Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3183 Films to Buy & Rent
Hitchcock Showcase (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Four films from the early career of suspense's elder statesman, available on twin cassettes – MURDER (1930), SKIN GAME (1931), NUMBER 17…
Murder! (1930)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
- Hitchcock's second talkie is a clever whodunnit in which a juror (Marshall) in the murder trial of a young woman decides to open his own…
Blackmail (1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood…
- Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Silent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, The (1927-1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Two of Hitchcock's early films showcasing the best from the Master Of Suspense during his silent era.
THE RING: A boxer must compete with a rival…
Underworld (1927)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook
- Josef von Sternberg’s breakthrough silent film arguably pioneered the American gangster genre, with George Bancroft cast as a criminal kingpin…
Lodger, The (1926)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney…
- The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
Burning Crucible, The (Le Brasier Ardent) (1923)
- Dir. Ivan Mosjoukine
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- Melodrama styled as a semi–comic Kafkaesque nightmare. The film that inspired Jean Renoir to start directing.
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Lil Dagover
- Lang's first foray into ze evil exploits of Dr. Mabuse is a visually dazzling example of German expressionism, involving the master criminal's plan…
Ace of Hearts, The (1921)
- Dir. Wallace Worsley
Feat. Lon Chaney, Leatrice Joy, John Bowers
- A silent–era crime drama with Lon Chaney as a member of a secret vigilante society. The group make a plan to dispatch a wealthy businessman…
Regeneration (w/ Young Romance) (1915)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Anna Q. Nilsson, Carl Harbaugh, Rockliffe Fellowes…
- The debut feature of director Raoul Walsh is an early gangster film following the trajectory of a poor orphan who grows up to assume a powerful…