Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Murderer (2009)- Dir. Roy Chow
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ning Chang, Tam Chun Yat - Serial killer convention receives an enjoyable, shameless workout with this Hong Kong policier, centred on a police investigator framed for a series…
Mystery Team (2009)- Dir. Dan Eckman
Feat. Donald Glover, D.C. Pierson, Dominic Dierkes… - Goofy comedy with three high school nerds masquerading as detectives who find themselves investigating a murder. Hit–and–miss comedy…
Not Forgotten (2009)- Dir. Dror Soref
Feat. Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Claire Forlani - An average joe (Baker) pursues his kidnapped daughter in this unseemly abduction thriller. Straddling the U.S.–Mexico border, the film delves…
Obsessed (2009)- Dir. Steve Shill
Feat. Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter… - Campy stalker thriller sees a successful bank manager (Elba) relentlessly pursued by an obsessive temp who works in his office. THE WIRE vet Elba…
Overheard (Qie ting feng yun) (2009)- Dir. Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Feat. Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu - The directors of INFERNAL AFFAIRS reel in their sleek, sprawling urbane sensibility, changing tack with this compact character study about three…
Peacock (2009)- Dir. Michael Lander
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon… - A freak accident in a small American town threatens to disclose a bank teller's secret life – that of a split personality – in this…
Prophet, A (Un Prophet) (2009)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif… - Dir. Jacques Audiard betters the accomplished storytelling of THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED, situating an immersive world of cloistered gangsters and…
Push (2009)- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning… - Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller. Derives…
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…
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