Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 3064 Films to Rent
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams…
- Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
- Shinjuku Incident (San suk si gin) (2009)
- Dir. Derek Yee
Feat. Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu
- Jackie Chan turns serious for this gritty, nocturnal gangland drama centered around a Chinese immigrant who is unintentionally drawn into Tokyo’s…
- Spooks - Season 8 (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Peter Firth, Hermione Norris, Richard Armitage
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
- State Of Play (2009)
- Dir. Kevin MacDonald
Feat. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams…
- With excellent political thriller credentials, this accomplished remake (from the BBC mini–series) transposes its conspiracy–laden scoop…
- Staten Island (Little New York) (2009)
- Dir. James DeMonaco
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel…
- Ethan Hawke plays a blue collar New Yorker whose plan to fleece a mob boss of his dirty money comes unstuck when a deaf–mute hitman enters the…
- Stepfather, The (2009)
- Dir. Nelson McCormick
Feat. Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard…
- This cliche–heavy remake of the eighties classic about a teenager convinced his new step father is a serial killer doesn't have the same…
- Storm (2009)
- Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid
Feat. Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane
- Accomplished international courtroom drama sees a determined prosecutor (Fox) risk life and limb in order to prove that the former commander of the…
- Sweet Karma (2009)
- Dir. Andrew Thomas Hunt
Feat. Shera Bechard
- A beautiful, bloodthirsty Russian mute infiltrates Toronto's underground sex trade in pursuit of her sister's killers, in this tantalizing throwback…
- Taking Of Pelham 123, The (2009)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzman
- Flashy remake of the 70s heist movie sees John Travolta as the mastermind behind the hijack of a New York subway train, and Denzel Washington as the…
- Uncertainty (2009)
- Dir. David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Assumpta Serna…
- 'Uncertainty' is both the title and the key to enjoying this convention–defying thriller that interweaves two parallel stories that feature the…