The Vault
Writer's Block
2013 ★ 4.1The short film is a poetic interpretation of the writer's mental journey during the writing process. The writer, played by Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Breaking Bad),
Murder, She Wrote
1984 ★ 7.5An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. Murder, She Wrote is a television series that o
Campton Manor
2024 ★ 6.5An author tries to investigate a decades old mystery and finds himself stuck in his own ghost story. Topic: Film "Campton Manor" (2024). Goal: Factual, original
The Bat
1959 ★ 5.9Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and vio
Mystery Team
2009 ★ 6.1A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery. Topic: Film "Mystery Team" (2009). Goal: Factual, original 150-1
Queens of Mystery
2019 ★ 7.0Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set
Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket
2016 ★ 6.0Vacationing on historic Nantucket Island, a teenage mystery writer and her friends must outwit two scheming thieves to solve the secret behind a legendary ghost
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004 ★ 6.7Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detectiv
Curiosity Killed the Cat
2026 ★ 10.0A struggling young writer finds inspiration when a package is delivered to the wrong address, leading her to discover and investigate her neighbour's dark secre
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987 ★ 7.2Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the 1930s, the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and my
Miraculous Brothers
2023 ★ 6.6An aspiring writer deep in debt encounters a young man with no memories and strange abilities. Together they fight injustice and form an unlikely bond. Topic: T
Strangers from Hell
2019 ★ 8.0Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors. Topic:
Grave Misconduct
2008 ★ 4.2A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious m
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
2024 ★ 6.3When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the
Pretty Little Stalker
2018 ★ 4.6When a self-help writer's advice goes wrong, she finds herself in the crosshairs of an obsessive young woman with a thirst for vengeance. Topic: Film "Pretty Li
Big Driver
2014 ★ 5.7Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road. Topic: Film "Big Dri
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
2022 ★ 7.6Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's interest. G
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018 ★ 5.3A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide. Task: Write a factual
Bad Boy
2018 ★ 5.3Scott, a mild-mannered gay writer in Los Angeles, gets wrapped up into a world of bad boys and their crime-filled past after being adopted as their “Daddy Scott
In My Father's Den
2004 ★ 6.9War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a tro
Inspector De Luca
2008 ★ 6.5Between 1938 and 1948, from the height of Italy s Fascist regime to the end of the tumultuous post-war period, Chief Detective De Luca investigates and solves c
Cold Weather
2010 ★ 6.2A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word over
Hour of Decision
1957 ★ 6.4A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist. Task: Write a 150-190 word factual overview of the fi
Hold the Dark
2018 ★ 5.4In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery. Topic: Film "