The Bond movies seem perfectly suited for this sort of thing. Goldeneye and Casino Royale especially for me.
Some recent ones that I always seem to linger on when they’re on HBO or whatever are Ready Player One and It.
I almost always get sucked into Contact. The Thin Red Line and Full Metal Jacket too.
It’s really so good. The sound design for the movie as a whole was incredible, but that pulsing sound they created was truly awesome like you said.Contact is so well written that I get sucked in to it, especially the scene where Jodie Foster's character hears the signal. You feel the awesome power of that moment in a way that most movies don't capture with their big plot turns.
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The In-Laws (original Arkin/Falk)
Defending Your Life