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Best Mystery Movies When You’re Bored From The 2020S That Will Mess With Your Mind

The Moviepiq team picked these mystery films specifically for when you need something actually worth watching. No filler. Every film on this list earns its place for exactly this occasion.

The best mystery movies when youre bored from the 2020s that will mess with your mind. Includes Fear Street: 1978, Saw X, It Was Just an Accident and more - ...

When nothing sounds good and you've scrolled through everything twice, the answer is usually a film you wouldn't normally reach for. Try something from this list.

The early 2020s are already proving themselves. The best films from this decade will hold up. These are among them.

A great mystery is built on trust. The film shows you every clue - and still manages to surprise you.

Fear Street: 1978 movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

Saw X movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

It Was Just an Accident movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.

Fear Street: 1666 movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.

The Outfit movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London's world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he's ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

The films here work because they respect the audience. Every clue is planted. Every reveal is earned. Nothing is arbitrary.

The Accountant² movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.1/10

When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax, to help. In partnership with Marybeth Medina, they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.

Final Destination Bloodlines movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

Sleeping Dogs movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

The Medium movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.0/10

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

The best mind-bending films don't cheat. They follow their own logic rigorously - which is exactly why the rug-pull, when it comes, is so disorienting.

The best mystery films send you back to the beginning the moment they end. You want to watch them again knowing what you know.

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