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Inherent Vice

2014 · Mystery · Paul Thomas Anderson · 2h 29m

A permanently stoned Los Angeles private eye in 1970 takes a case from an ex-girlfriend and loses track of it almost immediately. Very hard to follow, deliberately.

  • Strongly complicated

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    Describe: Gosford Park

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    Describe: Zodiac

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