Hilary Swank
Biography: Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). She then had her breakthrough for starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998). Swank came to international recognition for her performances as Brandon Teena, a transgender man, in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both of her performances earned her critical acclaim, and she earned numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Swank later ventured into producing with the films Amelia (2009), Conviction (2010), You're Not You (2014), and What They Had (2018), all of which she also starred in. Her other notable films include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and the feature films Freedom Writers (2007), Logan Lucky (2017), The Hunt (2020), and Fatale (2020).
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Birthday: July 30, 1974
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Million Dollar Baby
2004-12-15
Million Dollar Baby
Overview: Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-15
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Boys Don't Cry
1999-09-02
Boys Don't Cry
Overview: A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-02
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Insomnia
2002-05-24
Insomnia
Overview: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-24
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The Gift
2000-03-16
The Gift
Overview: Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-16
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Freedom Writers
2007-01-05
Freedom Writers
Overview: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-05
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992-07-24
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Overview: Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.
Genres: Action Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-24
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The Reaping
2007-04-05
The Reaping
Overview: Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-05
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The Next Karate Kid
1994-07-18
The Next Karate Kid
Overview: Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils.
Genres: Action Drama Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-18
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P.S. I Love You
2007-11-15
P.S. I Love You
Overview: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-15
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Amelia
2009-10-22
Amelia
Overview: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-22
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11:14
2003-09-05
11:14
Overview: Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-05
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The Core
2003-03-28
The Core
Overview: Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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The Black Dahlia
2006-09-15
The Black Dahlia
Overview: In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1996-09-03
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Overview: Jon Porter returns to his hometown after the sudden and bizarre death of his mother. He hopes to leave as soon as the funeral is over but it's too late. The sinister forces that caused his sister's brutal murder 30 years ago are back. Jon knows the nightmare can't continue. He must stand up to his fear and exorcise the demons who have risen again to take posession of his beautiful teenage daughter - body and soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-03
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Under Antarctic Ice
2003-01-12
Under Antarctic Ice
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-12
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Red Dust
2004-01-11
Red Dust
Overview: Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-11
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Birds of America
2008-10-09
Birds of America
Overview: A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-09
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New Year's Eve
2011-12-08
New Year's Eve
Overview: The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-08
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Conviction
2010-10-15
Conviction
Overview: When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Iron Jawed Angels
2004-01-16
Iron Jawed Angels
Overview: Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-16
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The Resident
2011-02-10
The Resident
Overview: Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30
The Affair of the Necklace
Overview: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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Dying to Belong
1997-02-24
Dying to Belong
Overview: When a girls friend is killed by a college hazing, she is the only one who can find out the truth.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-24
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...So Goes the Nation
2006-10-04
...So Goes the Nation
Overview: A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-04
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Kounterfeit
1996-11-15
Kounterfeit
Overview: Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic cash. However, when the trade goes awry, three men end up murdered- one a cop with a vengeful sister--and the hapless buddies find themselves caught between the police and mob hit men after the money.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-15
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Terror in the Family
1996-04-16
Terror in the Family
Overview: Fifteen-year-old Deena Marten wants the same freedom every teenager craves. But when she can't have her way, her rebellious temperament erupts in violence. Her parents, Cynthia and Todd, fear her new boyfriend, Garret, 17, is the cause. Distraught, Stephanie turns to alcohol, and Todd escapes in his work. They're unaware their Boy Scout son Adam, 13, sips from a vodka bottle hidden in his bedroom. And the problems in this dysfunctional family continue to worsen.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-16
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The Sleepwalker Killing
1997-04-28
The Sleepwalker Killing
Overview: Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed while Mark was sleep walking. They build their defense around this theory.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-28
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Quiet Days in Hollywood
1997-01-01
Quiet Days in Hollywood
Overview: Behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown exists a harsh reality. Lolita is a streetwalker hustling for business on Hollywood Blvd. Julie is a waitress coping with a sexual assault. Peter is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Their lives touch each other in ways they never expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Mary and Martha
2013-03-01
Mary and Martha
Overview: Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria. The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-01
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013-04-27
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Overview: With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with whom he has worked, as well as comments from Clint Eastwood himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-27
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Ordinary Angels
2024-02-22
Ordinary Angels
Overview: In Louisville, Kentucky, hairdresser Sharon Stevens rallies the masses to help widowed father Ed Schmitt save his critically ill 5 year old daughter Michelle after their community is hit by a major snowstorm from the 1994 North American cold wave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-22
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Disclosure
2020-06-19
Disclosure
Overview: An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-19
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The Homesman
2014-05-18
The Homesman
Overview: When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-18
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The Good Mother
2023-08-31
The Good Mother
Overview: A journalist and her son's pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of her estranged son. Together, they confront a world of drugs and corruption in the underbelly of their small city in upstate New York, where they uncover an even darker secret.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-31
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You're Not You
2014-10-10
You're Not You
Overview: A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-10
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Heartwood
1998-04-19
Heartwood
Overview: When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan Reeser is the only one who can stand in their way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-19
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A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005-09-02
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Overview: A Hurricane Katrina relief concert. After Louisiana was destroyed by Katrina, famous stars all came together and put on this concert, which aired on over 20 television stations, including NBC, TV Guide Channel, ABC, CBS, PAX, FOX, Cinemax, TBS, and USA.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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N.A.R.
N.A.R.
Overview: A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret network designed to bring her to safety.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
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Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
1994-02-01
Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story
Overview: Donna Yaklich meets Dennis the policeman and thinks she might have found a good relationship. But Dennis is obsessed with weight-lifting and uses steroids, which make him aggressive and abusive. Getting out of the relationship isn't easy as Dennis isn't willing to let her go, and Donna's options are narrowed down to one remaining alternative.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-01
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Spark: A Space Tail
2016-04-22
Spark: A Space Tail
Overview: Spark, a teenage monkey and his friends, Chunk and Vix, are on a mission to regain Planet Bana - a kingdom overtaken by the evil overlord Zhong.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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On Native Soil
2006-01-01
On Native Soil
Overview: The film analyzes the efforts by the families of 9/11 victims to create the 9/11 Commission and what information was revealed by it in the 9/11 Commission Report.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Logan Lucky
2017-08-17
Logan Lucky
Overview: Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-17
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55 Steps
2018-03-01
55 Steps
Overview: The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-01
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What They Had
2018-10-19
What They Had
Overview: A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017-09-20
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Overview: A high-art, high-fashion showcase of a star's many personas-and a vivid reminder that our art, not our obstacles, ultimately defines us. Free, focused, and fucking shit up again, it shows every side of Fergie-the superstar, the visual artist, the creative director, the label head, the fashion icon, the wife, and, she'll tell you most importantly, "mom."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-20
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I Am Mother
2019-06-07
I Am Mother
Overview: A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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The Concert for New York City
2001-10-20
The Concert for New York City
Overview: The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-you to the heroic firefighters, police officers and rescue workers who saved tens of thousands of lives on September 11th. More than 6000 firefighters, police officers and rescue workers attended as guests.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Fatale
2020-12-18
Fatale
Overview: After a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for is determined police detective Valerie Quinlan who entangles him in her latest investigation. As he desperately tries to put the pieces together, he falls deeper into her trap, risking his family, his career, and even his life.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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The Hunt
2020-03-11
The Hunt
Overview: Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.
Genres: Action Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-11
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003-09-23
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Overview: Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-23
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Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
2018-05-15
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-05-15
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11:14
2003-05-16
11:14
Overview: Follows the rising panic of having something to get done, but being unable to make yourself start.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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The Audition
2000-12-09
The Audition
Overview: A woman’s unhealthy addiction towards Daniella, a young celebrity that she watched at an audition.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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