The Prince of Tides

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The Prince of Tides (1991)

Drama, Romance

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Heaven Knows What

2015 ★ 6.5

A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.

Blonde

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2022 ★ 5.9

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The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

2016 ★ 6.4

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

2021 ★ 6.0

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Two Lovers

Two Lovers

2008 ★ 6.9

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016 ★ 7.4

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Derailed

Derailed

2005 ★ 6.4

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 ★ 8.4

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025 ★ 7.4

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an attraction between them neither can avoid. As Noah spends the summer adjusting to her new life, her devastating past will catch up with her while falling in love for the first time.

Asphalt City

Asphalt City

2024 ★ 6.2

A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.

Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980 ★ 7.4

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

Neverwas

Neverwas

2005 ★ 6.4

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.

Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002 ★ 6.7

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides

2000 ★ 7.1

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

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Luckiest Girl Alive

2022 ★ 6.5

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

Spider

Spider

2002 ★ 6.6

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

1999 ★ 7.6

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Third Person

Third Person

2014 ★ 5.9

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.

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.

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