Date Night Picks

Aaron Sorkin turns a real whistleblower story into a crackling drama-thriller as a young Facebook engineer and a Wall Street Journal reporter go on a dangerous journey to expose the social network's most guarded secrets. With Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong trading Sorkin's electric dialogue, it is tense, smart, and endlessly quotable. Perfect if you both love a film that sparks real conversation on the walk home.

Michael Showalter's Verity is a sleek mystery-thriller about a ghostwriter, played by Dakota Johnson, who is hired for a best-selling author and stumbles onto autobiographical notes that pull her into a possibly lethal conspiracy. With Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett circling the intrigue, it is stylish, suspenseful, and delicious to unravel together. A moody, grown-up choice for a couple who loves guessing the twist before it lands.