Category Archives: Mystery
Watchmen
Release 2009
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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David Hayter, Alex Tse, Dave Gibbons, Alan Moore
Stars: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
Edge of Darkness
Release 2010
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, Troy Kennedy-Martin
Stars: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226273/
As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
Devil
Release 2010
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: John Erick Dowdle
Writers: Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314655/
A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
Non-Stop
Release 2014
Genre Action, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach, Ryan Engle
Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024469/
An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk unless the airline transfers $150 million into an off-shore account.
Rubinrot
Release 2013
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
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Director: Felix Fuchssteiner
Writers: Katharina Schöde, Kerstin Gier
Stars: Maria Ehrich, Jannis Niewöhner, Veronica Ferres, Uwe Kockisch, Katharina Thalbach
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2418558/
Gwendolyn Shepherd is actually a very normal 16-year-old teen. What's annoying is that her family definitely has a tad too many secrets...
Salt
Release 2010
Genre Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Kurt Wimmer
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944835/
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
The Crazies
Release 2010
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Breck Eisner
Writers: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright, George A. Romero
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407/
About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply.
Let Me In
Release 2010
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Director: Matt Reeves
Writers: Matt Reeves, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Eric Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer
Stars: Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell, Dennis Hearn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477302/
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Black Swan
Release 2010
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin
Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.