
I Used to Be Funny
Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. The story unfolds between the present—where Sam tries to recover from her trauma and return to the stage—and the past, where memories of Brooke make it increasingly difficult to ignore her disappearance.
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Happiness
1998★ 7.4
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Ghostlight
2024★ 7.1
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May December
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You Were Never Really Here
2017★ 6.5
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Mammal
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