Best Mystery Movies of 2012

1.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

6.3
7.9/10 IMDB

Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?

Starring: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams, Michael McKean, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Gary Anthony Williams, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Paget Brewster ..
Directed by: Jay Oliva
Release date: 2012-08-21
2.

Prometheus

5.7
7.0/10 IMDB

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Lucy Hutchinson, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Kate Dickie ..
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Release date: 2012-05-30
3.

Sinister

5.6
6.8/10 IMDB

True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addario, Victoria Leigh, Blake Mizrahi, Cameron Ocasio ..
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Release date: 2012-03-29
4.

The Imposter

5.3
7.5/10 IMDB

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

Starring: Frédéric Bourdin, Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach, Alan Teichman, Ivan Villanueva, María Jesús Hoyos, Ken Appledorn, Mary Twala, Seipati Motshwane ..
Directed by: Bart Layton
Release date: 2012-07-13
5.

The Raven

5.2
6.4/10 IMDB

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, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, Dave Legeno ..
Directed by: James McTeigue
Release date: 2012-03-09
6.

Gone

5.0
5.9/10 IMDB

Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Emily Wickersham, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig ..
Directed by: Heitor Dhalia
Release date: 2012-02-23
7.

The Tall Man

4.8
5.9/10 IMDB

When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

Starring: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, Jakob Davies, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler, Eve Harlow, Janet Wright, Ferne Downey ..
Directed by: Pascal Laugier
Release date: 2012-03-19
8.

The Watch

4.7
5.7/10 IMDB

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.

Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte, Mel Rodriguez, Doug Jones, Erin Moriarty, Nicholas Braun ..
Directed by: Akiva Schaffer
Release date: 2012-07-26
9.

Compliance

4.7
6.4/10 IMDB

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey, Ashlie Atkinson, Bill Camp, Nikiya Mathis, Ralph Rodriguez, Stephen Payne ..
Directed by: Craig Zobel
Release date: 2012-08-23
10.

Grabbers

4.6
6.3/10 IMDB

Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses suddenly washing up on the beach. When the murders start, it’s up to two mismatched cops – an irresponsible alcoholic and his new partner, a by-the-book woman from the mainland – to protect the townsfolk from the giant, bloodsucking, tentacled aliens that prey upon them. Their only weapon, they discover, is booze. If they want to survive the creatures’ onslaught, everyone will have to get very, very drunk!

Starring: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Bronagh Gallagher, David Pearse, Lalor Roddy, Clelia Murphy, Louis Dempsey, Micheál O'Gruagain, Ned Dennehy ..
Directed by: Jon Wright
Release date: 2012-08-10
11.

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

4.5
6.7/10 IMDB

When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.

Starring: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Greg Ellis, Maurice LaMarche, Peter Stormare, Jeff Dunham, Carlos Ferro, Jess Harnell ..
Directed by: Ben Jones
Release date: 2012-10-22
12.

Wrong

4.5
6.2/10 IMDB

Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.

Starring: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, Bob Jennings, William Fichtner, Regan Burns, Mark Burnham, Arden Myrin, Maile Flanagan ..
Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
Release date: 2012-09-05
13.

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

4.4
6.3/10 IMDB

Scooby and the gang have their first musical mystery in “Scooby Doo: Music of the Vampire.” It begins when they take a sing-a-long road trip into bayou country to attend the “Vampire-Palooza Festival” – an outdoor fair dedicated to all things Draculian. At first it looks as if they’re in for some fun and lots of Southern snacks, but events soon turn scary when a real live vampire comes to life, bursts from his coffin and threatens all the townsfolk. On top of that, this baritone blood sucker seems intent on taking Daphne as his vampire bride! Could the vampire be a descendant of a famous vampire hunter who is trying to sell his book? Or perhaps he’s the local politician, who has been trying to make his name in the press by attacking the vampires as downright unwholesome. The answers are to be found in a final song-filled showdown in the swamp in which our heroes unmask one of their most macabre monsters yet.

Starring: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Jim Cummings, Jeff Bennett, Mindy Sterling, Christian Campbell, Rob Paulsen, Obba Babatundé ..
Directed by: David Block
Release date: 2012-03-13
14.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

4.3
4.9/10 IMDB

Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

Starring: Adelaide Clemens, Radha Mitchell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean Bean, Malcolm McDowell, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan, Erin Pitt, Peter Outerbridge ..
Directed by: M.J. Bassett, M. J. Bassett
Release date: 2012-10-10
15.

Columbus Circle

4.2
5.9/10 IMDB

An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.

Starring: Selma Blair, Jason Lee, Amy Smart, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Pollak, Beau Bridges, Lauren Gallagher, Robert Guillaume ..
Directed by: George Gallo
Release date: 2012-03-05
16.

The Paperboy

4.2
5.7/10 IMDB

As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

Starring: Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Macy Gray, Scott Glenn, Nealla Gordon, Ned Bellamy, Gary Clarke ..
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Release date: 2012-09-14
17.

The Factory

4.1
5.8/10 IMDB

An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

Starring: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Mae Whitman, Dallas Roberts, Sonya Walger, Michael Trevino, Ksenia Solo, Mageina Tovah, Katherine Waterston, Gary Anthony Williams ..
Directed by: Morgan O'Neill
Release date: 2012-10-20
18.

The Pact

4.1
5.7/10 IMDB

After their mother passes away, sisters Nicole and Annie reluctantly return to their childhood home to pay their last respects. While staying overnight in the house, the sisters sense a mysterious presence in their midst: noises startling them in the night, objects moving about, a fallen picture of an unknown woman posed next to their mother. Annie begins experiencing a series of intense and disturbing dreams - visions that lead her to uncover something terrible about her mother's past that is finally revealing itself.

Starring: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner, Mark Steger, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Sam Ball, Dakota Bright ..
Directed by: Nicholas McCarthy
Release date: 2012-05-25
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
19.

Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall

4.0
9.6/10 IMDB

Jim Moriarty hatches a mad scheme to turn the whole city against Sherlock.

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Andrew Scott, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Katherine Parkinson, Mark Gatiss, Louise Brealey ..
Directed by: Toby Haynes
Release date: 2012-01-15
20.

Passion

3.9
5.3/10 IMDB

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

Starring: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson, Rainer Bock, Benjamin Sadler, Dominic Raacke, Ian T. Dickinson, Frank Witter, Leila Rozario ..
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Release date: 2012-09-07
21.

Meeting Evil

3.9
5.3/10 IMDB

Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.

Starring: Leslie Bibb, Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Wilson, Peyton List, Peyton List, Muse Watson, Tracie Thoms, Bret Roberts, Jason Alan Smith, Tina Parker ..
Directed by: Chris Fisher
Release date: 2012-01-31
22.

Alex Cross

3.8
5.1/10 IMDB

After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

Starring: Tyler Perry, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Matthew Fox, Giancarlo Esposito, Edward Burns, Cicely Tyson, John C. McGinley, Chad Lindberg, Carmen Ejogo ..
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Release date: 2012-10-18
23.

The Cold Light of Day

3.8
4.9/10 IMDB

After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

Starring: Henry Cavill, Verónica Echegui, Sigourney Weaver, Bruce Willis, Caroline Goodall, Jim Piddock, Rafi Gavron, Joseph Mawle, Emma Hamilton, Michael Budd ..
Directed by: Mabrouk El Mechri
Release date: 2012-04-04
24.

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

3.7
7.0/10 IMDB

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

Starring: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, Robert Carradine, Jeff Geddis, Vito Rezza, Saul Rubinek ..
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Release date: 2012-05-19
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Abducted: The Carlina White Story
25.

Abducted: The Carlina White Story

3.7
6.6/10 IMDB

A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.

Starring: Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis, Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross, Afton Williamson, Heather Doerksen, Heather-Claire Nortey, Sage Brocklebank, Candus Churchill, Karen Holness ..
Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Release date: 2012-10-06
26.

The Scapegoat

3.6
7.2/10 IMDB

Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.

Starring: Andrew Scott, Jodhi May, Eileen Atkins, Matthew Rhys, Sheridan Smith, Phoebe Nicholls, Anton Lesser, Eloise Webb, Pip Torrens, Ian Mercer ..
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Release date: 2012-09-09
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : My Name Is Nathan
27.

My Name Is Nathan

3.6
6.5/10 IMDB

A little boy troubled by a paper bird - Quote : "I am alone in my gondola, I am trapped in the sky, My name's Nathan, I don't like the real"

Directed by: Benoît Berthe
Release date: 2012-07-13
28.

Shuffle

3.5
6.5/10 IMDB

Lovell Milo is a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, on a different day of his life, never knowing where or when he’s going to be once he falls asleep. He’s terrified and wants it to stop - until he notices a pattern in his experience, and works to uncover why this is happening to him - and what or who is behind it.

Starring: T.J. Thyne, Paula Rhodes, Chris Stone, Meeghan Holaway, JoJo Henrickson, Dylan Sprayberry, Elle Labadie, Michelle Krusiec, Patricia Belcher, Tamara Taylor ..
Directed by: Kurt Kuenne
Release date: 2012-03-20
29.

Truth or Dare

3.5
5.6/10 IMDB

A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.

Starring: Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall, David Oakes, Jennie Jacques, Tom Kane, Jason Maza, David Sterne, Alexander Vlahos ..
Directed by: Robert Heath
Release date: 2012-08-05
30.

Freelancers

3.5
4.6/10 IMDB

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. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.

Starring: 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, Robert De Niro, Ryan O'Nan, Matt Gerald, Beau Garrett, Malcolm Goodwin, Robert Wisdom, Dana Delany, Vinnie Jones ..
Directed by: Jessy Terrero
Release date: 2012-08-10
31.

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

3.5
6.8/10 IMDB

Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Starring: Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson, Aaron Pedersen, Damien Richardson, Vadim Glowna, Colin Friels, Steve Bisley, Emma Booth ..
Directed by: Jeffrey Walker
Release date: 2012-10-14
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Scooby-Doo! and the Safari Creatures
32.

Scooby-Doo! and the Safari Creatures

3.4
6.8/10 IMDB

The gang flies off to Africa for a video animal Safari, So Goodi!, only to learn that - zoinks! - the creatures are actually shape-shifting jungle demons! In Homeward Hound, a "fiercely fanged" cat creature petrifies the competing pooches at a dog show, including the visiting Scooby-Doo! Finally, a giant Wakumi bird is stealing sculptures that are scheduled to be housed in a museum in New Mexico, Old Monster. There's never a dull moment when Scooby-Doo enters the scene!

Starring: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Tara Strong, Rachael MacFarlane, Lindsay Pagano, Phil LaMarr, Kevin Michael Richardson, Matt Levin ..
Release date: 2012-09-27
33.

After

3.4
5.4/10 IMDB

When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town, they must form an unlikely alliance in a race to unravel the truth behind their isolation. As strange events begin to unfold, they start to question whether the town they know so well is really what it seems.

Starring: Steven Strait, Karolina Wydra, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Ric Reitz, Jackson Walker, Madison Lintz, Bob Penny, April Billingsley, Jennifer Spriggs, Tyrin Niles Wyche ..
Directed by: Ryan Smith
Release date: 2012-08-27
34.

Silent Night

3.4
5.2/10 IMDB

The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

Starring: Jaime King, Malcolm McDowell, Brendan Fehr, Lisa Marie, Ellen Wong, Donal Logue, Ali Tataryn, Cortney Palm, Jessica Cameron, Courtney-Jane White ..
Directed by: Steven C. Miller
Release date: 2012-11-30
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : The Show Must Go On
35.

The Show Must Go On

3.4
7.5/10 IMDB

When a dying theater’s last hope for business suddenly goes from a murder mystery show to an actual murder mystery, the cast must play it off in order to save their jobs!

Starring: Adam G. Brooks, Meaghin Burke, Genevieve Fortner, Rob Cornelius, Julie Ann Doan, Anna Donnell, Greg Earnest, Michael J. Ewing, Lester Ferrell, Elise Fyke ..
Directed by: Matthew Graves
Release date: 2012-02-09
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games
36.

Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games

3.3
6.6/10 IMDB

Shaggy is selected to participate in the World Invitational Games in London, England.

Starring: Troy Baker, Mindy Cohn, Domitilla D'Amico, Robin Atkin Downes, Grey DeLisle, Josh Keaton, Matthew Lillard, Janet Montgomery, James Patrick Stuart, Frank Welker ..
Directed by: Curt Geda
Release date: 2012-07-17
37.

Sunset Stories

3.3
5.9/10 IMDB

A dark comedy about two people's chase around Los Angeles to find a missing cooler.

Starring: Zosia Mamet, Sung Kang, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Joshua Leonard, Justin Vivian Bond, Jessica Belkin, Jim Parsons, Mousa Kraish, Michelle Krusiec, Harold Perrineau ..
Release date: 2012-03-10
38.

HE

3.3
6.2/10 IMDB

HE, the third work in the ongoing collaboration between Rouzbeh Rashidi and actor James Devereaux, is a troubling and mysterious portrait of a suicidal man. Rashidi juxtaposes the lead character’s apparently revealing monologues with scenes and images that layer the film with ambiguity. Its deliberate, hypnotic pace and boldly experimental structure result in an unusual and challenging view of its unsettling subject.

Starring: James Devereaux, Cillian Roche, Maximilian Le Cain, George Hanover, John McCarthy ..
Directed by: Rouzbeh Rashidi
Release date: 2012-01-01
39.

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

3.3
5.3/10 IMDB

The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to the mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst ruins, a miraculous motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It’s a race against the clock to find the inventor and stop the destroyer before the motor of the World is stopped for good. A motor that would power the World. A World whose motor would be stopped. Who is John Galt?

Starring: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Patrick Fabian, Kim Rhodes, Richard T. Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Paul McCrane, John Rubinstein, Robert Picardo ..
Directed by: John Putch
Release date: 2012-10-12
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
40.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

3.3
6.4/10 IMDB

Melbourne, 1886. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one murky night. One man climbs out, the other travels on to St Kilda. On arrival, the driver finds the second man dead; murdered. The ‘high-society’ killing sends shockwaves through the young city, still flush from its gold-rush boom.

Starring: John Waters, Marco Chiappi, Shane Jacobson, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Ackland, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Felix Williamson, Emily Milledge, Jeffery Richards, Charlie Cousins ..
Directed by: Shawn Seet
Release date: 2012-10-28
41.

Fugitive at 17

3.3
6.0/10 IMDB

Suspected of murdering her best friend, a teenage computer-hacker goes on the run to find the real killer.

Starring: Marie Avgeropoulos, Christina Cox, Casper Van Dien, Danny Blanco Hall, Daniel Rindress-Kay, Frank Schorpion, Allison Graham, Rosemary Dunsmore, Dylan Van Wylick, Cindel Chartrand ..
Directed by: Jim Donovan
Release date: 2012-06-30
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies
42.

Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies

3.3
4.6/10 IMDB

In Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies, Chiller investigates the terrifying factual stories that inspired some of the scariest horror movies of all time, including Silent Hill, The Amityville Horror, The Mothman Prophecies and Poltergeist, through exclusive eyewitness interviews and reenactments of actual events. Paranormal investigator Katrina Weidman (Paranormal State) travels with three of her friends into the dark recesses of the unknown to uncover the buried secrets behind these four iconic films. Journey down the haunted high-ways of the American East Coast on a road trip to discover the origins of our most beloved horror films made. From a grisly series of murders in the small town Amityville to a devastating, subterranean fire in the rural town of Centralia...From the eye-witness reports of the inexplicable, red-eyed creature known as Mothman to the documented paranormal activity that inspired Poltergeist...The movies may be fiction, but the fear is very, very real...

Starring: Katrina Weidman, Chris Holt, Charity Winters, John McGarry, Richard Dolan ..
Directed by: John D'Auria
Release date: 2012-03-11
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Scooby-Doo!™ Haunted Holidays
43.

Scooby-Doo!™ Haunted Holidays

3.2
6.7/10 IMDB

Scooby-Doo and the gang participate in a toy store's holiday parade where they discover the abandoned haunted clock tower with a troubled past. A sinister snowman haunts the streets and accompanied with a large blizzard, threatens to close down the toy store for good.

Starring: Mindy Cohn, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Frank Welker, Dee Bradley Baker, Carlos Alazraqui, Crispin Freeman, Fred Tatasciore ..
Directed by: Victor Cook
Release date: 2012-10-16
44.

The Motel Life

3.2
5.9/10 IMDB

A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Joshua Leonard, Noah Harpster, Garrett Backstrom, Andrew Lee, Nancy Youngblut, Jenica Bergere ..
Directed by: Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky
Release date: 2012-11-16
45.

A Mother's Nightmare

3.1
5.8/10 IMDB

A seductive teen becomes vindictive when her boyfriend tries to end the relationship.

Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Annabeth Gish, Grant Gustin, Jay Brazeau, Samuel Patrick Chu, Dane Stevens, Eric Breker, Aren Buchholz, Erica Carroll, Burkely Duffield ..
Directed by: Vic Sarin
Release date: 2012-09-29
46.

I, Anna

3.1
6.0/10 IMDB

A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.

Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Marsan, Jodhi May, Ralph Brown, Max Deacon, Honor Blackman, Jumayn Hunter, Joey Ansah ..
Directed by: Barnaby Southcombe
Release date: 2012-03-03
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Dear Dracula
47.

Dear Dracula

3.0
5.3/10 IMDB

Sam loves scary movies, especially the ones with Dracula. This year, instead of writing to Santa for Christmas, Sam writes to Dracula, telling Dracula that he wants to be a real vampire on Halloween this year. Sam is in for quite a surprise as the most famous of all vampires himself responds.

Starring: Ray Liotta, Emilio Estevez, Ariel Winter, Nathan Gamble, Matthew Lillard, Yuri Lowenthal, Marion Ross, Tara Strong, Troy Baker, Isaac Wilson ..
Directed by: Chad Van De Keere
Release date: 2012-10-16
48.

Travelling Salesman

3.0
5.8/10 IMDB

Four mathematicians are gathered and meet with a top official of the United States Department of Defense. After some discussion, the group agrees that they must be wary with whom to trust and control their solution. The official offers them a reward of $10 million in exchange for their portion of the algorithm, swaying them by attempting to address their concerns. Only one of the four speaks out against the sale, and in doing so is forced to reveal a dark truth about his portion of the solution. Before they sign a license to the government, however, they wrestle with the ethical consequences of their discovery. -- Wikipedia

Starring: Danny Barclay, Eric Bloom, Malek Houlihan, Matt Lagan, Marc Raymond, Tyler Seiple, Steve West, David John Cole ..
Directed by: Timothy Lanzone
Release date: 2012-06-16
Best Mystery Movies of 2012 : Sun Don't Shine
49.

Sun Don't Shine

3.0
6.1/10 IMDB

Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.

Starring: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Kit Gwin, Mark Reeb, Gregory Gordon Schmidt, AJ Bowen ..
Directed by: Amy Seimetz
Release date: 2012-03-10
50.

Inseparable

3.0
5.4/10 IMDB

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu, Gong Beibi, Yan Ni, Peter Stormare, Chao Wu, Kenneth Tsang, Zhang Mo, Han Tongsheng, Yanhui Wang ..
Directed by: Dayyan Eng
Release date: 2012-05-04

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