Not everything needs to be a project. Sometimes a film should just carry you.
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
The best films for low-energy viewing are usually better than you'd expect.
Clear enough to follow when tired. Rewards attention but doesn't demand it.
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia - a young actress who just moved to town with her husband - notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
A pre-wedding reunion descends into a psychological nightmare for a group of college friends when a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.
Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.