Category Archives: Mystery
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Release 2019
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Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater, Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr., Maria Semple
Stars: Billy Crudup, Cate Blanchett, Megan Mullally
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2365580/
A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Don't Let Go
Release 2019
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Director: Jacob Estes
Writers: Jacob Estes, Drew Daywalt
Stars: Alfred Molina, Storm Reid, David Oyelowo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6803212/
After a man's family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He's not sure if she's a ghost or if he's going mad, but as it turns out, he's not.
Fractured
Release 2019
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Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Alan B. McElroy
Stars: Lily Rabe, Sam Worthington, Stephen Tobolowsky
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4332232/
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Alvin Schwartz
Stars: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Dean Norris
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387520/
A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.
10 Minutes Gone
Release 2019
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Director: Brian A. Miller
Writers: Kelvin Mao, Jeff Jingle
Stars: Bruce Willis, Michael Chiklis, Meadow Williams
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8809652/
A crime thriller that centers on a man whose memory has been lost due to a bank heist gone wrong. The character will need to piece together the missing 10 minutes from his memory in order to determine who sabotaged him.
In the Shadow of the Moon
Release 2019
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Director: Jim Mickle
Writers: Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock
Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8110640/
A Philadelphia police officer struggles with a lifelong obsession to track down a mysterious serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
The Wolf Hour
Release 2019
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Alistair Banks Griffin
Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin
Stars: Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5342950/
June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It's the notorious "Summer of Sam" and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The city is on a knife's edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.
Midsommar
Release 2019
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Director: Ari Aster
Writer: Ari Aster
Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262/
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Annabelle Comes Home
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Gary Dauberman
Writers: James Wan, Gary Dauberman
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8350360/
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Perfect
Release 2018
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Director: Eddie Alcazar
Writers: Eddie Alcazar, Ted Kupper
Stars: Abbie Cornish, Courtney Eaton, Rainey Qualley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6222286/
Garrett, an emotionally-troubled young man, is sent to a clinic, whispering soothing promises of perfection. By planting characteristics directly into his own body, he's relieved of his dark visions, but pays the price for purity of mind.