A Quiet Place (2018)

The one that makes phones impossible. A family lives in near silence on a farm while creatures that hunt by sound roam outside, so every creak and dropped object becomes an event, and the whole room goes quiet along with the characters. It runs about 90 minutes, and John Krasinski directed it for a reported $17 million, which is part of its appeal: it is a simple idea executed with total confidence rather than a spectacle. The sequels can wait; this one is complete on its own.