Documentary movies with no emotional energy late at night. Includes The Tinder Swindler, Zeitgeist: The Movie, Fyre and more, curated by Moviepiq.
Flat tank. These run on empty just fine.
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Facebook, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby's family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby's attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model. Prompted by some startling revelations about Megan, Nev and his buddies embark on a road trip in search of the truth.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
Emotional flatness is a valid state. Films that respect it are worth keeping track of.
Informative over emotive. Good option when feelings are offline.
The Jackass crew, along with some newcomers, returns for one final round of hilarious, absurd, and dangerous stunts.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
Keeps it light. Nothing here will require anything from your emotional reserves.
This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.
No emotional weight transferred. You can watch without it costing you anything.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.
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