Great films don't need to be long. These prove it.
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.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
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.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
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.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
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.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
Short films have to earn their ending faster. These all do.
Short thrillers are under pressure from start. Consistently effective.
Best watched alone. Full absorption, no compromise on what to pick.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
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.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
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.
Done in under 90. No sprawl, no padding. Just the film.
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.
Gets in, does what it came to do, and gets out. That's a real quality.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.