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Thriller Movies For Sick Days

Thriller movies for sick days across all eras. Includes Room, The Imitation Game, The Secret in Their Eyes and more, curated by Moviepiq.

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

Room movie poster
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2015 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

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

The Imitation Game movie poster
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2014 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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

The Secret in Their Eyes movie poster
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2009 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed's rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

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

North by Northwest movie poster
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1959 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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

Aliens movie poster
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1986 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

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 but not so intense it wears you out. Good pacing for a sick day.

The Sixth Sense movie poster
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1999 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

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

No Country for Old Men movie poster
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2007 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

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

A Man Escaped movie poster
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1956 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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

Blade Runner movie poster
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1982 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

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

Rope movie poster
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1948 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

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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