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Sci-Fi Movies For Restless Nights From The 2010S

Sci-Fi movies for restless nights from the 2010s. Includes Alita: Battle Angel, Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter, Team Thor and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Something to watch when the night won't settle. Absorbing enough to help, calm enough not to hurt.

Alita: Battle Angel movie poster
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2019 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

One year after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, Agent Peggy Carter, a member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, searches for the mysterious Zodiac.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Team Thor movie poster
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2016 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

Discover what Thor was up to during the events of Captain America: Civil War.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

The Hunger Games movie poster
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2012 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister's place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Shin Godzilla movie poster
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2016 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Restless nights need films that absorb without over-stimulating. That balance is harder than it sounds.

Transporting enough to break the loop of restlessness.

War for the Planet of the Apes movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Coherence movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

Limitless movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo movie poster
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2012 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters' struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world.

The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.

The Maze Runner movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.

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

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