My Friend Dahmer
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My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 biographical drama film that explores serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s troubled high school years and psychological descent before his infamous crimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Friend Dahmer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11337923 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Friend Dahmer Context triple: [Alex Wolff, notableWork, My Friend Dahmer]
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A.
Dahmer
Dahmer is a 2002 biographical crime drama film that portrays the early life and crimes of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
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B.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a neo-noir crime novel by James Ellroy, inspired by the real-life 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short and centered on two LAPD detectives drawn into the dark underbelly of postwar Los Angeles.
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C.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
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D.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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E.
American Psycho
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical psychological horror film, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy New York investment banker and secret serial killer Patrick Bateman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Friend Dahmer Target entity description: My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 biographical drama film that explores serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s troubled high school years and psychological descent before his infamous crimes.
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A.
Dahmer
Dahmer is a 2002 biographical crime drama film that portrays the early life and crimes of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
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B.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a neo-noir crime novel by James Ellroy, inspired by the real-life 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short and centered on two LAPD detectives drawn into the dark underbelly of postwar Los Angeles.
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C.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
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D.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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E.
American Psycho
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical psychological horror film, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy New York investment banker and secret serial killer Patrick Bateman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Derf Backderf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | My Friend Dahmer (graphic novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alex Wolff
NERFINISHED
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Anne Heche NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Kartheiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Daniel Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Marc Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | FilmRise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jamie Kirkpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Bath, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adolescence
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alienation ⓘ psychological decline ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ross Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jeffrey Dahmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Hollander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | pre-crime life of Jeffrey Dahmer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ross Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Jeffrey Dahmer’s high school years
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Jeffrey Dahmer’s psychological deterioration ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam Goldworm
NERFINISHED
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Adam Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Jody Girgenti NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Merlob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Attic Light Films
NERFINISHED
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Ibid Filmworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Marc Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Jeffrey Dahmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseInUS | 2017-11-03 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Tribeca Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 2017-04-21 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Friend Dahmer Description of subject: My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 biographical drama film that explores serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s troubled high school years and psychological descent before his infamous crimes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.