Crime Thriller

• City Hall | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino), a popular and seasoned politician whose administration is threatened when what seems to be an accidental shooting of a child reveals a nest of corruption and lifelong personal debts. This tests Cusack's loyalty to the man he thought he knew. Pacino turns in a finely textured performance as a man who has his own lofty ideals, but whose pragmatism sets in motion a series of events with tragic results. Cusack admirably captures the essence of someone polished and savvy at his job but must cope with fundamental disillusionment. This political thriller suffers at times from a lack of focus, but still offers an insightful and poignant treatise on the quagmire of politics in the modern age and the human toll it sometimes exacts. --Robert Lane

• Amsterdam Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (12/12/2022) from £10.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker David O.Russell comes an original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the centre of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. Based on facts that meet fiction, the film stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, with Rami Malek and Robert De Niro.

• Top Dog | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £8.15   |  Saving you £4.84 (59.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hooligan boss Billy Evans (Leo Gregory - Cass Wild Bill) has it all - a successful business a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey (Ricci Harnett - Rise of the Footsoldier) over a backstreet proetection racket Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog? Directed by Martin Kemp and based on Dougie (Green Street) Brimson's best-selling novel Top Dog is a heart-stopping thriller with a top UK cast including Danielle Brent (Cockneys Vs Zombies) Lorraine Stanley (London to Brighton) George Russo (Green Street 3) and Vincent Regan (St George's Day). Special Features: Deleted Scenes (3 min approx.) Filmmaker commentary (Director Martin Kemp Writer Dougie Brimson and Producer Jonathan Sothcott)

• Man on a Ledge | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £4.80   |  Saving you £15.19 (316.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion...

• Bonnie And Clyde | Blu Ray | (05/05/2008) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bonnie and Clyde balances itself on a knife-edge of laughter and terror thanks to vivid title role performances by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway and superb support from Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons. Director Arthur Penn keeps the film's sensibilities tough but never cruel. It continually dazzles especially in the work of cinematographer Burnett Guffey and editor Dede Allen. And as film lovers since have discovered it's no ordinary gangster movie.

• Secret Window | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £5.70   |  Saving you £10.29 (180.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) is a best-selling author with hundreds of fans. But one of his stories holds a secret that comes to life; a secret that even he can't imagine.

• Hotel | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Genius film-maker Mike Figgis brings together a dazzling all-star cast in this story of dark sexual intrigue where no one is quite what they seem. A film crew and actors arrive at the seemingly secure and beautiful Venetian hotel to film a version of the classic Jacobean tragedy ""The Duchess of Malfi"". Shadowing the production are two rival entertainment reporters (Salma Hayek and Lucy Liu) who immediately start a war of egos. When the director is put out of commission the producer (David Schwimmer) must take over the production and that's when the cannibals and vampires start picking off the film crew and guests... Figgis brings a fresh approach to film-making. Add this to the surplus of bizarre sexual activity and horrific cannibalistic images and Hotel becomes one place you will not want to check into alone...

• Sharp Objects | DVD | (26/11/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the book of the same name by The New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Dark Places), this eight-episode series tells the story of reporter Camille Preaker (Adams) who returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.

• The Suspect | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £7.55   |  Saving you £8.44 (111.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) is the best field agent in North Korea - until he is abandoned during a mission his wife and daughter murdered. Hunted and on the run torn between grief and vengeance he takes a job as a night driver for the CEO of a powerful corporation. The chairman is brutally assassinated - but gives Dong-chul a pair of glasses before he dies. He finds himself on the run again for the murder of the chairman and is being chsed by top spy sniffer colonel Min (Hee-soon Park)… Accused of murder wanted for treason and desperate to uncover the volatile national secrets hidden inside the glasses. Dong-Chul wants the truth. And he'll start a war to get it!

• The Flight Attendant: Season 1 | DVD | (21/03/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man and no idea what happened her entire life changes in one night. Starring Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden, The Flight Attendant is a dark comedic thriller based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Deleted Scenes The Flight Attendant Inside the Series-Inside the Series is a behind the scenes look at The Flight Attendant which is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. A flight attendant (Kaley Cuoco) wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man and no idea what happened.

• The 39 Steps | Blu Ray | (19/10/2009) from £7.59   |  Saving you £12.40 (163.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alfred Hitchcock considered The 39 Steps to be one of his favourite films partly because it launched his classic theme of the innocent man on the run from villains and lawmen. Robert Donat stars as Richard Hannay in this freely adapted version of John Buchan's story. Despite repeated remakes Hitchcock's riveting original remains unequalled.

• The Quiet | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (271.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert (24) as Nina Deer a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents' godchild Dot (Camilla Belle When a Stranger Calls) a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father's death. Although Nina looks upon Dot's deafness with disdain her family and friends develop a strange attraction to her and Dot soon becomes a sounding board for everyone's heaviest burdens. But when Nina becomes convinced that Dot is hiding a few secrets of her own she decides to confess a family secret so disturbing it cannot be ignored.

• The Pusher Trilogy: | Blu Ray | (08/12/2025) from £34.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Pusher A gang of mid-level criminals navigate Copenhagen's gritty underworld after a drug deal goes wrong. Pusher II Fresh from jail, a criminal vows to leave his past behind following the birth of his first child, but getting out of the life isn't so easy when you're born into it. Pusher III An aging drug dealer and addict struggles to come to terms with his life choices while a new criminal starts making waves in the underworld. Special Features New 4K restorations supervised and approved by Director Nicolas Winding Refn Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo 2.0 mixes New audio commentary with Nicolas Winding Refn and Peter Bradshaw (Pusher) New audio commentary with Nicolas Winding Refn and Catherine Shoard (Pusher II) New audio commentary with Nicolas Winding Refn and Alan Jones (Pusher III) Gambler: feature-length documentary Danish director Poul Nyrup's 1960s trilogy of youth films in new 4K restorations: Mellem Venner, Call Girl Centralen Villa Vennely and Stenbroens Helte . Sharing a kinship with the Pusher trilogy in their uncompromising depiction of marginalised lives, Nicolas Winding Refn dedicated Pusher III to the director.

• Spring Breakers | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (308.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brit (Ashley Benson) Candy (Vanessa Hudgens) Cotty (Rachel Korine) and Faith (Selena Gomez) have been best friends since grade school trying to save enough money for spring break. Still short of cash three of them hold up a restaurant using toy guns in order to get to Florida for two weeks of fun. After a few days of partying the girls get arrested during a police raid and land up in jail. Bailed out by local drug dealer Alien (James Franco) they soon find themselves in over their heads when their mentor introduces them to the wonders of an addictively dangerous spring break they will never forget. Special Features: Making of Theatrical Trailer Four Featurettes: Behind the Scenes The Girls Harmony Korine AVPs

• Rolling Thunder | DVD | (25/09/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Major Charles Rane and his friend Johnny Vohden returns home to San Antonio after eight years of physical and mental torture in a Vietnam POW camp they are treated as heroes. But Rane cannot know his experiences are nothing compared to the ordeal he must still face. A gang of thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service and mangle his hand leaving him and his family for dead. Whilst recovering in hospital Rane becomes more distant and cold. Aided by his loyal friend and now wielding a hook for a hand he sets out on a mission of vengeance with the ice cold determination of a man who has suffered too much and has nothing else to live for but revenge.

• One False Move (CriterionCollection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (06/11/2023) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America's most fraught divisions of urban and rural, Black and white while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth. Product Features DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Franklin New conversation between Franklin and cowriter-actor Billy Bob Thornton Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by author William Boyle

• I Start Counting | Blu Ray | (19/04/2021) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a rapidly modernising English town, a psychopathic murderer is on the loose terrorising the young women of the local community. Fourteen year old Wynne (Jenny Agutter) begins to suspect that George (Bryan Marshall), her adoptive stepbrother who she's infatuated with, is the perpetrator. But could he really be responsible for such horrific crimes? Presented in a new 2K restoration, David Greene's much soughtafter British thriller is a gripping, cult classic of late1960s cinema and the latest addition to the BFI Flipside collection. Featuring a standout performance from Agutter and contributions from cult icons writer Richard Harris (The Avengers), production designer Brian Eatwell (Walkabout) and composer Basil Kirchin (Primitive London), ˜I Start Counting' is a haunting comingofage tale like no other. Special Features Scanned & restored in 2k from the 35mm interpositive Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan A Kickstart: Jenny Agutter Remembers I Start Counting (2020, 20 mins) Loss of Innocence: A Video Essay on I Start Counting by Chris O'Neill (2020, 8 mins) Interview with Jonny Trunk (2021): the writer, broadcaster, DJ and owner of Trunk Records discusses the work of composer Basil Kirchin Original theatrical trailer Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with a new essay on the film by the BFI's Jo Botting and writing on the cast and director by Jon Dear

• The Man Who Laughs (Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (17/08/2020) from £14.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the most visually striking of all the later silent films, The Man Who Laughs reunites German Expressionism director Paul Leni and cinematographer Gilbert Warrenton from their horror hit the previous year, The Cat and the Canary (1927). Both films are often considered to be among the earliest works of legendary horror classics from Universal Studios, yet the undeniably eerie The Man Who Laughs is more accurately described as a Gothic melodrama. However, its influence on the genre and the intensity of the imageryart director Charles Hall and makeup genius Jack Pierce would go on to define the look of those 1930s Universal horror landmarkshave redefined it as an early horror classic, bolstered by one of the most memorable performances of the period. Adapted from the Victor Hugo novel, The Man Who Laughs is Gwynplaine (an extraordinary Conrad Veidt), a carnival sideshow performer in 17th-century England, his face mutilated into a permanent, ghoulish grin by his executed father's royal court enemies. Gwynplaine struggles through life with the blind Dea (Phantom of the Opera's Mary Philbin) as his companion though she is unable to see it, his disfigurement still causes Gwynplaine to believe he is unworthy of her love. But when his proper royal lineage becomes known by Queen Anne, Gwynplaine must choose between regaining a life of privilege, or embracing a new life of freedom with Dea. The startling makeup on Veidt was the acknowledged direct inspiration for The Joker in the 1940 Batman comic that introduced the character, and film versions of The Joker have been even more specific in their references to Leni's film. While The Man Who Laughs contains powerful elements of tragedy, doomed romance, and even swashbuckling swordplay, its influence on horror cinema is most pronounced. Leni died suddenly at the age of 44 a year after this film (with Veidt also unexpectedly passing away too soon in 1943), and The Man Who Laughs endures as one of the most haunting and stylish American silent films, made just as that era was coming to a close. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film on home video for the first time ever in the UK. Special Features: LIMITED EDITION O CARD (2000 UNITS) 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from Universal's 4K restoration Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (stereo) score by the Berklee School of Music Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (mono) 1928 movietone score A brand new interview with author and horror expert Kim Newman A brand new video essay by David Cairns Paul Leni and The Man Who Laughs featurette on the production of the film Rare stills gallery A collector's booklet featuring new writing by Travis Crawford, and Richard Combs

• Silent Night Deadly Night | Blu Ray | (23/11/2020) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents notorious festive horror Silent Night, Deadly Night, available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Highly controversial upon release in 1984, this two-disc edition features both the original theatrical cut of the film and the extended cut with standard definition inserts. Young Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by a man dressed as Santa Claus after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now 18 and out of the orphanage, Billy takes on the role of Santa himself, embarking on a yuletide rampage to punish the naughty . Santa Claus is coming to town, and this time he's got an axe! Special Features: DISC ONE: Theatrical Version 4K scan of the original camera negative R-Rated Theatrical Trailer & VHS Trailer TV Spots Radio Spot DISC TWO: Extended Unrated Version 4K scan of the original camera negative with standard definition inserts Slay Bells Ring: The Story of Silent Night, Deadly Night Featuring interviews with writer Michael Hickey, co-executive producers Scott J. Schneid and Dennis Whitehead, editor/second unit director Michael Spence, composer Perry Botkin and actor Robert Brian Wilson Oh Deer! An interview with Linnea Quigley Christmas in July Silent Night, Deadly Night Locations Then and Now Audio commentary with actor Robert Brian Wilson and co-executive producer Scott J. Schneid Audio commentary with Michael Hickey, Perry Botkin, Scott J. Schneid and Michael Spence Audio interview with director Charles E. Sellier, Jr. from Deadpit Radio (Extended Version) Santa's Stocking of Outrage Poster and Still Gallery

• Murder She Wrote - Series 1 | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.28

  Angela Lansbury stars in the role that earned her 12 consecutive Emmy nominations as everyone's favourite super-sleuth Jessica Fletcher a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. Murder seems to follow Jessica Fletcher; a former English teacher and a mystery writer full of charm and a zest for life. She always happens to become ""the investigator"" when traveling around the country to promote her series of novels. Murder always seems to occur whe