🏷 Discover The Best Texting Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Texting Tales: Uncovering the Best Movies and TV Shows that Explore the World of Messaging

Get ready to dive into a world of love, drama, and excitement as we explore the best movies and TV shows that revolve around texting. From romantic comedies to thrilling mysteries, these stories showcase the power of messaging in shaping relationships and changing lives. Whether you're a fan of classic films or binge-worthy TV series, we've got you covered.

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Chris Watts

Shanann Watts

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Celeste 'CC' Watts

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Bella Watts

American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)

7.3 757 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: R

Story: Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.

Plot: killing, colorado, murder, murderer, killer, family, home video, true crime, ...

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Gabby Petito

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Brian Laundrie

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Nichole Schmidt

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Jim Schmidt

American Murder: Gabby Petito (2025) TV Show

7.2 101 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Audience: TV-MA

Story: What happened in the final days of Gabby Petito's life? In this gripping true-crime series, her loved ones reveal the untold story of her tragic murder.

Style: shocking

Plot: interview, van, domestic abuse, miniseries, domestic violence, true crime, missing person, text messaging, ...

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Franu00e7ois Cluzet

Marion Cotillard

Benou00eet Magimel

Gilles Lellouche

Little White Lies (2010)

7.1 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: France

Duration: 154 min.

Story: Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.

Plot: parent child relationship, boat, country house, thirty something, beach house, organic food, weasel, group of friends, ...

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Jessica Chastain

Jason Clarke

Kyle Chandler

Jennifer Ehle

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

7.0 4.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 157 min.

Audience: R

Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Style: intense

Plot: hotel, van, mossad, central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, prisoner, car dealer, f word, ...

Place: iraq, pakistan, islamabad

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Liam Neeson

Julianne Moore

Scoot McNairy

Michelle Dockery

Non-Stop (2014)

6.8 5.8K votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

Plot: airplane, hijacking, murder, airplane hijacking, terrorism, cell phone, transatlantic, text messaging, ...

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Sam Heughan

Cu00e9line Dion

Sofia Barclay

Love Again (2023)

6.7 489 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. Rob, a journalist, is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Céline Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.

Plot: new york city, journalist, based on novel or book, illustrator, artist, text messaging, based on movie, grieving, ...

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Naomi Scott

Rosemarie DeWitt

Lukas Gage

Miles Gutierrez-Riley

Smile 2 (2024)

6.6 2.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Music, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Style: creepy, disturbing

Plot: drug dealer, depression, new york city, dancing, suicide, concert, nightmare, escape, ...

Time: 2020s

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Makoto Shinkai

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Mika Shinohara

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Donna Burke

Chihiro Suzuki

Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

6.5 335 votes

Genre: Animation, Romance, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 25 min.

Audience: PG

Story: It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.

Plot: love, tragedy, mecha, text message, star crossed lovers, true love, anime, short film

Time: future

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Shannon Purser

Kristine Froseth

RJ Cyler

Noah Centineo

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)

6.3 3.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes.

Plot: loser, based on play or musical, texting, stage adaptation, catfishing, ugly girl, popular girl, high school drama

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Drew Barrymore

Justin Long

Charlie Day

Jason Sudeikis

Going the Distance (2010)

6.1 785 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.

Plot: new york city, newspaper, airplane, waitress, san francisco, california, writer, masturbation, ...

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Nicole Kidman

Daniel Craig

Jackson Bond

Jeremy Northam

The Invasion (2007)

6.0 1.7K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Plot: based on novel or book, escape, sleep, flu, alien, remake, doctor, disease, ...

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Kristen Stewart

Lars Eidinger

Sigrid Bouaziz

Anders Danielsen Lie

Personal Shopper (2016)

5.9 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Czech Republic, France

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Plot: london, england, paris, france, loss of loved one, medium, poltergeist, grief, ...