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Crime Movies For An Overstimulated Brain With Family

Crime movies for an overstimulated brain with family. Includes The Sting, Requiem for a Dream, Rocco and His Brothers and more, curated by Moviepiq.

An overstimulated brain needs something that slows the feed, not speeds it up.

The Sting movie poster
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1973 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

Requiem for a Dream movie poster
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2000 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Rocco and His Brothers movie poster
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1960 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

Dial M for Murder movie poster
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1954 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Casino movie poster
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1995 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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 rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Films for overstimulation work by slowing the rhythm down. These don't compete with the noise.

Methodical crime dramas work well. Avoid anything chaotic.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

Catch Me If You Can movie poster
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2002 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Cruella movie poster
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2021 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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 rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 movie poster
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2003 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

The rhythm of this one quiets rather than amplifies. Right choice for tonight.

Trainspotting movie poster
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1996 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

No Country for Old Men movie poster
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2007 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

Calm enough not to spike the signal. Absorbing enough to hold your attention.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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