Requiem for a Dream

2000 Darren Aronofsky 1h 42m ★ 8.0
Crime Drama
Requiem for a Dream

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

Cast

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn Sara Goldfarb
Jared Leto Jared Leto Harry Goldfarb
Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Connelly Marion Silver
Marlon Wayans Marlon Wayans Tyrone C. Love
Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald Tappy Tibbons
Louise Lasser Louise Lasser Ada
Marcia Jean Kurtz Marcia Jean Kurtz Rae
Janet Sarno Janet Sarno Mrs. Pearlman

Vibes

Emotional Deeply Moving Visually Stunning Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Requiem for a Dream

Trainspotting
Trainspotting 1996
Addiction cinema. Two films about the same disease told with opposite tones and equal power. Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue 1998
Identity fracturing under pressure. Two films about women whose realities collapse so completely you stop knowing what is real. Enter the Void
Enter the Void 2009
Cinema as altered state. Warning: you will need a recovery period after both.