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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2000

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

Budget$7,000,000

Revenue$34,300,000

Production

Lionsgate

Pressman Film

Muse Productions

Christian Halsey Solomon Productions

Movie

American Psycho

2000

1h 42m

7.4

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Synopsis

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.

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