Michael Gough
Biography: Francis Michael Gough (23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances, known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958 and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher Batman series.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 23, 1916
Deathday: March 17, 2011
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Batman
1989-06-21
Batman
Overview: Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
Genres: Fantasy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-21
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Batman Returns
1992-06-19
Batman Returns
Overview: Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds herself transformed into Catwoman and is out for revenge...
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-19
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Batman Forever
1995-06-16
Batman Forever
Overview: Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Genres: Action Crime Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-16
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Batman & Robin
1997-06-20
Batman & Robin
Overview: Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-20
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Out of Africa
1985-12-20
Out of Africa
Overview: Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-20
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Sleepy Hollow
1999-11-19
Sleepy Hollow
Overview: Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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Corpse Bride
2005-09-12
Corpse Bride
Overview: In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-12
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The Age of Innocence
1993-09-10
The Age of Innocence
Overview: In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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The Fourth Protocol
1987-03-20
The Fourth Protocol
Overview: Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Caravaggio
1986-08-29
Caravaggio
Overview: A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-29
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Witness for the Prosecution
1982-12-04
Witness for the Prosecution
Overview: Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-04
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Black Zoo
1963-05-15
Black Zoo
Overview: Michael Conrad, owner of a group of strange animals, trains his beasts to obey him, unleashing them on anyone who stands in his way. His wife and mute assistant begin to suspect that they too are becoming part of the black zoo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-15
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Horror Hospital
1973-05-11
Horror Hospital
Overview: Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehouse Manor, a health farm run by the leather-gloved, ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Storm. Along the way, Jason meets Judy, also on her way to Brittlehouse Manor to visit her aunt, who married Dr. Storm some years ago. Once they arrive, the pair realise rather quickly that something is wrong, probably because the other guests have had their brains surgically removed, or all the blood pouring from the sink, or possibly just because the creepy midget keeps telling them to brush their teeth.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-11
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Satan's Slave
1976-08-01
Satan's Slave
Overview: A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-01
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Venom
1981-11-28
Venom
Overview: International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and several hostages are trapped in the boy's London home.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-28
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Crucible of Horror
1971-11-10
Crucible of Horror
Overview: A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988-02-05
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Overview: A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Dracula
1958-04-21
Dracula
Overview: After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-21
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The Peaceful Inn
1957-11-07
The Peaceful Inn
Overview: A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrives at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter.. TV remake of the 1944 film THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-07
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Anna Karenina
1948-01-22
Anna Karenina
Overview: Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-22
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Alice in Wonderland
2010-03-03
Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-03
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Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
1996-10-25
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
Overview: On Halloween night, Pooh and the gang are ready for Halloween, but Piglet is too scared to join in.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
1999-01-01
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Overview: In "Frankenpooh", it's a dark night in the Hundred Acre Wood, and Piglet wants to tell a nice, not-so-scary story, but Tigger tells a very scary story about Dr. Von Piglet creating The Monster Frankenpooh. Next, in "Things that go Piglet in the Night", Pooh and the gang believe there is a ghost in the Hundred Acre Wood. Finally, in "Pooh Moon", Pooh and Piglet find they’ve landed on the Honey Moon, while the others think the Grab-Me Gotcha has got them!
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh
2000-01-01
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Pooh
Overview: In a "Knight to Remember", during a rainy day in Christopher Robin’s attic, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and Eeyore play a game of chess which ends up becoming a little too real. Next, in "Rock-a-Bye Pooh Bear", a stormy nightmare proves to be no picnic for Piglet. Now he's afraid to go to sleep and it's up to Pooh, Rabbit and Tigger to show their friend that dreary dreams do not come true.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
2000-11-06
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Overview: Winnie the Pooh's Spookable Fun is a Walt Disney video release containing five terror-themed episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, including "Things That Go Piglet in the Night", "The Monster Frankenpooh", "Rock-a-Bye Pooh Bear", "Pooh Moon", and "A Knight to Remember".
Genres: Comedy Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-06
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The Man in the White Suit
1951-08-07
The Man in the White Suit
Overview: The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-07
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965-02-23
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Overview: Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-23
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Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968-12-01
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Overview: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming, and his niece more demonstrably so, Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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They Came from Beyond Space
1967-05-01
They Came from Beyond Space
Overview: A group of scientists are possessed by an alien force when they investigate a meteor shower in a rural field.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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The Dresser
1983-12-06
The Dresser
Overview: In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-06
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The Go-Between
1971-06-16
The Go-Between
Overview: British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-16
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Berserk!
1967-11-01
Berserk!
Overview: A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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The Skull
1965-08-25
The Skull
Overview: An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-25
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Konga
1961-01-01
Konga
Overview: Dr. Decker returns from Africa after a year, presumed dead. In that year, he discovered a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga', to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and wreaks havoc all over London!
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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The Horse's Mouth
1958-11-11
The Horse's Mouth
Overview: Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-11
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Trog
1970-10-24
Trog
Overview: Anthropologist Dr. Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte -- an Ice Age "missing link": half-caveman, half-ape -- in a local cave. Through medical experimentation, she manages to communicate with him and domesticate him before he's let loose by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorizing the local citizenry.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-24
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The Legend of Hell House
1973-06-15
The Legend of Hell House
Overview: A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-15
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Horrors of the Black Museum
1959-04-29
Horrors of the Black Museum
Overview: A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-29
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The Small Back Room
1949-02-21
The Small Back Room
Overview: At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-21
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The Sword and the Rose
1953-07-23
The Sword and the Rose
Overview: Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-23
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The Phantom of the Opera
1962-06-25
The Phantom of the Opera
Overview: A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-25
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989-07-15
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Overview: A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-15
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One Night... a Train
1968-09-06
One Night... a Train
Overview: The Belgian linguistics professor Matthias is going through a difficult period in relations with his girlfriend Anne. She is French, he is Belgian, and, oddly enough for an enlightened Europe and a doubly enlightened university environment, this small difference is a shadow on the couple’s personal life. One day, during a train ride, Anne disappears and Mathias goes looking for her in an unknown city.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-09-06
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A Village Affair
1995-04-17
A Village Affair
Overview: An apparently happy wife in an English village has a relationship with a local aristocrat's daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-17
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948-10-04
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Overview: Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-04
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Mr. Topaze
1961-04-04
Mr. Topaze
Overview: Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac, a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy, a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-04
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What a Carve Up!
1961-09-15
What a Carve Up!
Overview: Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-15
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The Hour of the Pig
1993-09-25
The Hour of the Pig
Overview: In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Crime Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-25
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972-07-13
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Overview: Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-13
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Ill Met by Moonlight
1957-01-31
Ill Met by Moonlight
Overview: Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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Wittgenstein
1993-03-26
Wittgenstein
Overview: A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-26
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953-10-26
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Overview: After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-26
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A Walk with Love and Death
1969-10-05
A Walk with Love and Death
Overview: During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monastery, their romance is overshadowed by the ongoing conflict between peasants and noblemen.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-05
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Monet in London
1974-01-01
Monet in London
Overview: A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Monet's work in London, particularly with the development of the theme of the dispersion of light by mist on the waters of the Thames.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Model for Murder
1959-02-01
Model for Murder
Overview: An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Strapless
1989-05-14
Strapless
Overview: An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-14
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Blanche Fury
1948-02-19
Blanche Fury
Overview: Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-19
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Voice B Gone
1997-06-13
Voice B Gone
Overview: a Dave Wasson Cartoon
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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The Shell Seekers
1989-12-03
The Shell Seekers
Overview: After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She's given them everything she could over the years, but now they want Penelope to sell her most prized possession. Torn between the selfish demands of her children and her desire to hold onto cherished mementos of the past, Penelope must learn what is really important to her. She returns to the seashore, the only place she was ever truly free, in an unforgettable odyssey that will take her back to her home, her heart and another chance for happiness.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-03
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Arthur the King
1985-04-26
Arthur the King
Overview: Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-26
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Blackmailed
1951-01-30
Blackmailed
Overview: A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-30
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Galileo
1975-01-27
Galileo
Overview: Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-27
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To the Lighthouse
1983-03-22
To the Lighthouse
Overview: A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-22
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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999-01-01
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Overview: In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka.
Genres: History Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Uncovered
1995-01-04
Uncovered
Overview: While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery of the deaths around her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-04
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Twice Upon a Time
1953-07-06
Twice Upon a Time
Overview: A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while there they start to hatch a plot to get back together.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-06
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St. Ives
1998-01-01
St. Ives
Overview: In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Night Was Our Friend
1951-12-01
Night Was Our Friend
Overview: Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-01
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Savage Messiah
1972-06-27
Savage Messiah
Overview: In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-27
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The House in the Woods
1957-10-31
The House in the Woods
Overview: A novelist and his wife go to stay at a cottage owned by a painter whose wife has just died.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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Another Flip for Dominick
1982-12-14
Another Flip for Dominick
Overview: Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the lover he left in 1980, or their son. Then his boss gives him a new mission: to find out what has become of one of Dominick's students, Pyrus Bonnington, who has gone missing in 1982.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-14
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The Gift of Friendship
1974-09-24
The Gift of Friendship
Overview: Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-24
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The Count of Monte Cristo
1964-10-04
The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-04
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024-03-02
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Overview: While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately dangerous games with the aim of being reunited and getting back to the Tardis. This brand new animated version has been created using the original audio recordings.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-02
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Cariani and the Courtesans
1987-08-05
Cariani and the Courtesans
Overview: When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger and deceit.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-05
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Women in Love
1969-09-13
Women in Love
Overview: Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-13
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Game for Three Losers
1965-04-01
Game for Three Losers
Overview: A politician is set up by his secretary and blackmailed by her brother.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Top Secret!
1984-06-08
Top Secret!
Overview: Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Inside the Third Reich
1982-05-09
Inside the Third Reich
Overview: A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Genres: History War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-09
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Candidate for Murder
1962-01-01
Candidate for Murder
Overview: Professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers the plot and he trails Kersten and Edwards to a country cottage.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Lace 2
1985-09-01
Lace 2
Overview: While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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The Last Reunion
1955-07-20
The Last Reunion
Overview: While holding their annual reunion, the former members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew begin to sense the supernatural presence of their old squadron commander, the only member of the group not to return from their last mission of the war.
Genres: War Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-20
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Oxford Blues
1984-08-24
Oxford Blues
Overview: A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with her is to enroll in Oxford and join the rowing team.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-24
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Sleepers
1991-04-10
Sleepers
Overview: Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counterplots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-10
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Reach for the Sky
1956-07-05
Reach for the Sky
Overview: The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-05
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Ha'penny Breeze
1950-12-30
Ha'penny Breeze
Overview: A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yacht race. Winning will mean orders for new boats and life for the village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-30
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The Boys from Brazil
1978-10-05
The Boys from Brazil
Overview: Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-05
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974-11-05
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Overview: Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-05
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Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
1994-02-18
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Overview: Three stories from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh": "The Masked Offender", "Rabbit Marks the Spot", and "The Good, the Bad and the Tigger".
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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The Man from Nowhere
1975-01-01
The Man from Nowhere
Overview: The Man from Nowhere is a beautifully told Victorian gothic thriller from acclaimed director James Hill. Young orphan Alice has been invited by her rich uncle to live in his country mansion but she soon finds herself persecuted by the apparent visitations of an unsettling stranger. Who is this man from nowhere and just why is he tying to scare her away?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Let Him Have It
1991-10-04
Let Him Have It
Overview: In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28
Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.
Genres: Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-28
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Question of Love
1978-10-18
Question of Love
Overview: Architect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspect his young Swedish wife Catherine and her English lover Tom Hastings. After numerous interrogations, in which they entangle themselves in contradictions, they try to flee, but are soon both caught and brought to trial, he in England, she in France. Only when Catherine keeps on proclaiming her innocence, superintendent Corbier finally considers believing her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-18
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A Christmas Carol
1984-10-09
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-09
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Tamahine
1963-07-30
Tamahine
Overview: The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier in the Pacific islands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-30
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The Garden
1990-09-06
The Garden
Overview: A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-06
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Memed My Hawk
1984-05-10
Memed My Hawk
Overview: In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-10
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Vincent the Dutchman
1972-10-15
Vincent the Dutchman
Overview: A long, brave reach for a portrait, not of an intimate, private love, but of an inspiration, an icon, a man only ever sketched obliquely however many times he painted himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-15
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Julius Caesar
1970-06-04
Julius Caesar
Overview: All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-04
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
2002-02-03
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Overview: While visiting Russia on his father’s lecture tour, Indy runs off on his own and meets Leo Tolstoy. Later, on a trip to Athens, Indy and his father are forced together by circumstance when they get into a bind in the monasteries of Meteora, where they share some memorable moments.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-03
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Maschenka
1987-03-05
Maschenka
Overview: Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-05
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The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995-12-03
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Overview: TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children haunted by the spirits and deeds of their former care givers.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-03
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The Cherry Orchard
1999-01-01
The Cherry Orchard
Overview: Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin (Teale), her former serf, who has his own agenda.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Cymbeline
1982-12-20
Cymbeline
Overview: Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-20
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The Wanderer
1991-01-01
The Wanderer
Overview: Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem The Wanderer, telling of a warrior's loss of a beloved Lord and his subsequent loneliness as he tracks across countries, exiled from a community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Biko Inquest
1984-11-01
The Biko Inquest
Overview: Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-01
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Nostradamus
1994-08-18
Nostradamus
Overview: A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-18
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000-05-23
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-23
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Children of the North
1991-10-30
Children of the North
Overview: The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-30
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966-04-23
Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
Overview: The travellers arrive in a strange domain presided over by the Celestial Toymaker — an enigmatic, immortal entity who forces them to play a series of games, failure at which will render them his playthings for all eternity.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-23
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Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983-01-12
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Overview: Omega, an ancient Time Lord made of pure anti-matter, once defeated by the Doctor, is plotting to cross over into this dimension by bonding with the Doctor. Meanwhile, the disappearance of a man in Amsterdam piques the curiosity of his cousin, Tegan, who previously left the Doctor at Heathrow Airport and now finds herself at Omega's mercy. Fearing total destruction from the collision of matter and antimatter, the Time Lords recall the Doctor to Gallifrey to undertake the only viable solution: executing him!
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-12
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The Drinking Party
1965-11-14
The Drinking Party
Overview: An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-14
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Richard III
1955-12-13
Richard III
Overview: Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-13
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What Rats Won't Do
1998-07-01
What Rats Won't Do
Overview: Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has never lost a single case.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-01
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No Resting Place
1951-01-12
No Resting Place
Overview: The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the film is a lightly fictionalized study of that country's itinerant workmen. Michael Gough plays tinker Alec Kyle, whose life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a man. Kyle spends the rest of the film evading Guard Mannigan (Noel Purcell), a civil servant who relies on instinct rather than scientific deduction to get his man. Without ever trying to elicit sympathy for his characters, director Rotha manages to compellingly detail the miserable living and working conditions of Ireland's nomad artisans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-12
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Hard Travelling
1986-03-30
Hard Travelling
Overview: Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden and violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys whose encounters along the way bring humour, some comfort, but also danger.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-30
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The Mountain and the Molehill
1989-10-15
The Mountain and the Molehill
Overview: It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-15
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The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
1994-08-12
The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
Overview: Meet the actor who, along with Christopher Lee, became the most recognizable and beloved of the Hammer Films family, bringing an unparalleled dramatic skill to his roles as Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Van Helsing, Baron Frankenstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-12
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Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008-10-18
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Overview: A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-18
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Sea-Change
1976-09-10
Sea-Change
Overview: An elderly man and his only son continue to interact, following the death of the son in World War 2.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-10
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