The house is quiet but the loop keeps running. You are not looking for answers -- you need something that fills the channel without adding to the noise. These films are absorbing enough to interrupt the loop without demanding anything from you.
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Loop-interrupter
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
The forward pull of this film is gentle but consistent. Enough to take the channel.
Absorbing without spiking
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Absorbing without spiking
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.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Loop-interrupter
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Loop-interrupter
Absorbing without spiking
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.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Absorbing without spiking
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Absorbing enough to interrupt the loop. Not so demanding it adds to it.
Absorbing without spiking
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
The forward pull of this film is gentle but consistent. Enough to take the channel.
Absorbing without spiking
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
The forward pull of this film is gentle but consistent. Enough to take the channel.
Absorbing without spiking
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
The forward pull of this film is gentle but consistent. Enough to take the channel.
Absorbing without spiking
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.