George Murdock
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Birthday: June 25, 1930
Deathday: April 30, 2012
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989-06-09
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Overview: A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994-04-16
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Overview: In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-16
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Family Tree
1999-01-01
Family Tree
Overview: A lonely young boy, overshadowed by his older brother, picked on by other boys at school and ignored by his businessman father, finds strength and companionship from a stately old oak tree. When his father, a real-estate developer, plans to demolish the old tree in order to make way for a factory, the boy decides to stand up for his friend and stand up to his father.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Final Analysis
1992-02-07
Final Analysis
Overview: A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-07
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The Crash of Flight 401
1978-10-29
The Crash of Flight 401
Overview: True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-29
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The Mack
1973-04-04
The Mack
Overview: Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-04
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Tyson
1995-04-29
Tyson
Overview: The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-29
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Breaker! Breaker!
1977-04-01
Breaker! Breaker!
Overview: Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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Shoot the Moon
1982-01-22
Shoot the Moon
Overview: After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-22
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Spider's Web
2002-11-12
Spider's Web
Overview: A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-12
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Taggart
1965-02-01
Taggart
Overview: Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-01
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1989-10-29
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Henry Jekyll, a shy and unassuming doctor, is obsessed with the idea of separating the good in man's nature from the evil, and is attracted to Rebecca, daughter of the head teacher of the medical school.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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Crosscut
1995-10-21
Crosscut
Overview: When Martin Niconi goes across country to get away from a sorry family and associates problems, he finds a secluded area high in the Sierra Mountains area of California to begin life over as a logger. He meets Anna Hennessey and her son Jeff and the romance begins. Anna's brother Max is a logger whose crew includes Martin and he is determined to keep them apart.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-21
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Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967-09-05
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Overview: Compilation of several episodes of the TV series Pistols 'n' Petticoats.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-05
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Certain Fury
1985-03-01
Certain Fury
Overview: Teenage prostitute Scarlet and minor offender Tracy end up on the run together in the wake of a courtroom shoot-out.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987-11-06
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Overview: In the 1930's an aging film producer and his much younger wife live separate lives. Whenever a young starlet catches the husband's eye, he eventually manipulates her onto his casting couch. Natica Jackson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Hollywood star who is far from innocent, but she finds herself falling in love with a married man who has several children.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Orange County
2002-01-11
Orange County
Overview: Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong form.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-11
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Willie Dynamite
1974-01-23
Willie Dynamite
Overview: Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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Pressure Point
1962-10-10
Pressure Point
Overview: An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-10
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Thomasine & Bushrod
1974-04-10
Thomasine & Bushrod
Overview: A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
Genres: Western Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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Last Hours Before Morning
1975-04-19
Last Hours Before Morning
Overview: An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
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The Impostor
1975-03-18
The Impostor
Overview: An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discovers a conspiracy to embezzle a land-development company.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-18
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Firepower
1993-10-25
Firepower
Overview: In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone."
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-25
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Retribution
1987-10-01
Retribution
Overview: After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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The Two-Five
1978-04-14
The Two-Five
Overview: A police show pilot movie dealing with two eager-beaver cops who try to set up a major narcotics bust anonymously because their eccentric commander wants to keep his precinct out of the limelight.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-14
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A Howling in the Woods
1971-11-05
A Howling in the Woods
Overview: A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-05
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Scorpio One
1998-01-01
Scorpio One
Overview: Using ultra-advanced technology, scientists aboard Scorpio One have made a monumental discovery -- and paid for it with their lives. Now, with time and oxygen running out, Scorpio One is about to become ground zero for an explosive showdown high above the Earth, where the stakes are nothing less than the future of the world.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Roe vs. Wade
1989-05-15
Roe vs. Wade
Overview: Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-15
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Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
1996-11-17
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Overview: Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-17
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Any Which Way You Can
1980-12-17
Any Which Way You Can
Overview: Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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Man in the Chair
2007-01-27
Man in the Chair
Overview: The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-27
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Thunder and Lightning
1977-08-12
Thunder and Lightning
Overview: A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-12
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003-11-14
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Overview: Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission? Find Damien's father, and the missing blue diamond... and stay one step ahead of The Acme Corp., who wants the diamond for their own purposes.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999-01-01
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
Overview: "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" is a Proof of Concept for a possible Sequel from the television series "Battlestar Galactica".
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Action Adventure Mystery Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975-11-17
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Overview: The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-17
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The X-Files
1998-06-19
The X-Files
Overview: Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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Serial Killing 101
1998-06-12
Serial Killing 101
Overview: Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a mass murderer. Meanwhile, a real serial killer is at work in their town and Casey thinks he might know who the maniac is.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
1979-08-09
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
Overview: A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 10–12 and 21, with alternate footage. Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-09
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The Bravos
1972-01-09
The Bravos
Overview: The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-09
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Timescape
1992-01-11
Timescape
Overview: Before they can complete renovations on their new inn, a father and daughter are visited by a woman seeking immediate lodging for her strange group of travelers.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-11
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The Todd Killings
1971-10-20
The Todd Killings
Overview: Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
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The Death Squad
1974-01-08
The Death Squad
Overview: When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-08
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Blackbeard's Ghost
1968-02-08
Blackbeard's Ghost
Overview: The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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He Rides Tall
1964-02-26
He Rides Tall
Overview: A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-26
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To Kill a Mockumentary
2004-01-01
To Kill a Mockumentary
Overview: A group of mockumentary filmmakers has been hired to make a full-scale studio production. The potential for hilarity is high when this low-rent team has access to a big budget -- and some big pressure from the studio bigwigs. Reality has never seemed so unreal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Time Share
2000-06-18
Time Share
Overview: Two single parents, one man and one woman, along with their kids, have to involuntarily share a house for their holidays.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-18
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Legend of the Phantom Rider
2003-02-11
Legend of the Phantom Rider
Overview: Two ancient entities reincarnated through the centuries face off time and again for an innocent soul.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-11
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Hangup
1974-10-01
Hangup
Overview: A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-01
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Night Gallery
1969-11-08
Night Gallery
Overview: This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-08
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The Sound of Anger
1968-12-10
The Sound of Anger
Overview: Two teenagers who have been engaged in pre-marital sex become the prime suspects when the girl's disapproving father is mysteriously murdered.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-10
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In Love with an Older Woman
1982-11-24
In Love with an Older Woman
Overview: A 29-year-old lawyer falls for a 43-year-old woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-24
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You'll Never See Me Again
1973-03-01
You'll Never See Me Again
Overview: After a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-01
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Phoenix
1998-09-04
Phoenix
Overview: Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-04
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Cry Rape
1973-11-27
Cry Rape
Overview: A man who is arrested for rape swears it wasn't him but somebody who looks just like him, but the victim insists it was him.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-27
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The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982-04-01
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Overview: A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Earthquake
1974-11-15
Earthquake
Overview: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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The American President
1995-11-17
The American President
Overview: Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-17
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013-04-25
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Overview: The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while Commander Riker encounters a beautiful rival with an eye on his job.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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A Time for Miracles
1980-12-21
A Time for Miracles
Overview: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible loss when two of her children die, but goes on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. Seton died in 1826 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-21
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Anarchy TV
1998-01-31
Anarchy TV
Overview: A group of anarchists use their public-access TV show to satirize the government until a right-wing preacher attempts to shut them down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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Chameleons
1989-12-20
Chameleons
Overview: Shelley, a slightly-crazy heiress, discovers that her eccentric millionaire uncle Jason Carr was rather more eccentric than even she had thought--he was a costumed superhero in his spare time, half of a duo calling itself "Captain Chameleon and the Paraclete of Justice." Now Shelley must find out exactly who murdered her uncle, with the help of her uncle's mysterious and handsome partner in fighting crime.
Genres: Comedy Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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