Crime movies with no emotional energy with family. Includes The Sting, Requiem for a Dream, Rocco and His Brothers and more, curated by Moviepiq.
You have no emotional bandwidth right now. These respect that.
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.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
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.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
Films with no emotional demand are harder to find than they should be. These genuinely ask nothing.
Procedural crime keeps it functional. Stay away from emotional crime dramas.
Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.
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.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
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.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
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.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
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.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.
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