The Informers

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The Informers

"Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever."

2008

1h 38m

4.8(235 votes)

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Overview

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.

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32 members

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Billy Bob Thornton

William Sloan

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Kim Basinger

Laura Sloan

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Jon Foster

Graham Sloan

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Amber Heard

Christie

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Winona Ryder

Cheryl Moore

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Mickey Rourke

Peter

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Rhys Ifans

Roger

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Chris Isaak

Les Price

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Austin Nichols

Martin

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Lou Taylor Pucci

Tim Price

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Mel Raido

Bryan Metro

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Brad Renfro

Jack

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Theo Rossi

Spaz

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Cameron Goodman

Susan Sloan

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Aaron Himelstein

Raymond

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Jessica Stroup

Rachel

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Peter Scanavino

Leon

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Angela Sarafyan

Mary

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Simone Kessell

Nina Metro

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Katy Mixon

Patty

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Fernando Consagra

Bruce

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Suzanne Ford

Bruce's Mother

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Milena Arango

Miss Nebraska

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Valentina Garcia

The P.A.

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Anne Bergstedt Jordanova

Party Girl

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Germán Tripel

Bryan's Guitarist

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Diego Leske

Gary Gray

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Daniel Rosenberg

Rocko

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Stefanie Neukirch

Darlene

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Brady Matthews

Maitre D'

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Jeanette O'Connor

Canter's Waitress

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Diego Klattenhoff

Dirk

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