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Rental > Suspense/Crime > Drama: 675 Films to Rent on DVD
Stolen (2010)
- Dir. Britta Hawkins
Feat. Miriama Smith, Scott Wills, George Henare…
- TV thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie, which saturated NZ media at the time. Held for $3 million ransom, the child…
Stone (2010)
- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich…
- Smouldering thriller with Edward Norton as a convicted arsonist who looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing…
Tourist, The (2010)
- Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Feat. Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany…
- Vacationing in Venice, Johnny Depp is drawn into the web of a beautiful woman (Angelina Jolie) in this intriguing international thriller from the…
True Grit (2010)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin…
- This lively, immaculately shot remake of John Wayne’s classic 1969 western sees the Coen Brothers reinterpret Charles Portis’s novel, about a…
Wasted on the Young (2010)
- Dir. Ben C. Lucas
Feat. Oliver Ackland, Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell…
- Potent teen thriller, stylishly directed by first–timer Lucas, has a party getting out of hand an triggering a wave of revenge acts.
Whistleblower, The (2010)
- Dir. Larysa Kondracki
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci…
- Uncompromising drama with Rachel Weisz as an American cop whose stint as a Bosnian peacekeeper exposes her to a human trafficking ring run from…
William Vincent (Shadows and Lies) (2010)
- Dir. Jay Anania
Feat. James Franco, Martin Donovan, Josh Lucas…
- A quiet criminal recounts the eccentric path that has brought him to New York – after four years in exile, to rescue the favourite call girl of…
Winter's Bone (2010)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Debra Granik
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt…
- Celebrated art–house thriller set in the Ozark Mountains follows a teenage girl as she desperately searches for her drug–dealing father…
About Elly (2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti…
- Though something of a dress rehearsal for Farhadi's Oscar–winning A SEPARATION, this tense and absorbing account of a beach holiday tainted by…
Balibo (2009)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Nathan Phillips…
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…