Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime: 245 Films to Rent on VHS
- Fail Safe (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss
- A TV–movie with a difference, this remake of Sidney Lumet's 1964 feature, was acted and broadcast live on American TV, heightening the…
- Hole, The (2000)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Thora Birch, Daniel Brocklebank, Desmond Harrington…
- Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY) delivers a convincing English accent for this Brit variation of Teenage Gothic, emerging as the only survivor of a…
- Lost Son, The (2000)
- Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, Katrin Cartlidge, Daniel Auteuil
- Noir–ish excursion into the world of child sex–slavery rings in the London criminal underworld, has Daniel Auteuil (A HEART IN WINTER) as…
- O (Othello) (2000)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles
- Continuing recent trends, this ‘updating’ of Shakespeare’s ”Othello” transfers the dialogue and setting into the US schoolyard, where Josh…
- Original Sin (2000)
- Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
- Candlelit plantation melodrama set in late 19th century Cuba, that ignites a ‘sight–unseen’ marriage between owner Antonio Banderas and…
- Princess and the Warrior, The (2000)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente
- Follow–up and companion piece to dir. Tykwer’s RUN LOLA RUN, is a 'Snow White'–inspired tale of a psychiatric nurse who is hit by a…
- Risk (2000)
- Dir. Alan White
Feat. Tom Long, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan
- With an assured sense of style and atmosphere, the dir. of ERSKINVILLE KINGS crafts a thriller with more than the usual depth. Tom Long is an…
- Where the Money Is (2000)
- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney
- A still–charismatic Paul Newman is an aged bank–robber esconsed in a nursing home after suffering a stroke, though his nurse Linda…
- Bone Collector, The (1999)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie
- Denzel Washington's acting skills are put to the test playing a quadriplegic forensics expert helping to track down a particularly grisly serial…
- Channeling Baby (1999)
- Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
- 'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…