Best Melancholy Movies & TV Series of the 2020s

Looking for the best melancholy movies and TV series of the 2020s? These 35 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Chainsaw Man 2022 ★ 8.5

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc 2025 ★ 8.5

House of the Dragon 2022 ★ 8.4

20th Century Girl 2022 ★ 8.2

All Your Faces 2023 ★ 7.9

D.P. 2021 ★ 8.0

A Man Called Otto 2022 ★ 7.8

Pachinko 2022 ★ 7.9

The Holdovers 2023 ★ 7.6

Another Round 2020 ★ 7.6

Dance of the Forty One 2020 ★ 7.8

Where the Tracks End 2023 ★ 8.0

Babylon 2022 ★ 7.3

Bob Trevino Likes It 2025 ★ 7.4

Apocalypse Hotel 2025 ★ 8.3

Sore: A Wife from the Future 2025 ★ 7.6

Snack Shack 2024 ★ 7.1

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 2026 ★ 7.3

A Brighter Tomorrow 2023 ★ 7.0

A Letter to My Youth 2026 ★ 7.8

Ammonite 2020 ★ 6.9

Sometimes I Think About Dying 2024 ★ 6.8

I Used to Be Funny 2024 ★ 6.7

The Devil's Bath 2024 ★ 6.6