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Enemy (2014)

★ 6.8 · 6,387 ratings on TMDB

You can't escape yourself.

Enemy poster★ 6.8

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

DirectorDenis Villeneuve
CastDarryl Dinn, Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Peace, Kedar Brown, Megan Mane
GenresMystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Enemy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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