Category Archives: Mystery

Despite the Falling Snow

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

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Director: Shamim Sarif
Stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Anthony Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474932/

In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.

Manhattan Nocturne

Release 2016

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Brian DeCubellis
Writers: Brian DeCubellis, Colin Harrison
Stars: Yvonne Strahovski, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Beals, Linda Lavin, Campbell Scott
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3100274/

Based on Colin Harrison's acclaimed novel Manhattan Nocturne (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year)...

The Offering(2016)

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Kelvin Tong
Stars: Matthew Settle, Elizabeth Rice, Pamelyn Chee, Elizabeth Lazan, Jaymee Ong
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3894404/

When young and successful reporter Jamie finds out that her sister has died in mysterious circumstances...

10 Cloverfield Lane

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Writers: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, Damien Chazelle
Stars: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin, Suzanne Cryer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179933/

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

The American Side

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Jenna Ricker
Writers: Greg Stuhr, Jenna Ricker
Stars: Greg Stuhr, Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle, Matthew Broderick, Robert Forster
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3093286/

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.

Risen(2016)

Release 2016

Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Kevin Reynolds
Writers: Kevin Reynolds, Paul Aiello
Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, MarĂ­a Botto
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3231054/

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of an executed Jew rumored to have risen from the dead.

The Witch

Release 2015

Genre Horror, Mystery

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Director: Robert Eggers
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.

The Boy(II)

Release 2016

Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: William Brent Bell
Writers: Stacey Menear
Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3882082/

An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.

Hail, Caesar!

Release 2016

Genre Comedy, Mystery

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Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475290/

A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.

True Deception

Release 2015

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Pamela Romanowsky
Writers: Stephen Elliott, Pamela Romanowsky
Stars: Amber Heard, James Franco, Christian Slater, Ed Harris, Wilmer Valderrama
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735907/

As a writer stymied by past success, writers block, substance abuse, relationship problems and a serious set of father issues...