Jessica Lange
Biography: Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and five Golden Globe Awards. Lange made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis's 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. In 1979, she starred in the acclaimed musical film All That Jazz. In 1983, she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie (1982) and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982). Lange received three more nominations for Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985) and Music Box (1989), before winning her third Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a bipolar housewife in Blue Sky (1994). In 2010, Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's aunt Big Edie in HBO's Grey Gardens (2009). Between 2011 and 2014, she won her first Screen Actors Guild Award, first Critics Choice Award, fifth Golden Globe Award, three Dorian Awards and her second and third Emmy Awards for her performances in the first, second and third seasons of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story (2011–2015, 2018). In 2016, Lange won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also had a supporting role in Louis C.K.'s Peabody Award-winning web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, for her portrayal of actress Joan Crawford in the miniseries Feud, Lange received her eighth Emmy, 16th Golden Globe, sixth Screen Actors Guild Award and second TCA Award nominations. In 2019, she received a tenth Emmy nomination for her performance in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Lange is also a photographer with four published books of photography. She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Lange, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Broken Flowers
2005-07-31
Broken Flowers
Overview: As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-31
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Big Fish
2003-12-25
Big Fish
Overview: Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-25
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Cape Fear
1991-11-13
Cape Fear
Overview: Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-13
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Music Box
1989-12-22
Music Box
Overview: A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-22
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Frances
1982-12-03
Frances
Overview: The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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Don't Come Knocking
2005-08-25
Don't Come Knocking
Overview: Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-25
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King Kong
1976-09-08
King Kong
Overview: An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-08
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984-08-19
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Overview: An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-19
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Shepard & Dark
2012-09-11
Shepard & Dark
Overview: An indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as they prepare forty years of their correspondence for publication, stirring up old memories both good and bad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-11
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981-03-20
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Overview: The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Long Day's Journey into Night
2025-02-28
Long Day's Journey into Night
Overview: Over the course of a day, a married couple, Mary and James Tyrone, and their two sons, Jamie and Edmund, grapple with Mary's morphine addiction and confront each other over the past in a series of emotionally tense and volatile exchanges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-28
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Neverwas
2005-09-09
Neverwas
Overview: Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Rob Roy
1995-04-13
Rob Roy
Overview: In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Genres: Adventure History Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-13
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Masked and Anonymous
2003-07-25
Masked and Anonymous
Overview: A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-25
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Tootsie
1982-12-17
Tootsie
Overview: When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Everybody's All-American
1988-11-04
Everybody's All-American
Overview: Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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Sybil
2007-05-28
Sybil
Overview: A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-28
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Titus
1999-12-25
Titus
Overview: Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-25
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Marlowe
2023-02-15
Marlowe
Overview: Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-15
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Losing Isaiah
1995-03-17
Losing Isaiah
Overview: Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-17
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Country
1984-09-29
Country
Overview: Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-29
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Night and the City
1992-10-16
Night and the City
Overview: Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-16
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Sweet Dreams
1985-10-02
Sweet Dreams
Overview: The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-02
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Prozac Nation
2001-09-08
Prozac Nation
Overview: When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-08
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Bonneville
2006-09-11
Bonneville
Overview: Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late husband's ashes to Santa Barbara.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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All That Jazz
1979-12-16
All That Jazz
Overview: Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-16
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Hush
1998-03-06
Hush
Overview: Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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A Thousand Acres
1997-09-19
A Thousand Acres
Overview: The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Crimes of the Heart
1986-12-12
Crimes of the Heart
Overview: Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-12
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Normal
2003-01-21
Normal
Overview: A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-21
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Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Cousin Bette
Overview: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Grey Gardens
2009-06-21
Grey Gardens
Overview: Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-21
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The Vow
2012-02-05
The Vow
Overview: Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-05
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Men Don't Leave
1990-02-02
Men Don't Leave
Overview: A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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Blue Sky
1994-09-16
Blue Sky
Overview: Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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O Pioneers!
1992-02-02
O Pioneers!
Overview: A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning for her childhood love to return.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-02
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Far North
1988-11-09
Far North
Overview: After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001-09-18
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Overview: A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-18
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The Peace!
2005-09-20
The Peace!
Overview: Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn and Gore Vidal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-20
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1995-10-24
A Streetcar Named Desire
Overview: A fading Southern Belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-24
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980-07-11
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Overview: In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-11
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In Secret
2013-09-17
In Secret
Overview: In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-17
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Notre Dame de la Croisette
1983-02-23
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Overview: A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on television from her hotel room.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-23
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The Gambler
2014-12-25
The Gambler
Overview: Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-25
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The Great Lillian Hall
2025-03-07
The Great Lillian Hall
Overview: Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in the rehearsals her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-07
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
Overview: Adaptation of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking".
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Original Language: en
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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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King Kong Lives
1986-12-16
King Kong Lives
Overview: After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008-02-05
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Overview: Documentary about the making of the 1982 film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-05
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Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
2012-09-25
Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
Overview: In this video-short go behind the scenes with the cast of "American Horror Story" on how the show is made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-25
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A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances
2001-01-01
A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances
Overview: The making of FRANCES, a retrospective documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990-10-22
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Overview: The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-22
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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
2018-09-13
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
Overview: Sex Fashion and Disco is a documentary film concerning Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the most influential fashion illustrator of 1970s Paris and New York, and his colorful and sometimes outrageous milieu.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-13
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Scorsese's Women
2014-09-10
Scorsese's Women
Overview: Five amazing actresses who have starred in Martin Scorsese's films come together in imaginary cinematic scenarios. Each leading lady has her own mysterious narrative-and so does each photograph.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines
2004-01-01
Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines
Overview: The work of women peace-builders in five countries, including Afghanistan, Burundi, Bosnia, Argentina and the U.S.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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