Bret Easton Ellis

Smiley Face Killers (2021)

Handsome young soccer player Jake Graham believes he is going insane, unable to shake the feeling of being stalked by something, by someone. ...

The Arrangement (2019)

The Arrangement is the third incarnation of the international art enterprise, SELF—curated by Saint Laurent's creative director, In this film about jealousy and romantic obsession, two young men vie for the attention of a woman whose affection seemingly ...

Less than Zero (2019)

A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit. ...

Figaro (2016)

"Figaro" is a comedic film inspired by the music of The Barber of Sevilla. An opera singer loses his voice during rehearsal and goes through a night of debauchery, before coming back and being able to sing. ...

The Curse of Downers Grove (2015)

The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And t ...

Orpheus (2015)

The myth of Orpheus, set in the music industry, in a hellish version of Los Angeles. ...

American Psycho (2013)

Yuppie investment banker Patrick Bateman loses his grip on reality in the hellscape of 1980s Manhattan in Rupert Goold's stage adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel. ...

The Canyons (2013)

The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature. ...

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis (2010)

Commissioned by Random House and Bret Easton Ellis. ...

The Replacement Child (2008)

After spending a year in a juvenile center for beating up his stepfather, Todd Turnbull returns to his backwoods hometown a repentant, deeply religious boy. When he finds his best friend, Michael, withering away without any medical attention due to the fam ...

The Informers (2008)

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs. ...

The Rules of Attraction (2002)

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate. ...

American Psycho (2000)

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. ...

This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis (1998)

When "American Psycho" was released early in 2000 it reaffirmed author Bret Easton Ellis as the controversial "bad boy" of contemporary American Fiction. "This Is Not an Exit" reveals the world inhabited by Ellis. ...

Less Than Zero (1987)

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit. ...

Sebastian (2024)

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London's cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escortin ...

BRATS (2024)

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. However, when the New York magazine cover story in 1985 dubs them the Brat Pack, stars in the making sudden ...

The End of the World (2022)

What was going on at Bennington College in the 1980s? Matthew Tyrnauer reveals the not-so-secret history of a small (enrollment: 700) liberal arts school that nurtured a shocking amount of genius. Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho), Donna Tartt (The Goldf ...

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (2021)

In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical me ...

Kill, Kobek... Kill! (2020)

Radical left-wing author Jarett Kobek's last novel was a massive commercial failure. As he sees it, the only hope left for his career is to promote his newest book, Only Americans Burn in Hell, by debating prominent conservatives on right-wing media. But c ...

The Loser (2019)

A horribly failed interview. A meeting of great minds. David Shields, Bret Easton Ellis and some loser. ...

Generation Wealth (2018)

Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cult ...

78/52 (2017)

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession. ...

Her: Love in the Modern Age (2014)

Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her." The documentary, directed by Lance Bangs, features stories and reflections from writers, musicians, actors and contemporary culture experts, including Olivia Wil ...

Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat (2001)