Blink Twice and 4 Other Most Intriguing Detective Movies Released in 2024

The premieres of the year convince us that the detective as a pure genre has moved to television, where it has found a second life.

In the cinema, the classic detective story is becoming less common and is more often used as an adjunct to other genres: horror, thriller and action films.

1. Wolfs, 2024

Margaret, an attorney, finds herself in a not-so-funny situation. Deciding to relax, she rents a hotel room with the Kid, whom she met in a bar.

While jumping on a mattress, he accidentally fell onto a glass table and died. Two unnamed fixers rush to Margaret's aid and, while cleaning the room, find a backpack full of drugs. The case immediately turns from simple to complicated. Now they not only have to get rid of the Kid's body, but also find out where he got the drugs.

2. The Order, 2024

The Order was a right-wing racist organization founded by Robert Mathews in 1983. Mathews and his accomplices needed money – their plans included building training camps for future militants. To do this, the Order robbed banks and armored cars throughout the Northwest and counterfeited money.

The film tells the story of how veteran FBI agent Terry Husk teams up with a young police officer, Jamie Bowen, to catch Mathews, who is willing to do anything to achieve his goals.

3. While You Were Sleeping, 2024

The marriage of popular writer Kim Joon-seok and artist Yoon Deok Hee seems perfect. They love and support each other after a tragedy that happened several years ago. Yoon had an accident and lost her memory, forgetting everything that happened before.

Since then, Kim has reminded her of their past every day. During one of their trips, the man dies in a car accident. Yoon is distracted from her hopeless grief by an unfamiliar voice on the phone telling her that her husband hid a lot from her.

4. Blink Twice, 2024

Frida is drawn to the news about Slater King, a tech billionaire who got into a sex scandal. King publicly repented, went to therapy, and promised not to do it again. Now, he says, he is a completely different person.

By chance, Frida and her friend Jess meet King at another social event. After a short conversation, he invites the waitresses to spend a few weeks with friends on his private island.

Days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months. Jess, and then Frida, begin to notice small oddities in the behavior of those around them, and then Jess disappears without a trace. Frida must solve the mystery of her friend's disappearance and the secrets of the island's inhabitants.

5. Longlegs, 2024

FBI Agent Lee Harker is fresh out of the academy. While going door to door in an area where a serial killer is active, she recognizes the suspect's house.

Her intuition attracts the attention of agent Carter, who is investigating a series of mysterious crimes. They have been occurring in Oregon for several decades: fathers of wealthy families are killing their wives and daughters for no apparent reason, and then committing suicide.

The crimes are linked by letters written in an unknown language and the fact that all the murdered girls were born on the 14th. Harker's investigation is aided not only by intuition, but also by a strange connection to the killer, who seems to have known her since childhood.