ken Gampu, Peter Dyneley
- A rare blaxploitation movie to be made outside of America, this South African film stars Nigel Davenport and Ken Gampu as a white policeman and black…
Death on the Nile (1978)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven…
- An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif…
- A tightly made popcorn suspenser, with Dunaway playing a fashion photographer who believes she can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he…
Fingers (1978)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown…
- Harvey Keitel conjures up the required intensity for this portrait of a frustrated concert pianist with a violent temper. The nerve–shredding…
Fury, The (1978)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes
- Despite a barmy sci–fi plot concerning telekinetic teenagers being used for military experiments, this Brian de Palma–directed thriller…
Gray Lady Down (1978)
- Dir. David Greene
Feat. Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Ned Beatty
- Corny–but–entertaining disaster flick sees Charlton Heston play a nuclear submarine captain stuck with his crew on the precipice of an…
Hazell (TV Series) (1978)
- Feat. Nicholas Ball
- Paying homage to classic film noir this ITV crime series centres around a charismatic private detective who tackles blackmail, missing persons cases,…
Medusa Touch, The (1978)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi…
- Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Money Movers (1978)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Terence Donovan, Bryan Brown
- Violent thriller has a group of security–guards arranging an inside–job, while the police and criminal–world circle like vultures…
Night The Prowler, The (1978)
- Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker
- Based on a play by Patrick White, this stylised drama concerns a sexually repressed young woman (Walker), under the thumb of her domineering snobbish…