Rusty Schwimmer
Biography: An American film and television actress and singer. Her most prominent role so far is that of Barbara Ludzinski on The Guardian. Among her movie appearances are those as Joey B in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Mrs. Thornton in Twister, Mrs Pendleton in Amistad, Alice in EDtv, Irene "Big Red" Johnson in The Perfect Storm, Big Betty in North Country and Amelia Minchin in A Little Princess. Schwimmer has also appeared in minor roles in several television series, including episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, In the Heat of the Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tales from the Crypt, Married... With Children, ER, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Judging Amy, The X-Files, Gilmore Girls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shark, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Six Feet Under and others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Schwimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: August 25, 1962
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The Perfect Storm
2000-06-29
The Perfect Storm
Overview: In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-29
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The Black Disquisition
2021-10-01
The Black Disquisition
Overview: A traumatic event in a boy’s life underlies a surprising answer to a guidance counselor’s question. This is a simple, yet powerful, largely animated work that addresses the sad reality for Black people in America in a white supremacist world.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Killing Eleanor
2020-10-29
Killing Eleanor
Overview: A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-29
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The Crazysitter
1994-12-31
The Crazysitter
Overview: When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them for a quick profit, she gets more than she bargained for. A wildy clever family comedy in the tradition of "Home Alone" and "Mrs. Doubtfire".
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-31
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Mozart and the Whale
2005-09-10
Mozart and the Whale
Overview: A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-10
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Highlander II: The Quickening
1991-01-13
Highlander II: The Quickening
Overview: In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-13
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Amistad
1997-12-10
Amistad
Overview: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
Genres: Drama History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-10
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Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party
2007-08-28
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party
Overview: It's Aunt Jessie's birthday and Holly could not be more excited! There's so much to do - make and deliver the invitations, bake the cake, and practice her special song! But when Holly becomes a bit bossy with Amy and Carrie, the girls learn an important lesson about teamwork and honesty.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Darkness Before Dawn
1993-02-15
Darkness Before Dawn
Overview: An uplifting family drama about the danger of drug addiction, DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN stars Meredith Baxter (TV's FAMILY TIES). Baxter plays Mary Ann, a nurse at a methadone clinic who falls in love with one of her patients, Guy (Stephen Lang). While helping him overcome his drug addiction, she still manages to hide her own dalliances with narcotics--so well, in fact, that no one suspects at all. The pair marry and have a child, but soon Mary Ann's troubled past and hidden addiction threaten the stability of the happy life that she and Guy finally have for themselves. DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN illustrates the power of family love and how it can overcome even the greatest personal problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-15
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North of the 10
2022-02-10
North of the 10
Overview: The story of five friends struggling to succeed in Chicago's entertainment industry while one of them pursues an international romance with a wealthy young heiress.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-10
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North Country
2005-02-12
North Country
Overview: A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-12
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Heartless
1997-11-05
Heartless
Overview: A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-05
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The Thin Pink Line
1998-10-07
The Thin Pink Line
Overview: A film crew in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey Ledbetter, a quirky and potentially gay prisoner convicted of murdering his high school show choir teacher. As filming of the documentary progresses, evidence increases that Chauncey might be guilty after all.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-07
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The Hawk Is Dying
2007-03-30
The Hawk Is Dying
Overview: A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-30
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A Little Princess
1995-05-10
A Little Princess
Overview: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-10
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Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever
2007-09-18
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever
Overview: Holly and the Hey Girls learn that you never know who might make the perfect friend when they meet the town witch and find out she's really a wonderful old lady who can use a little of their help.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-18
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Scrooge & Marley
2012-12-01
Scrooge & Marley
Overview: A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates the holidays, is given the chance to begin again when he is visited by three spirits - the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Recounted from a gay sensibility with heart, comedy and music.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-01
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Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures
2007-02-20
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Secret Adventures
Overview: This Holly Hobbie adventure is full of secrets! Holly learns many lessons about the importance of keeping secrets when she accidentally shares Carrie's secret that she's afraid of the dark. Then, Holly makes it a secret Hey Girls project to help her Mom and Aunt Jesse gather sap for the family's famous maple syrup recipe. When they spill the precious sap, rather than tell the adults, Holly and her best friends, Amy and Carrie, find themselves in a frightful situation - gathering more sap in a scary, dark forest!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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Prison of Secrets
1997-03-16
Prison of Secrets
Overview: Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence, 10 years in a women's jail wing. Model husband Larry, who wasn't informed of her dumb schemes is left running her appeal, the household and spoiled daughter who now feels abandoned. Since most inmates are junkies or prostitutes, sergeant Ed Crang and fellow corrupt jailers can run a 'favors in kind exchange'. For rebels, it gets worse. Larry however has his own radio show, so it all hangs on gathering proof.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-16
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Perfect Sisters
2014-04-08
Perfect Sisters
Overview: Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-08
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993-08-13
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Overview: Jason Voorhees is tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-13
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Candyman
1992-10-16
Candyman
Overview: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-16
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Addicted to His Love
1988-03-27
Addicted to His Love
Overview: Larry Hogan, using various aliases, meets middle-aged women through dating services and personal ads and uses his charm to cheat them out of their money. When a number of his 'victims' compare notes things start to fall apart, leading to his downfall.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-27
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Getting Up and Going Home
1992-07-21
Getting Up and Going Home
Overview: A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs with three separate women.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-21
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Down, Out and Dangerous
1995-08-23
Down, Out and Dangerous
Overview: An escaped killer convict (Richard Thomas) upheaves the lives of a San Diego businessman (Bruce Davison) and his pregnant wife (Cynthia Ettinger).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-23
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Los Locos
1997-01-02
Los Locos
Overview: In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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Rushed
2021-08-27
Rushed
Overview: Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022-11-24
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Overview: On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-24
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Penitentia
2023-10-06
Penitentia
Overview: Alejandro 'Ale' Villacaño is a young associate lawyer who has landed a job at a prestigious law firm. Even though he was top of his class, he is also a former convict and an acquitted felon, which makes him an unlikely pick for this firm. Intent on forgetting his past and forging a new identity, he dedicates himself to being the top associate at the firm. He is reluctant to take on a pro bono case to help an old friend, but ultimately does so at the prodding of his mentor. For Ale, it's filing a few grievances against the local prison and then back to his new life. But for his client, it’s a matter of life and death. No matter how much Ale tries to resist, the pull to do the right thing, to fight the good fight is too strong. Ensnared now in a case rife with corruption, corporate negligence, and abuse of power, Ale must decide what kind of lawyer he is really meant to be.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes
2006-10-24
Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes
Overview: Holly Hobbie is excited about spending Christmas-time with her friends and family. She soon learns of the situation of a widow, Mrs. Deegan and her twin boys, Joey and Paul. She works together with her friends Amy Morris and Carrie Baker. They also take part in a Christmas pageant and Christmas caroling. Meanwhile, Holly's brother Robby dresses up as Santa Claus to earn extra money, but discovers the spirit of giving.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-24
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American Fable
2017-02-17
American Fable
Overview: When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he is and what will happen if he escapes, Gitty chooses to confront the thin line between reality and fiction.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-17
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Beautiful Dreamer
2006-01-01
Beautiful Dreamer
Overview: Claire Kelly was sure her world had been torn apart forever when the love of her life, a B-24 pilot, is shot down over Europe during World War II and declared dead. When she learns her husband survived the crash, Claire is determined to find Joe and bring him home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Blood Stripe
2016-06-02
Blood Stripe
Overview: After a third tour of duty in Afghanistan, a Marine sergeant returns home to find herself hemorrhaging anxiety and paranoia from unseen wounds.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-02
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The Dirk Diggler Story
1988-01-01
The Dirk Diggler Story
Overview: The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed male porn star. The character was modeled on American porn actor John Holmes. The film was later expanded into Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Angels of the City
1989-08-01
Angels of the City
Overview: College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-01
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The Belko Experiment
2016-03-17
The Belko Experiment
Overview: A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-17
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If These Walls Could Talk
1996-09-11
If These Walls Could Talk
Overview: A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-11
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The Sessions
2012-05-02
The Sessions
Overview: Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-02
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EDtv
1999-03-26
EDtv
Overview: Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996-11-08
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Overview: Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany to Argentina and took the name Ricardo Clement. He was wanted for the murders of both Europeans and Jews during the Holocaust. Learning of Eichmann's living in Argentina, the Mossad sends a team to capture him, led by agent Peter Malkin. The standing order: bring Eichmann back alive to Israel for trial.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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Twister
1996-05-10
Twister
Overview: An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-10
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John John in the Sky
2001-06-17
John John in the Sky
Overview: A young boy sets out to build a working airplane in order to allow him to escape with his mother from his abusive father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-17
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Wild Honey
2017-10-27
Wild Honey
Overview: WILD HONEY is an offbeat romantic comedy about a lonely, down-on-her-luck phone sex operator who falls for one of her callers, and flies across the country to find him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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Runaway Jury
2003-10-17
Runaway Jury
Overview: After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-17
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Wildlife
2014-01-01
Wildlife
Overview: A wounded shut-in attempts to free himself from the ghosts and savage history that has kept him bound in the town of Springville, Utah.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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30 Miles from Nowhere
2018-11-24
30 Miles from Nowhere
Overview: When five college pals return to rural Wisconsin for their estranged friend's funeral, what begins as an uneasy reunion becomes a terrifying fight for survival.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-24
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The Short History of the Long Road
2019-04-27
The Short History of the Long Road
Overview: Nola grew up living on a van with her father, Clint; two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past and her new destination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-27
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Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003-05-08
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Overview: Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he's the next great daredevil stuntman. He's not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Sleepwalkers
1992-04-10
Sleepwalkers
Overview: Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-10
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013-09-13
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Overview: Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-13
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T Bone N Weasel
1992-11-02
T Bone N Weasel
Overview: A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-02
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Melvin Smarty
2018-08-01
Melvin Smarty
Overview: Against the backdrop of Reno, talkback radio, casinos, money, religion, crime, and other perversions, Melvin Smarty is a comedic romp about young love and what it takes to achieve happiness - which given the context of the above, is quite a lot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-01
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Keep It Quiet
2020-06-16
Keep It Quiet
Overview: Corey, a veterinarian, keeps her depression a secret from her family and friends, until one day she decides to take her own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-16
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The Informant!
2009-09-18
The Informant!
Overview: A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Reckless Kelly
1993-04-08
Reckless Kelly
Overview: A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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Almost Heroes
1998-05-29
Almost Heroes
Overview: Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-29
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Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday
2025-03-08
Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday
Overview: In 1993, Jason Voorhees went to hell in what is one of the most polarizing instalments in the franchise. The Dark Heart of Jason Voorhees, produced by The Final Friday's director Adam Marcus & Creator Nick Hunt, goes behind the scenes and provides a never-before-seen look at the 9th instalment of one of the most iconic franchises in the horror genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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North Shore Fish
1997-02-20
North Shore Fish
Overview: Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Flo (Mercedes Ruehl), the "batter" person on the assembly line, not only were high school sweethearts, but are currently carrying on an affair.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-20
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Pants on Fire
2008-11-08
Pants on Fire
Overview: A struggling actor's tall tales of fame and fortune are suddenly challenged when his hometown buddies make a surprise trip to Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-08
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012-07-19
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Overview: A documentary on the history of the song "Hava Nagila."
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-19
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