Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009)
- Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Feat. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre
- One of the highest–grossing foreign language hits at the NZ box office, this riveting, full–bodied Swedish thriller follows an escalating…
- In the Electric Mist (2009)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard…
- Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
- Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009)
- Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling
- Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
- Lie To Me (TV Series) (2009-2011)
- Feat. Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines
- Engaging crime drama that sees an unlikely Tim Roth play Cal Lightman, a doctor who has such an uncanny ability to read facial expressions and body…
- Moses Jones (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- Dir. Michael Offer
Feat. Shaun Parkes, Matt Smith
- Grimy, downtrodden policier finds the titular Moses Jones (Parkes) re–assigned to investigate a brutal murder amid London’s Ugandan exile…
- Red Riding Trilogy (1974, 1980, 1983) (2009)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Feat. Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey…
- David Peace’s gritty quartet of crime novels receive a stunning translation to the screen with this threesome of British detective thrillers, based…
- Secret in Their Eyes, The (El Secreto de sus Ojos) (2009)
- Dir. Juan José Campanella
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Carla Quevedo
- Arresting, well–rounded Argentine crime drama sees a retired court employee become obsessed with a 25–year–old murder case that he…
- White Collar (TV Series) (2009-2014)
- Feat. Matt Bomer, Marsha Thomason, Tim DeKay…
- Police procedural series following a hard working and honest FBI agent (Tim DeKay) who makes a work–release deal with a captured con artist…
- Whiteout (2009)
- Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short…
- Brisk, improbable thriller starring Kate Beckinsale as a U.S. Marshall investigating Antarctica’s first ever homicide on the brink of continent’s…
- Detective De Luca (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Alessandro Prezioni
- Another good looking entry into the Italian crime fiction genre, only this time set during the country's fascist era and along the war torn Bologna…