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Beautiful Girls (1996)

★ 6.7 · 399 ratings on TMDB

Good times never seemed so good.

Beautiful Girls poster★ 6.7

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.

DirectorTed Demme
CastAnnabeth Gish, Lauren Holly, Matt Dillon, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Noah Emmerich
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Beautiful Girls keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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