Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Suspense/Crime: 472 Films to Buy & Rent
Roman Polanski Collection, The (Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac) (1962-1966)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
- The first three features of the Polish master – "Knife in the Water", "Repulsion" and "Cul–de–Sac".
A Man Called La Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) (1961)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufmann, Nico
- French thriller with Jean Paul Belmondo playing an ex–gangster tracking down the man responsible for putting his friend in prison. Based on the…
Classe Tous Risques (Consider All Risks) (1960)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo
- French–Italian gangster film following the exploits of a French mobster (Lino Ventura, based on a real life henchman for the French Gestapo)…
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse) (1960)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dawn Addams, Peter Van Eyck, Gert Frobe
- The final film in Fritz Lang's DR. MABUSE series, which includes DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, is also the director's…
French Screen Icons: Jean-Paul Belmondo 1 (Moderato Cantabile, A Man Called La Rocca, Weekend at Dunkirk) (1960-1964)
- Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Three films starring French leading–man Jean–Paul Belmondo.
Le Trou (The Hole; The Night Watch) (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Becker
Feat. Marc Michel
- Classic, noir–ish prison suspense in the mould of A MAN ESCAPED and RIFIFI chronicles an ambitious tunnel escape. Sparse and tense.
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet
- The original adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's gripping novel 'The Talented Mr Ripley', who is here embodied by a sleek Delon in only his third…
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger…
- Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…
Come Dance with Me (Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi?) (1959)
- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Dawn Addams
- Surprisingly entertaining French mystery thriller tracking a wife attempting to clear her husband's name from involvement in a dance studio murder.…
Man Escaped, A (1956)
- Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Francois Leterrier
- Bresson's films are all extremely controlled in style: no suspense, no histrionics, flat acting, spare and simple camerawork, yet this is an…