A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
the vibe
Mysterious Skin Vibe
What it feels like
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Movie2005·105 min
Mysterious Skin
Directed by Gregg Araki
A drama film directed by Gregg Araki.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 7%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.7/10
1K ratings
About Mysterious Skin
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- coming of age, trauma recovery, late 20th century, sex work, sexual violence, american regional, new york, small town, close friendship, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, everyman, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, nonlinear flashback