Movie · Drama · LGBTQ

Produced by Oscar® winner Sofia Coppola (Writing, Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003) and based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Alysia Abbott, Fairyland is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and '80s. This captivating film chronicles a father and daughter relationship as it evolves through an era of bohemian decadence to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis. Starring Emilia Jones (CODA), Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown), Cody Fern ("American Horror Story"), Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America), with Adam Lambert ("Glee"), and Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) and introducing Nessa Dougherty. The film is written, produced, and directed by Andrew Durham.

2025 · 1h 56m
Director Andrew Durham

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Fairyland

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Produced by Oscar® winner Sofia Coppola (Writing, Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003) and based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Alysia Abbott, Fairyland is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and '80s. This captivating film chronicles a father and daughter relationship as it evolves through an era of bohemian decadence to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis. Starring Emilia Jones (CODA), Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown), Cody Fern ("American Horror Story"), Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America), with Adam Lambert ("Glee"), and Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) and introducing Nessa Dougherty. The film is written, produced, and directed by Andrew Durham.

COMMON SENSE

Tender LGBTQ+ father-daughter drama has language, drugs.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.9
Reviews 48
Fresh 46
Rotten 2

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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
2025
Run Time
1 hr 56 min
Rated
R for drug use.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2025 Lions Gate Ent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (France)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.