Category Archives: Mystery
Shutter Island
Release 2010
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis, Dennis Lehane
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/
In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby.
Joy Ride(2001)
Release 2001
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: John Dahl
Writers: Clay Tarver, J.J. Abrams
Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman, Stuart Stone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206314/
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Winter's Tale
Release 2014
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
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Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Mark Helprin
Stars: Colin Farrell, Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths, Michael Patrick Crane, Brian Hutchison
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Inception
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible.
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Release 2013
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Director: Lars von Trier
Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382009/
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Vampire Academy
Release 2014
Genre Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Richelle Mead, Daniel Waters
Stars: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Dominic Sherwood
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686821/
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi.
Veronica Mars
Release 2014
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Director: John T. Kretchmer, Nick Marck, Michael Fields, Harry Winer, Jason Bloom, Steve Gomer, Guy Norman Bee, Marcos Siega, Sarah Pia Anderson, Mark Piznarski, Rob Thomas
Writers: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero, John Enbom, Phil Klemmer, Dayna Lynne North, Jed Seidel, Cathy Belben, Jonathan Moskin, David Mulei, Russell Smith, Aury Wallington, Robert Hull, Joe Voci
Stars: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771372/
After her best friend is murdered and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Now You See Me
Release 2013
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345/
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
The Immigrant
Release 2013
Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Director: James Gray
Writers: James Gray, Ric Menello
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jicky Schnee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951181/
On the mean streets of Manhattan, Ewa falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution.
Oblivion
Release 2013
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski
Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.