diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/DownloadedMoviesImportServiceFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/DownloadedMoviesImportServiceFixture.cs
index 553ca772d..b121fb88e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/DownloadedMoviesImportServiceFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/DownloadedMoviesImportServiceFixture.cs
@@ -445,6 +445,58 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.MediaFiles
                   .Verify(v => v.DeleteFolder(It.IsAny<string>(), true), Times.Never());
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void should_return_rejection_if_nothing_imported_and_contains_rar_file()
+        {
+            GivenValidMovie();
+
+            var path = @"C:\media\ba09030e-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc\[HorribleSubs] American Psycho (2000) [720p]\[HorribleSubs] American Psycho (2000) [720p].mkv".AsOsAgnostic();
+            var imported = new List<ImportDecision>();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IMakeImportDecision>()
+                .Setup(s => s.GetImportDecisions(It.IsAny<List<string>>(), It.IsAny<Movie>(), It.IsAny<DownloadClientItem>(), null, true, true))
+                .Returns(imported);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IImportApprovedMovie>()
+                .Setup(s => s.Import(It.IsAny<List<ImportDecision>>(), true, null, ImportMode.Auto))
+                .Returns(imported.Select(i => new ImportResult(i)).ToList());
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
+                .Setup(s => s.GetFiles(It.IsAny<string>(), SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                .Returns(new[] { _videoFiles.First().Replace(".ext", ".rar") });
+
+            var result = Subject.ProcessPath(path);
+
+            result.Count.Should().Be(1);
+            result.First().Result.Should().Be(ImportResultType.Rejected);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_return_rejection_if_nothing_imported_and_contains_executable_file()
+        {
+            GivenValidMovie();
+
+            var path = @"C:\media\ba09030e-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc\[HorribleSubs] American Psycho (2000) [720p]\[HorribleSubs] American Psycho (2000) [720p].mkv".AsOsAgnostic();
+            var imported = new List<ImportDecision>();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IMakeImportDecision>()
+                .Setup(s => s.GetImportDecisions(It.IsAny<List<string>>(), It.IsAny<Movie>(), It.IsAny<DownloadClientItem>(), null, true, true))
+                .Returns(imported);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IImportApprovedMovie>()
+                .Setup(s => s.Import(It.IsAny<List<ImportDecision>>(), true, null, ImportMode.Auto))
+                .Returns(imported.Select(i => new ImportResult(i)).ToList());
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
+                .Setup(s => s.GetFiles(It.IsAny<string>(), SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                .Returns(new[] { _videoFiles.First().Replace(".ext", ".exe") });
+
+            var result = Subject.ProcessPath(path);
+
+            result.Count.Should().Be(1);
+            result.First().Result.Should().Be(ImportResultType.Rejected);
+        }
+
         private void VerifyNoImport()
         {
             Mocker.GetMock<IImportApprovedMovie>().Verify(c => c.Import(It.IsAny<List<ImportDecision>>(), true, null, ImportMode.Auto),
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/CompletedDownloadService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/CompletedDownloadService.cs
index cd2433172..93621698e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/CompletedDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/CompletedDownloadService.cs
@@ -134,14 +134,33 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                 trackedDownload.Warn("No files found are eligible for import in {0}", outputPath);
             }
 
+            if (importResults.Count == 1)
+            {
+                var firstResult = importResults.First();
+
+                if (firstResult.Result == ImportResultType.Rejected && firstResult.ImportDecision.LocalMovie == null)
+                {
+                    trackedDownload.Warn(new TrackedDownloadStatusMessage(firstResult.Errors.First(), new List<string>()));
+
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            var statusMessages = new List<TrackedDownloadStatusMessage>
+                                 {
+                                    new TrackedDownloadStatusMessage("One or more movies expected in this release were not imported or missing", new List<string>())
+                                 };
+
             if (importResults.Any(c => c.Result != ImportResultType.Imported))
             {
-                var statusMessages = importResults
+                statusMessages.AddRange(importResults
                     .Where(v => v.Result != ImportResultType.Imported && v.ImportDecision.LocalMovie != null)
-                    .Select(v => new TrackedDownloadStatusMessage(Path.GetFileName(v.ImportDecision.LocalMovie.Path), v.Errors))
-                    .ToArray();
+                    .Select(v => new TrackedDownloadStatusMessage(Path.GetFileName(v.ImportDecision.LocalMovie.Path), v.Errors)));
 
-                trackedDownload.Warn(statusMessages);
+                if (statusMessages.Any())
+                {
+                    trackedDownload.Warn(statusMessages.ToArray());
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DownloadedMovieImportService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DownloadedMovieImportService.cs
index 1060e6ad1..42fc5bf6b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DownloadedMovieImportService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/DownloadedMovieImportService.cs
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
             if (_movieService.MoviePathExists(directoryInfo.FullName))
             {
                 _logger.Warn("Unable to process folder that is mapped to an existing movie");
-                return new List<ImportResult>();
+                return new List<ImportResult>
+                {
+                    RejectionResult("Import path is mapped to a movie folder")
+                };
             }
 
             var cleanedUpName = GetCleanedUpFolderName(directoryInfo.Name);
@@ -228,6 +231,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
                 _logger.Debug("Deleting folder after importing valid files");
                 _diskProvider.DeleteFolder(directoryInfo.FullName, true);
             }
+            else if (importResults.Empty())
+            {
+                importResults.AddIfNotNull(CheckEmptyResultForIssue(directoryInfo.FullName));
+            }
 
             return importResults;
         }
@@ -312,6 +319,28 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
             return new ImportResult(new ImportDecision(localMovie, new Rejection("Unknown Movie")), message);
         }
 
+        private ImportResult RejectionResult(string message)
+        {
+            return new ImportResult(new ImportDecision(null, new Rejection(message)), message);
+        }
+
+        private ImportResult CheckEmptyResultForIssue(string folder)
+        {
+            var files = _diskProvider.GetFiles(folder, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+
+            if (files.Any(file => FileExtensions.ExecutableExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file))))
+            {
+                return RejectionResult("Caution: Found executable file");
+            }
+
+            if (files.Any(file => FileExtensions.ArchiveExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file))))
+            {
+                return RejectionResult("Found archive file, might need to be extracted");
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         private void LogInaccessiblePathError(string path)
         {
             if (_runtimeInfo.IsWindowsService)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/FileExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/FileExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6b0c1991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/FileExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
+{
+    internal static class FileExtensions
+    {
+        private static List<string> _archiveExtensions = new List<string>
+        {
+            ".rar",
+            ".r00",
+            ".zip",
+            ".tar",
+            ".gz",
+            ".tar.gz"
+        };
+
+        private static List<string> _executableExtensions = new List<string>
+        {
+            ".exe",
+            ".bat",
+            ".cmd",
+            ".sh"
+        };
+
+        public static HashSet<string> ArchiveExtensions => new HashSet<string>(_archiveExtensions, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        public static HashSet<string> ExecutableExtensions => new HashSet<string>(_executableExtensions, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+}