Category: Mystery
Posted on June 5, 2012 |
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Haute tension / High Tension / Switchblade Romance (2003)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife, the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror.
Starring: Cécile De France, Maïwenn
Director: Alexandre Aja
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Posted on June 3, 2012 |
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The Big Heat (1953)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Starring: Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Jocelyn Brando, Gloria Grahame
Director: Fritz Lang
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Posted on June 2, 2012 |
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
In Alfred Hitchcock's most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming old spinster (Dame May Whitty), who them seems to disappear into thin air. The younger woman turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure.
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Naunton Wayne
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Posted on June 1, 2012 |
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Don 2 / Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don now has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, whichever comes first, in order for his plan to succeed.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani
Director: Farhan Akhtar
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Posted on June 1, 2012 |
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Don (2006)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A huge Indian contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse trail of capturing DON – the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word that he is dead begins to do the rounds. The reality, of course, is that DON is held captive in a secret location, while his bumpkin of a look-alike, Vijay, is polished and sent to take down DON's gang. In a bizarre twist of fate, when the man shielding the humble and streetwise Vijay, is killed, the latter comes to terms with the horrifying realization that both the police and the gang are out to nab him for different reasons. In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, he is aided by the glamorously staggering Roma, and handsomely striking, Jasjit, who owes Vijay a favor for care-taking his son during his imprisonment. But will Vijay be successful in his mission? Based on the successful erstwhile classic of the same name.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Pavan Malhotra
Director: Farhan Akhtar
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Posted on June 1, 2012 |
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Van Helsing (2004)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Gabriel Van Helsing is a man cursed with a past he cannot recall and driven by a mission he cannot deny. Charged by a secret organization to seek out and defeat evil the world over, his efforts to rid the world of its nightmareish creatures have been rewarded with the title that now follows him: murderer. Van Helsing roams the globe an outcast, a fugitive, a loner, himself hunted by those who don't understand the true nature of his calling. When dispatched to the shadowy world of Transylvania, Van Helsing finds a land stll mired inpast– where legendary creatures of darkness come to life–a place ruled over by the evil, seductive and unfeatable vampire, Count Dracula. And it is Dracula that Van Helsing has been sent to terminate. Anna Valerious is one of the last of a powerful royal family, now nearly annihilated by Dracula. A fearless hunter in her own right, Anna is bent on avenging her ancestors and ending an ancient curse by killing the vampire. Joined by a common foe, Van Helsing and Anna set out to destroy Dracula along with his empire of fear. But in challenging an enemy who never dies, Van Helsing uncovers a secret he never imagined and comes face-to-face with the unresolved mysteries of his own enshrouded past.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Posted on May 29, 2012 |
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Black Christmas (1974)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a thirteen year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house. Director Bob Clark's ('Porky's', 'A Christmas Story') tense, effective film is a precursor to the slasher films that would come a half decade later, but never relies on gore. Olivia Hussy ('Romeo and Juliet') stars alongside Margot Kidder and SCTV's Andrea Martin.
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, John Saxon
Director: Bob Clark
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Posted on May 29, 2012 |
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Blood Work (2002)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Someone's got Terry McCaleb's number. A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers. But as he closes his latest adversary–a psychopath dubbed "The Code Killer" by the media–McCaleb is felled by a massive heart attack and forced into early retirement. Two years later, a beautiful stranger reveals a secret that compels McCaleb to re-examine his recovery: his life was saved by someone else's death–the victim of a murder that remained unsolved. Against the advice of his cardiologist, and with the help of an eager neighbor, McCaleb literally puts his life on the line to track down a murderer who has forced him to take this case personally.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda de Jesus, Tina Lifford
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Posted on May 27, 2012 |
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To Catch a Thief (1955)
Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
U.S. expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player. Filmed in VistaVision.
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Posted on May 26, 2012 |
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Safe House (2012)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Matt Weston is a rookie CIA operative frustrated with his lackluster post running a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. All that changes when his first "guest" is Tobin Frost, a renegade intelligence officer who had been on the run for almost a decade. When mercenaries attack the house, Weston and Frost make a narrow escape and together must find out who they can trust.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Daniel Espinosa
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Posted on May 24, 2012 |
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The Incite Mill / Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda
Director: Hideo Nakata
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Posted on May 19, 2012 |
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D.O.A. (1988)
Mystery | Thriller
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Terminal Velocity (1994)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald
Director: Deran Sarafian
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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Silencio en la nieve / Frozen Silence (2011)
Drama | Mystery
The Russian Front, winter 1943. A battalion of the Spanish Blue Division runs into several horses’ heads scattered over the frozen surface of a lake. The bodies are submerged under the ice. Beside one of the horses lies the corpse of a Spanish soldier. His throat is slit and carved into his shoulder with a knife are the words, “See that God sees you”. His superiors order soldier Arturo Andrade, (Juan Diego Botto), a former police inspector, to investigate the matter. He takes on the task with professional rigor, aided by Sargeant Estrada (Carmelo Gómez).They soon discover that what is behind the murder is a perverse vengeance for insults made in the past and it looks one dead body is only the beginning. No one is free of suspicion and no one is safe. In the midst of the cruel war, the hunt for the murderer is on, a search where we won’t know who is the hunter and who is the prey until the very end.
Starring: Juan Diego Botto, Carmelo Gómez, Francesc Orella, Víctor Clavijo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Alex Spijksma
Director: Gerardo Herrero
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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White Night / Baekyahaeng: Hayan eodoom sokeul geolda (2009)
Mystery | Romance
A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building. three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector decides to re-investigate. Fifteen years earlier, the victim's son killed his father to save his beloved from being raped by him. And the girl killed her mother when she found out the boy had killed his father. For fifteen years, the boy has been eliminating anyone that tries to interfere with her life. He exists as a shadow, requiring nothing from her in return. She knows what he has done for her sake but looks away from it. As their love grows, more crimes happen. As their sin grows, the inspector's chase comes closer to them.
Starring: Suk-kyu Han, Ye-jin Son, Soo Go
Director: Shin-woo Park
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Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Before and After (1996)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and close-knit Ryan family is in turmoil. Jacob flees, father Ben destroys possible evidence, the village community turns hostile and mother Carolyn is forced to temporarily close her doctor's practice. Then Jacob gets arrested and soon finds himself and his family entangled in a web of truth, trust and lies, all on his way to court.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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The Gore Gore Girls / Blood Orgy (1972)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery
Strippers at a sleazy club are being mutilated at an alarming rate. A pretty reporter enlists the aid of a debonair detective to solve the case and land her a front-page story. Soon, the two are wading through evidence against a vegetable-pulverizing freak, a creepy college student, and a group of angry feminists.
Starring: Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Winter's Bone (2010)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Director: Debra Granik
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Time Bandits (1981)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals "time holes" that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme Being really wants his map back and continually interrupts Kevin and the time bandits as they rob their way through time.
Starring: Michael Palin, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Posted on April 27, 2012 |
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The Omen (1976)
Horror | Mystery
An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw
Director: Richard Donner
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