Subgenre Sampler
Policier: 430 Films to Buy & Rent
Commish, The (TV Series) (1991-1995)
- Feat. Michael Chiklis
- Impressionable cop series set in small–town America with Michael Chiklis taking on the role of local police commissioner attempting to balance…
Highway Patrolman (1991)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche
- A wayward film–maker returns to form in using road–movie conventions to enrich this tale of poverty, drugs, prostitution and rampant…
Homicide (1991)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalija Nogulich…
- An absorbing, sophisticated psychological drama from the playwright–turned–director who blessed the genre with HOUSE OF GAMES. Joe…
Last Boy Scout, The (1991)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Danielle Harris
- Willis and Wayans team as the wise–cracking 'good' guys in another bloody buddy–cop outing from the LETHAL WEAPON/DIE HARD team.
Martial Law (1991)
- Dir. Steve Cohen
Feat. Cynthia Rothrock, Chad McQueen, David Carradine
- Ropey early American action vehicle for martial–arts queen Cynthia Rothrock (who cut her teeth in Hong Kong) playing second fiddle to Chad (son…
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
Ripoux Contre Ripoux (1991)
- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand
- Sequel to LES RIPOUX reunites the odd couple of petty corrupt cops for another comic round of mischevious errors.
Death Warrant (1990)
- Dir. Deran Sarafian
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme
- The muscles from Brussels does it again and goes undercover in a penitentiary to find out who's been topping inmates.
Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Bruce Willis
- Another difficult Christmas for cop Bruce Willis when he is stranded at a Washington Airport. No, it couldn't be...more terrorists?!
Impulse (1990)
- Dir. Sondra Locke
Feat. Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza
- Theresa Russell plays a cop who yields to corruption while undercover as a streetwalker. Under–rated police thriller is intelligently played…