The best mystery movies with the family from the 2020s with an unforgettable ending. Includes Monster, The Batman, Zootopia 2 and more — curated by Moviepiq.
A great family film isn't a compromise. It's a film that genuinely works for a mixed room — different ages, different attention spans, everyone engaged.
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.
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
A great mystery never cheats. These films play fair — which makes it all the more impressive when they still manage to surprise you.
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.
Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent.
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers... and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.
An ending is everything. It's the last thing you carry with you. These films understand that — and they make it count.
Few things are more satisfying than a mystery that respects your intelligence, plants its clues fairly, and still manages to surprise you.