Peter McRobbie
Biography: Peter McRobbie is a Scottish-born American character actor, best known for his roles as Pop Pop Jamison in the 2015 horror film The Visit and Father Paul Lantom in Daredevil, as well as a recurring role in the TNT series The Alienist.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 31, 1943
Deathday: N/A
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16 Blocks
2006-03-01
16 Blocks
Overview: An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-01
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World Trade Center
2006-08-09
World Trade Center
Overview: Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-09
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A Jury of Her Peers
1980-01-01
A Jury of Her Peers
Overview: A Jury of Her Peers is a 1980 short film directed by Sally Heckel, adapted from the story by Susan Glaspell. A farm woman is accused of murdering her husband in early 1900's Midwest America. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Associate
1996-10-25
The Associate
Overview: Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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Golden Years
1991-07-16
Golden Years
Overview: When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-16
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Small Time Crooks
2000-05-19
Small Time Crooks
Overview: A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-19
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Celebrity
1998-09-07
Celebrity
Overview: The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-07
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Deconstructing Harry
1997-12-12
Deconstructing Harry
Overview: Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-12
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Shadows and Fog
1991-12-05
Shadows and Fog
Overview: With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985-03-01
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Overview: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Snake Eyes
1998-08-07
Snake Eyes
Overview: All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Love the Hard Way
2003-03-27
Love the Hard Way
Overview: Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic activities, Jack has a regular scam going, ripping off foreign businessmen with his loyal mate Charlie and two actresses. But his tough guy exterior conceals a secret passion for old books, and he dreams of writing a novel one day. Jack falls hard for Claire's purity and curiosity. An unusual romance develops between them. But Jack is scared of their growing intimacy and rejects Claire, withdrawing into his shell. Abandoned and confused, Claire gradually begins to neglect her studies and embarks on a spiraling course of self-destruction, whilst Jack, who tries to ignore her, concentrates on his criminal activities. However, a sharp detective, named Linda Fox, is following his dodgy tracks.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-27
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The Neon Bible
1995-08-23
The Neon Bible
Overview: During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-23
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Corn
2004-10-01
Corn
Overview: A woman returns home to have a baby and witnesses an environmental accident involving genetically modified crop of corn. Doubted by the community, she questions her own sanity as she tries to discover what's happening.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Dark Horse
2012-06-08
Dark Horse
Overview: Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-08
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School Ties
1992-09-18
School Ties
Overview: When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Lincoln
2012-11-09
Lincoln
Overview: The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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The Beniker Gang
1984-11-02
The Beniker Gang
Overview: When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-02
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Aloft
2014-02-12
Aloft
Overview: As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-12
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Doubletake
1985-11-24
Doubletake
Overview: Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investigating. Meanwhile, Janek is trying to find out why an old friend and colleague committed suicide, which eventually leads to a romantic situation with photographer Caroline Wallace and the discovery of some major corruption among his superiors, all of which has little or nothing to do with the murder story.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-24
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The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998-09-11
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Overview: Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's getting a sex change operation. The family deserts Hank, with Jessica going her own way and Sebastian staying with his mom. But Joan becomes an alcoholic, so Sebastian moves back in with Hank — now Henrietta — who turns out to be far more supportive than anyone else.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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The Visit
2015-09-10
The Visit
Overview: A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-10
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Eileen
2023-12-01
Eileen
Overview: During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-01
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Nature Calls
2012-03-10
Nature Calls
Overview: Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk's son's sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Trip to remember.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-10
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Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25
Spider-Man 2
Overview: Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Inherent Vice
2014-12-12
Inherent Vice
Overview: In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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Split Ends
2009-03-20
Split Ends
Overview: A feisty hairdresser faces off with an unscrupulous developer - and faces up to the uncertainties of her own life in a small, New Jersey town.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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Bridge of Spies
2015-10-15
Bridge of Spies
Overview: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Zelig
1983-07-15
Zelig
Overview: Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Confirmation
2016-04-16
Confirmation
Overview: Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14
The Notorious Bettie Page
Overview: Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-14
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Chinese Puzzle
2013-12-04
Chinese Puzzle
Overview: Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-12-04
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The Hoax
2006-10-14
The Hoax
Overview: In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-14
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Brokeback Mountain
2005-10-22
Brokeback Mountain
Overview: In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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The Immigrant
2013-11-27
The Immigrant
Overview: 1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Side Streets
1998-09-05
Side Streets
Overview: The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-05
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Juggernaut
2017-10-07
Juggernaut
Overview: After a lengthy absence, a small-town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother's death was not a suicide.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994-05-19
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Overview: James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Mystery Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-19
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Messengers
2004-06-27
Messengers
Overview: Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, and Sarah discloses that all of them have perfect health; they hear voices when they are sleeping; and they are addicted to the stimulant Tributol. Her further investigation discloses a dark secret about the haunting voices.
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-27
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Hold the Dark
2018-09-22
Hold the Dark
Overview: In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-22
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Shaft
2000-06-15
Shaft
Overview: New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-15
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Johnny Suede
1991-08-18
Johnny Suede
Overview: A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-18
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Hamlet
2000-12-10
Hamlet
Overview: A revised version of the Shakespeare play set in turn-of-the-20th-century America, where a prince seeks revenge against his father's killer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-10
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Big Night
1996-09-20
Big Night
Overview: Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-20
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A Fish in the Bathtub
1999-03-01
A Fish in the Bathtub
Overview: A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-01
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Picture Perfect
1997-08-01
Picture Perfect
Overview: A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-01
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The Atlantis Conspiracy
2001-01-01
The Atlantis Conspiracy
Overview: Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe) reluctantly moves back to New York City and is forced to decide whether she wants to reconnect with the life she abruptly left behind. When a mystery stemming from a suicide draws her in, she and two friends, a young bookie and a cynical federal agent, seek to uncover the truth.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Big
1988-06-03
Big
Overview: When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-03
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Bullets Over Broadway
1994-10-14
Bullets Over Broadway
Overview: After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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Mighty Aphrodite
1995-09-13
Mighty Aphrodite
Overview: When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-13
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In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
1988-11-27
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
Overview: It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves in military garb. Based on actual events taken from FBI files, the movie depicts the Bureau’s efforts to track down these renegades.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-27
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Sleepers
1996-10-18
Sleepers
Overview: Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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And the Band Played On
1993-09-11
And the Band Played On
Overview: The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-11
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The Invention of Love
2001-03-29
The Invention of Love
Overview: An esoteric play portraying the life of poet A. E. Housman focusing specifically on his personal life and love for a college classmate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-29
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013-10-04
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Overview: Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Cleopatra at the Mall
2024-11-17
Cleopatra at the Mall
Overview: In this thought-provoking documentary, filmmaker Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich delves into the rediscovery of Edmonia Lewis's monumental sculpture, The Death of Cleopatra (1876).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-17
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