Early 2000s movie about a teenage girl investigating a missing girl, with a twist involving a bracelet and a car accident?
Hello! I have been trying to find this movie for countless years and I cannot seem to figure it out. My dad remembers watching it with me, but neither of us can remember the title. 😭 I believe it was from the early 2000s, although it could potentially be from the late ’90s or slightly later.
Here’s everything I can remember:
The main character is a teenage girl, probably around 17–19, either a high school senior or recently graduated.
It takes place during the summer and she has a group of friends and a boyfriend.
At some point, she either loses her memory or has some sort of accident/trauma that causes her to not remember something important.
The previous summer, a young girl (around 12–13) disappeared while riding her bicycle.
For some reason, the main character becomes increasingly obsessed/distressed with what happened to this missing girl.
She keeps bringing the girl up and trying to figure out what happened, and her friends/boyfriend become increasingly angry and frustrated with her for continuing to talk about it.
There is a general feeling that she is remembering something that everyone else either doesn’t know about or doesn’t want her to remember.
The ending is the part I remember most clearly:
The main girl is wearing a bracelet that belonged to the missing girl (or was somehow connected to her). Looking at the bracelet triggers a memory/flashback.
She remembers being in a car with her boyfriend in the rain, and they are arguing. They are driving when they hit the little girl who is riding her bike. The boyfriend and the main girl apparently bury the girl’s body/hide what happened, and the main girl took the little girl’s bracelet.
This also explains why the boyfriend had been acting so weird/angry whenever she brought up the missing girl — he knew what happened and was terrified she would remember.
I could be getting some details wrong because I was pretty young when I watched it, but the bracelet + rainy car scene + little girl on a bicycle + boyfriend being involved in her death are the details I feel fairly confident about.
I don’t remember if the memory loss was literal amnesia or if she had simply blocked out what happened.
I think it was an American/English-language thriller or mystery. I watched it with my dad when I was younger, probably sometime in the 2000s.
Does ANYONE know what movie this is? 😭
My dad and I have been trying to figure this out for years and it’s driving me insane.
Even if you aren’t sure, please throw out suggestions! I’m desperate at this point lol.