Category Archives: Mystery
Inheritance
Release 2020
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Vaughn Stein
Writers: Matthew Kennedy
Stars: Lily Collins, Connie Nielsen, Simon Pegg, Chace Crawford, Marque Richardson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7923220/
A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
The Quarry
Release 2020
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Scott Teems
Writers: Scott Teems, Andrew Brotzman, Damon Galgut
Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto, Bruno Bichir
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10151054/
A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.
The Rhythm Section
Release 2020
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Director: Reed Morano
Writers: Mark Burnell, Mark Burnell
Stars: Blake Lively, Richard Brake, Elly Curtis, David Duggan, Matilda Ziegler
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7134096/
A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.
The Turning
Release 2020
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Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writers: Carey W. Hayes, Chad Hayes, Henry James
Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten, Joely Richardson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7510346/
A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents' deaths. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Vivarium
Release 2019
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Director: Lorcan Finnegan
Writers: Lorcan Finnegan, Garret Shanley, Garret Shanley
Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368406/
A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears
Release 2020
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Director: Tony Tilse
Writers: Deb Cox
Stars: Essie Davis, Ashleigh Cummings, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes, Jacqueline McKenzie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9010738/
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
The Invisible Man
Release 2020
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Director: Leigh Whannell
Writers: Leigh Whannell, Leigh Whannell, H.G. Wells
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906/
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Brahms: The Boy II
Release 2020
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Director: William Brent Bell
Writers: Stacey Menear
Stars: Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery, Ralph Ineson, Anjali Jay
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9173418/
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
The Postcard Killings
Release 2020
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Director: Danis Tanovic
Writers: Liza Marklund, Liza Marklund, James Patterson
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, Naomi Battrick, Ruairi O'Connor, Cush Jumbo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4106514/
A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London; he recruits the help of a Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
The Grudge
Release 2020
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Director: Nicolas Pesce
Writers: Nicolas Pesce, Nicolas Pesce, Jeff Buhler
Stars: Tara Westwood, Junko Bailey, David Lawrence Brown, Zoe Fish, Andrea Riseborough
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3612126/
A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.