Americans in Paris
This 2011 film follows a disillusioned writer who, while visiting the City of Lights, mysteriously finds himself transported to the 1920s to mingle with literary and artistic legends like Hemingway and Picasso.
What is Midnight in Paris?
In this film, a rebellious teen with pink hair and a self-given name, longs to soar beyond the confines of Catholic school and suburban Sacramento, but her greatest challenge may be finding common ground with the one person who knows her best—yet understands her least.
What is Lady Bird?
In this 2010 psychological thriller, a dancer's pursuit of artistic perfection becomes a dizzying spiral of paranoia and hallucination, where the image staring back at her—on stage and in life—may not be her own.
What is Black Swan?
In this 1999 cult classic, an insomniac office worker’s search for meaning leads him into an underground world of bare-knuckle brawling—only to discover that the person pulling the strings might not be who he thinks.
What is Fight Club?
This 1998 film explores one man's journey as he begins to notice strange patterns, like a perfectly timed rainstorm and familiar faces in unfamiliar places, hinting at a much larger conspiracy surrounding his everyday life.
What is The Truman Show?
In this 2004 film, a chance encounter in Paris reunites two former lovers, played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, nine years after their first meeting in Vienna.
What is Before Sunset?
In this film, a young girl discovers a hidden door that leads to an eerie parallel world, where everything seems perfect—until she realizes her “other” mother has sinister plans.
What is Coraline?
In this 1966 film, two women retreat to an isolated house, where words fade and identities blur—until the line between who is caring and who is being cared for dissolves entirely.
What is Persona?
In this 2000 film, a high-powered executive is more concerned with his skincare routine and business cards than the fact that his after-hours hobby involves... well, a lot more than networking dinners.
What is American Psycho?
This film begins with a bright, traffic-stopping number on an LA freeway overpass, as commuters leave their cars to sing and dance in a sun-drenched, one-take spectacle, setting the stage for a story about dreams and heartbreak.
What is La La Land?
Featuring pastel pastries, powdered wigs, and a punk-rock soundtrack, this 2006 film reimagines the life of a misunderstood teenage queen.
What is Marie Antoinette?
In this 2017 film, the world of haute couture becomes the backdrop for a tense power struggle between a demanding designer and his unlikely muse, where the boundaries of love and control are stitched together in ways no one expects.
What is Phantom Thread?
In this film, Emma Stone plays the daughter of a troubled actor struggling to regain his relevance, as she challenges him to face both his failures and his soaring delusions in a darkly comedic tale of fame and redemption.
What is Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)?
This 2014 film gifted the genius "cool girl" monologue to the world of cinema.
What is Gone Girl?
In this 2019 film, a fictional actor practices lines for a Western TV pilot, only to lose his cool mid-scene, struggling with self-doubt—a moment that captures his fading stardom amid the real events of 1969 Los Angeles.
What is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Set against the backdrop of the 1968 Paris student protests, this film follows three young cinephiles whose intense bond of love, politics, and film plays out in an apartment filled with New Wave nostalgia and boundary-pushing desires.
What is The Dreamers?
This classic 1960 film's contemporary TV remake stars Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, and Olivia Cooke.
What is Psycho?
In this 1981 film, a messy divorce takes a seriously strange turn when the wife’s “other man” isn’t exactly human, leading to one of the wildest custody battles of all time—with tentacles, trauma, and a lot of screaming in subway stations.
What is Possession?
This 1976 film gave us one of cinema’s most famous improvised lines—delivered while the lead actor confronts a mirror—and solidified its star as one of the greatest method actors of all time.
What is Taxi Driver?
In this 2001 film, a blue box, a cowboy, and a mysterious accident lead a hopeful actress down a surreal path where identities blur and reality unravels against the backdrop of Los Angeles’ dark underbelly.
What is Mulholland Drive?
This 1963 film mixes romance, danger, and humor as Audrey Hepburn’s character teams up with Cary Grant to uncover a hidden fortune while dodging ruthless villains across Paris.
What is Charade?
You get this film when you mix a shy girl, overbearing religious parenting, and telekinesis.
What is Carrie?
In this 1991 film, two women, unaware of each other's existence, seem to live in parallel—one in France, one in Poland—as their lives subtly echo each other.
What is The Double Life of Véronique?
Known for its fantastical storytelling and Tim Burton’s signature visual style, this 2003 film spins a father’s epic life story, where reality and imagination intertwine in a journey that brings his estranged son closer to understanding him.
What is Big Fish?
In this 2008 film, a theater director’s ambitious project spirals out of control as he builds a life-sized replica of his city inside a warehouse, blurring the lines between art and reality in an ever-expanding search for meaning.
What is Synecdoche, New York?