John Getz
Biography: John Getz is a stage-trained American actor. Getz dropped out of college to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. While working in a winery, he helped found the Theater Company in Napa County, California. His location in the grape-growing Napa Valley led to Getz's television debut in a made-for-television horror film Killer Bees. Killer Bees starred Gloria Swanson, Craig Stevens, Kate Jackson, and Edward Albert. Getz then moved to New York City, where he became active in local theater while doing an 18-month stint as Neil Johnson on the soap opera Another World. Getz appeared in The Happy Hooker and followed up with several other roles before starring in the Coen Brothers' neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. He played the doomed lover of a married woman (Frances McDormand) who woefully misinterprets his increasingly complex circumstances. Getz also appeared in The Fly and The Fly II as Stathis Borans, a science magazine editor who pays a heavy price for his curiosity. Also in 1989, he played a Marine Corps Major in Born on the Fourth of July. In 1991, Getz appeared as the unpleasant boyfriend of professional women in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Curly Sue. In 1990, Getz appeared as a crime boss in the Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez spoof Men At Work. In 1994, he appeared in the film Playmaker, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Rubin. In 2007, he had a role in David Fincher's film Zodiac. Also in 2007, he appeared in Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's documentary film Nanking as George Ashmore Fitch, head of the local YMCA and administrative director of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone. Getz also had a role in Fincher's film The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook. He appeared in the suspense thriller Elevator as a Wall Street executive trapped in an elevator with a group of strangers, one of whom has a bomb. Written and produced by Marc Rosenberg and directed by Stig Svendsen, Elevator was released in July 2012. He appeared in Trumbo (2015) as director Sam Wood. Through the decades, Getz has guest-starred in many television series, including Barney Miller and Three's Company, where he played Lee Tripper, brother of Jack Tripper. He has guest-starred in How I Met Your Mother, Prison Break, The King of Queens and Private Practice, and had recurring roles in Homeland, Timeless and Bosch. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Getz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Men at Work
1990-08-24
Men at Work
Overview: Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-24
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Zodiac
2007-03-02
Zodiac
Overview: The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-02
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The Fly II
1989-02-10
The Fly II
Overview: Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-10
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The Late Shift
1996-02-24
The Late Shift
Overview: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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Blood Simple
1984-03-26
Blood Simple
Overview: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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Curly Sue
1991-10-25
Curly Sue
Overview: Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-25
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Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982-02-25
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Overview: Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-25
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The Fly
1986-08-15
The Fly
Overview: When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-15
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Zenon: The Zequel
2001-01-12
Zenon: The Zequel
Overview: Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.
Genres: Family TV Movie Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-12
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991-06-07
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Overview: Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-07
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Hard Four
2007-11-01
Hard Four
Overview: When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-01
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Nanking
2007-02-10
Nanking
Overview: The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Thief of Hearts
1984-10-19
Thief of Hearts
Overview: A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Tattoo
1981-10-09
Tattoo
Overview: Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-09
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The Sentinel
1977-01-07
The Sentinel
Overview: As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building that houses a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants. After experiencing a string of disturbing occurrences, she attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-07
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Living 'til the End
2005-10-21
Living 'til the End
Overview: Told by a psychic of his imminent death on his next birthday, Jack lives out the year, as a hopeless agoraphobic, until he meets a young woman who slowly coaxes him out of his self imposed bondage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013-12-13
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
Overview: Chris Monsanto, disgraced Marshal turned fugitive from justice, goes on a journey of both heart and mind to clear his name and uncover the truth.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-13
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Elevator
2013-02-18
Elevator
Overview: Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-18
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Painted Hero
1997-09-16
Painted Hero
Overview: Virgil Kidder hasn't been in Waco for quite a spell, but now that he's back in town clowning in the rodeo, his troubles are catching up with him quicker than a Brahma bull. Country star Dwight Yoakam makes his leading role debut as Kidder, a "painted hero" who's at his best - and safest - when he's taunting the meanest bulls in the business. It's only when the paint comes off that the real danger strikes on a wild Waco weekend filled with thrills, spills and more twists than an eight second bull ride.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-16
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Desperate Acts of Magic
2013-05-03
Desperate Acts of Magic
Overview: A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-03
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Held for Ransom
2000-11-14
Held for Ransom
Overview: Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-14
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Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005-10-04
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Overview: Feature length documentary on the making of David Cronenberg's The Fly.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-04
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A Line in the Sand
2008-05-15
A Line in the Sand
Overview: A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinating on the Mayor's limo. The explosive combination of character and situation balances intense drama with laugh out loud comedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-15
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A Passion to Kill
1994-11-04
A Passion to Kill
Overview: A psychiatrist gets involved with his best friend's wife who may be a murderer.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-04
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I Want To Go Home
1985-02-13
I Want To Go Home
Overview: Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-13
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Awake to Danger
1995-03-12
Awake to Danger
Overview: Recently awakened from a coma, a traumatized adolescent girl fights to remember the circumstances surrounding her mother's brutal death. But as the details slowly come into focus, a killer watches and waits.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-12
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In My Daughter's Name
1992-05-10
In My Daughter's Name
Overview: A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-10
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Loose Change
1978-02-26
Loose Change
Overview: Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during the turbulent 1960s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-26
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Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981-05-20
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Overview: A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a prospective series.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-20
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Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993-05-24
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Overview: Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-24
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Hunger Point
2003-01-13
Hunger Point
Overview: A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-13
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Born on the Fourth of July
1989-12-20
Born on the Fourth of July
Overview: Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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Untamed Love
1994-08-03
Untamed Love
Overview: A badly abused girl of 6 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed in until there is an opening in the hospital. In that time they form a strong bond and the child begins to heal. The teacher begins to think an institution is not what this child needs.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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Kent State
1981-02-08
Kent State
Overview: Dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between National Guardsmen and students staging antiwar demonstrations.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-08
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The Social Network
2010-10-01
The Social Network
Overview: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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The Happy Hooker
1975-05-08
The Happy Hooker
Overview: Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-08
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Certain Women
2016-09-25
Certain Women
Overview: Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-25
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Trumbo
2015-10-27
Trumbo
Overview: The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-27
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The Dead Don't Hurt
2024-05-01
The Dead Don't Hurt
Overview: In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger decides to go fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War, Vivienne must fend for herself, which isn't easy in a town controlled by a corrupt mayor.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-01
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Fortunes of War
1994-12-07
Fortunes of War
Overview: When Canadian diplomat Carl Pimmler sends his friend Peter Kernan and his wife Johanna to deliver medicine to the deep jungles of Cambodia, but Peter gets more than he bargained for when the journey ends in a fight for survival. Peter must use his experience and knowledge of South East Asia to get them out of this dangerous mess.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-07
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Concrete Beat
1984-07-09
Concrete Beat
Overview: A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child in a tragic fire.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-09
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The Perfect Guy
2015-09-11
The Perfect Guy
Overview: With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, disagrees with her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting painful breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan. Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to break up with the man she thought was Mr. Right. She soon realizes that Carter doesn't want to let her go.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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A Day Without a Mexican
2004-05-14
A Day Without a Mexican
Overview: When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-14
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A Friend's Betrayal
1996-05-19
A Friend's Betrayal
Overview: Old feelings of betrayal resurface, renewing a bitter rift between two girlfriends when one learns that the other seduced her son
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-19
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Playmaker
1994-05-14
Playmaker
Overview: A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-14
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Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005-02-25
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Overview: Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life crime-untangles a record-breaking murder. Mystery Woman bookshop owner, Samantha Kinsey, has offered to host a charity concert for a once-famous folk-rock trio out to recapture their old fame flame. But sweet success hits the ultimate sour note when the band's promoter is found murdered in his hotel room. Sam and her partner in crime, Philby, investigate, digging up deadly secrets of private indiscretions, professional greed, and personal vengeance that put a twisted spin on fame and fortune-and bring a whole new meaning to a Top Ten hit.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
2011-01-11
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Overview: This feature-length documentary about the making of "The Social Network" goes back and forth from the elements of storytelling and long rehearsals with the cast and crew, to the shooting itself capturing the extreme attention to detail, filming locations such as Boston and LA, and David Fincher's filmmaking process.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-11
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Killer Bees
1974-02-26
Killer Bees
Overview: A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-26
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Majority Rule
1992-10-27
Majority Rule
Overview: A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-27
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Brampton's Own
2018-10-19
Brampton's Own
Overview: A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the one that hurts the most - the girl that got away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Not in Front of the Children
1982-10-26
Not in Front of the Children
Overview: Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this new living arrangement prompts her ex-husband, Richard to sue for custody, based on moral grounds. He does not really want the girls to live with him, but his strict religious background will not allow him to stand by and let them be raised in an atmosphere of 'sin.'
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-26
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Body at Brighton Rock
2019-03-23
Body at Brighton Rock
Overview: When an inexperienced park ranger finds a dead body under mysterious circumstances on a remote mountain trail, she must guard it overnight until authorities can arrive, forcing her to confront some of her deepest, darkest fears.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-23
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Police Story: Burnout
1988-11-26
Police Story: Burnout
Overview: A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Superhero Movie
2008-03-28
Superhero Movie
Overview: Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Genres: Comedy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-28
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Mojave Moon
1996-11-15
Mojave Moon
Overview: Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her mother (Julie), despite the nearby presence of Julie's boyfriend who seems likely to go berzerk at any moment. Even more strange, hilarious events follow and it's up to Al to find some explanation. His life may never again be the same.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-15
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Jobs
2013-08-15
Jobs
Overview: The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-15
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Some Girl
1998-04-19
Some Girl
Overview: Inexperienced in love and living in Los Angeles, aspiring actress Claire longs to find that special someone. Unfortunately, she couldn't pick a more undeserving guy when she starts a relationship with womanizer Chad. Although her friend April warns her about him, it's not as if April doesn't have problems of her own -- namely a chronic inability to stay faithful to her longtime boyfriend, Neal.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-19
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Betrayal of Trust
1994-01-03
Betrayal of Trust
Overview: A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her out. One day, she was coming around when she notices that the doctor is molesting her. She then tries to get some justice by suing him, and reporting him to the licensing bureau, and the American psychiatric association. And also seeing another psychiatrist to try and figure out what's wrong with her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-03
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