Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Foreign Cinema: 468 Films to Buy & Rent
- Beyond Outrage (2012)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Ryo Kase
- A straightforward sequel to Takeshi Kitano's late return to the yakuza genre, continuing the bloody battle between police and rival gangs.
As with…
- Black's Game (2012)
- Dir. Óskar Thór Axelsson
Feat. Thor Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
- A young opportunist is drawn into Reykjavik's underworld of gangsters and drug pushers in this hardcore Scandi–crime, an eye–catching if…
- Bullet Vanishes, The (2012)
- Dir. Chi-Leung Law
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Lau Ching-wan
- In 1930s China, two eccentric detectives are summoned to solve a series of murders caused by a phantom killer in a bullet factory. A superb Holmesian…
- Drug War (2012)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang…
- Another great Johnnie To suspenser, with the master director at the top of his game helming this exciting police procedural set around an elaborate…
- Everybody Has a Plan (2012)
- Dir. Ana Piterbarg
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil
- A man dissatisfied with his life assumes the identity of his twin brother in this brooding Argentinian thriller.
- Fourth State, The (2012)
- Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt…
- Another stylish outing from the dir. of THE WAVE and WE OWN THE NIGHT, this time involving a journalist who gets caught up in a terrorist plot in…
- Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012)
- Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling
- Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
- Last Dragon Master, The (The Last Tycoon) (2012)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng
- Chow Yun–Fat lends his charismatic presence to this sumptuous gangster picture detailing the rise of a legendary Shanghai mobster at the turn…
- Last Will (Nobel's Last Will) (2012)
- Dir. Peter Flinth
Feat. Malin Crepin, Bjorn Kellman, Leif Andree…
- Based on the novel by Liza Marklund, this brisk addition to the "Scandi–crime" canon has unfortunate journalist Annika Bengtzon witnessing a…
- Morden: The Fjallbacka Murders (TV Series) (Fjällbackamorden) (2012)
- Feat. Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter
- In the wake of a brutal murder, secrets and lies are unearthed by a mystery writer with a nose for the suspicious in this moody Scandi–crime…