Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Drama: 675 Films to Rent on DVD
- Cass (2008)
- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press, Leo Gregory
- Freewheeling hooligan flick centered around the true story of Cass Pennant, a Jamaican brought up in an all white area of London who grew up to be…
- Changeling (2008)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, John Malkovich
- Would–be heavyweight drama set in 1920's L.A. sees solo mother Angelina Jolie reunite with her kidnapped son only to realise he is an impostor,…
- Eye, The (2008)
- Dir. David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Feat. Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Rade Serbedzija…
- Mildly startling Hollywood remake of creepy Hong Kong horror sees Jessica Alba playing the once–blind violinist whose sight gets surgically…
- Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
- Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers…
- Sharp docu–drama with Jim Sturgess as Irishman Martin McGartland, charged with infiltrating the IRA during the 1980s. Tense action sequences…
- Frozen River (2008)
- Dir. Courtney Hunt
Feat. Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
- A fraught, unexpected thriller within indie drama specs, this engrossing premise concerns two single mothers who find themselves smuggling immigrants…
- Generation Kill (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen…
- Superlative HBO series from the makers of THE WIRE following the U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion in the first year of the Iraq invasion.…
- Gran Torino (2008)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her…
- Grizzly Korean war veteran Clint Eastwood puts aside his prejudices to defend a family of Hmong immigrants from Asian gangsters in this clear cut and…
- Guns (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Dir. David Sutherland
Feat. Elisha Cuthbert, Lyriq Bent, Colm Feore
- Mini–series exploring the issue of gun violence in Canada through the story of four families caught up in illegal trafficking in Toronto.…
- I Know You Know (2008)
- Dir. Justin Kerrigan
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Arron Fuller, David Bradley
- Grim British drama focused on the volatile Charlie (Carlyle), an undercover spy working for a shadowy agency, and the fiercely protective…
- Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
- Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…