Is Naked Lunch easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Naked Lunch end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Naked Lunch one of a kind?

Yes, very. More singular than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Naked Lunch scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Naked Lunch violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Naked Lunch

Name: Naked Lunch
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1991
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider

Exterminate all rational thought.

Directed by David Cronenberg

Produced by Recorded Picture Company, Naked Lunch Productions

1991115 min7.0 / 10

A hallucinatory, surreal descent into addiction and creative dissolution that uses grotesque body horror and narrative fragmentation to explore the dissolution of identity and reality.

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.

Clusters

Dark Comedy Nightmares Reality Turning Into Horror Serial Killers And Assassins LGBTQ Movies Music And Musicians

Genres

Crime Drama

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book Writing Hallucination Writer Bug Illegal Drugs Exterminator Beat Generation Gay Theme

Where to watch

Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

Is Naked Lunch easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does Naked Lunch end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Naked Lunch one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.
Is Naked Lunch scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Naked Lunch sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Naked Lunch violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.