Supernatural/Action/Mystery/Drama Titles

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Supernatural: (Story/Location) Titles of this category are relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe (especially God, or a god, demigod, spirit or devil), departing from what is usual or normal (especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature or attributed to an invisible agent, like a ghost or spirit). Contains subcategories of more specific types: "Angels", "Deities", "Shinigami", and "Vampires".

Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".

Mystery: (Genre) The old "who-done-it" type titles should go here.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Title Rating Synopsis
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Death Note (live-action movie #1)
Watch Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he's going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil."
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Interlude
Buy For a close-knit foursome of high school friends, life is all about sleeping in class, strawberry milk, and after-class karaoke. However, our unnamed main protagonist is troubled by nightmares of death and disaster. Only when he begins to realize that his memories of people and events are different from those of Tamaki Maiko (named "Tama-chan" by her friends, "Mai-chan" by herself), Chimu and Harusa, his three female friends, does he begin to wonder. Later, when the waking dreams start.... a short moment of him seeing something that noone else sees....an attractive young lady, who stares back at him in amazement from an empty subway station, does he begin to wonder about his sanity. That evening, the four encounter and follow a shadow with no person, only to encounter a gang of stumbling zombies. And then he wakes up that morning from yet another bad dream, but the threads of reality have become a bit too frayed, and he begins to see a way in which he can travel over to the reality of his nightmares.
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Kurozuka
Watch A story of obsessive love and constant pursuit told over a 1000 year period. Escaping from a brother who had just ascended the throne, Yoshitsune, along with his servant, comes across a house in the middle of a desolate mountain. Oddly enough, only a young woman lives there, who seems to possess a very dark and ominous past.
インタールード (Japanese) Buy See Interlude
デスノート (Japanese) Watch See Death Note (live-action movie #1)
黒塚 (Japanese) Watch See Kurozuka
Genre
Horror(3) Romance(1) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Modern(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Seinen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(2) Surreal(2) Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Dark(2) Epic(1) Fighting(1)
Live Action(1) Ninja(1) Police(1) Samurai(1)
Soul Mates(1) Swordplay(1) Underworld(1) Vampires(1)
Video-game inspired(1) Violent(1)
Type
Movie(1) TV(2)
Release Year
2008(1) 2006(1) 2004(1)

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