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An immense cross-country race begins in San Diego in Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the anime adaptation of the manga's seventh part. Set in the American Old West, the event attracts thousands of competitors with a fifty-million-dollar prize and a course stretching more than six thousand...

The Godfather Part II explores the intertwined narratives of Michael Corleone’s consolidation of power in the late 1950s and his father Vito Corleone's rise to leadership beginning in Sicily. The film depicts these parallel stories within the Corleone family’s expansion from its origins to its estab...

Obsession drives Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, a 1958 psychological thriller starring James Stewart as former detective John 'Scottie' Ferguson. Troubled by a fear of heights and vertigo, Scottie accepts a job following an acquaintance's wife and becomes emotionally involved in what he observes. Appar...

S.W. Erdnase is the pseudonym of the author who wrote "The Expert at the Card Table," a pivotal instructional book first published in 1902. The text outlines techniques for card sleight of hand, including false shuffles, palming, and second dealing, serving both magicians and card sharps. Despite ov...

Using her wit and vast knowledge of medicines and poisons alike, Maomao played a pivotal role in solving a series of mysteries and conspiracies that plagued the imperial court. Having recently come to terms with the secrets of her parents, she returns to fulfill her normal duties on behalf of the em...

Three Colours: Red is a 1994 psychological drama film from Krzysztof Kieślowski, concluding the “Three Colours” trilogy. The film explores themes related to French Revolutionary ideals, following a narrative that builds upon the preceding films "Blue" and "White." It’s a mystery-driven story within...

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 crime thriller set in 1953 Los Angeles, focusing on LAPD officers investigating corruption involving police and Hollywood figures. The narrative explores the intersection of law enforcement and celebrity culture during that era, based on James Ellroy’s novel. It depicts a...

A groundbreaking exploration game set in a handcrafted, doomed solar system on a 22-minute time loop. Progress is measured purely by knowledge; there are no upgrades, only the information you discover about an ancient alien civilization and a cosmic mystery. Its non-linear design empowers the player...

Released in 1974, Chinatown follows private investigator Jake Gittes through a case that exposes corruption in 1930s Los Angeles. What begins as an apparently routine investigation into an affair expands into a mystery involving water interests and murder. The setting extends across the city, with C...

Dr. Kenzou Tenma, an elite neurosurgeon recently engaged to his hospital director's daughter, is well on his way to ascending the hospital hierarchy. That is until one night, a seemingly small event changes Dr. Tenma's life forever. While preparing to perform surgery on someone, he gets a call from...

Following an encounter with oddity specialist Izuko Gaen, third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi wakes up in a strange, deserted void only to be greeted by a joyfully familiar face in an alarmingly unfamiliar place. Araragi, with the help of his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara, maneuvers throu...

Maomao, an apothecary's daughter, has been plucked from her peaceful life and sold to the lowest echelons of the imperial court. Now merely a maid, Maomao settles into her new mundane life and hides her extensive knowledge of medicine in order to avoid any unwanted attention. Not long after Maomao's...

Released in 2012 by Novectacle, The House in Fata Morgana begins with an uncertain identity and a mysterious mansion. A maid guides the central figure through stories associated with the house, revealing tragedies across different historical periods. What initially appears to be a sequence of separa...

The Third Man is a 1949 film set in post-war Vienna following an American writer’s arrival to investigate the death of his friend, Harry Lime. Holly Martins becomes entangled with Lime’s former girlfriend, Anna Schmidt, while navigating the city's underworld and seeking answers. The narrative explor...

A visit to his white girlfriend's family becomes increasingly unsettling for Chris Washington in Get Out, a psychological horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele. The family's welcoming appearance conceals a sinister plot, and ordinary conversations acquire a threatening edge as Chris notic...

The final four episodes of 07th Expansion's Umineko visual novel form Chiru, originally released from 2009 to 2010 and written by Ryukishi07. These answer arcs continue the murder mystery centered on the secluded island of Rokkenjima and the golden witch Beatrice. They assume familiarity with the pr...

The Last Express is a point-and-click adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1997. Set on the Orient Express during July 1914, the game operates in real-time and features a rotoscoped art style reflective of the Art Nouveau period. Players assume the role of Robert Cath to solve a...

Beginning in 2009 and concluding in 2010, Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru contains the answer arcs of 07th Expansion's Windows visual novel Umineko When They Cry. It continues the question arcs' conflict over murders on an isolated island and the competing explanations offered for them. Rather than su...

Humphrey Bogart plays private detective Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, the 1941 black-and-white adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel. A murder investigation entangles him with people pursuing a valuable falcon statuette, each offering a version of events shaped by personal interest. Spade's task...

René Magritte's iconic portrait features a man in a bowler hat whose face is obscured by a floating green apple. This work perfectly encapsulates the surrealist interest in the hidden versus the visible. It challenges the viewer's perception of reality, forcing them to confront what is concealed beh...

The Flower That Bloomed Nowhere is an ongoing science fantasy and mystery web novel serialized online. The narrative centers on a group of gifted researchers confined to an isolated tower where a murder occurs. It incorporates time loop mechanics, requiring the protagonist to repeatedly solve the my...

Leonard Shelby suffers from anterograde amnesia following his wife’s murder, leading him on a desperate quest for answers with limited memory. He relies on fragmented recollections, photographs, and tattoos to investigate his wife's death and track down her killer. The film explores themes of identi...

Sherlock is a British crime drama television series adapting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman portray the iconic detective and his companion, respectively, across thirteen episodes produced between 2010 and 2017. A single special episode, set...

Apparitions, oddities, and gods continue to manifest around Koyomi Araragi and his close-knit group of friends: Tsubasa Hanekawa, the group's modest genius; Shinobu Oshino, the resident doughnut-loving vampire; athletic deviant Suruga Kanbaru; bite-happy spirit Mayoi Hachikuji; Koyomi's cute admirer...

Ghostly, primordial beings known as Mushi continue to cause mysterious changes in the lives of humans. The travelling Mushishi, Ginko, persists in trying to set right the strange and unsettling situations he encounters. Time loops, living shadows, and telepathy are among the overt effects of interfe...

Taking over from Wit Studio, MAPPA's handling of 'Attack on Titan: The Final Season' was a monumental task. While the animation quality remains consistently high, particularly in the intense action sequences, the narrative changes have been a point of contention for many fans. Despite the controvers...

Twin Peaks is an American television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost that initially aired on ABC from 1990 to 1991. The show blends elements of mystery, horror, and surrealism, following the investigation into the murder of a young woman in the town of Twin Peaks. A third season was sub...

After helping revive the legendary vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, Koyomi Araragi has become a vampire himself and her servant. Kiss-shot is certain she can turn him back into a human, but only once regaining her full power. Araragi has hunted down the three vampire hunters that d...

Mysterious, unknowable creatures alien to the laws of nature—known only to some and feared by others—"Mushi" lie behind many of life's strange phenomena. Long ago, a Mushi of terrifying power threatened to extinguish all life. The Minai clan of Mushishi were born from those who stopped this malevole...