Subgenre Sampler
      Classics > Suspense/Crime: 438 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
 Savages (1972) Savages (1972)
- Dir. James Ivory
 Feat. Sam Waterston, Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine…
- Merchant Ivory's most unexpected film is an allegorical story of a primitive jungle tribe who are interrupted, mid human–sacrifice, by a…
 Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972) Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
 Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992) Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Feat. Barry Foster, Joanna Dunham, Michael Latimer…
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
 Whodunnit? (TV Series) (1972-1974) Whodunnit? (TV Series) (1972-1974) 
- This fondly–remembered primetime panel game from the 1970's invited viewers to play detective by pitting their wits against a panel of…
 You'll Like My Mother (1972) You'll Like My Mother (1972) 
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
 Feat. Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas
- Patty Duke plays a heavily pregnant woman who travels to rural Minnesota to meet her late husband's mother–in–law, who turns out to have…
 Born To Win (Addict) (1971) Born To Win (Addict) (1971) 
- Dir. Ivan Passer
 Feat. George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black…
- Obscure, but charmingly unique drama–comedy about a former NYC hairdresser (Segal), who has turned street hustler to finance his destructive…
 Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975) Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975)
- Feat. Jim Hutton, Peter Lawford
- Whodunnit series stars Jim Hutton as a mystery writer whose sleuthing know–how is regularly called upon by his Police Inspector…
 Firechasers, The (1971) Firechasers, The (1971)
- Dir. Sidney Hayers
 Feat. Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer, Roy Kinnear…
- Brit–crime flick has an insurance investigator chasing down an arsonist, along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter…
 Grissom Gang, The (1971) Grissom Gang, The (1971)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
 Feat. Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante…
- Crime noir set in Missouri during the Depression, following the kidnapping of a priviledged meat heiress by notorious amateur hoodlums the Grissom…
 Max and the Junkmen (Max Et Les Ferrailleurs) (1971) Max and the Junkmen (Max Et Les Ferrailleurs) (1971)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
 Feat. Romy Schneider
- French crime drama set in the noir shaded streets of Paris follows a frustrated detective getting tangled up in a love triangle after commissioning a…