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Requiem for a Dream (2000)

★ 8.0 · 10,913 ratings on TMDB
Requiem for a Dream poster★ 8.0

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

DirectorDarren Aronofsky
CastChristopher McDonald, Ellen Burstyn, Janet Sarno, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Joanne Gordon
GenresCrime, Drama
The emergence reading

Requiem for a Dream 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 people

Shared director or cast.

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