Something to have on. Present but not demanding.
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
The background film is a genuine category. These have the right texture for it.
Requires too much attention to work background. Save for proper viewing.
Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
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.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Present enough to be there, undemanding enough to stay background.
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Works as company without pulling focus. You can be in the room with it.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.