8MM

About 8MM

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger.

8MM (1999) is a crime mystery film directed by Joel Schumacher. Released in February 1999, it runs 123 minutes.

Its themes are obsession, missing person, BDSM, and underground.

Nicolas Cage takes the lead as Tom Welles, Joaquin Phoenix as Max California, James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole, and Peter Stormare as Dino Velvet. The screenplay is by Andrew Kevin Walker. Production companies include Global Medien KG and Hofflund/Polone. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Hardcore, Cruising, and Taxi Driver make useful companions to 8MM, all filed under pornography, snuff, and snuff film. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 2,385 votes and it carries a R rating.