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Thriller Movies For An Overstimulated Brain With Friends

Thriller movies for an overstimulated brain with friends. Includes Room, The Imitation Game, The Secret in Their Eyes and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Too much input. These don't add to it.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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 rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

The overstimulated brain needs low-contrast input. These bring the noise down, not up.

Slow-burn thrillers can work. Avoid anything with rapid cutting.

Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

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

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