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Sci-Fi Movies For Anxious Nights With A Partner

Sci-Fi movies for anxious nights with a partner. Includes WALL·E, Stalker, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The right film for an anxious night doesn't dismiss the feeling. It holds it.

WALL·E movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Stalker movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind movie poster
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2004 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Metropolis movie poster
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1927 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

The Thing movie poster
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1982 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Anxiety-safe films are a specific thing. Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop, calm enough not to amplify it.

Distance from the present can help. Avoid anything existentially dark.

Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.

2001: A Space Odyssey movie poster
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1968 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

The Avengers movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Jurassic Park movie poster
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1993 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Transformers One movie poster
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2024 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Robot Dreams movie poster
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2023 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A lonely dog's friendship with his robot companion takes a sad turn when an unexpected malfunction forces him to abandon Robot at the beach. Will Dog ever meet Robot again?

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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