Category Archives: Mystery
The Room
Release 2019
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Director: Christian Volckman
Writers: Sabrina B. Karine, Eric Forestier, Christian Volckman
Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens, Joshua Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8485364/
Matt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But, since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they miss the most is a child.
Ad Astra
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Director: James Gray
Writers: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935510/
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
Ready or Not
Release 2019
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Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Writers: Guy Busick, Ryan Murphy
Stars: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7798634/
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
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.