Some nights you just want to watch. No interpretation required.
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.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
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.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
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.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
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.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
Easy watching doesn't mean empty. These have everything they need, packaged simply.
Lighter thrillers work. Avoid anything requiring you to piece things together.
Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
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.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
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.
Nothing to decode. Just watch it and you've done the whole thing.
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.
No subtext to work through. Exactly what it looks like, which is enough.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.