Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Marple (TV Series) [Julia McKenzie] (2009-2011)
- Dir. John Strickland, Nicholas Renton, Charles Palmer
Feat. Julia McKenzie, Prunella Scales, Rik Mayall…
- Yet another regeneration of British TV's long–running Agatha Christie serial, with Julia McKenzie taking the reins from Geraldine McEwan, who…
Message, The (2009)
- Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang…
- Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…
Moment of Truth, The (Don McKay) (2009)
- Dir. Jake Goldberger
Feat. Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo…
- Quirky thriller with a downtrodden janitor lured back to his hometown by a letter from an old flame but upon his return he soon finds things are not…
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…
Mother (2009)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Ku Jin
- Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…
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…
Murderland (TV Mini-series) (2009)
- Dir. Catherine Morshead
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Amanda Hale, Bel Powley…
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
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…