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Pariah (2011)

★ 6.8/10 86 min Drama United States English
Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Dee Rees
Streaming: Not available
Who do you become when you can't be yourself?

Description

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

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Top Cast

Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye Alike
Pernell Walker
Pernell Walker Laura
Aasha Davis
Aasha Davis Bina
Charles Parnell
Charles Parnell Arthur
Sahra Mellesse
Sahra Mellesse Sharonda
Kim Wayans
Kim Wayans Audrey
Shamika Cotton
Shamika Cotton Candace
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Raymond Anthony Thomas Mack

Pariah Appears on 14 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1078
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #850

Critic Curated

Esquire’s 50 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Esquire #24
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Movies Of The 2010s
Paste Magazine #70
Slates The New Black Film Canon The 75 Greatest
Slate Magazine #46
The Ringer The 30 Best Truly Independent
The Ringer #21

Identity Theme

100 Best Movies Directed By Women Indiewire
IndieWire #70
115 Films By And About Women Of Color Indiewire
Letterboxd #73
Black Directors The Official Top 100 Narrative
Letterboxd #21
Masc Trans Men Butch Dykes And Gender Nonconforming
UCLA #06
Your Queer Film Watchlist
British Film Institute #132

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Pride
Letterboxd Showdown #20
The 2010s Top 250 Narrative Features
Letterboxd #135

Temporal Era Sets

100 Best Movies Of The 2010s Indiewire
IndieWire #70

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