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Amsterdam (2022)

★ 6.1 · 1,814 ratings on TMDB

Let the love, murder and conspiracy begin.

Amsterdam poster★ 6.1

In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

DirectorDavid O. Russell
CastAlessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, John David Washington
GenresComedy, Drama, Mystery
The emergence reading

Amsterdam keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11/E12 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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