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Todd Solondz

Todd Solondz

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Todd Solondz (born October 15, 1959) is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. His work includes the cult hit Welcome to the Dollhouse, the award-winning Happiness, Storytelling, and Palindromes.

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Movies Made By Todd Solondz (17)

Bust (2024)

A trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust. ...

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Aftersun (2022)

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't. ...

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Love Child (2018)

Centers on an extremely jealous 11-year-old boy obsessed with his mother. When the delusional youngster and aspiring Broadway star plots to kill his father and set his mother up with a lodger, things do not go as he plans. His mother and the new man fall w ...

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Wiener-Dog (2016)

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch. ...

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

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Keep the Lights On (2012)

In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself. ...

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Dark Horse (2012)

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recen ...

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Life During Wartime (2010)

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. ...

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Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)

CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16: AMERICAN SHORT FILMS is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. Films include Gu ...

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Palindromes (2005)

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors. ...

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Storytelling (2001)

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil. ...

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Happiness (1998)

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. ...

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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school. ...

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Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)

An unsuccessful playwright faces trials and tribulations as he seeks to find himself in New York City. ...

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Schatt's Last Shot (1985)

Solondz's 1985 student short film "Schatt's Last Shot" provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the y ...

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Feelings (1985)

His first film shot with sound, Feelings is a two and a half minute movie made as an NYU film school assignment in 1984. Solondz himself takes the lead role of a sensitive young man who finds he can no longer endure life without his beloved. Photographed b ...

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Babysitter (1984)

The story follows a young male protagonist as he recalls the babysitters of his youth. ...

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Movies Starring Todd Solondz (7)

Happiness (1998)

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. ...

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As Good as It Gets (1997)

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. ...

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Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)

An unsuccessful playwright faces trials and tribulations as he seeks to find himself in New York City. ...

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Married to the Mob (1988)

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to ma ...

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In Transit (1986)

A foreign musician is stranded at a New York City area hotel after the airline he was ready to take home collapses and replacement carrier flights are delayed. He bonds with a singing chambermaid. ...

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Schatt's Last Shot (1985)

Solondz's 1985 student short film "Schatt's Last Shot" provides an ideal entry point to his unflinching universe of dark comic despair. A young Solondz stars in the 10-minute short as geeky high schooler Ezra Schatt, a neurotic, primitive headcase of the y ...

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Feelings (1985)

His first film shot with sound, Feelings is a two and a half minute movie made as an NYU film school assignment in 1984. Solondz himself takes the lead role of a sensitive young man who finds he can no longer endure life without his beloved. Photographed b ...

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