Thriller movies for when you feel sharp on a weekend. Includes Room, The Imitation Game, The Secret in Their Eyes and more, curated by Moviepiq.
Sharp night. These reward it.
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.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
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.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
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.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
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.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
Sharp viewers notice more. These films have more in them to notice.
Every red herring and planted detail becomes part of the game.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
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.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
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.
It works on a sharp night. The details reward the noticing.
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.
Your attention is worth giving here. This film has things to find.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.
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