David Suchet
Biography: David Suchet, OBE, CBE, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognized for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama “The Way We Live Now”, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination. He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot in the long-running British TV dramatic series “Poirot”. Suchet's older brother, John Suchet, is a British television presenter and newsreader.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 02, 1946
Deathday: N/A
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A Perfect Murder
1998-06-05
A Perfect Murder
Overview: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-05
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Moses
1995-12-18
Moses
Overview: When Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses, called upon by God, leads his people to freedom.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-18
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
2002-05-11
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Overview: An intensive psychological test by Professor Philip Zimbardo in 1971 saw US students volunteer to play prisoners and guards in an bid to examine the nature of good and evil. Within five days, four prisoners had broken down and another was on hunger strike. This film, containing strong language, reveals why the test was abandoned after less than a week.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-11
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Thirteen at Dinner
1985-09-19
Thirteen at Dinner
Overview: Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-19
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Flushed Away
2006-10-22
Flushed Away
Overview: London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-22
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Flood
2007-08-24
Flood
Overview: Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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The Bank Job
2008-02-28
The Bank Job
Overview: Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Harry and the Hendersons
1987-06-05
Harry and the Hendersons
Overview: Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this). As you guessed, it isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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Live from Baghdad
2002-12-07
Live from Baghdad
Overview: A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-07
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Foolproof
2003-10-03
Foolproof
Overview: Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-03
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Diverted
2009-03-08
Diverted
Overview: On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-08
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RKO 281
2000-04-07
RKO 281
Overview: In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-07
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982-02-02
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview: Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Sunday
1997-05-01
Sunday
Overview: Mistaking a homeless man for a famous director, a British actress seeks career help from him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-01
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The Missionary
1982-11-02
The Missionary
Overview: In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990-09-28
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Overview: Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-28
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Red Monarch
1983-06-16
Red Monarch
Overview: British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-16
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Cause Célèbre
1987-08-23
Cause Célèbre
Overview: When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowed woman claims that it was she who was solely responsible for the death despite evidence that points to the contrary in this dramatic account of true-life 1935 trial that shocked all of England. Though notable evidence and strong suspicion suggests that the murder may have been of crime of passion perpetrated by the jealous lover only half her age, Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) confesses to the murder of her husband and is soon brought to trial. Despite the fact that Alma is already being deemed guilty by the general public for her adulterous indiscretion alone, her lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-23
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Sabotage!!
2000-10-14
Sabotage!!
Overview: June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. He has spent his whole life creating a mystique, becoming synonymous with determination, strength and mystery. But, that whole super-leader trip is smothering him and he just can't stand it anymore. Meanwhile, one of his aides, le maréchal Hugo Armani, has only one dream: to emulate the man who is his idol, his emperor. Armani picks the battle of Waterloo as the moment for his borderline psychotic attack - the first case of Napoleonic delirium in modern psychiatry. Due to the shortage of maréchals at the moment, Napoleon's got no choice: he has to leave Armani in command. Unbalanced Armani, so unexpectedly promoted, now leads the troops of France.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-14
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Effie Gray
2014-03-08
Effie Gray
Overview: A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Separation
1990-06-27
Separation
Overview: When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-27
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Victoria & Albert
2001-08-26
Victoria & Albert
Overview: The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert's frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-26
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Dracula
2006-12-28
Dracula
Overview: The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-28
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Blott on the Landscape
1985-02-06
Blott on the Landscape
Overview: Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-06
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The Last Innocent Man
1987-04-19
The Last Innocent Man
Overview: A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-19
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Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989-11-25
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Overview: Three short plays celebrating people with disabilities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-25
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Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
2023-12-12
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Overview: The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square join with award-winning artists Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet for Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, a festive and uplifting Christmas special. Filmed with a live audience at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, this concert will illuminate your holiday experience with timeless carols, treasured Christmas songs, and a story of heroic service.
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-12
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Act of God
2009-01-01
Act of God
Overview: When a heart surgeon chooses to save one female patient's life over another, her boyfriend looks for revenge.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Cruel Train
1995-01-01
Cruel Train
Overview: In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused his wife as a child, then given him the job so he could continue having sexual access to her. The husband and wife kill him together, but are seen by a train driver, who also has problems of his own. The wife tries to divert suspicion by implicating another driver and befriending the witness, but it doesn't go that smoothly.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Jesus Storybook Bible
2011-02-01
The Jesus Storybook Bible
Overview: The award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago, now comes to life. Narrated by British actor David Suchet.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-01
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Trenchcoat
1983-03-11
Trenchcoat
Overview: An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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Executive Decision
1996-03-15
Executive Decision
Overview: Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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The Falcon and the Snowman
1985-01-25
The Falcon and the Snowman
Overview: The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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Being Normal
1983-07-27
Being Normal
Overview: Anna Carteret and David Suchet (TV's Hercule Poirot) star in Being Normal. The pair play a British couple who must come to terms with their son's physical handicap. "Denial" is the operative word in the early scenes, leading to several tense confrontations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-27
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Der Fall Lucona
1993-06-10
Der Fall Lucona
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-06-10
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To Kill a Priest
1988-09-07
To Kill a Priest
Overview: A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-07
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More Than Words
2018-01-29
More Than Words
Overview: TV miniseries "More than words explores the possibilities and ways of behavior in non-verbal communication, primarily movements, gestures and ways of expression, but also the causes and roots of their origin. The series also explores the most interesting changes in the development of different cultures, including tattooing, scarring and body painting. Series also deal with the language of deaf and blind people, different universal languages, laughter, whistling and other peripheral phenomena associated with non-verbal communication. It also answers the questions does politicians think what they say, do suspects lie to the police or the court and how their body language reveals them..
Genres: Documentary Comedy History
Original Language: hr
Release Date: 2018-01-29
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Deadly Voyage
1996-06-14
Deadly Voyage
Overview: When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowaway on board, the ship was fined heavily and black marks entered into their records, when he made it off the ship into a foreign port.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-14
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The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
2015-10-08
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
Overview: National treasure and Poirot star David Suchet starred as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much loved masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language. Two bachelor friends, the adorable dandy Algernon Moncrieff (Philip Cumbus – regular player at Shakespeare’s Globe) and the utterly reliable John Worthing J.P., (Downton Abbey’s Michael Benz) lead double lives to court the attentions of the exquisitely desirable Gwendolyn Fairfax (Emily Barber) and Cecily Cardew (Imogen Doel). The gallants must then grapple with the riotous consequences of their deceptions, and with the formidable Lady Bracknell.
Genres: History Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-08
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The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
2013-03-17
The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet
Overview: David Suchet, TV's Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by Agatha Christie than anyone else in the world. Suchet is embarking on a journey to learn more about the woman who created Poirot and whose books remain outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. Suchet's journey takes him to the places Christie lived, the landscapes that inspired her and to meetings with people who knew the woman behind the fame and those inspired by her extraordinary legacy. He explores the close links between Christie's extraordinary life and her work and discovers what it was about the woman from a small seaside town that allowed her to become the best-selling murder mystery writer in history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-17
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Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
2023-04-09
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Overview: A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-09
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A Song for Europe
1985-05-27
A Song for Europe
Overview: Steven Dyer, an executive working for a giant multinational drugs company, decides to report his employer for breaches of Common Market trading regulations. One night in Basle, Switzerland, he leaves his home to post a letter, the start of a nightmare journey that leads to terrible consequences for his life, his career and for his wife and children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-27
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A Bear Named Winnie
2004-12-12
A Bear Named Winnie
Overview: Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-12
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016-04-23
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Overview: From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-23
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Wing Commander
1999-03-11
Wing Commander
Overview: The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-11
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984-03-30
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Overview: A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-30
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Starring Sigmund Freud
2012-11-01
Starring Sigmund Freud
Overview: Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011, the video collects the dozens of appearances that the character of Sigmund Freud has made on small and big screens. After the 1950s, when pill vials replaced analytic couches, the father of psychoanalysis found a second career impersonating himself in everything from a John Huston clunker to a Star Trek episode. The video suggests that maybe it is in front of the camera, alongside surgically enhanced starlets and CGI chimeras, that “Herr Doktor” will find his final resting place. This video was produced by the Kadist Foundation and commissioned by dOCUMENTA (13).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-01
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Murrow
1986-01-19
Murrow
Overview: Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It Now" and his confrontations with the Senator from Wisconsin that helped put an end to the witch-hunts.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-19
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Maxwell
2007-05-04
Maxwell
Overview: Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-04
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Peter Pan Goes Wrong
2016-12-31
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Overview: The Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre brings Peter Pan Goes Wrong to BBC One. As part of its commitment to community theatre, the BBC has commissioned The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, an amateur dramatics group, to recreate the JM Barrie classic as part of their festive programming. But can they pull it off? Narrated by David Suchet and filmed in front of a live audience, watch as Peter Pan flies through the air, Captain Hook and his pirates set adrift in the lagoon, and Tinkerbell is due to light up the stage in a stunning electrical costume... what can possibly go wrong?! With their trademark comic mayhem, expect hilarious stunts, chaos, technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes on the way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991-01-01
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Overview: An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and members of her family.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988-01-10
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Overview: From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fantastic adaptations to film from passages of the novel. It also includes excerpts from a book written by Joyce's friend, the artist Frank Budgen, entitled "James Joyce and the making of Ulysses". Amongst those interviewed is author Anthony Burgess.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-10
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American Assassin
2017-09-14
American Assassin
Overview: Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-14
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The In-Laws
2003-05-23
The In-Laws
Overview: Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-23
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A Tale of Two Cities
1980-12-02
A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-02
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A World Apart
1988-06-17
A World Apart
Overview: A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-17
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The Little Drummer Girl
1984-10-19
The Little Drummer Girl
Overview: An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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David Suchet on the Orient Express
2010-07-07
David Suchet on the Orient Express
Overview: In this travelogue, actor David Suchet journeys across Europe aboard the world famous Orient Express train, as he prepares to play Poirot in an adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-07
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When the Whales Came
1989-03-28
When the Whales Came
Overview: A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-28
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Arthur and the Invisibles
2006-12-13
Arthur and the Invisibles
Overview: Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-13
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Being Poirot
2013-11-13
Being Poirot
Overview: After 25 years playing Hercule Poirot, British actor David Suchet explores the enduring appeal of his most legendary character.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-13
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This Changed Everything
2016-10-03
This Changed Everything
Overview: This Changed Everything: 500 Years of the Reformation celebrates the fruits of the Reformation while exploring difficult questions about the cost of division: Could schism have been avoided? Is there hope for reunification? What did Jesus really mean when He prayed for His followers to be "one"?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-03
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David Suchet: People I Have Shot
2012-03-25
David Suchet: People I Have Shot
Overview: David Suchet follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Fleet Street photographer Jimmy Jarche, in a quest to capture on camera how Britain has changed in the past century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-25
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All My Sons
2011-01-01
All My Sons
Overview: Arthur Miller's scathing portrait of American society is revived here by director Howard Davies with an intricate, naturalistic set and detailed performances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
2014-01-01
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Overview: Long Day's Journey into Night focuses on one day in the life of the Tyrone family. Youngest son Edmund is ill, and the family are worried about mother Mary's nerves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Iron Eagle
1986-01-17
Iron Eagle
Overview: When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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The Cause
1981-02-03
The Cause
Overview: "I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley 's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-03
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Solomon
1997-12-15
Solomon
Overview: David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-15
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The Secret Agent
1992-10-28
The Secret Agent
Overview: 1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act. Verloc reluctantly plans the operation, seeking help from The Professor. Verloc is also an informant for the police and the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Inspector Heat add additional pressure on Verloc and his attempts to carry out his plan. Verloc’s subsequent actions gravely affect his wife who is devoted to her mentally unbalanced brother Stevie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-28
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