Darren Aronofsky

Requiem for a Dream

(2000)
68
15 Dec 2000
? R
102 min
Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by), Hubert Selby Jr. (screenplay), Darren Aronofsky (screenplay)
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 32 wins & 61 nominations.
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions become stronger.

The Fountain

(2006)
51
22 Nov 2006
? PG-13
96 min
Darren Aronofsky (screenplay), Darren Aronofsky (story), Ari Handel (story)
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 31 nominations.
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.

The Wrestler

(2008)
81
30 Jan 2009
? R
109 min
Robert D. Siegel
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 75 nominations.
This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom.