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Subgenre Sampler

 
The Origin of EvilThe Origin of Evil (2022) Recommended
Dir. Sebastien Marnier
Feat. Laure Calamy
A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
Where the Crawdads SingWhere the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Dir. Olivia Newman
Feat. Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor Smith, Harris Dickinson
From the best–selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself…
Angela Black (Mini-series)Angela Black (Mini-series) (2021)
Feat. Joanne Froggatt, Michiel Huisman, Samuel Adewunmi
6–Part TV thriller about a wife and mother of two (Joanne Froggatt, DOWNTON ABBEY) who is approached out of the blue by a private investigator…
Before We Die (TV Series)Before We Die (TV Series) (2021)
Feat. Lesley Sharp, Patrick Gibson, Vincent Regan
6 part Police drama based on the popular Scandi–noir series of the same name, shifting the setting from Stockholm to Bristol. Follows a…
Coming Home in the DarkComing Home in the Dark (2021) Recommended
Dir. James Ashcroft
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Erik Thomson, Daniel Gillies
Not for the faint of heart, this Kiwi thriller is confrontingly grim yet takes the psycho–killer genre into thematic territory it rarely…
CruellaCruella (2021)
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry
Crime comedy starring Emma Stone as the villainous character Cruella de Vil from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Director…
Escape from MogadishuEscape from Mogadishu (2021) Recommended
Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Yoon-seok Kim, In-sung Zo, Joon-ho Huh
A gritty action–thriller based on true events following a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea that breaks out on the African…
Forgiven, TheForgiven, The (2021) Recommended
Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Christopher Abbott
Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
Full TimeFull Time (A Plien Temps) (2021) Aro Favourite
Dir. Eric Gravel
Feat. Laure Calamy, Genevieve Mnich, Anne Suarez
A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
GaiaGaia (2021)
Dir. Jaco Bouwer
Feat. Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Dick Van Dyke
Visually striking South African eco–horror about an injured forest ranger on a routine mission who is saved by two off–the–grid…
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