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Mysterious Skin (2005)

NR ★ 7.7/10 105 min Drama United States, Netherlands English
Director: Gregg Araki
Screenplay by: Gregg Araki
Novel: Scott Heim
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Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.

Description

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

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Top Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Neil McCormick
Brady Corbet
Brady Corbet Brian Lackey
Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg Wendy Peterson
Jeffrey Licon
Jeffrey Licon Eric Preston
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub Avalyn Friesen
Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue Mrs. McCormick
Lisa Long
Lisa Long Mrs. Lackey
Bill Sage
Bill Sage Coach

Mysterious Skin Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Critic Curated

Esquire’s 50 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Esquire #22
Indiewire's Best Films Of The 2000s (2024 Edition)
IndieWire #081
Slate Magazines The 75 Greatest LGBT Films
Slate Magazine #12

Genre Curation

Discomfort Movies by BFI
British Film Institute #107

Identity Theme

Your Queer Film Watchlist
British Film Institute #124

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 2000-2009 Films
Letterboxd #055
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #134
Showdown Pride
Letterboxd Showdown #15

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