Some nights you just want to watch. No interpretation required.
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.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
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 subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
No-effort films are often very well made. Taking yourself out of the audience's way is a real skill.
Caper and heist films don't require much. Good choice.
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.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
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 subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
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 subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
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.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.