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Best Mystery Movies With Your Girlfriend From The 2020S Perfect For When You Need A Good Cry

The best mystery movies with your girlfriend from the 2020s perfect for when you need a good cry. Includes The Dry, Don't Worry Darling, Malignant and more —...

Watching a film together is one of the simplest and best things you can do. Pick something with enough texture that you'll want to pause it and argue about it.

The 2020s have already produced films that will be studied for decades — lean, precise, unafraid to take audiences seriously.

The best mystery films do something no other genre can: they make you a detective without leaving your seat.

The Dry movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 6.8/10

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

Don't Worry Darling movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 6.8/10

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

Malignant movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Fear Street: 1994 movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

Scream movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

A great mystery never cheats. These films play fair — which makes it all the more impressive when they still manage to surprise you.

Blink Twice movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something sinister hiding beneath the island’s lush façade.

Reptile movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.

Smile movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

Oddity movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.

Boston Strangler movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

A good cry isn't weakness — it's release. These films provide it honestly, without manipulation, without cheap sentiment.

Great mystery cinema changes how you watch everything else. You start looking for the clues in every story.