Films you finish at 2am because stopping wasn't an option.
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
Compulsive watching isn't an accident. These films are engineered to make stopping feel wrong.
Escalating tension in crime films makes pausing feel like a mistake.
Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.