Direction: Gregg Araki

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Gregg Araki. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


American Crime 2 (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction John Ridley · Clement Virgo · Gregg Araki · Julie Hébert

Cast Felicity Huffman · Timothy Hutton · Regina King · Lili Taylor

Plot It takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where a public high school student accuses several members of a private school's championship basketball team of sexually assaulting him and then taking photos...

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

Mysterious Skin

2004 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Brady Corbet · Michelle Trachtenberg · Elisabeth Shue

Plot When he was eight, Brian Lackey woke up in the crawlspace behind his house with his nose bleeding, with no idea how of he got there. After that, his life...

7.1

6K votes

7.1

6K votes

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Ian Brennan · Ryan Murphy · Jennifer Lynch · Clement Virgo

Cast Evan Peters · Richard Jenkins · Niecy Nash · Michael Learned

Plot 10 Episodes. Story of the Milwakee Monster told from the perspective of the victims and police incompetency that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.

7.0

12K votes

7.0

12K votes

Thirteen Reasons Why (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Brian Yorkey · Tom McCarthy · Kyle Patrick Alvarez · Gregg Araki

Cast Dylan Minnette · Katherine Langford · Christian Navarro · Alisha Boe

Plot TV Series (2017-2020). 4 Seasons. 49 Episodes. 'Thirteen Reasons Why', based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher, follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school...

6.8

22K votes

6.8

22K votes

American Crime 3 (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction John Ridley · Clement Virgo · Gregg Araki · Julie Hébert

Cast Felicity Huffman · Timothy Hutton · Regina King · Lili Taylor

Plot TV Series (2017). 8 Episodes. When a father, Luis Salazar, travels illegally from Mexico into the United States to search for his missing son, he discovers that modern servitude is...

6.7

450 votes

6.7

450 votes

The Living End

1992 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Mike Dytri · Craig Gilmore · Mark Finch · Mary Woronov

Plot Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".

6.4

406 votes

6.4

406 votes

Totally F***ed Up (Totally Fucked Up)

1993 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast James Duval · Roko Belic · Susan Behshid · Jenee Gill

Plot Life really sucks for a group of gay and lesbian teenagers living in Los Angeles. Their parents kicked them out, they're broke and bored, their lovers cheat on them, and...

6.4

250 votes

6.4

250 votes

Now Apocalypse (TV Series)

2019 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Avan Jogia · Jacob Artist · Kelli Berglund · Roxane Mesquida

Plot TV Series (2019). 10 Episodes. Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating...

6.4

186 votes

6.4

186 votes

Nowhere

1997 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast James Duval · Rachel True · Nathan Bexton · Chiara Mastroianni

Plot A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths,...

6.3

883 votes

6.3

883 votes

The Doom Generation

1995 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast James Duval · Rose McGowan · Johnathon Schaech · Cress Williams

Plot Rose McGowan (Scream), James Duval (Nowhere), and Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do!) star as a trio of friends (Schaech's character actually being a complete stranger who steps into their...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

White Bird in a Blizzard

2014 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Shailene Woodley · Eva Green · Christopher Meloni · Shiloh Fernandez

Plot Late 1980s. Kat Connors (Shailene Woodley) is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve (Eva Green), a beautiful, enigmatic, and haunted woman, disappears—just as Kat is discovering and...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

Splendor

1999 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

5.6

347 votes

5.6

347 votes

American Gigolo (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 55 min. · United States

Direction David Hollander · Gregg Araki · Tucker Gates · Damian Marcano

Cast Jon Bernthal · Gretchen Mol · Rosie O'Donnell · Wayne Brady

Plot 8 Episodes. A modern-day TV adaptation of the 1980 film 'American Gigolo'. Julian Kaye is an ex-escort who sets out to exonerate himself after serving 15 years for a murder...

5.5

79 votes

5.5

79 votes

Smiley Face

2007 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Anna Faris · John Krasinski · Roscoe Lee Browne · Danny Masterson

Plot One woman's day goes all to pot in this resinous comedy from independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Jane (Anna Faris) is a college dropout and aspiring actress who suffers from a...

5.2

642 votes

5.2

642 votes

Kaboom

2010 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Thomas Dekker · Juno Temple · Haley Bennett · James Duval

Plot A hyperstylized, pansexual trip, Kaboom is a live-action film born out of the graphic novel aesthetic. Smith (Thomas Dekker) is a film student lusting after his dumb, hunky roommate (aptly...

5.2

759 votes

5.2

759 votes

This Is How the World Ends (TV)

2000 · Movie · 45 min. · United States

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Three Bewildered People in the Night

1987 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Mark Howell · John Lacques · Darcy Marta

Plot David, Craig and Alicia are a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in a late-night coffee shop.

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Not rated

Here Now (S)

2015 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Jacob Artist · Grace Victoria Cox · Avan Jogia · Nicole LaLiberte

Plot Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have tapped American independent filmmaker Gregg Araki, one of the leading lights of the New Queer Cinema movement, to write and direct...

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Not rated

The Long Weekend (O'Despair)

1989 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Gregg Araki

Cast Bretton Vail · Maureen Dondanville · Andrea Beane · Nicole Dillenberg

Plot Three college friends get together with their bemused lovers for one long weekend.

Not rated

Not rated

30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing

2019 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Ahn · Fatih Akin · Gregg Araki · Karim Aïnouz

Cast Arthur Alfaia · Jackie Boyce · Amy Davis · Drew Droege

Plot An omnibus film celebrating the 30th anniversary of iconic independent distributor Strand Releasing.

Not rated

Not rated