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Mystery Movies For Sick Days From The 2000S

Mystery movies for sick days from the 2000s. Includes Pulse, Exam, Disturbia and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You're not going anywhere. The blanket is already there. Pick one of these.

Pulse movie poster
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2001 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Exam movie poster
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2009 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Disturbia movie poster
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2007 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There's only one problem - he's not allowed to leave the house. Kale's under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

National Treasure movie poster
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2004 · ★★★½☆ 6.7/10

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Spider movie poster
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2002 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

The sick-day film is a category unto itself. Not too demanding, not too forgettable.

Engaging without being stressful. Low physical tension.

The Skeleton Key movie poster
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2005 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Silent Hill movie poster
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2006 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Stay movie poster
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2005 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Scoop movie poster
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2006 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Pandorum movie poster
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2009 · ★★★½☆ 6.6/10

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

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

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