Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
- Director
- Darren Aronofsky
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $7M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Requiem for a Dream actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Requiem for a Dream appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #30
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- Crime Movies Ranked #31
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- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #63
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- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #156
Placed at #156 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Requiem for a Dream returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Oct 6, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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