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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Plot Summary:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 676000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil, school, supernatural, wizards and magicians, young heroes, boarding school, chosen one, teenage girl, supernatural ability, twists and turns, boarding school life, magic spell, creature, time machine
Mind Game (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Plot tags: self discovery, trippy, supernatural, family relations, danger, family in danger, hopes, dealing with death, righting the wronged, couples, imaginary, siblings relations, surrealism, time travel, heaven, existentialism, psychology, lsd, parallel universe, moving, darkness, sex crime, female nudity, voyeur, flashback
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 481000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Plot tags: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, revenge, assassin, tough heroes, dark past, lone hero, chase, one against many, agent as target, tough guy, one man army, escapades, hitman, twists and turns, uncover truth, chases and races, hidden truth, swat team, secret past, fighting the system
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Plot Summary:
In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But Mathilde refuses to believe it. If Manech had died, she would know. She hangs on to her intuition as tightly as she would onto the last thread of hope linking her to her lover. A former sergeant tells her in vain that Manech died in the no man's land of a trench named Bingo Crepescule, in the company of four other men condemned to die for self-inflicted wounds. Her path ahead is full of obstacles but Mathilde is not frightened. Anything is possible to someone who is willing to challenge fate
Duration: 133 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: world war one, war, love and romance, wartime, life & death, private detective, investigation, obsession, tragedy, destiny, relationships, lighthouse, against the odds, missing person, uncover truth, brutality, young lovers, fiance fiancee relationship, military, great war, disability, bittersweet, engagement, aunt niece relationship, prostitute
Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: torture, macabre, gory, serial killer, mind game, plot twist, survival horror, trap, violent, psychopath, fear, trapped, locked in a room, extreme violence, twists and turns, survival, insanity, game of death, deathtrap, characters killed one by one, sadism, captivity, violence, isolation, confined
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Plot Summary:
A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative director who comes up with one unworkably inane idea after another; a British hitman who only wants to know everyone's function in life; and an unfortunate office worker and father whose brain is left scrambled after a stage hypnotist is murdered in mid-performance
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: hitman, murder, hypnosis, losing-it hero, social relations, dark humor, multiple storylines, surrealism, undead, gay, mysticism, giant monster, stoner, humour, trippy, human relationship, asian prostitute, kaiju, masturbation, gay slur, new year, translator, sleazy, disorder, bodies
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Plot Summary:
Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and anime with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller following cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons for a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. A quest for a killer that becomes a mind bending search for the meaning of life
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, androids, investigation, robot, hacker, ghost in the shell, technology, imaginary, mind game, fighting crime, good versus evil, computers and web, escapades, innocence, loss of partner, uncover truth, philosophy, computer, mature, existentialism, cyberspace
I, Robot (2004)
Plot Summary:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 567000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, distopia, cyborgs, androids and robots, androids, hi-tech, technology gone awry, danger, computer, dystopia, fate of humanity, man versus machine, robot vs. robot, science runs amok, human versus robot, humanoid robot, dystopian future, technology, murder, imaginary, killer robot, revolution, police investigation
Terkel in Trouble (2004)
Plot Summary:
In this unhinged Danish animation, 6th-grader Terkel (Anders Matthesen) begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin (also Matthesen). At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart (also Matthesen) erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school, Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him
Duration: 77 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Plot tags: mischievous children, nothing goes right, eccentric family, child suicide, youth, escapades, danger, buddies, forced into action, kids in trouble, parents and children, little sister, overweight child, revenge, teacher, friendship, teachers and students, gore, vulgar, twists and turns, friends, family relations, profanity, spoiled brat, disorder
Shutter (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Plot tags: ghost, revenge, supernatural, nightmare, photograph, photographer, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, macabre, suicide, spirit, secret lover, dark past, blood, photography, rape, gang rape, darkroom, gory, vengeance, brutality, haunted house, life & death, danger, uncover truth
National Treasure (2004)
Plot Summary:
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 350000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, archaeologist, treasure hunter, adventurer, secret place, riddles and clues, map, artifact, journey, ancient, tomb, obsessive quest, heist, legends and myths, caper, danger, tombs and skeletons, heroic mission, expedition, freemason, conspiracy, treasure map, knight
Wicker Park (2004)
Plot Summary:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: obsession, love story, fall in love, unrequited love, love at first sight, love triangle, twists and turns, relationships, secrets, dating, psychology, passion, destiny, life philosophy, love, happy ending, love of one's life, stalking, multiple perspectives, love and romance, winter, dream girl, plot twist, stalker, selfishness
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Plot Summary:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, assassin, sniper, senator, politics, assassination, surveillance, political corruption, paranoia, political intrigue, obsession, african american, corruption, spy, conspiracy theory, espionage, police investigation, state affairs, memory, villainess, domineering mother
The Village (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: plot twist, psychology, forest, isolation, village, twists and turns, mysterious place, utopia, autumn, small town, village life, blind character, wooing, hidden truth, folk horror, social commentary, great ending, woods, distopia, halloween, occult, supernatural, secret, ghost, puzzle
Spartan (2004)
Plot Summary:
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: secret service, kidnapping, investigation, missing person, spy, politics, conspiracy, espionage, female agent, political conspiracy, secret agent, rescue, race against time, twists and turns, gunfight, danger, dishonesty, sex trafficking, surveillance, illegal prostitution, military, violence, assassin, betrayal, undercover agent
Secret Window (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychology, insanity, twists and turns, split personality, stephen king, losing-it hero, isolation, macabre, paranoia, murder, mental illness, mentally unstable, writer's life, nervous breakdown, obsession, plot twist, husband murders wife, writer's block, disturbed individual, investigation, guilt, moral ambiguity, haunted house, murder mystery, infidelity
Enduring Love (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: stalking, mental illness, obsession, guilt, haunted by the past, countryside, attempted murder, couple relations, dangerous attraction, obsessive love, lgbt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love triangle, mental disorder, loneliness, death, book, fatal attraction, travel, 007, balloon, glbt, picnic, lgbtqi
Birth (2004)
Plot Summary:
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: reincarnation, deja vu, older woman younger man relationship, couples, love triangle, obsession, family relations, death, wedding, life & death, parents and children, love and romance, couple relations, little boy, dishonesty, coming of age, child, life is a bitch, self discovery, haunted by the past, obsessive love, relationships, grief, fiance fiancee relationship, sister sister relationship
Taking Lives (2004)
Plot Summary:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, murder mystery, police investigation, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, strong female lead, fake identity, stolen identity, profiler, plot twist, murder, manipulation, mistaken identity, brutality, false identity, revenge, fbi, killer, witness
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Plot Summary:
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Plot tags: steampunk, robot, heroic mission, alternate reality, mad scientist, airplane, transformation, alternate history, danger, save the world, aviation, kidnapping, distopia, zeppelin, apocalypse, alternate universe, battles, betrayal, death, aviator, good versus evil, cyberpunk, cyborgs, contact, end of the world
The I Inside (2004)
Plot Summary:
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: memory loss, time loop, hospital, paranoia, murder, nightmare, uncover truth, mind game, puzzle, dishonesty, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, time travel, surrealism, mental disorder, chase, doctor, parallel universe, paradox, supernatural, killer, mysticism, autism, quantum physics
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel and Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy) star in the riveting action-packed sequel to Crimson Rivers. No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans (Reno) and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, UK
Plot tags: murder, police detective, serial killer, police investigation, who done it, investigation, dark hero, reluctant partners, lone hero, murder mystery, supernatural, religion, danger, law enforcement, mysterious character, partners against crime, uncover truth, crime investigation, ritual, monk, riddles and clues, religions or cults, buddy cop, whodunit, killer
The Grudge (2004)
Plot Summary:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim - Karen must find away to break the spell before she becomes the spirit's next victim
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance, scared, death, blood, haunting, spirit, creepy kid, gore, violence against women, family curse, violence, fear, terror, travel
The Forgotten (2004)
Plot Summary:
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: memory loss, conspiracy, psychiatrist, mind game, memory, missing child, paranoia, delusion, twists and turns, abduction, grief, alien, experiment, kidnapping, chase, alien abduction, husband wife relationship, children, supernatural, space, estrangement, death of son, missing daughter, life is a bitch, loss of son
RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
Plot Summary:
37 000 years ago, two neighboring tribes lived in peace ... not fully in peace. While the tribe clean hair flowed peaceful days by keeping to herself the secret formula shampoo, Tribe Hair Sales lamented. Its leader decided to send a spy to steal the recipe
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Plot tags: caveman, absurd humor, investigation, rivalry, tribe, murder, ancient history, human nature, parents and children, friendship, seduction, self mutilation, love, fire, animal, dumb, dinosaur, perfection, false accusation, tribal chief, cave, undercover, family relations, working undercover, silly humor
Suspect Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, profiler, obsession, fbi, justice, brutality, mental illness, murder mystery, plot twist, killer, vigilante, law enforcement, psychic power, vigilantism, mind game, psychic, supernatural, twists and turns, murder investigation, rape, police, violence
Without a Paddle (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA, New Zealand
Plot tags: treasure hunt, friendship, asthma, camp, wilderness, hippie, escapades, river, disorder, friendship between men, nothing goes right, partner, comedy of errors, buddies, camping, grizzly bear, road trip, redneck, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, survival, treasure, bear, death, chase
The Clearing (2004)
Plot Summary:
When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, marriage, fbi, marital problem, psychopath, family life, danger, haunted by the past, wilderness, betrayal, hostage, ransom, adultery, chase, love, forest, missing person, ransom demand, pursuit, meme, family relations, strangulation, unfaithful husband, employee, twists and turns
Club Dread (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: serial killer, farce, island, masked killer, resort, machete, murder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, blood, satire, isolation, danger, buddies, voyeur, characters killed one by one, twists and turns, gory, guts, sex, party, marijuana, beach, gore, whodunit
Cube Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
Cube Zero is the third film in the trilogy yet this time instead of a film about people trapped in a deadly cube trying to get out we see it from the eyes of someone who is controlling the cube and the torture of the victims inside. When the nerd can’t stand to see a woman suffer he himself enters the cube to try and save her
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: parallel world, mathematics, trap, torture, isolation, survival, puzzle, escape room, rescue, claustrophobia, riddles and clues, gore, captivity, danger, confined, race against time, trapped, technology, paranoia, chess, cyberpunk, memory loss, gory, distopia, kidnapping