Category Archives: Mystery

Let Me In

Release 2010

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery

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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.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Release 2010

Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery

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Director: David Yates
Writers: Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling
Stars: Bill Nighy, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Harry Melling, Daniel Radcliffe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/

As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Release 2011

Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

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Director: David Yates
Writers: Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/

Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.

The Thing

Release 2011

Genre Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writers: Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/

At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.

The Adventures of Tintin

Release 2011

Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Mystery

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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Hergé
Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0983193/

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Release 2011

Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes

Release 2009

Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg, Lionel Wigram, Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Unknown

Release 2011

Genre Action, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell, Didier Van Cauwelaert
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.