Alberta Watson
Biography: Faith Susan Alberta Watson, known professionally as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress known for her versatile roles. She gained recognition for her performances in various films and TV shows, including roles in the films "Hackers," "The Sweet Hereafter," and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Watson also appeared in popular TV series such as "24," "La Femme Nikita," and "The Outer Limits." Her career showcased her talent across diverse genres, earning her acclaim as a skilled and adaptable actress. Watson's work left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 06, 1955
Deathday: March 21, 2015
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The Sweet Hereafter
1997-09-25
The Sweet Hereafter
Overview: A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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Away from Her
2007-05-04
Away from Her
Overview: Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-04
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Hackers
1995-09-14
Hackers
Overview: Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-14
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The Girl Next Door
1999-09-02
The Girl Next Door
Overview: There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-02
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The Hitman
1991-05-01
The Hitman
Overview: After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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The Lookout
2007-03-09
The Lookout
Overview: Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-09
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White of the Eye
1987-06-19
White of the Eye
Overview: In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban housewives who were attacked and mutilated in their homes. As he desperately tries to prove his innocence, his wife starts to uncover startling truths...
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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The Keep
1983-12-16
The Keep
Overview: Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar and a mysterious traveller.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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Stone Cold Dead
1979-09-14
Stone Cold Dead
Overview: Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-14
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Spanking the Monkey
1994-01-15
Spanking the Monkey
Overview: Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg. When he isn't tasked with the most mundane aspects of Susan's recuperation, Raymond finds distraction in a neighborhood girl, Toni Peck. But, as Susan begins relying on her son for both physical and emotional needs, Raymond starts developing disturbing and unwanted new yearnings.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-15
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My Brother's Keeper
2004-10-01
My Brother's Keeper
Overview: Identical twin brothers Lou and Eric plan to compete together in the National Rowing Championships. But when Eric leaves their small town to attend an Ivy League University, the brother's bond is torn apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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A Lobster Tale
2006-01-01
A Lobster Tale
Overview: Cody Brewer, a quiet New England fisherman isn't doing too well for himself. His wife feels neglected, and his son keeps getting picked on by the school bully. While out collecting his lobster traps one day, Cody finds a strange green moss that holds magical powers. Once word gets out about the magical moss, the entire town suddenly becomes Cody's best friend, all hoping to get a piece of it. With the townspeople clamoring for some moss and the already delicate state of the Brewer family, Cody has a tough time figuring out exactly what to do.
Genres: Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Soldier
1982-06-01
The Soldier
Overview: Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Destiny To Order
1990-02-09
Destiny To Order
Overview: A writer starts running into the characters he's created in real life. Alberta is his fantasy woman, who starts out as a sexy rock singer. However, when the bad guy in his novel (played by Michael Ironside) gets his hands on the manuscript and starts making changes of his own, they are all in for a wild ride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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The Spine
2009-06-08
The Spine
Overview: A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage, the Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.
Genres: Animation Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-08
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Gotti
1996-08-17
Gotti
Overview: John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-17
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Best Revenge
1984-10-19
Best Revenge
Overview: When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Shannon's Deal
1989-06-04
Shannon's Deal
Overview: A washed-up lawyer refuses to take a bribe and instead goes after the South American drug cartel that's trying to push those in its way. Pilot for the TV Series.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-04
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Seeds Of Doubt
1998-05-26
Seeds Of Doubt
Overview: Jennifer Kingsley, a newspaper journalist, believes a man has been falsely convicted of murder, and becomes set on proving his innocence.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-26
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Chasing Cain
2001-03-01
Chasing Cain
Overview: A brutal drive-by shooting of a Croatian woman who works at an abortion clinic sends two homicide detectives out onto the streets of one of the world's most culturally diverse cities. Their first suspect has ties to the pro-life movement. But a sudden turn of events, a fresh trail of clues and a suicide attempt by the victim's Serbian husband lead the detectives into the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices. As they hunt for the killer, they uncover an ethnic war between Croatians and Serbians amid the urban backdrop of downtown Toronto.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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Women of Valor
1986-11-23
Women of Valor
Overview: A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
Genres: War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-23
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The Art of Woo
2001-09-09
The Art of Woo
Overview: Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this romantic comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-09
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Chasing Cain II: Face
2002-01-01
Chasing Cain II: Face
Overview: Two homicide detectives investigate the murder of a popular Jamaican woman, who seems to have lived in two separate worlds. Although there are no witnesses, no clues and police resources are going towards another higher-profile murder, the detectives doggedly track down people who knew the victim until they finally break the case. This edgy and intense film shows how homicide detectives go about their work in an ethnically diverse, multicultural city.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Some Things That Stay
2004-11-05
Some Things That Stay
Overview: A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-05
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Guilt by Association
2002-03-13
Guilt by Association
Overview: Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realising the danger this could bring to her family she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house is raided and Susan is arrested as a co-conspirator in Russell's drug business. Her situation goes from bad to worse when she finds herself behind bars with violent criminals. How will she ever prove her innocence when the system seems against her? Guilt By Association is a disturbing story based on true events.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-13
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Citizen Duane
2006-09-08
Citizen Duane
Overview: Duane Balfour is a teen-aged Don Quixote born into a family of spectacular failure. But, what starts as a simple schoolyard rivalry snowballs out of control when Duane decides to run for mayor of the tiny town of Ridgeway. If Duane is to succeed, he must not only overcome the powerful incumbents, but also his own inadequacies, public perception, and history itself.doers who dare to cross his path. But little does he know that his own attackers are highly connected to an underworld crime family who has close ties to corrupt police and, unbeknownst to him, are also looking for him!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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Dirty Tricks
1981-03-06
Dirty Tricks
Overview: A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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The Risen
2003-09-01
The Risen
Overview: A pregnant woman has an emergency operation to save her life but comes out of the procedure with amnesia.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-01
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The Wild Dogs
2002-09-09
The Wild Dogs
Overview: Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant city dog-catcher, and Natalie, a lonely Diplomat's wife - each risks losing everything as they become embroiled in the struggles of Bucharest's abandoned children, gypsies, dogs and beggars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-09
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Deeply
2000-09-11
Deeply
Overview: On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl get over the death of her boyfriend. The girl finds comfort in the company of a visiting American girl and more so in the stories of Celia, a crazy old local who weaves enchanting tales which cleverly combine her own experiences on the island with mystifying legends.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-11
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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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Tart
2001-04-23
Tart
Overview: A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-23
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Power Play
1978-11-01
Power Play
Overview: A thriller, released 1st November 1978, based on the non-fiction book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-01
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Mood Indigo
1993-01-11
Mood Indigo
Overview: Suspense tale -- a pilot to a prospective series -- involving a criminal psychologist, struggling to rebuild his life after his wife is brutally murdered by a patient, and a lady lawyer who enlists his help in solving a baffling crime.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-11
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Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994-05-18
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Overview: Still in mourning over the loss of his wife, former cop Jonathan stone moves to Washington. However, he is soon falsely accused of murder, and with the help of socialite Annie Hayes, he sets out to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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Snake Treaty
1989-01-24
Snake Treaty
Overview: Guy Pehrsson is summoned by his grandfather to return to the farming community of his childhood. He arrives from the City to find that his mother has finally left his alcoholic and abusive father and now lives among the Indians, Guy's childhood friends and neighbours. He also discovers friction between the white farmers and the local Indians, now faced with the choice of selling or retaining their land. A choice made harder by poverty. Guy's boyhood friend, Tom Redfox, leads those Indians who wish to keep their land. Against the background of ensuing confrontation, Guy becomes reacquainted with his estranged parents, his childhood friends and old values, leading to a tragedy that affect the whole community.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-24
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Helen
2009-11-26
Helen
Overview: On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-26
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Fortune Dane
1986-02-15
Fortune Dane
Overview: Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed adventure. When a hitman brutally massacres nine people, including his personal friend in a cold-blooded attack, Fortune Dane demands justice. As he pieces together the facts surrounding the slaughter, he get’s too close to the truth. Someone important wants him stopped. Hired killers stalk him, blackmailers plant drugs to threaten him, and his captain pulls him off the case. The unthinkable happens when the evidence condemns the last person Dane would ever suspect. He turns in his badge and takes matters into his own hands – fighting for his goal, his code, and his life! When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Fortune Dane.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-15
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The Prince & Me
2004-03-28
The Prince & Me
Overview: A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-28
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Irish Eyes
2004-07-22
Irish Eyes
Overview: "Irish Eyes" explores the relationship between two Irish-American brothers in Boston born to immigrant parents and raised in a rough, working class Irish neighborhood. After watching their father being gunned down in front of their eyes as children, Thomas and Sean Phelan grow up building their lives on opposite ends of the law. Thomas, the studious and responsible brother, creates a better life for himself through education and hard, honest work. Eventually, he builds a successful career as a US Attorney. Sean, the more rebellious of the two, gets caught up in a life of crime and rises through the ranks to become the head of the Irish Mob.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-22
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A Child Is Missing
1995-10-01
A Child Is Missing
Overview: A hermit living in the Washington Mountains stumbles upon a boy who has been kidnapped. He does everything in his power to save the boy but he becomes a suspect.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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Desire
2000-09-10
Desire
Overview: An affair between a pianist and a teacher begins to disintegrate when girls from her school turn up missing.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-10
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Zebrahead
1992-10-23
Zebrahead
Overview: Interracial love story set in Detroit.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-23
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Growing Op
2008-11-21
Growing Op
Overview: The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson yearns to experience the normalcy of the suburban world which surrounds him.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Overview: Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Virus
1980-06-26
Virus
Overview: Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-06-26
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Penguins Behind Bars
2003-06-20
Penguins Behind Bars
Overview: Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.
Genres: Crime Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-20
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Murder in Space
1985-07-28
Murder in Space
Overview: Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-28
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I Am a Hotel
1985-04-20
I Am a Hotel
Overview: A short musical based on the imaginary events in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and the guests' (usually romantic) interactions with each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-20
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Black Mirror
1981-01-01
Black Mirror
Overview: A downbeat story of life inside a women's prison. There is more crime inside than out. When the inmates see that a woman is soon to be admitted for killing a young boy, they begin to plan her murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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In Praise of Older Women
1978-09-22
In Praise of Older Women
Overview: Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-22
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Shoemaker
1996-09-09
Shoemaker
Overview: Carey and Paul are reclusive shoemakers. Fragile Carey polishes the shoes while overprotective Paul does the books. Their world unravels when Carey becomes smitten with Anna. Worried about his friend's lack of experience, Paul tells him to be wary, but Carey's heart has begun its romantic journey...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-09
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001-07-20
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Overview: Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-20
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Sweet Angel Mine
1996-09-17
Sweet Angel Mine
Overview: Paul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community. He meets Rauchine, a young, beautiful and unaffected girl who lives with her unstable mother and domineering grandmother on a nearby island, who is eking out a harsh and isolated living. Paul finds himself enmeshed in a web of jealousy, bitterness and fear as his attraction to Rauchine begins to grow. After a failed attempt to leave the island with Paul, Rauchine must make a crucial decision and break the cycle of violence and death that has marked her life.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-17
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Murder in the Hamptons
2005-07-11
Murder in the Hamptons
Overview: After multi-millionaire Ted Ammon is found bludgeoned to death at his East Hampton estate, the fingers point to his estranged wife, Generosa Rand, and her lover, an electrician named Danny Pelosi.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-11
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After the Harvest
2001-05-29
After the Harvest
Overview: Caleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling his entire family. This becomes more complicated when a beautiful visiting teacher moves into the Gare home and she becomes involved in a battle of wills. To complicate matters more, a deep secret held by Caleb's wife will have to come to the surface. With the family at the breaking point, they must put aside their differences to bring in the year's harvest, after which they celebrate at the town's annual festival. Little does Caleb suspect that the one night of celebration will end in disaster, turmoil, and forever change the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-29
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Giant Mine
1996-12-08
Giant Mine
Overview: CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-08
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