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Mystery Movies After A Long Week From The 2000S

Mystery movies after a long week from the 2000s. Includes Oldboy, The Prestige, Memento and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You survived the week. The least you deserve is a good film on the other side of it.

Oldboy movie poster
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2003 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

The Prestige movie poster
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2006 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

Memento movie poster
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2000 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

The Secret in Their Eyes movie poster
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2009 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed's rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

Infernal Affairs movie poster
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2002 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

After a long week, a film should feel like something you chose rather than endured. These do that.

Satisfying to solve. Good for quieting a busy brain.

Mulholland Drive movie poster
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2001 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

Donnie Darko movie poster
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2001 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

Mystic River movie poster
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2003 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

This is end-of-week cinema. You don't have to bring much. The film meets you where you are.

Mother movie poster
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2009 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

The Others movie poster
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2001 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

After five hard days, this gives back more than it asks. Good trade.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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