Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 8.0 · 76% critics
Four Coney Island residents chase small dreams while living with addiction, but their hopes slowly unravel as their habits grow stronger. What begins with ambition and escape turns increasingly bleak, showing how quickly life can slip out of control.
Based on Requiem for a Dream
Also known as Retour à Brooklyn
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-10-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (10,988 votes)
- Box office
- $7,400,000
About
You may like this if you want a dark, intense drama about addiction and emotional fallout, with a bleak atmosphere and strong performances; Not for you if you need an uplifting story or an easy watch, and it may appeal if you liked Fight Club or Black Swan.
Pros: haunting performances; raw emotional impact; memorable music | Cons: relentlessly bleak; hard to rewatch; deeply disturbing
Themes
- isolation
- drug addiction
- hallucination
- tragedy
- psychological drama
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2001 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ellen Burstyn
as Sara Goldfarb
Jared Leto
as Harry Goldfarb
Jennifer Connelly
as Marion Silver
Marlon Wayans
as Tyrone C. Love
Christopher McDonald
as Tappy Tibbons
Louise Lasser
as Ada
Marcia Jean Kurtz
as Rae
Janet Sarno
as Mrs. Pearlman
Suzanne Shepherd
as Mrs. Scarlini
- JG
Joanne Gordon
as Mrs. Ovadia
Directed by Darren Aronofsky