Category Archives: Mystery

Suburbicon

Release 2017

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: George Clooney
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Stars: Steve Monroe, Gavin Wilde, Landon Gordon, Hope Banks
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491175/

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

Jigsaw

Release 2017

Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery

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Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Writers: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
Stars: Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3348730/

Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for ten years.

Wonderstruck

Release 2017

Genre Drama, Family, Mystery

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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Brian Selznick
Stars: Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Cory Michael Smith, James Urbaniak
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Blade Runner 2049

Release 2017

Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Hampton Fancher
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Mark Arnold
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/

A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Release 2017

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Alicia Silverstone, Raffey Cassidy, Barry Keoghan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/

Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

The Snowman

Release 2017

Genre Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writers: Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, Søren Sveistrup, Jo Nesbø
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, Michael Yates
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758810/

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Psych: The Movie

Release 2017

Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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Director: Steve Franks
Writers: Steve Franks, James Roday
Stars: James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Kirsten Nelson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6868216/

The old gang comes together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own.

Mother!

Release 2017

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery

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Director: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5109784/

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

The Foreigner

Release 2017

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: David Marconi, Stephen Leather
Stars: Katie Leung, Jackie Chan, Rufus Jones, Mark Tandy, John Cronin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615160/

A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.

Hangman

Release 2017

Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Johnny Martin
Writers: Michael Caissie, Charles Huttinger, Phil Hawkins
Stars: Karl Urban, Al Pacino, Brittany Snow, Sarah Shahi, Joe Anderson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3011960/

A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game Hangman.