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Pusher
Pusher

Pusher

August 30, 1996
1h 50m
Action
Crime
Drama
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

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Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast
Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbæk, Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labović, Peter Andersson, Vanja Bajicic, Lisbeth Rasmussen, Levino Jensen, Nicolas Winding Refn
Release Date
August 30, 1996
Production
Balboa Entertainment

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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