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Mystery Movies When Nothing Feels Right From The 2020S

Mystery movies when nothing feels right from the 2020s. Includes Monster, The Batman, Zootopia 2 and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The feeling that no film could possibly help is usually wrong. These usually help.

Monster movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

The Batman movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Zootopia 2 movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Where the Crawdads Sing movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Anatomy of a Fall movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

The best films for when nothing feels right have a quality of steadiness. They don't demand anything of your mood.

The structure gives your brain something to hold onto.

Exhuma movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

The Call movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Missing movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

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.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

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

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