Olympia Dukakis
Biography: Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man. She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olympia Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 20, 1931
Deathday: May 01, 2021
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The Wanderers
1979-07-13
The Wanderers
Overview: The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-13
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Moonstruck
1987-12-16
Moonstruck
Overview: 37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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Mr. Holland's Opus
1995-12-29
Mr. Holland's Opus
Overview: In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Away from Her
2007-05-04
Away from Her
Overview: Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-04
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Working Girl
1988-12-20
Working Girl
Overview: Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-20
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Steel Magnolias
1989-11-15
Steel Magnolias
Overview: A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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I Love Trouble
1994-06-29
I Love Trouble
Overview: Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-29
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Dad
1989-10-27
Dad
Overview: A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Mighty Aphrodite
1995-09-13
Mighty Aphrodite
Overview: When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-13
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Lilith
1964-10-01
Lilith
Overview: Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-01
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Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006-01-01
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Overview: Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful Italian-American family when he is reunited with a childhood schoolmate, Mary O'Callahan. Once mocked as 'Scary Mary' this ugly duckling has blossomed into an irresistible beauty. She's returned to the old neighborhood after an intense bout with cancer. When Joey learns her cure was the result of a miracle, friendship turns to romance as she educates him on the crossroads to the Almighty. Joey challenges his family's faith with his new found revelations and chaos ensues as they all search for a miracle of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Thing About My Folks
2005-06-02
The Thing About My Folks
Overview: Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for sale. The day trip turns into a road trip while dad and son explore their past, their relationship, and why Sam's wife might have left him. The road trip includes fishing, drinking, playing pool, sleeping under the stars, and frank discussion. Anger simmers close at hand, as do love and hope. Where Sam's wife is - and why she left - leads to the movie's resolution.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-02
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The Great New Wonderful
2005-04-22
The Great New Wonderful
Overview: The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Look Who's Talking Now!
1993-11-05
Look Who's Talking Now!
Overview: When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James – his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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Picture Perfect
1997-08-01
Picture Perfect
Overview: A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-01
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Look Who's Talking
1989-10-12
Look Who's Talking
Overview: Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-12
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Cher: In Her Own Words
2021-05-04
Cher: In Her Own Words
Overview: Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood up to conformity, and championed female independence. Proving the doubters wrong with every change of direction. Her influence on women in the industry, and direction of modern music is incalculable.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-04
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In the Land of Women
2007-04-20
In the Land of Women
Overview: After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-20
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Montana Amazon
2013-03-08
Montana Amazon
Overview: The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains for far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grand kids, across the American West into a comic collision with the mainstream world. Montana Amazon is a both funny and poignant fable on the nature of the human family.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-08
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The Event
2003-01-01
The Event
Overview: Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's loyal family members — mother Lila and sister Dana — she comes to learn that his closest pal, health-care worker Brian, is an ardent believer in assisted suicide and that he threw Matt a big party before his death. This presents a dilemma for the humane but dutiful Nick.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Idolmaker
1980-11-14
The Idolmaker
Overview: Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-14
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The Pentagon Wars
1998-02-28
The Pentagon Wars
Overview: From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.
Genres: Comedy Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-28
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004-07-12
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Overview: When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-12
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006-09-09
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Overview: After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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The Last Keepers
2013-01-04
The Last Keepers
Overview: This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When their teenage daughter Rhea falls in love with a poetically inclined boy , she begins to develop magical powers of her own throwing everything into chaos.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-04
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John and Mary
1969-12-14
John and Mary
Overview: John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-14
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Jeffrey
1995-08-18
Jeffrey
Overview: Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-18
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3 Needles
2005-09-09
3 Needles
Overview: A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of a South African village; in rural China, a black market operative posing as a government-sanctioned blood drawer jeopardizes an entire village's safety
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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The Neighborhood
1982-04-25
The Neighborhood
Overview: A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-25
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Beneath the Olive Tree
2015-03-07
Beneath the Olive Tree
Overview: The departure point for this film is a series of notebooks created during the Greek civil war of 1946-49 and first discovered years later, under an olive tree. Inside their pages, diary-like, deported women recount their experiences in Greek concentration camps. Many of them were active in the resistance under Nazi occupation. Actress Olympia Dukakis, who serves as the film’s narrator, was also the individual who originally called director Toska’s attention to the unique documents.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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Rich Kids
1979-08-17
Rich Kids
Overview: Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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The Cemetery Club
1993-02-03
The Cemetery Club
Overview: The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-03
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Twice a Man
1963-12-27
Twice a Man
Overview: A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring physician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-27
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Whiskey School
2005-09-11
Whiskey School
Overview: Leopold De Angeli is a talented playwright, but like many scribes he fancies the drink a little too much. In the hopes of saving Leopold's life, his theater friends come together to stage an intervention for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-11
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Day On Fire
2006-05-26
Day On Fire
Overview: The lives of a Palestinian journalist and a Jewish model become inextricably, and shockingly, intertwined after they meet by accident in New York.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-26
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Cloudburst
2011-09-23
Cloudburst
Overview: When Dot's granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitchhiker along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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And Never Let Her Go
2001-04-01
And Never Let Her Go
Overview: The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-01
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In the Spirit
1990-04-06
In the Spirit
Overview: After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartment, and they end up being pursued by a crazed killer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-06
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Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012-04-30
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Overview: Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of America’s greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of America’s most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-30
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Over the Hill
1992-06-30
Over the Hill
Overview: Alma can't stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-30
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Jerusalem
1996-09-06
Jerusalem
Overview: Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-09-06
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Emily & Tim
2015-08-29
Emily & Tim
Overview: The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-29
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The Christmas Spirit
2013-12-01
The Christmas Spirit
Overview: Charlotte Hart, a distinguished journalist, is spending time with her family over the holidays when a real estate developer approaches their small town with quite an offer. Skeptical and looking for the real scoop, Charlotte drives to see the real estate head honcho to question him. While she's en route, she gets into a terrible car accident and wakes up in the hospital only to realize that her body is in a coma, but her spirit is very much awake. She meets another spirit, who just happens to be the greedy developer. It turns out that he was on the other end of the accident and he too is in a coma. With only a few days left before the town votes on the development, Charlotte must try to change the minds of the developer and the town, but that is no easy task when no one can see or hear her. Will her voice be heard?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-01
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A Match Made in Heaven
1997-04-27
A Match Made in Heaven
Overview: A dying widow plays matchmaker to her 32-year-old unmarried son and sets him up with a nurse that she meets.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-27
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Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998-07-24
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Overview: Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-24
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King of America
1982-01-19
King of America
Overview: Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in America in 1915. He finds work on a railroad, but soon gives his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage beating. Making his way west across the country, Andreas eventually comes upon another railroad looking for workers. It turns out Mekakis has gone westward, too. He offers Andreas the only job suitable for him, a "mountain mover" on the suicide squad: He must grapple down the face of a cliff, position sticks of dynamite and then climb back up again before the lit fuses reach the explosive.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-19
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The Wanderers
1979-07-13
The Wanderers
Overview: The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-13
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Big Driver
2014-10-18
Big Driver
Overview: Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Digger
1993-09-29
Digger
Overview: A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-29
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The Rehearsal
1974-01-01
The Rehearsal
Overview: An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in the Athens Polytechnic (November 1973) by documents, rehearsals, interviews, songs and poems.
Genres: Drama Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Look Who's Talking Too
1990-12-14
Look Who's Talking Too
Overview: Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-14
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982-04-23
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Overview: A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-23
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Mafia Doctor
2003-03-16
Mafia Doctor
Overview: Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a way of intervening. Now a brilliant, successful cardiac surgeon, Frank seems to have it all, except for one terrible secret: Before he swore to save lives and do no harm, Frank took another oath... to mob boss Nicola Delarusso (Paul Sorvino), who paid his way through medical school in exchange for absolute loyalty. And when Delarusso demands payment in full Frank suffers a crisis of conscience that could cost him his job, his wife... and his life!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-16
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000-08-26
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Overview: After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-26
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A Little Game
2014-04-26
A Little Game
Overview: Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-26
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Better Living
1998-11-02
Better Living
Overview: A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-02
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Fire in the Dark
1991-07-01
Fire in the Dark
Overview: A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she is forced to move in with her daughter after a serious fall, and the family learns to face the future with dignity and hope.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-01
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7 Chinese Brothers
2015-08-14
7 Chinese Brothers
Overview: Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother proud?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-14
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980-05-15
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Overview: Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-15
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Death Wish
1974-07-24
Death Wish
Overview: After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-24
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Lucky Day
1991-03-10
Lucky Day
Overview: When 30-year-old Allison Campbell wins a $2 million lottery, her family life turns upside down not just because of her winnings but because Allison is mentally handicapped. Kari, her younger sister, has been caring for Alison for 10 years. Problems arise when the girls' mother, Katherine, decides she wants Allison to live with her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-10
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Sisters
1973-03-26
Sisters
Overview: Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-26
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Ladies and The Champ
2001-04-21
Ladies and The Champ
Overview: Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a prize fighter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-21
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Crimes of Honour
1999-12-31
Crimes of Honour
Overview: Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families. They may have lost their virginity, refused an arranged marriage or left an abusive husband. Even if a woman is raped or merely the victim of gossip, she must pay the price. Crimes of Honour documents the terrible reality of femicide – the belief that a girl’s body is the property of the family, and any suggestion of sexual impropriety must be cleansed with her blood. We meet women in hiding from their families, a brother who describes his reasons for killing the sister he loved, and a handful of women who have committed themselves to the protection of young women in danger of losing their lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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Crimes of Honour
1999-12-31
Crimes of Honour
Overview: Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families. They may have lost their virginity, refused an arranged marriage or left an abusive husband. Even if a woman is raped or merely the victim of gossip, she must pay the price. Crimes of Honour documents the terrible reality of femicide – the belief that a girl’s body is the property of the family, and any suggestion of sexual impropriety must be cleansed with her blood. We meet women in hiding from their families, a brother who describes his reasons for killing the sister he loved, and a handful of women who have committed themselves to the protection of young women in danger of losing their lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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A Life for a Life
1998-01-01
A Life for a Life
Overview: The 1998 dramatization of a 1970s UK miscarriage of justice, centered around Stefan Khizcho, and his mother's subsequent battle for his freedom.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009-01-16
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Overview: John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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The Infiltrator
2016-07-13
The Infiltrator
Overview: A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-13
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The Intended
2002-06-06
The Intended
Overview: A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-06
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Irene & Marie
2015-05-17
Irene & Marie
Overview: Olympia Dukakis and Rose Gregorio play Greek-American women in their 70s who create stories to avoid the realities of growing older.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-17
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017-03-11
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Overview: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-11
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Charlie's War
2003-05-02
Charlie's War
Overview: Charlie's War is the story of Charlotte Lewis, a woman who is experiencing serious emotional and mental turmoil brought about by nightmares of increasing intensity. In the dreams, she is a young girl, and she runs from unknown terrors. Trying to understand her troubling dreams, Charlotte revisits part of her childhood, which comes back to her in a series of impressionistic memories. Charlie, her sister, Jobie, and her mother move in with her grandmother. It is 1944, and World War II rages in Europe and the Far East. Though Grandma's farm seems to be a peaceful refuge, there is an undercurrent of fear and brooding menace in their surroundings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-02
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Change in the Air
2018-10-19
Change in the Air
Overview: A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals embrace her, their lives soon improve. But, they can't help notice that their strange new neighbor has a secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Borough of Kings
2000-12-31
Borough of Kings
Overview: Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. Tommy encourages Jimmy's dreams, and Jimmy gets the part of Banquo in a Joseph Papps production of "Macbeth." He goes to tell Tommy the good news and walks in on a mob hit. Tommy protects him temporarily from Nunzio, a murderous Mamaluc, but soon the cops get word Jimmy knows something. Can Jimmy succeed as an actor, be a stand up guy for Tommy, avoid Nunzio, and get closer to Anna, a woman he falls for at the theater?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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Guilty Hearts
2002-02-10
Guilty Hearts
Overview: Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-10
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Starring Austin Pendleton
2016-04-01
Starring Austin Pendleton
Overview: A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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Mother
1995-01-01
Mother
Overview: Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also discovers that his mother's best friend wishes to get closer to him, even if it means murder.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Olympia
2018-11-11
Olympia
Overview: Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-11
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Birds of a Feather
2011-03-03
Birds of a Feather
Overview: A coming of age film for 40 year olds. Three middle-aged friends reunite to put on a play and find themselves again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-03
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Flanagan
1985-10-30
Flanagan
Overview: Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he can't land an agent or a job. During the course of one summing-it-all-up day, he drives his cab around the city dealing with fare evaders, an insolent stage manager determined to keep him from auditioning for his choice director, his estranged wife who has a new lover, his mistress who seems awfully close to her "drawing teacher", and two teenage sons whose bright visions of the future don't seem to include jobs. If he can only cope with all the annoyances of this day, maybe he can deal with the limitations in his abilities and his future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-30
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Young at Heart
1995-03-12
Young at Heart
Overview: A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her recently-deceased husband has lost their bar and home to a gambling debt.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-12
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Never Too Late
1996-08-26
Never Too Late
Overview: Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-26
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Made For Each Other
1971-12-12
Made For Each Other
Overview: An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-12
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Dead Badge
1995-03-28
Dead Badge
Overview: After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Torres - a cop who died of a heroin O.D. Now it belongs to Dan Sampson... and it's haunting him.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-28
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Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006-01-31
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Overview: Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, which comes from the kitchen, and how a real Italian father is the source of believability for the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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The New Greek Americans
2020-05-19
The New Greek Americans
Overview: A chronicle of the Greek diaspora in the United States, starting from the 60s, when young Greek Americans, despite their conservative and uptight upbringing, started to embrace the flow of change in mentality. Each decade, this community assimilated staggering historical events: from the Civil Rights Movement all the way to the Michael S. Dukakis presidential nomination in 1998, a benchmark for the Greeks population in the USA. Narrated and hosted by Olympia Dukakis, this heartfelt documentary unfolds humorous and touching stories of second and third-generation immigrants, reflecting the multilayered aspects of “growing up Greek” in the USA.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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Milk & Money
1996-10-19
Milk & Money
Overview: When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn't really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes care of 21 cows in Manhattan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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My Beautiful Son
2001-01-01
My Beautiful Son
Overview: Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and some answers. - Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Nicky's World
1974-04-19
Nicky's World
Overview: A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma of repossession and property without destroying its heritage.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-19
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The New Abolitionists
2020-10-10
The New Abolitionists
Overview: Filmmaker Christina Zorich follows abolitionists throughout Southeast Asia that have dedicated their lives to rescuing, rehabilitating, preventing and prosecuting those involved in human sex trafficking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-10
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The Seagull
1975-01-05
The Seagull
Overview: Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konstantin (Frank Langella) has written an experimental play with the lead to be acted by his beloved, Nina (Blythe Danner). He arranges the first performance to take place at a country estate, but the presence of his self-absorbed mother (Lee Grant) and her novelist lover disrupts the production.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-05
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Stiletto
1969-07-30
Stiletto
Overview: A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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Not to Forget
2021-11-26
Not to Forget
Overview: A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of the elderly woman's wealth and becomes her caregiver, the young protagonist gets ever-closer to Grandma and the treasure he's been looking for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994-03-18
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Overview: Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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Scattering Dad
1998-01-04
Scattering Dad
Overview: An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-04
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