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Gone Girl (2014)
Plot Summary:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent
Duration: 149 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, investigation, manipulation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath, disappearance, police investigation, husband wife relationship, murder suspect, murder, mind game, emotional manipulation, manipulative woman, couple relations, sex scene, revenge, search party, female psychopath
The Blue Elephant (2014)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Dr. Yehia returns to El-Abbaseya Hospital five years after the death of his family. His return coincide with the arrival of a new patient, Sherif, a friend from college, who is accused of murder
Duration: 170 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Plot tags: mental institution, twists and turns, confined, doctors and patients, losing-it hero, psychiatrist, uncover truth, arab, danger, friends, mysticism, power relations, violent content, demon, exorcism, schizophrenia, graphic violence, mystery, crimes
Let's Sin (2014)
Plot Summary:
There is a murder while at prayer. Selman Bulut, the imam of mosque, starts to investigate the murder and faces with people in the neighborhood
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: investigation, amateur detective, murder, parents and children, religions or cults, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, lonely, society, chess, church, christian, loan shark, who done it, deadly, question, bench, prayer, mosque, mystery, crimes
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
Plot Summary:
The long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, dead girl, another dimension, investigation, surrealism, secret, fbi, salvation, sheriff, corpse, small town, fear, rape, violence, sex scene, interdimensional travel, fbi agent, deja vu, dwarf, club, nightmare, diary, forest ranger, deputy sheriff
Who Am I (2014)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: hacker, hacking, computer, computer hacker, computers and web, computer cracker, cybercrime, twists and turns, plot twist, split personality, deception, mind game, internet, dark web, misfit, law enforcement, murder, technology, superhero, justice, secrets, creativity, cyberspace, press conference, community service
Calvary (2014)
Plot Summary:
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Plot tags: death threat, confession, priest, catholic priest, small town, existentialism, death, character study, clergy, goodhearted, social relations, human nature, small town life, morality, catholic church, revenge, dialogue, great ending, father daughter relationship, religious, society, investigation, mysterious man, christianity, christian
I Origins (2014)
Plot Summary:
I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: reincarnation, eye, metaphysics, spirituality, religion, genetics, buddhism, atheism, evolution, society, love story, elevator, death, loneliness, scientific discovery, caught masturbating, philosophy, memory, science, parallel universe, afterlife, tragedy, self discovery, sadness, inventions and discoveries
Marshland (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ideology, detectives Juan and Pedro must put aside their differences if they are to successfully hunt down a killer who for years has terrorized a community in the shadow of a general disregard for women rooted in a misogynistic past
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: police investigation, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, torture, murder, partners against crime, sexual abuse, twists and turns, brutality, disappearance, character study, sadism, partner, woman in danger, killer, murder mystery, teenage girl, corpse, european, police, murder investigation, whodunit, spy, murderer
A Small September Affair (2014)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful girl who has everything. Charming, playful, in her own words: 'too joyful to fall in love.' A sudden car crash, and her heart stops for a few minutes. When she wakes up, everyone assures 'every-thing's alright.' But she knows it isn't. Because she cant remember her final month; a September of her life is missing. Leading a trail of hastily covered clues she finds herself in a remote Aegean island. A weird looking, grubby recluse, comes up-to him and proclaims: 'Don't you remember me? I'm the man you fell in love with.' Everything sensible about her screams 'get out of there' but she follows her memories right onto the tragic end of a miraculous affair
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: memory loss, accident, amnesia, fall in love, couples, true love, twists and turns, love and romance, sleepover, turkish, romance
The Absent One (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues points in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and is convicted for the murders. When the case ends up on Carls Mørck’s desk 20 years later, he soon realises that something is terribly wrong. As Carl and Assad start investigating the case, they are led on to an old emergency call from a desperate girl who seems to know the secrets of the murders. Soon they are plunged into an intense search for the girl, Kimmie, who has been missing since the murders happened. But Carl and Assad are not the only ones trying to track her down as the girl’s testimonial is of great danger to a group of influential men at the top of society who will do all they can to keep her silent
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Plot tags: police investigation, partners against crime, cold case, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, boarding school, conspiracy, father son relationship, bare breasts, nordic, twins, hunter, nudity, murder mystery, sexual content, psychopath, investigation, whodunit, police officer, secret service, nypd, judiciary, teacher student romance, hardcore
The Treatment (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known sex offender, was questioned but quickly released. Plettinckx lives close by and takes fiendish pleasure in harassing Nick. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Plot tags: police, pedophile, child abuse, life is a bitch, kidnapping, child killer, missing child, uncover truth, haunted by the past, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, serial killer, investigation, pedophilia, killer, revenge, lgbt, hitman, house, grief, unsettling, sex maniac, confined, child in peril
Trash (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Brazil, Germany
Plot tags: poverty, children, slum, mischievous children, friends, coming of age, young heroes, corruption, favela, teenager, youth, police corruption, child in peril, on the run, life turned upside down, chases and races, bible, teenage boy, escapades, police, violence, chase, child, lawyer, mafia
The One I Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: couples, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, marriage, infidelity, betrayal, self discovery, family problems, moral dilemma, love, magic realism, crumbling marriage, relationships, existentialism, character study, swimming pool, vacation gone wrong, doppelganger, divorce, love story, adultery, love triangle, therapist, time, thoughtful
Non-Stop (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Plot tags: airplane, twists and turns, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, danger, save the day, terrorist, hijacking, investigation, mind game, heroes, aviation, special agent, trapped, cat and mouse, resourceful, tough law enforcer, kidnapping, secret service, police investigation, race against time, lone hero, false accusation, passenger
Kill the Messenger (2014)
Plot Summary:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: journalism, reporter, journalist, u.s. government, secrets, investigative journalism, conspiracy, drug smuggling, media manipulation, cia, politics, investigation, media, cocaine, brainwashing, investigative reporter, survival, idealism, uncover truth, police corruption, government agency, state affairs, life turned upside down, spy, life is a bitch
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: mental illness, mental institution, twists and turns, insanity, mental patient, psychiatrist, plot twist, madhouse, doctor, doctors and patients, macabre, conspiracy, psychiatry, mad scientist, uncover truth, psychology, adaptation, great ending, edgar allan poe, love, escape, torture, obsession, steampunk, supernatural
It Follows (2014)
Plot Summary:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horror that seems to be only a few steps behind
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, ghost, macabre, evil, being followed, teenage girl, voyeurism, death, coming of age, sex, supernatural being, monster, peeping tom, teenager, stalking, beach, nudity, friendship, paranoia, sex scene, brutality, loneliness, supernatural horror, terror, swing
The Babadook (2014)
Plot Summary:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 243000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, macabre, monster, nightmare, ghost, danger, single mother, fear, book, insanity, dysfunctional family, trauma, mental illness, isolation, basement, family in danger, nightmare comes true, mother son relationship, dealing with death, car accident, widow, dead father, loneliness, children, psychology
The Maze Runner (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 498000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: survival, memory loss, maze, teenager, apocalypse, distopia, trapped, fantasy world, post apocalypse, escape, post apocalyptic, youth, imaginary, dystopia, young heroes, catastrophe, society, on the run, danger, twists and turns, human experiment, confined, escapades, community, isolation
Housebound (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Plot tags: haunted house, house arrest, supernatural, twists and turns, female protagonist, plot twist, parents and children, ghost, police investigation, dark humor, blood, haunted, danger, family relations, macabre, mind game, halloween, darkness, gore, small town, woman in danger, strong female lead, psychopath, psycho, mother
Veronica Mars (2014)
Plot Summary:
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany
Plot tags: amateur detective, private detective, who done it, murder, investigation, female protagonist, twists and turns, secrets, storytelling, betrayal, justice, brutality, runaway, happy ending, chase, police investigation, culture clash, surveillance, danger, family relations, parents and children, old love, lawyers and clients, love, girl power
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Austria
Plot tags: twins, mental illness, torture, brother brother relationship, divorce, twists and turns, isolation, children, boy, supernatural, terror, child, countryside, mind game, matricide, investigation, parents and children, danger, hidden identity, uncover truth, domestic violence, dead child, identical twins, mother son conflict, evil child
The Guest (2014)
Plot Summary:
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: halloween, murder, mysterious character, twists and turns, danger, psychopath, grief, bullying, family relations, soldier, killing spree, family problems, dishonesty, ex soldier, brawl, family in danger, brutality, violence, serial killer, blood, death in the family, party, drug dealer, scarecrow, high school student
Faults (2014)
Plot Summary:
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, mind control, brainwashing, redemption, religions or cults, cult leader, manipulation, parents and children, life is a bitch, death, sexual innuendo, violence, depression, sect, threat, suicide, mental disorder, religion, art, secret society, human experiment, sexual abuse, occult, possessed, lonely
Son of Batman (2014)
Plot Summary:
Batman learns that he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son with Talia al Ghul named Damian Wayne who is secretly being raised by Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins. When Ra's al Ghul apparently dies after a battle with Deathstroke, Batman must work to stop his long-lost son from taking revenge and guiding him to a righteous path, in addition to the chance for the pair to truly acknowledging each other as family
Duration: 74 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: batman, superhero, father son reunion, father son relationship, comic book, secret identity, teenage life, fighting crime, vigilantism, rivalry, mortal combat, master villain, escapades, ninja, multiverse, battles, heroes, good versus evil, kung fu, violence, murder, gunfight, villain, justice league, death of grandfather
Divergent (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 482000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: distopia, fighting the system, heroine, rebellion, survival, dystopia, danger, chosen one, choice, society, youth, teenage life, caste system, post apocalypse, training, mentor, rebelliousness, heroes, against the rules, characters in danger, save the day, life is a bitch, conspiracy, dishonesty, fear
Inherent Vice (2014)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend
Duration: 148 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: private investigator, investigation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, drug trade, private detective, obsession, investigator, stoner, hippie, betrayal, paranoia, police investigation, drug, uncover truth, bodyguard, brothel, dating, massage parlor, teeth, twists and turns, woman in danger, dishonesty, voice over narration, art, marijuana
Time Lapse (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, parallel universe, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, paranoia, time loop, twists and turns, blackmail, murder, brutality, death threat, party, puzzle, existentialism, storytelling, paradox, money falling through the air, deception, time traveler, brainwashing, confined space, money, bet, conspiracy
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Plot Summary:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: private detective, murder, serial killer, kidnapping, drug dealer, secrets, murder of wife, investigation, violence, home invasion, faked death, hostage, mafia, redemption, strong violent content, revenge, violent, private investigator, ransom, sniper, weapons, homeless teenager, flashback, dark hero, ransom demand
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: missing person, coming of age, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, female nudity, recurring dream, mysterious disappearance, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, gay interest, disappearance, 17 year old, under the surface, bare breasts, teenager, parents and children, loss of mother, plot twist, sex, family relations, youth, family problems, suburbs, family in crisis, life turned upside down