Kill Your Darlings

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Kill Your Darlings (2013)

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2009 ★ 7.3

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My Friend Dahmer

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2017 ★ 6.5

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Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991 ★ 7.0

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Neverwas

Neverwas

2005 ★ 6.4

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Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls

2020 ★ 7.8

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Those People

Those People

2015 ★ 6.9

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Querelle

Querelle

1982 ★ 6.6

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Sea of Love

Sea of Love

1989 ★ 6.6

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Julia

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The Last Word

The Last Word

2008 ★ 5.8

An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte, the free-spirited sister of his latest client, Evan has no choice but to lie about his relationship to her late, lamented brother.

Prozac Nation

Prozac Nation

2003 ★ 6.3

When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.

Tetro

Tetro

2009 ★ 6.7

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Cracks

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2009 ★ 6.6

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998 ★ 6.5

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

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Nightmare Alley

2021 ★ 7.0

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

1994 ★ 7.1

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995 ★ 6.3

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?

Asylum

Asylum

2005 ★ 5.9

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

My Policeman

My Policeman

2022 ★ 7.6

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

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