Crime movies for restless nights from the 2020s. Includes The Stronghold, One Battle After Another, Bad Boys: Ride or Die and more, curated by Moviepiq.
Something to watch when the night won't settle. Absorbing enough to help, calm enough not to hurt.
Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
Restless nights need films that absorb without over-stimulating. That balance is harder than it sounds.
Immersive enough to break out of the restless loop.
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends - and Sherlock himself - to unravel.
Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
The right film for when sleep won't cooperate but exhaustion is already there.
Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.
One man's campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
Absorbing enough to quiet the mind, calm enough not to wind it back up.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.
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