Howard Hesseman
Biography: Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022) was an American actor known for his television roles as burned out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with other noteworthy roles including Sam Royer (the husband of lead character Ann Romano) in the last two seasons of One Day at a Time, and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Hesseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: February 27, 1940
Deathday: January 29, 2022
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The Rocker
2008-08-20
The Rocker
Overview: In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-20
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Wild Oats
2016-09-22
Wild Oats
Overview: Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-22
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About Schmidt
2002-12-12
About Schmidt
Overview: A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-12
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Hot Chocolate
1992-01-01
Hot Chocolate
Overview: B.J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She undertakes to buy back a small French factory, specialized in chocolate truffles...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Billy Jack
1971-05-01
Billy Jack
Overview: Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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Jackson County Jail
1976-03-31
Jackson County Jail
Overview: A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Doctor Detroit
1983-05-06
Doctor Detroit
Overview: A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-06
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Halloween II
2009-08-28
Halloween II
Overview: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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All About Steve
2009-08-06
All About Steve
Overview: After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul mate. Because his job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country following Steve, with the encouragement of a reporter, turning up at media events he's at to convince him they are perfect for each other. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for who she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-06
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John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
1980-05-04
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
Overview: John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-04
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Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022-11-03
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Overview: Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-03
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Man About Town
2006-06-08
Man About Town
Overview: A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-08
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Gridlock'd
1997-01-29
Gridlock'd
Overview: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-29
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Tail Gunner Joe
1977-02-06
Tail Gunner Joe
Overview: Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-06
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Crazy for Christmas
2005-12-25
Crazy for Christmas
Overview: A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her limo on Christmas eve and has her drive him to various ice rinks where he gives out $100 bills to the people there. The news media catches on and starts following him.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-25
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Private Lessons
1981-05-01
Private Lessons
Overview: Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Rubin & Ed
1992-05-15
Rubin & Ed
Overview: Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed's ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.
Genres: Adventure Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-15
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Heat
1986-10-16
Heat
Overview: Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-16
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Clue
1985-12-13
Clue
Overview: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-13
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Loose Shoes
1978-09-01
Loose Shoes
Overview: Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-01
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The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
The Sunshine Boys
Overview: Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-06
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Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Honky Tonk Freeway
Overview: Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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My Chauffeur
1986-01-24
My Chauffeur
Overview: A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-24
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Americathon
1979-08-10
Americathon
Overview: In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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Salvation Boulevard
2011-07-15
Salvation Boulevard
Overview: Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-15
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On the 2nd Day of Christmas
1997-12-08
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
Overview: Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat wallets, they run into a little snag - a department store security guard named Bert catches them in the act. The store owner wants them arrested, but decides to wait until Christmas is over. To ensure they don't make a run for it, he entrusts their care to Bert. With jail on the horizon, Trish and Patsy are scared for their future. But as the holiday nears its end, it looks as though a budding romance might just save them after all.
Genres: Family Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-08
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The Ghost of Flight 401
1978-02-18
The Ghost of Flight 401
Overview: An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and crew on those aircraft report seeing what they believe to be the ghost of the wrecked airplane's flight engineer.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-18
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Steelyard Blues
1973-01-31
Steelyard Blues
Overview: A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap, they decide on borrowing the parts for their trip
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-31
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Inside Out
1987-08-21
Inside Out
Overview: An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-21
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Call Me Anna
1990-11-11
Call Me Anna
Overview: Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star growing into adulthood.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-11
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Tunnel Vision
1976-03-12
Tunnel Vision
Overview: A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-12
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Bigfoot
2012-10-28
Bigfoot
Overview: A rock concert awakens the legendary monster, who goes on a rampage. The event's organizer plans to kill the beast and create a tourist attraction around its stuffed body, but an environmentalist realizes the creature is the last of its species, and is determined to make sure it does not become extinct.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-28
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Little Miss Millions
1993-11-27
Little Miss Millions
Overview: Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her real mother.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-27
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Six Against the Rock
1987-05-18
Six Against the Rock
Overview: In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five accomplices, falls apart when they can't obtain a key to unlock a door leading to the yard.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-18
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Quiet Killer
1992-03-24
Quiet Killer
Overview: On her way home in a plane to New York, the teenage Sarah gets very ill. She realizes too late that it's more than a cold and with her parents still on vacation, she breaks down in the middle of the street and dies shortly after in a hospital -- by the plague, as the terrified coroners find out. While trying to keep this from the public to avoid a panic, epidemic commissioner Dr. Nora Hart has to investigate Sarah's identity and find everyone who had contact with her. If she misses a single person, the plague could kill half the city in a few days!
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-24
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Teddy Bears' Picnic
2002-03-29
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Overview: In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual communal vacation of a group of rich, white U.S. government and business leaders who drink and carouse to excess while plotting their next move on the global stage. His goal? To sell the embarrassing and incriminating footage to the media and expose the "leaders" for what they really are.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991-09-23
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Overview: Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed by rejection, she seduces 15-year-old Billy, one of her students. Pam challenges Billy to prove his love for her by getting rid of her husband. The stakes heat up with a huge insurance policy on her husband's life.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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The Diamond Trap
1988-01-01
The Diamond Trap
Overview: When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go down at a renowned gallery, they enlist one of their suspects, gallery employee Tara Holden (Brooke Shields). But an attempt to foil the robbery explodes with deadly consequences for Tara. Committed to break the case, Rawlings relentlessly pursues the clues through a twisted maze of deceit and danger that takes him to England, where he and Scotland Yard detecive Charlie Lawson expose the ultimate con and solve the crime.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock
2005-07-05
Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock
Overview: This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that littered the West during the late '60s and helped launch such super groups as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Quicksilver Messenger Service. Music by Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Charlatans is also featured. The Red Dog Saloon had its genesis in 1964 when a group of free-thinking, LSD-enhanced Northern California students and young folks had a party and began thinking about starting up a saloon that would evoke the old West. They decided to build their saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, a once prosperous town that was by then nearly empty. The ambience of the saloon blended Old West sensibilities with modern psychedelia, go-go girls and plenty of illegal drugs. The film is comprised of interviews with surviving founders, actual archival footage, and even a performance of some of the musicians who appeared there.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-05
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Skyward
1980-11-20
Skyward
Overview: Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-20
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977-12-28
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Overview: An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Genres: Adventure Horror Thriller TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-28
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The Blue Knight
1975-05-09
The Blue Knight
Overview: In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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The Comedy Company
1978-07-21
The Comedy Company
Overview: An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-21
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Munchie Strikes Back
1994-08-01
Munchie Strikes Back
Overview: The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never been easy for Munchie, but this time he gives it his best shot. He is sent to earth and finds himself in the company of the McClelland family. As he proves himself, he becomes mixed up in the family's many problems. Munchie does his best to fulfill his duty on Earth, but not without getting involved in a little mischief. Written by Concorde - New Horizons.
Genres: Fantasy Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-01
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Lethal Exposure
1993-03-28
Lethal Exposure
Overview: Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the airport slaying of a man handcuffed to him and decides she needs a good story to go with her picture.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-28
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Out-of-Sync
1995-06-04
Out-of-Sync
Overview: A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-04
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You Can't Take it With You
1979-05-16
You Can't Take it With You
Overview: Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
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Jory
1973-01-01
Jory
Overview: Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the boy under their wing, and find that tragedy has taught him how to take care of himself better than anyone could expect.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Prisoners
1975-07-01
Prisoners
Overview: Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is imprisoned at Quai Dong, on the South China Sea, for refusing to fight. After a year at hard labor, he is told to use his Vietnamese language skills to question a Viet Cong suspect. The prisoner is drugged and tortured during the interrogation. Krueger eventually stops the torture by pretending that the prisoner has disclosed the location of a supply dump.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Mister Roberts
1984-03-18
Mister Roberts
Overview: Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-18
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Silent Movie
1976-06-17
Silent Movie
Overview: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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Outside Chance
1978-12-02
Outside Chance
Overview: An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who steal her car and leave her unconscious by the roadside. She becomes a fugitive after killing her jailer during a rape attempt and breaking out with one of the hitchhikers who could prove her innocence.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-02
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Gridlock
1980-10-02
Gridlock
Overview: A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-02
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The Mesmerist
2002-03-11
The Mesmerist
Overview: Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on tormenting the living. When a medical experiment leaves the grouch hovering between life and death (and able to describe the world beyond), things get tricky for his daughter (Jessica Capshaw) and her beau (Neil Patrick Harris, of "Doogie Howser, M.D." fame), who can't get their hands on his estate.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-11
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The Sky is Falling
2001-06-07
The Sky is Falling
Overview: A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-07
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The Blue Knight
1973-11-11
The Blue Knight
Overview: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Genres: Action TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-11
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The Big Bus
1976-06-23
The Big Bus
Overview: The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-23
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The Fantastic Funnies
1980-05-15
The Fantastic Funnies
Overview: In this partially-animated TV special, Loni Anderson salutes the funny pages with interviews with famous cartoonists AND their creations!
Genres: Animation Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-15
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Some Kind of a Nut
1969-09-14
Some Kind of a Nut
Overview: A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-14
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The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986-08-11
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Overview: There was once a very serious kingdom. So serious, that the King demanded to be addressed as Your Seriousness...
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-11
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Silver Skies
2016-09-22
Silver Skies
Overview: A group of eccentric retirees' lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is suddenly sold out from under them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-22
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This Is Spinal Tap
1984-03-02
This Is Spinal Tap
Overview: "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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A Christmas in Vermont
2016-11-27
A Christmas in Vermont
Overview: Riley Thomas is sent by her profit-obsessed boss to shut down one of the company’s holdings, a small outerwear company in Vermont, for missing profit targets. Riley finds that the company is the lifeblood of a town and, instead of closing down the iconic firm, she unexpectedly falls in love and learns valuable lessons beyond the bottom line.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-27
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Silence of the Heart
1984-10-30
Silence of the Heart
Overview: A mother going through a painful, protracted divorce realizes too late the effect it's having on her troubled son.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-30
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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983-05-16
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Overview: Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on NBC on May 16. Highlights include Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean", a Temptations/Four Tops "battle of the bands", Marvin Gaye's inspired speech about black music history and his memorable performance of "What's Going On", and a Jackson 5 reunion.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-16
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High Stakes
1997-07-07
High Stakes
Overview: A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However, her need for an adrenaline high is overpowering and she becomes a gambling addict.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-07
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Best Kept Secrets
1984-03-26
Best Kept Secrets
Overview: Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forrest is denied this position on the basis of information concerning his wife. The information, which reveals a dicey extramarital affair, was culled from a department surveillance file that was supposed to have been destroyed by court order. Blaise battles through legal channels to expose the police force's illegal actions, even as she and her husband suffer the innuendoes and cold shoulders from his fellow officers.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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The Other Side of Midnight
1977-06-08
The Other Side of Midnight
Overview: When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-08
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Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015-10-13
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Overview: Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the most famous comedians consider him their mentor. Fifteen years after Del Close’s death, thousands of Improv students, comedy fans, actors, and successful comedians gather to celebrate the most important person in modern comedy that no one knows.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-13
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Petulia
1968-06-10
Petulia
Overview: Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-10
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Flight of the Navigator
1986-07-30
Flight of the Navigator
Overview: 12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
Genres: Family Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-30
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Shampoo
1975-02-11
Shampoo
Overview: A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to gather the money to open his own salon are continually side-tracked by the distractions presented by his many lovers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-11
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Whiffs
1975-10-15
Whiffs
Overview: Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-15
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One Shoe Makes it Murder
1982-11-06
One Shoe Makes it Murder
Overview: Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-06
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Hustling
1975-02-22
Hustling
Overview: Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-22
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985-03-28
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Overview: Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-28
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The Jerk
1979-12-14
The Jerk
Overview: After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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A Session with the Committee
1969-08-11
A Session with the Committee
Overview: A Session with the Committee
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-11
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Valerie
2019-08-07
Valerie
Overview: A documentary of the incredible life of actress Valerie Perrine and her battle with Parkinson's.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-07
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Victims
1982-01-11
Victims
Overview: A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-11
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More Than Friends
1978-10-20
More Than Friends
Overview: Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-20
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Life After The Navigator
2020-11-09
Life After The Navigator
Overview: A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his roller-coaster life since that breakthrough role.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-09
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Martian Child
2007-11-02
Martian Child
Overview: A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-02
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Kid Blue
1973-01-31
Kid Blue
Overview: Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-31
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Cisco Pike
1972-01-14
Cisco Pike
Overview: A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-14
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The Christian Licorice Store
1971-11-01
The Christian Licorice Store
Overview: A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977-04-13
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Overview: The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-13
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Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Amazon Women on the Moon
Overview: Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020-10-14
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
Overview: Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-14
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