Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Despite being under heavy sedation, Elena tries to make her way out of Arboria, a secluded, quasi-futuristic commune.
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry, Rondel Reynoldson
Director: Panos Cosmatos
I, Robot (2004)
Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them, except one, slightly paranoid detective (Will Smith) investigating what he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot. The case leads him to discover a far more frightening threat to the human race. Inspired by the classic short story collection by Isaac Asimov.
Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride
Director: Alex Proyas
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Cold Creek Manor (2003)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Wilson, Dana Eskelson
Director: Mike Figgis
Messages Deleted (2009)
Mystery | Thriller
A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking it a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another murder…then another…then another. The killer has Joel's attention, and Joel has the attention of the police. Now the prime suspect in a series of murders, Joel discovers this psychotic killer has targeted him for a reason found within his body of work. Will Joel be able to re-write his ending, or be forced to pay the ultimate price?
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Deborah Kara Unger, Gina Holden, Serge Houde, Chiara Zanni, Michael Eklund
Director: Rob Cowan
Switchback (1997)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
FBI agent Frank LaCrosse tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Starring: Danny Glover, Dennis Quaid, Claudia Stedelin, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner, R. Lee Ermey
Director: Jeb Stuart
The Mentalist (TV Series 2008-2015)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
The Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane, who is employed as an independent consultant working with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He had been making a living as a psychic, and he would assist the police on cases — until his life changed when he lost the two most important people in his life to one of those serial killers he was helping track. He now uses his refined observation skills to help the CBI solve cases. He works with Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon, Agents Kimball Cho and Wayne Rigsby and the rookie Grace Van Pelt.
Starring: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti
Creator: Bruno Heller
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
She captivated moviegoers with her raw sensuality and steel heart. Now Sharon Stone is back as the notorious crime novelist, Catherine Tramell. This time she proves to be respected criminal psychologist Dr. Michael Glass' (David Morrissey) deadliest challenge. With professional boundaries blurred by obsession, Dr. Glass is lured into a murderous web of lies and deceit and begins a torrid affair with Tramell that takes him to the point of no return. As their passions rise, so does the body count – and Dr. Glass faces a choice that will change his life forever.
Starring: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling, Hugh Dancy, Flora Montgomery
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Special Agents Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) head up the FBI's most elite profiling team – experts in analyzing criminal minds. Each team member has their specialty. There's Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), who has a background in sexual offences; Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), who focuses on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart-but-socially-challenged genius; and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), the rookie. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they match wits with the most ruthless criminals on earth.
Starring: Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster
Creator: Jeff Davis
Wild Things: Foursome / Wild Things 4 (2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Hotel magnate Ted Wheetley is tough on his arrogant hard partying son, Carson, who believes his wealthy, womanizer father drove his mother to her death. When Ted is killed in a speed boat accident, Detective Frank Walker is assigned to investigate the case. As he digs deeper into the death, he becomes more and more suspicious of the scheming, seduction, greed, double-crossing and possibly even cold blooded murder.
Starring: Jillian Murray, John Schneider, Ashley Parker Angel, Marc Macaulay, Cameron Daddo, Marnette Patterson
Director: Andy Hurst
In My Father's Den (2004)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay, Colin Moy, Vanessa Riddell
Director: Brad McGann
Freelancers (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, Dana Delany, Beau Garrett, 50 Cent, Matt Gerald
Director: Jessy Terrero
The Grudge (2004)
Horror | Mystery
An ancient supernatural spirit wreaks murderous vengeance on anyone coming within its powerful gripof rage in this terrifying tale of horror.
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea Duvall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie
Director: Takashi Shimizu
The Raven (2012)
Mystery | Thriller
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kevin McNally
Director: James McTeigue
Audition / Ôdishon (1999)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A widowed TV producer is encouraged by his teenage son to remarry before he gets too old. Unable to find anyone suitable, he decides to hold auditions for a false movie in order to test out potential wives. He thinks he may have found the one he is looking for when he auditions a former ballerina, but she seems too good to be true and an investigation into her past reveals a horrific secret.
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Ryo Ishibashi, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Director: Takashi Miike
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The Ninth Gate (1999)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Dean Corso is highly skilled at his work, a position which requires dexterity, cultural expertise, nerves of steel… and few scruples. Known for locating rare books for wealthy collectors, Corso is hired by eminent book-lover and scholar of demonology, Boris Balkan. Corson's mission: to find the last two volumes of legendary manual of satanic invocation "The Ninth Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," compare them Balkan's first volume, supposedly the only one of its kind, and ascertain the authenticity of the series. Corso accepts the challenge. From New York to Toledo, Paris to Cintra, he immerses himself in a labyrinth full of pitfalls and temptations, disturbing encounters, violence and mysterious deaths. Protected by an angelic creature and guided by a force more powerful than himself, Corso solves one by one the mysteries of the dreaded Book and discovers the real purpose of his mission.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford
Director: Roman Polanski
Black Death (2010)
Drama | Mystery
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Starring: Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, John Lynch, Tim McInnerny
Director: Christopher Smith
Hansel & Gretel / Henjel gwa Geuretel (2007)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
When Eun-soo gets lost in a country road, he meets a mysterious girl and is led to her fairytale ike house in the middle of the forest. There, Eun-soo is trapped with the girl and her siblings who never age. Eun-soo finally discovers a way out which is written on a fairy tale book. But the book tells a story of none other than himself!
Starring: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Young-nam Jang, Ji-hee Jin, Kyeong-ik Kim, Hee-soon Park, Eun-kyung Shim, Eun Won-jae
Director: Pil-Sung Yim
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Constantine (2005)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
John Constantine has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldy events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost. Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker
Director: Francis Lawrence
Castle (TV Series 2009-2016)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Rick Castle is one of the world's most successful crime authors. But when his rock star lifestyle isn't enough, this bad boy goes looking for new trouble and finds it working with smart, beautiful Detective Kate Beckett. Inspired by her professional record and intrigued by her buttoned-up personality, Castle's found the model for his bold new character whether she likes it or not. Now with the mayor's permission, Castle is on her case and in her way. Kate's initial disdain for Castle turns to grudging respect as he quickly proves that a background in plotting murders can be a valuable asset in catching killers. As they solve a new crime together each week, their partnership grows as does their love-hate relationship. These two may not always see eye to eye, but together they might just write a whole new chapter in crime-solving.
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Tamala Jones, Seamus Dever, Penny Johnson
Creator: Andrew W. Marlowe
All Good Things (2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s, inspired by the most notorious missing person's case in New York history. Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family, was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall
Director: Andrew Jarecki
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