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Mystery Movies After A Long Week From The 2020S

Mystery movies after a long week from the 2020s. Includes Fear Street: 1978, Saw X, It Was Just an Accident and more, curated by Moviepiq.

It's been a lot. These don't add to it.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

End-of-week viewing is about unwinding, not stimulating. These get that balance right.

Satisfying to solve. Good for quieting a busy brain.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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