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Thriller Movies For Slow Mornings From The 80S And 90S

Thriller movies for slow mornings from the 80s and 90s. Includes The Abyss, Operation Condor, Funny Games and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Slow mornings call for films that don't rush. These take their time.

The Abyss movie poster
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1989 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Operation Condor movie poster
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1991 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Funny Games movie poster
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1997 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Star Trek: First Contact movie poster
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1996 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Run Lola Run movie poster
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1998 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The morning film is underrated. Quiet, unhurried, all yours.

Slower thrillers work. Avoid anything that requires full alertness.

They Live movie poster
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1988 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Lethal Weapon movie poster
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1987 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Die Hard: With a Vengeance movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Cape Fear movie poster
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1991 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Blood Simple movie poster
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1985 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

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

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