Alison Pill
Biography: Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006). Pill had prominent roles in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Plain Truth (2004), Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Vice (2018), the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), The Newsroom (2012–2014), American Horror Story: Cult (2017), Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022), Devs (2020), and Them (2021).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 27, 1985
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Milk
2008-11-05
Milk
Overview: The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-05
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Pieces of April
2003-10-17
Pieces of April
Overview: Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-17
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Dear Wendy
2005-02-04
Dear Wendy
Overview: In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-04
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004-02-17
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Overview: When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-17
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The Same Storm
2022-10-14
The Same Storm
Overview: Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Dan in Real Life
2007-10-26
Dan in Real Life
Overview: Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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The Other Me
2000-09-08
The Other Me
Overview: When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-08
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The Dinosaur Hunter
2000-08-05
The Dinosaur Hunter
Overview: A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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One Way to Valhalla
2009-01-01
One Way to Valhalla
Overview: Bo Durant, a volatile, working-class gearhead, sees himself trapped in a world with few possibilities but when he falls off his stepdaughter's bike, suffers a concussion, stops eating, and smashes up the backyard with a sledgehammer, he begins to feel free for the first time in his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation
2010-08-10
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation
Overview: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation is an animated short based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" franchise.
Genres: Animation Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-10
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To Rome with Love
2012-04-20
To Rome with Love
Overview: Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-20
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Plain Truth
2004-10-04
Plain Truth
Overview: An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-04
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Goon
2012-01-06
Goon
Overview: Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling, is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate, his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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A Separate Peace
2004-09-12
A Separate Peace
Overview: Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-12
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Midnight in Paris
2011-05-11
Midnight in Paris
Overview: While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-11
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What Katy Did
1999-01-01
What Katy Did
Overview: A 13-year-old girl is more than her widowed father can handle at times, even with help from her aunt, until a tragic accident changes her outlook on life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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An Unexpected Love
2003-03-24
An Unexpected Love
Overview: An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she developes a mutual attraction to her female boss.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-24
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Baby
2000-10-08
Baby
Overview: A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own. But what if the baby's mom really returns to claim it?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-08
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Snowpiercer
2013-08-01
Snowpiercer
Overview: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2013-08-01
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The Pilot's Wife
2002-04-14
The Pilot's Wife
Overview: Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husband's death delivered by a stranger from the airline for whom he was a pilot. She starts however to uncover information which leads to her arrival in London for further investigation...and further devastation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-14
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Midwives
2001-04-02
Midwives
Overview: It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of a homebirth. As time passes, the woman in labor meets with difficulties and Sibyl concludes that it would be preferable for the woman to deliver her baby in the hospital. Though a dead telephone line and bad weather prevents Sibyl from going anywhere. Black ice and a persisten snowstorm makes transportation an impossibility. Early in the morning, the woman dies from what they believe to be a stroke and in all the chaos, Sibyl promptly decides to do a C-section to save the baby. The baby survives, but the mother is dead and tragedy is obvious. Yet, it's only going to get worse for Sibyl as her assistant is certain that the woman was still alive when Sibyl performed the C-section. Sibyl is charged with manslaughter, brought before the court and her life is and will forever be changed.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-04-02
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Young Werther
2024-12-05
Young Werther
Overview: Charming, passionate, totally irresponsible young novelist Werther is sent to the city on an errand by his mother. By chance, he meets lovely Charlotte, whose allure and commitment to her impressive, stable fiancé Albert will turn Werther’s life upside down. Werther and Charlotte embark on an emotional affair, while Werther and Albert start an awkward friendship. The more entwined this trio becomes, the harder it is to navigate the complexities of lust, affinity, and love.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-05
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Denise
2012-07-04
Denise
Overview: A girl helps a guy untangle his web of lies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-04
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God's New Plan
1999-02-16
God's New Plan
Overview: Weepy fact-based story about a woman facing her impending death and forced to let her baby's nurse become an integral part of her family's life to aid the future care of the child and her husband.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-16
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Perfect Pie
2002-09-11
Perfect Pie
Overview: On the invitation of her childhood best friend Patsy McCann née Willets, famed opera singer Francesca Prine - whose real name is Marie Beck - returns to Marmora, Ontario to sing in a benefit concert. Patsy and Marie were best friends from the time Marie and her family arrived in Marmora when she was ten years old to the time she left Marmora at age fifteen, which was thirty years prior. With the exception of Don Rayford on who Marie had a crush, Patsy was shy Marie's only friend in Marmora. However, Marie and Patsy have not been in touch since due to issues that drove Marie out of town at the time. Those issues include Marie being physically abused by her alcoholic mother, but most specifically what happened the evening of the Sadie Hawkins dance - where Don accompanied Marie - and post dance down by the railroad tracks. Marie and Patsy's reunion may not be able to endure the thirty years of silence and the events of that night.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-11
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Cooties
2014-10-10
Cooties
Overview: A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-10
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Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
2014-04-24
Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
Overview: You are cordially invited to join Brett Gelman and his Hollywood friends for a lively night of dining, tasty showbiz chit-chat, and psychological torture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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Eric LaRue
2023-06-10
Eric LaRue
Overview: Janice is struggling; she moves through life as if in a haze, unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds by meeting with the mothers of her son’s victims.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-10
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The Life Before This
1999-09-15
The Life Before This
Overview: Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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Locked in Silence
1999-01-01
Locked in Silence
Overview: A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in the family... so he doesn't say anything again. The problem is that the young boy so enjoys his acceptance by others of his mutism that it brings his family, a loving and caring farm family, to the brink of financial ruin in medical and psychological costs to cure him. Based on a true story, this is the intelligent telling of a family in crisis, and the work of doctors in dealing with this mental illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Goon: Last of the Enforcers
2017-03-17
Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Overview: During a pro lockout, Doug "The Thug" Glatt is injured and must choose whether to defend his team against a dangerous new enemy, or be there for his wife as she prepares to give birth to his daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-17
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What Girls Learn
2001-10-14
What Girls Learn
Overview: Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-14
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Zoom
2015-09-11
Zoom
Overview: A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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Fast Food High
2003-02-25
Fast Food High
Overview: Fast Food High tells the story of Emma Redding, a young fast food restaurant employee who musters her inner Erin Brockovich and tries to start a union. When new management takes over the local fast food restaurant, favoritism, unstable hours and sexual harassment come with it. Eager to do something about it, Emma risks losing her job, her boyfriend, and her status with the "in" crowd as she squares off against big business in the greatest challenge of her young life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-25
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Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011-07-05
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Overview: A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both well-known and under-recognized.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-05
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Miss Sloane
2016-11-25
Miss Sloane
Overview: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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Hail, Caesar!
2016-02-05
Hail, Caesar!
Overview: When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-05
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Woman in Deep
2016-03-17
Woman in Deep
Overview: A woman calls a suicide prevention hotline and is put on hold.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-17
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Santa Baby
2012-12-19
Santa Baby
Overview: A Christmas Short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-19
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
2020-07-20
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Overview: A majority of the Scott Pilgrim cast reunite for a read through of the screenplay on behalf of Water for People.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-20
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Trap
2024-07-31
Trap
Overview: A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-31
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Different
1999-01-01
Different
Overview: A young woman was left mentally disabled after a car crash twenty years previously, a condition which her mother has never come to accept. Thus she favors her other "normal" daughter and basically tolerates the other daughter's existence. It also doesn't help that her husband also has some mental disabilities. As the family slowly divides, the older daughter's unconditional love rises.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Vice
2018-12-25
Vice
Overview: George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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Ideal Home
2018-06-21
Ideal Home
Overview: A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-21
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A Holiday Romance
1999-12-08
A Holiday Romance
Overview: A superintendent, trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher whose music program he must cut.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-08
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The Emperor's Newest Clothes
2018-11-15
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
Overview: Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale gets a colorful, music-filled makeover in the whimsical special. Filled with bold animation, catchy musical numbers and valuable lessons, this enchanting twist on a beloved tale chronicles the story of an Emperor whose blinding vanity makes him an easy target for two phony tailors.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-15
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Degas and the Dancer
1998-01-01
Degas and the Dancer
Overview: A struggling Degas finds inspiration for his art in Marie, a young ballerina. Degas helps Marie tap into the talent she doesn't believe she has while she convinces Degas to persevere despite criticism from the art establishment. An artist and model, they become friends and find in each other what they need to follow their dreams.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Goldstar, Ohio
2010-03-23
Goldstar, Ohio
Overview: Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-23
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999-10-08
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Overview: Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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The Most Magnificent Thing
2019-09-28
The Most Magnificent Thing
Overview: A regular girl tries to make something magnificent but the creative process proves more challenging than expected.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-28
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The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
2010-11-09
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Overview: A hyperkinetic behind the scenes look at the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-09
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Skipped Parts
2000-06-06
Skipped Parts
Overview: A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-06
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The Line
2020-07-08
The Line
Overview: A new documentary play crafted from firsthand interviews with New York City medical first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Line cuts through the media and political noise to reveal the lived experiences of frontline medical workers in New York and their battle to save lives in a system built to serve the bottom line.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-08
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Stranger in Town
1998-10-18
Stranger in Town
Overview: A 13-year-old boy, whose single mother moved her family from the big city to a small town, begins to suspect that a stranger who befriends his family is not who he initially appears to be. Harry Hamlin, Graham Green, Rebecca Jenkins and Trevor Blumas star.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-18
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010-08-12
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Overview: As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-12
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All My Puny Sorrows
2022-04-15
All My Puny Sorrows
Overview: The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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Cover Up
2016-10-09
Cover Up
Overview: A tale of love, death, and makeup.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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Redwall The Movie
2000-02-01
Redwall The Movie
Overview: Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic strugle between good and evil. The delightful world of Redwall - a place of peace and beauty, companionship and courage - has captured the dedication of millions of readers worldwide. See the story brought to life!
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-01
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Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
Overview: The cast and crew of Vice (2018) discuss the making of the film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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