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Whiplash (2014)

Damien Chazelle

Whiplash (2014)

artistic

drama

independent film

psychological

psychology

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Synopsis

A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushes him.

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Director, Actors and Actresses of Whiplash (2014)

Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle

Director

Miles Teller

Andrew Neiman

Paul Reiser

Jim Neiman

Melissa Benoist

Melissa Benoist

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Austin Stowell

Ryan Connolly

Jayson Blair

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Kavita Patil

Sophie

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Split (2017): When three girls are kidnapped by a man with 23 different personalities, they have to work out which of those personalit...

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Walk Among the Tombstones, A (2014): Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It ...

Walk Among the Tombstones, A (2014)

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Heat (1995): Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored ...

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You Were Never Really Here (2017): A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Jo...

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

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Black Mass (2015)

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The Revenant (2015)

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