Thriller movies that are safe to half watch with friends. Includes Room, The Imitation Game, The Secret in Their Eyes and more, curated by Moviepiq.
You'll look up at the right moments. These make sure those moments are worth 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.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
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.
Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.
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.
Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
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.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
Half-watch films survive distraction because they're doing something right with visual storytelling.
Half-watching thrillers degrades the experience significantly. Give it your attention.
Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
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.
Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
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.
You can pick your phone up and put it down without losing the thread.
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.
Holds up to partial attention. You'll get what you need from it even drifting.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.
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