High Art

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High Art (1998)

Drama, Romance

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2010 ★ 6.9

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The World Unseen

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2007 ★ 7.1

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If These Walls Could Talk 2

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The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

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The Souvenir

The Souvenir

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Gia

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Heaven Knows What

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Femme

2023 ★ 6.8

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Moonlight

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Beach Rats

Beach Rats

2017 ★ 6.0

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986 ★ 6.1

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

Jungle Fever

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A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

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Valley of the Dolls

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The Crush

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