Jennifer Connelly,Aliya Campbell in Requiem For A Dream (2000)
As powerful an anti-drug jeremiad as it is a drama, director Darren Aronofsky's (Pi) visually hypnotic film graphically tracks the downward spiral of four Brooklyn residents: heroin addicts and would-be dealers Jared Leto and Marlon Wayans; Leto's girlfriend, fellow junkie and aspiring fashion designer Jennifer Connelly; and Ellen Burstyn, Leto's TV-obsessed mother who turns to diet pills when she thinks she's been picked to appear on her favorite show. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby, Jr. (Last Exit to Brooklyn). Unrated version; 102 min.