Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch, is a movie about the shattering truth of what Hollywood can drive a person to do. At the beginning, we meet a bright-eyed young actress named Betty Elms. She travels to Hollywood with hopes of being a star, only to meet a woman named Rita, who has amnesia because of a car crash. This movie focuses on these two women searching for clues and answers across Los Angeles in order to figure out Rita’s…

Requiem for a Dream is a horrifying film about four different people and the downward spiral they go through via drug use.

This movie is so disgustingly beautiful. I have never seen any film portray the depravity and craving of a person dealing with drugs so accurately. While most movies romanticize drug use and addictions, Requiem for a Dream diggs into the negative impacts and lifestyles that come with drug addiction. No filter is present in the movie and realistic…