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Rotting in the Sun2023 • 111 min • Box office $14KComedy, Mystery, ThrillerA filmmaker grappling with a life crisis takes a trip to a Mexican gay nudist beach. There, he encounters a popular social media personality who persuades him to work together on a…6.76.8
Private Desert2021 • 121 min • Box office $32KDramaDaniel, a 40-year-old police officer on suspension due to an internal investigation into an incident of violence, becomes worried when his online girlfriend, Sara, stops responding to his messages. He drives north…6.87.0
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Final Exams2001 • 17 minFour friends await their final exam results – a moment that feels like the start of adulthood. Meanwhile, Lang-Vonh grapples with his Asian identity, Cédric navigates his feelings about being gay, and…8.36.1
Extract2009 • 92 min • Budget $8M • Box office $10MComedyJoel Reynold, the owner of a flavor extract factory, appears to have a perfect life, but is deeply unhappy. He craves his wife Suzie's affection and devises a plan to make her…5.86.117+
Random Hearts1999 • 133 min • Budget $64M • Box office $74MDrama, Romance, ThrillerThis drama follows an internal affairs officer and a congresswoman whose lives become linked after a plane crash kills their spouses. While examining their loved ones' belongings, they both find evidence of…5.65.417+
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