Film

Boogie Nights 1997

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Drama, Comedy
  • 156 min
  • R

The life of a dreamer, the days of a business and the nights in between.

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.

DramaComedynew year's eveadulterypornographyrobberyhusband wife relationshipdrug abuse1970scocaineporn actorcustody battlemelancholyrags to riches
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Nostalgic, meticulous, character-led and classical in form.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • rawmeticulous
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • classical in formformally daring
  • unpretentiousprestige

Who loves it, who doesn't

The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 88The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 66The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 2The Ironist: disliked by 12 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 33The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 22The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 22The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Ironists.

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  • “Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”

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