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Thriller Movies For Tired Brains From The 2010S

Thriller movies for tired brains from the 2010s. Includes Parasite, Whiplash, Shutter Island and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Your brain is done. These films ask nothing of you. Just watch.

Parasite movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

Whiplash movie poster
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2014 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

Shutter Island movie poster
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2010 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

The Handmaiden movie poster
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2016 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

Joker movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

The best films for low-energy viewing are usually better than you'd expect.

Propulsive enough to hold your attention without you having to try.

Prisoners movie poster
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2013 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

The Invisible Guest movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he's able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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

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