4 Movies Directed by Karyn Kusama

Girlfight

Girlfight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-06

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (7859 Reviews)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

At 18, Diana has a chip on her shoulder; she's close to expulsion from high school for fighting, her mother is dead, her dad is surly, the popular girls at school set her teeth on edge, she knows men can cause pain. When she picks up her younger brother at a Brooklyn gym where he boxes to please his father, she decides she wants to train. Hector, a coach, reluctantly agrees to teach her. It's soon clear to him that Diana has talent; he pushes her. She spends time with another young fighter, Adrian, who has a girlfriend, but Diana intrigues him and stirs real feelings he tries to articulate. She, too, must accommodate her toughness and ironic detachment to her feelings for him.

èon Flux

èon Flux

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (106431 Reviews)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Phil Hay

Matt Manfredi

Peter Chung (characters)

Fullplot:

400 years in the future, set in the year 2415, Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin. Four centuries after a virus nearly annihilated the human race, leaving only five million survivors in a utopian city called Bregna. Aeon is struggling to destroy the Goodchild regime led by its namesake, Trevor Goodchild, the ruler of Bregna and a descendant of the man who found a cure for the deadly virus. As instructed by the Handler, Aeon is assigned to assassinate Goodchild, but there are deeper secrets to be discovered, and conspiracies to be foiled.

Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-09-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (86971 Reviews)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Genres:

ComedyHorror

Fullplot:

Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy Lesnicki, and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer Check are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy's male classmates are steadily killed in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend's transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip.

The Invitation

The Invitation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (232 Reviews)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Phil Hay (screenplay)

Matt Manfredi (screenplay)

Phil Hay

Matt Manfredi

Fullplot:

Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband... and as a different person, eerily changed and eager to reunite with her ex and those she left behind. Over the course of a dinner party in the house that was once his, the haunted Will is gripped by mounting evidence that Eden and her new friends have a mysterious and terrifying agenda. But can we trust Will's hold on reality? Or will he be the unwitting catalyst of the doom he senses?

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