Joaquim de Almeida
Biography: Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born March 15, 1957) is a Portuguese actor. He began his acting during the 1980s, appearing on the 1982 action movie The Soldier. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1995 Tom Clancy's thriller Clear and Present Danger, drug kingpin Bucho in the 1995 action thriller film Desperado, Ramon Salazar on the Fox thriller drama series 24 and the corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes in 2011 street racing film Fast Five. His other well known films include The Honorary Consul (1983), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Only You (1994), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007), Che: Part Two (2008) and The Burning Plain (2008). He has worked in Europe, Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Brazil in many film and stage productions, winning several international awards.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 15, 1957
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Stranded
2001-09-24
Stranded
Overview: A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to survive as the minutes slip away?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-24
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The Heart of the Earth
2007-03-17
The Heart of the Earth
Overview: Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-03-17
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The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007-07-23
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Overview: A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-23
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The Life
2004-04-16
The Life
Overview: An anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she ever expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-04-16
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La conjura de El Escorial
2008-09-05
La conjura de El Escorial
Overview: 16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-09-05
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Behind Enemy Lines
2001-11-30
Behind Enemy Lines
Overview: While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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Desperado
1995-08-25
Desperado
Overview: El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-25
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Che: Part Two
2008-12-12
Che: Part Two
Overview: After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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La Cucina
2007-03-23
La Cucina
Overview: A small group of amateur cooks and kitchen guests discover exactly why some refer to the kitchen as the "heart of the house".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-23
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Only You
1994-03-04
Only You
Overview: Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to marry podiatrist Dwayne in 10 days, Faith receives a phone call from Dwayne's old classmate named Damon Bradley who is on his way to Venice. Faith tries to catch him at the airport but just misses him so she impulsively decides to fly to Venice hoping to finally encounter the man of her dreams; accompanying her on the trip is her sister-in-law and childhood best friend, Kate, who has just left her husband, Faith's brother Larry.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Fast X
2023-05-17
Fast X
Overview: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-17
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Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Clear and Present Danger
Overview: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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Call Girl
2007-12-27
Call Girl
Overview: A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-12-27
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Sweat
2002-07-24
Sweat
Overview: Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-24
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No Vacancy
1999-04-16
No Vacancy
Overview: In a surreal motel in Los Angeles, the life of several sordid characters intertwine.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-16
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Il fuggiasco
2003-11-14
Il fuggiasco
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Break of Dawn
2002-09-11
Break of Dawn
Overview: An ex-con suffering from terminal cancer and a suicidal ex-legionnaire are hired to participate in a staged assassination attempt on a Romanian politician. As part of the plan, the two must themselves be murdered in order to make their target appear more powerful. But while their circumstances make them perfect fall guys, their lives are initially spared when the attack descends into chaos. Staying alive thereafter involves the two strangers working together to dodge both fellow conspirators and the police.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-09-11
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The Xango from Baker Street
2001-09-27
The Xango from Baker Street
Overview: Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-09-27
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A Shot in the Dark
2005-03-17
A Shot in the Dark
Overview: A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-03-17
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The Fencing Master
1992-09-18
The Fencing Master
Overview: A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is famous for. When a local nobleman becomes involved with her the intrigue begins.
Genres: Thriller History Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Pereira Declares
1995-04-06
Pereira Declares
Overview: Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil war Spain or even inside Portugal itself in the form of Salazar's regime, Pereira only concerns himself with writing bios and translating French novels. Things change after he hires a young writer as his assistant, getting to know also his girlfriend – both opponents to the regime – and reluctantly helps them when they begin to get in trouble for subversive activities. Eventually, he's forced to take a stand...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-04-06
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Good Morning, Babylon
1987-05-13
Good Morning, Babylon
Overview: After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood designing sets for D.W.Griffith and marry beautiful actresses, but tragedy strikes with the arrival of World War I, which finds the brothers fighting on opposite sides...
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-05-13
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The Celestine Prophecy
2006-06-01
The Celestine Prophecy
Overview: A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening, arising within all religious traditions, that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.
Genres: Romance Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-01
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Tale About the Cat and the Moon
1997-04-16
Tale About the Cat and the Moon
Overview: A poem. A tale made of silence and complicity. Light and shadows, the charm of the night, the moon as a passion... This is a tale about someone who tried to make the dream come true. This is the tale about the cat and the moon.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-04-16
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Dollar for the Dead
1998-10-11
Dollar for the Dead
Overview: In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The gunman gets mixed up with a former Confederate soldier (William Forsythe) who has knowledge of hidden gold. The only trouble is he is also pursued by Union soldiers. When they free a man (Ed Lauter) with part of the map to the gold, they then are also pursued by Spanish soldiers. It all leads to a small Mexican town terrorized by soldiers and led a by a good priest (Joaquim De Almeida) who also has knowledge of the gold.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-11
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The Honorary Consul
1983-09-30
The Honorary Consul
Overview: Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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The Immortals
2003-11-07
The Immortals
Overview: Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On the summer of 1985, tired of their monotonous lives, they decide to rob a bank. Joaquim Malarranha, a chief inspector from the local police force who is about to retire, crosses their path and chooses to spend his last days of duty trying to solve the robbery. But as he carries on with his investigation, he discovers more than he could have ever imagined...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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Fast Five
2011-04-20
Fast Five
Overview: Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-20
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April Captains
2000-04-21
April Captains
Overview: Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-04-21
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Mamitas
2012-04-27
Mamitas
Overview: A teenager in Echo Park deals with the loss of his mother and his attraction to a girl not considered "cool" by his friends.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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Women
1997-10-17
Women
Overview: Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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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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Backlight
2010-07-10
Backlight
Overview: Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where they all have the opportunity to save each other.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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Christopher Roth
2010-04-10
Christopher Roth
Overview: A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-10
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Holy Money
2009-09-16
Holy Money
Overview: Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineyard in Sant'Angelo, the village his parents came from in Italy. Surprised by the large sum of money offered to him by a curious Italian "Master of Wine" for the land he just inherited, and considering the mysterious circumstances surrounding Dario's death, Anthony decides to drive down to Sant'Angelo. Anthony soon feels he's in the middle of something he doesn't understand and wants to leave, but... He gets tangled up in "Love's" web and suddenly finds himself the target of a crazy manhunt.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-16
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La Cucaracha
1998-05-14
La Cucaracha
Overview: A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-14
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The Dumbfounded King
1991-11-01
The Dumbfounded King
Overview: Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Sandino
1990-01-01
Sandino
Overview: Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men."
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Adam and Eve
1995-12-22
Adam and Eve
Overview: Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure him into her bed. When Catarina reveals her pregnancy, though, her current live-in girlfriend doesn't take to it kindly and promises to make Catarina's life hell; to make matters worse, Rafael finds out her true identity and comes to Lisbon to see her. And Catarina's sole refuge is in the arms of fellow journalist Francisco, her professional relationship slowly becoming a romantic one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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The Palace
2023-09-28
The Palace
Overview: A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-28
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His Master's Voice
2001-05-18
His Master's Voice
Overview: Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira decides to entrust Charli with the protection of his daughter Marta.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-05-18
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Water and Salt
2001-08-01
Water and Salt
Overview: Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days. That seems to be the ideal solution, because Ana needs to finish a work she has been doing for a long time. But her concentration seems threatened when she starts doing her daily walks by the village and the beach: she saves a stranger from death in the sea, meets young Alexandre and Emilia, and her friend Vera turns up in her house. And then, everything changes…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Inferno
1999-12-24
Inferno
Overview: Ten men,ten brothers in arms who fought together in the Portuguese Colony of Angola during the colonial war,gather together every year to dinner and remember those brave times of war...this year, the presence of Nina, a prostitute and a hunt that end in a shootout, will call their instincts and traumatic pasts for one last mission...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-12-24
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God Save the Queens
2022-06-12
God Save the Queens
Overview: A dramedy about four Drag Queens who find themselves at the very same therapy retreat. In an effort to overcome issues holding them back, they dissect their problems, told in vignettes of their lives. They discover common ground; Perhaps, it wasn't serendipity that brought them together. Maybe they're not alone?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-12
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Three-60
2013-07-26
Three-60
Overview: Guillermo (Raúl Mérida) is a passionate young college surf casually discovering an old photographic film. In the photographs are enigmatic images and a familiar face, leading Guillermo to embark on a perilous investigation with the help of Daniela, a student from Fine Arts, and his brother, a computer expert. None of them is aware that such research can change their lives forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-07-26
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Robosapien: Rebooted
2013-04-01
Robosapien: Rebooted
Overview: A robotic boy and a human boy join forces to save their parents from the organization that funded the robot's creator.
Genres: Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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The Gilded Cage
2013-04-19
The Gilded Cage
Overview: In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-04-19
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Shadows in a Conflict
1993-09-10
Shadows in a Conflict
Overview: Ana, a former member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who lives in a small village near the Portuguese border working as a veterinarian and sharing her days with her partner Darío and their daughter Amalia, meets José, an attractive man who participated in the dirty anti-terrorist war against ETA criminals who took refuge in France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Oscar. The color of destiny
2008-02-22
Oscar. The color of destiny
Overview: "Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a talented artist who was ignored after he committed suicide, fifty years ago, victim of a serious illness which had disfigured his body: the Elephant Man's disease. The film is stirring and touching and compels admiration for the bohemian painter whose fate was self-destruction, after a wild crazy life. Lucas Fernández turns the life of a debauchee, who regarded himself a monster because of his disfiguring disease, into a universal story where art is the product of love and loneliness, of sex and violence before, during and after the Nazi invasion of Paris.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-02-22
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Fátima
1997-10-10
Fátima
Overview: 1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Uma Vida Normal
1994-03-04
Uma Vida Normal
Overview: Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Tentação
1997-12-26
Tentação
Overview: Father António is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet village of the north. But Father António is also a man, and Vila Daires is not as peaceful as it seems. The good intentions of the Father will not be sufficient to halt the worsening of the conflict. And when your fate intersects with Lena, the "black sheep" of the village, Father will also be forced to confront his own demons. Especially with those who never even thought that could exist.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-12-26
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On the Run
1999-01-29
On the Run
Overview: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night in New York that will change both their lives forever.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-29
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The Burning Plain
2008-11-07
The Burning Plain
Overview: A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014-08-21
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
Overview: Commander Vasco Moscoso de Aragão entertains the small town of Periperi with the stories of his many adventures travelling around the world as a captain of the merchant navy. Stubborn Chico Pacheco is the only one in town who doesn't believe his tales.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-08-21
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O Último Animal
2023-11-30
O Último Animal
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-11-30
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Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014-09-12
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Overview: In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything...
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Corazón loco
1997-05-14
Corazón loco
Overview: Félix (Juanjo Puigcorbé), a likeable and careerist flat salesman, wants to be the commercial director of his company at all costs. The bad thing is that this position is deserved by Lola (Cristina Marcos), a young and efficient saleswoman, with whom Félix gets on terribly and who, to make matters worse, is the lover of Emilio (Joaquim de Almeida), their boss.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-05-14
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Of Mind and Music
2014-10-19
Of Mind and Music
Overview: Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-19
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Road House
2024-03-08
Road House
Overview: Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-08
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Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006-02-24
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Overview: The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne to usher Catholicism into the 21st century. Born in Poland and forced to carry on following the untimely death of his family, Karol Wojtyla endured both personal hardships and the rape of his homeland by the Third Reich to spread the word of God through the Catholic Church. Later, as Pope John Paul II, Wojtyla was beloved by millions of Catholics worldwide. From the sexual-abuse scandal that shook the American Catholic Church in the later-20th century to the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and the near-fatal assassination attempt made on his own life, Pope John Paul II endured to bridge the gap between various faiths until his death resulting from Parkinson's disease in April of 2005.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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El baile de las ánimas
1994-01-14
El baile de las ánimas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-01-14
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Alex
1991-02-16
Alex
Overview: The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-02-16
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Epitaph
Epitaph
Overview: An ex-Army marksman's plan to avenge the murder of his parents brings him into business with a murder-for-hire organization and the C.I.A.
Genres: Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
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Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
2014-10-24
Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun
Overview: An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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A Date with Miss Fortune
2015-08-13
A Date with Miss Fortune
Overview: When a struggling writer meets a superstitious Portuguese beauty, he has no idea that his life and luck are both about to change. A romantic comedy about cross-cultural relationships.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-13
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One Man's Hero
1999-08-02
One Man's Hero
Overview: One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ethnic prejudice in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War. The plot centers around the personal story of John Riley, an Irishman who had been a sergeant in the American Army who is commissioned as a captain in the Mexican army and commands the battalion, as he leads his men in battle and struggles with authorities on both sides of the border
Genres: Western Action Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-02
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Our Brand Is Crisis
2015-09-11
Our Brand Is Crisis
Overview: Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-11
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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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Diablo
2016-01-08
Diablo
Overview: A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-08
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Smoke Signals
2024-05-01
Smoke Signals
Overview: 2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member of the European Parliament José Bové, maverick politician and prominent figure of the environmental party, suspects a setup by the tobacco manufacturer Swedish Match, potentially involving the President of the European Commission, José Barroso. Standing alone against all odds, he decides to investigate and unravel this story, which shook the foundations of the entire European institutions.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-05-01
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A Passing Season
1992-09-07
A Passing Season
Overview: As he does at the end of every summer, Antonio climbs onto his roof to sweep out his chimney. From this vantage point, he sees that repairs have begun on one of the neighbouring houses - the one formerly inhabited by the "Nazi" (a guy's name), which after ten years of abandonment is known to the whole neighbourhood as the "mystery house". With the arrival of fall, Antonio will uncover love, deception, and death, by watching through his window.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-09-07
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Terre sacrée
1988-09-15
Terre sacrée
Overview: A Chilean returning to Santiago to find out what has happened to his native country while he has been away, discovers much about himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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Downsizing
2017-12-22
Downsizing
Overview: A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-22
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The Sun and the Moon
1987-01-02
The Sun and the Moon
Overview: Her deepening affair with a separatist spurs a wealthy Manhattanite to return to the Bronx, where she grew up, and reevaluate her Puerto Rican cultural roots.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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Les Deux Fragonard
1989-04-19
Les Deux Fragonard
Overview: The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d'Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-04-19
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Disamistade
1988-09-25
Disamistade
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-09-25
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The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017-08-16
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Overview: The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-16
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Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
1993-01-15
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
Overview: Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing. Shunned and exiled for crossing a line by insulting the daughter of a prominent family, he finds himself penniless and vagrant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Cold Land
1992-06-22
Cold Land
Overview: In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-06-22
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Milan noir
1987-01-01
Milan noir
Overview: The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Vendetta
1999-09-12
Vendetta
Overview: Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-12
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Breaking & Exiting
2018-08-17
Breaking & Exiting
Overview: Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self discovery and love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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Moscow Zero
2006-11-05
Moscow Zero
Overview: In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.
Genres: Action Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-05
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On the Edge of the Horizon
1993-11-24
On the Edge of the Horizon
Overview: Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-11-24
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Repórter X
1987-05-22
Repórter X
Overview: A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-22
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An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2019-04-05
An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Overview: A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-04-05
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Fatima
2020-08-13
Fatima
Overview: In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-13
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The Lovebirds
2008-03-13
The Lovebirds
Overview: THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon during the course of one night where love is the art of survival. Written by Anonymous
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-13
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El día que nací yo
1991-09-25
El día que nací yo
Overview: A gypsy who sells fish in a market, sings on weekends in a tablao. One day, a professor, exiled in Cádiz for her political ideas, offers the cantaora a job.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-09-25
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Amok
1993-10-09
Amok
Overview: Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-10-09
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The Legion
2020-05-08
The Legion
Overview: Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
Genres: Adventure History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-08
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Aqui D'El Rei!
1992-04-24
Aqui D'El Rei!
Overview: At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty. Mouzinho instantly becomes a national hero but his raising popularity worries the State.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-04-24
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Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
1995-07-01
Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
Overview: A five hour documentary series about the legendary "queen" of fado.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-07-01
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Retrato de Família
1991-12-12
Retrato de Família
Overview: Ofelia is the daughter of photographer Miguel and of deceased circus artist Lea. When her father is hospitalised with a nervous breakdown, she decides to find out the reason and in doing so discovers the truth about the relationship between her parents and the true fate of her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-12-12
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Love and Debate
2006-06-13
Love and Debate
Overview: A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual assault.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-13
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Missing
2023-01-19
Missing
Overview: When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers... and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-19
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Priceless Beauty
1988-04-28
Priceless Beauty
Overview: A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-28
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Looking for Cesária Évora
2019-06-09
Looking for Cesária Évora
Overview: Cesária Évora made the music of the Cape Verde islands famous throughout the world in the early 1990s. This film is an introduction to the culture, music and zest for life of the Cape Verdean people. On the occasion of the famous carnival of Mindelno, on the island of São Vicente where Cesaria Évora was born, this documentary offers a musical journey to discover "Sodade" and its legacy. Cesaria Évora, who died in 2011 after a twenty-year career, has allowed Cape Verde to shine throughout the world. The "barefoot diva", considered the queen of the morna has conquered the world and inspired many Cape Verdean artists. The small archipelago, which was for several centuries an important hub of the slave trade has promoted since then an important ethnic mix, which has played an important role in the evolution of local music.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-06-09
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Land of Dreams
2022-09-16
Land of Dreams
Overview: Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control its citizens, has begun a program to record their dreams. Unaware of this devious plot, Simin is torn between her compassion for those whose dreams she is recording and a truth she must find within.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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