Francis X. McCarthy
Biography: Francis Xavier McCarthy (born February 15, 1942) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as Interstellar (2014) and Deep Impact (1998).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 15, 1942
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Zoot Suit
1981-10-02
Zoot Suit
Overview: Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-02
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No Good Deed
2002-06-28
No Good Deed
Overview: While doing a friend a favour and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story "The House in Turk Street" by Dashiell Hammett.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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The Relic
1997-01-10
The Relic
Overview: A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-10
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Altered States
1980-12-25
Altered States
Overview: A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Cutter's Way
1981-03-19
Cutter's Way
Overview: Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-19
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Overview: Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Death Spa
1988-07-29
Death Spa
Overview: Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael's wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds Michael responsible. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-29
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Downtown
1990-01-12
Downtown
Overview: Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-12
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That Was Then... This Is Now
1985-11-08
That Was Then... This Is Now
Overview: A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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Pennies from Heaven
1981-12-11
Pennies from Heaven
Overview: During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-11
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Stop at Nothing
1991-12-03
Stop at Nothing
Overview: An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The father was accused of sexually abusing the daughter but the evidence was dismissed. Who's lying?
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-03
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Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984-05-14
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Overview: This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic heart tugging story about the search for Kovacs' two abducted daughters. But at the same time the film is funny --- Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Kovacs impossible mom --- and has many of the offbeat and innovative qualities of the old Kovacs show itself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-14
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Black Widower
2009-07-28
Black Widower
Overview: True story of a charming, popular American who managed to kill his mother and 3 wives before anyone even suspected him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-28
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Abuse of Power
2008-08-16
Abuse of Power
Overview: The late Irish hero fireman's (Lefty) charming son William M. "Billy" Dylan (25) is elected as independent, youngest Massachusettes state representative. He joins the Democrats, Congress seat Beacon Hill's legendary rooster, House speaker Charles T. "Chick" Mudoon, who trusts the customary campaign debt check will reel the rookie in as another meek party soldier. However the naive, naturally noble new boy, who doesn't hesitate to single-handedly fight off two skinhead gay-bashers, has and follows his own conscience. He defeats Muldoon's dodgy attempts to prevent a congressional committee investigating state police school cadet abuse, which would compromise his deputy, majority leader Spanky Reardon. It seems Muldoon's revenged when Dylan gets framed for the alleged violent abuse of a two-faced congressional aid. However, there's a more devious, ambitious plot behind two abuse cases and a staged corrupt payment for a memorial hospital wing.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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A Case of Deadly Force
1986-04-09
A Case of Deadly Force
Overview: Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision. Written by John Sacksteder
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-09
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Alien Nation
1988-10-07
Alien Nation
Overview: A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-07
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Action Jackson
1988-02-12
Action Jackson
Overview: Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-12
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Out of Control
2009-03-11
Out of Control
Overview: Against her father's wishes, a young female cop in Chicago pursues her dream of becoming a detective when she's brought on to investigate a major murder case.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-11
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Tuff Turf
1985-01-11
Tuff Turf
Overview: The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Genres: Drama Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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Shadow of Obsession
1994-04-10
Shadow of Obsession
Overview: A female professor is taunted and stalked by an emotionally disturbed student, and then, when he disappears, is accused of killing him, although no body can be found.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-10
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All God's Children
1980-04-28
All God's Children
Overview: Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-28
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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980-11-05
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Overview: Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes periodic attempts to escape, the final attempt being the most violent. Many of the subordinate characters are fictional (as are most of the details concerning Carnes' escape efforts); the one exception is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", here portrayed by Art Carney as a gentle, kindly philosopher. Telly Savalas, a costar of the Burt Lancaster vehicle Birdman of Alcatraz, also guest starred in the 1980 film. Originally titled Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes, this made-for-TV movie wavers between gritty realism and "I'm bustin' outta here!" artifice.
Genres: Crime Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-05
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Going for Broke
2003-07-14
Going for Broke
Overview: With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is about to change forever. Inspired by true events, Going for Broke is the compelling, hard-hitting story of one woman's overwhelming addiction to gambling.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-14
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The Great War
2007-04-29
The Great War
Overview: A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-29
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The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995-03-06
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
Overview: Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-06
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False Pretenses
2004-10-25
False Pretenses
Overview: Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-25
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Interstellar
2014-11-05
Interstellar
Overview: The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-05
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Hellinger's Law
1981-03-10
Hellinger's Law
Overview: A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-10
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Red Rover
2003-10-08
Red Rover
Overview: Two siblings, a brother and sister, travel to their family's old, ancestral estate upon the death of their father. They soon find out the hard way about their family's ancient secret of witchcraft and the occult.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-08
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The Sting II
1983-02-18
The Sting II
Overview: Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-18
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The Reagans
2003-11-30
The Reagans
Overview: The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-30
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Illegal in Blue
1995-08-28
Illegal in Blue
Overview: A cop taking personal leave after he witnesses money stolen from the police property room becomes involved with a beautiful singer who may have killed her husband.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-28
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Imaginaerum
2012-11-23
Imaginaerum
Overview: Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, all his past including the memory of his daughter are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten year old boy. As he drifts away into coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost. Or is it?
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-23
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The Man with Two Brains
1983-06-10
The Man with Two Brains
Overview: A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-10
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BASEketball
1998-07-28
BASEketball
Overview: Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-28
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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2003-03-30
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Overview: Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York City and his controversial methods to tackle the city's crime and urban problems, as well as his romance with his assistant Cristyne Lategano which lead to the failure of his marriage, to his battle with prostate cancer, all leading up to the terrible day of September 11, 2001 which Guiliani himself narrowly escaped death after suicide terrorists hijacked and crashed two passenger airliners into the twin World Trade Center towers leading to their collapse in which Guiliani's toughness and spirited personality help calm the city's residents to face the chaos on that day which made him a national hero.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-30
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See Jane Date
2003-08-16
See Jane Date
Overview: When editor Jane Grant receives a plus-one invitation to her cousin's wedding, she finds herself in a predicament. To one-up her old high school rival Natasha Nutley, Jane tells her about her perfect, charming and handsome boyfriend -- except he isn't real. Catching word of her "boyfriend," Jane's intrusive Aunt Ida demands he make an appearance at the wedding. Now, Jane must go on every date she can snag to find a man who fits the bill.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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Beyond Borders
2003-10-23
Beyond Borders
Overview: Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Night Visions
1990-11-30
Night Visions
Overview: A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-30
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Hidden Agenda
2001-05-12
Hidden Agenda
Overview: Former government Jason Price makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly, unexpected turn. A mysterious hit man known as The Cleaner has infiltrated Price's tightly-controlled system, leaving a bloody trail behind. With the help of an enigmatic seductress posing as the mobster's chief assistant, Price methodically works through his network of associates to find out what went wrong, and is plunged headlong into a spiraling gauntlet of half-truths and full-blown lies where nobody is who they appear to be, and everyone has a deadly, hidden agenda
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-12
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On the Basis of Sex
2018-12-25
On the Basis of Sex
Overview: Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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The Stranger
1995-03-10
The Stranger
Overview: In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-10
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Nightwaves
2003-02-01
Nightwaves
Overview: After a devastating accident, sexy Shelby spends her nights at home, listening to a police scanner, feeling safe from the world outside... until danger finds her. Eavesdropping on phone conversations, she thinks she hears a woman's murder. Shelby calls the police unknowingly putting her own life in danger. Alone and frightened, Shelby must fight both the demons of her past and the threat she faces right now. Can she summon the courage she once had and use her mind and body to save herself?
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-01
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Dead Center
1994-04-27
Dead Center
Overview: Street killer is retrained by a black-belt fighter who works for the government.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-27
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Nightwish: Making of Imaginaerum
2012-04-13
Nightwish: Making of Imaginaerum
Overview: Says the band: "Get your copy and see how one of the most ambitious projects in rock history was made! This spectacular hour and a half long Making of Imaginaerum documentary gives you an inside look to the recordings of the album and the movie. Documentary includes loads of never before seen Nightwish footage! Full documentary is only available on Imaginaerum Tour Edition release!"
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-13
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Summer Rental
1985-08-09
Summer Rental
Overview: Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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Diplomatic Siege
1999-12-17
Diplomatic Siege
Overview: When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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The Seven Year Hitch
2012-10-13
The Seven Year Hitch
Overview: Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her cheating, manipulative boyfriend, Bryce Kevin has to stop the wedding to protect her from making, what he believes is, a terrible mistake. With a little help from his brother and neighbor Kevin discovers that he and Jennifer are already legally married due to common law, having lived together for seven years and, as such, Jennifer can not marry Bryce.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-13
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Carpool
1983-10-05
Carpool
Overview: Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls from a Brinks truck into their path. Because of circumstances, they are unable to turn in the money, and they struggle over what to do. They are pursued by thieves, the mob, and the police.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-05
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Farrell: For the People
1982-10-18
Farrell: For the People
Overview: Adventures of the DA's new lady assistant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-18
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Happy Endings
1983-12-26
Happy Endings
Overview: A teenager postpones his determination to become a songwriter so that he can keep his younger brother and two sisters together as a family following the death of their parents.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-26
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Summer School
1987-07-22
Summer School
Overview: A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-22
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A Last Cry for Help
1979-01-19
A Last Cry for Help
Overview: Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality - hardly someone you think would be considering suicide. But her home life is constrained by the pressures and expectations of her parents. She slowly spirals downward, her mother at one point telling her that she has no business being unhappy. So, she gulps down a bottle of sleeping pills. She is saved, but for how long?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-19
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Story of Jen
2008-08-14
Story of Jen
Overview: A man commits suicide leaving a disturbing note. His wife and his daughter try to cope with it when the step-brother of the deceased visits them.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-08-14
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Greedy
1994-03-04
Greedy
Overview: Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Deep Impact
1998-05-08
Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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ALF Try to Remember
1987-02-09
ALF Try to Remember
Overview: ALF bumps his head and loses his memory. All he knows is that his name is Wayne Schlagel and that he's an insurance agent. The Tanners try to make ALF remember who he really is.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-09
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M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994-01-24
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Overview: A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-24
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