Eyes open, brain elsewhere. These still work.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
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 even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
The films that hold up half-watched are usually doing something right with tone and pacing.
Tension keeps you from fully fading. Works, though you might miss details.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Works even when you're fading. Strong enough to hold you, soft enough to let you drift.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
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.
You'll catch the important moments even half-gone. It's paced for that.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.