Alia Shawkat
Biography: Alia Martine Shawkat (/ˈæliə ˈʃoʊkɑːt/ al-ee-ə shoh-kaht; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She starred as Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television series Arrested Development (2003–2006; 2013–2019), and as Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror-comedy film The Final Girls.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 18, 1989
Deathday: N/A
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Bart Got a Room
2008-04-25
Bart Got a Room
Overview: Danny Stein, a high school senior at the bottom of the social food chain, needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both looking for relationships again.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-25
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Whip It
2009-04-09
Whip It
Overview: In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-09
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Rebound
2005-07-01
Rebound
Overview: An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-01
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Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield
2008-05-09
Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield
Overview: Two rival boys-only private schools end up competing for prom dates from a nearby all-girls private school. Caught in the middle is a scholarship student, Percy, at the more cerebral academy of the two. He had been dating Diana, but haughty silver-spoon student Geoffrey at the elite school of the well-off derailed them. So Diana came up with this plan as a way to make the immature boys both pay penance for their classless behavior and to have them actually earn their dates instead of merely expecting them. Which school will win the war? What if the faculties find out? How crazy will things get as the competition heats up?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-09
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Deck the Halls
2006-11-22
Deck the Halls
Overview: Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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The Runaways
2010-03-19
The Runaways
Overview: Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-19
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Amreeka
2009-06-17
Amreeka
Overview: Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-17
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Cedar Rapids
2011-02-11
Cedar Rapids
Overview: A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Damsels in Distress
2012-04-06
Damsels in Distress
Overview: A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-06
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That's What She Said
2012-10-19
That's What She Said
Overview: Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-19
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The Lie
2011-11-18
The Lie
Overview: A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-18
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Best Coast: Our Deal
2011-08-02
Best Coast: Our Deal
Overview: Two gangs. One ruled the streets by day. The other by night. It was only a matter of time before their paths crossed.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-02
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The Oranges
2011-09-09
The Oranges
Overview: A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Jackass Forever
2022-02-01
Jackass Forever
Overview: The Jackass crew, along with some newcomers, returns for one final round of hilarious, absurd, and dangerous stunts.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-01
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Ruby Sparks
2012-07-25
Ruby Sparks
Overview: Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Not Like Everyone Else
2006-07-10
Not Like Everyone Else
Overview: A teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-10
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The Brass Teapot
2012-09-08
The Brass Teapot
Overview: When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-08
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The To Do List
2013-07-24
The To Do List
Overview: Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-24
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Night Moves
2014-04-23
Night Moves
Overview: The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-23
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May in the Summer
2014-05-07
May in the Summer
Overview: A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-07
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The Moment
2013-04-21
The Moment
Overview: Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-21
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Drift
2024-02-09
Drift
Overview: After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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Wild Canaries
2014-10-23
Wild Canaries
Overview: When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Me Him Her
2016-03-11
Me Him Her
Overview: Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-11
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Setup, Punch
2013-04-18
Setup, Punch
Overview: Showing that there is always a reason to laugh, stand-up comic Reuben Stein does the most daring set of his life. The consequences will change his life forever and allow him to discover the true nature of performance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-18
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Blink Twice
2024-08-21
Blink Twice
Overview: When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something sinister hiding beneath the island’s lush façade.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-21
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The Driftless Area
2015-04-18
The Driftless Area
Overview: Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-18
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The Listener
2024-03-29
The Listener
Overview: Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-29
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Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
2022-09-16
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
Overview: After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Boxing Club, to deliver an intimate set in his hometown Atlanta. Byron talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, and how tripping on mushrooms made him understand his schizophrenic father and altered the way he feels about his Blackness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Nasty Baby
2015-10-23
Nasty Baby
Overview: A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-23
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The Final Girls
2015-10-09
The Final Girls
Overview: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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Green Room
2016-04-15
Green Room
Overview: A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Atropia
2025-01-25
Atropia
Overview: When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-25
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The Intervention
2016-08-26
The Intervention
Overview: A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Bunion
2014-03-16
Bunion
Overview: The story of a man, his foot and finding happiness.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-16
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Adam Green's Aladdin
2016-04-15
Adam Green's Aladdin
Overview: In this retelling of the classic tale, Aladdin is an out of work indie-rock singer living in a video-game-world ruled by a perverted technology-obsessed Sultan.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Three Kings
1999-09-27
Three Kings
Overview: A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.
Genres: Action Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-27
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The Trial of Old Drum
2000-06-09
The Trial of Old Drum
Overview: Inspired by a true story set in Missouri, "The Trial of Old Drum" tells the story of a valiant golden retriever, Old Drum, an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's sheep.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-09
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Paint It Black
2016-06-03
Paint It Black
Overview: A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018-06-22
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
Overview: A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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20th Century Women
2016-12-28
20th Century Women
Overview: In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-28
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10 Crosby
2016-02-02
10 Crosby
Overview: A series of short films following the interconnected lives on Crosby street, New York City.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-02
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Prestige Ingredients
2016-02-08
Prestige Ingredients
Overview: A stifled Hollywood actress is hired by a chef in Paris for an unlikely role.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-08
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Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
2013-03-30
Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
Overview: Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-30
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The End of Love
2013-03-01
The End of Love
Overview: Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-01
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The Good Time Girls
2017-08-02
The Good Time Girls
Overview: A group of women band together as they go to war against a pack of men who have done them wrong at every turn.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-02
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Center Jenny
2013-09-29
Center Jenny
Overview: The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her interests.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-29
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Blaze
2018-08-17
Blaze
Overview: Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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Duck Butter
2018-04-27
Duck Butter
Overview: Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Animals
2019-08-02
Animals
Overview: Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-02
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Shako Mako
2019-01-25
Shako Mako
Overview: “Farah,” a bread seller, walks the streets of a Middle Eastern town, while an American military vehicle, surrounded by soldiers, slowly passes by. A moment’s silence. Then, a devastating explosion. Civilians are bloodied, wounded. The horrors of war. “Farah” looks around aghast and wailing. But nothing here is quite what it seems. In fact, “Farah” is a character played by an aspiring actress called Laila. And this isn’t Iraq, but a replica village erected on the Fort Irwin army base in California, used to train American troops before being sent abroad. Laila believes her acting talents are being wasted away in this arid simulation, where female role-players are limited to mute, background roles. She takes things much more seriously. Laila plots her way out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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The Wrong Ferarri
2011-04-04
The Wrong Ferarri
Overview: A presentation of surreal, somewhat connected images, where Greenster goes through love affairs, game shows and lots and lots of ketamine.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-04
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Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019-09-27
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Overview: When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-27
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First Cow
2020-03-06
First Cow
Overview: In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013-05-02
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Overview: Featuring interviews from major cast and crew members, along with 200 fans from across the country, this documentary tells the whole story of this amazing and one of a kind tv show.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-02
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Love Spreads
2021-06-18
Love Spreads
Overview: It is time to record the all important second album and Glass Heart is breaking in a million pieces. Away from touring and performing the band is not in harmony, and no amount of history in Rockfield Studios is going to solve that. Three very different songwriters, one desperate producer, a label exec and a keyboard collide.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-18
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Alina
2019-10-19
Alina
Overview: As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend’s three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-19
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The Letter Room
2020-06-16
The Letter Room
Overview: Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-16
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The Thanksgiving Play
2021-03-25
The Thanksgiving Play
Overview: Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny comedy finds a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambling to create a pageant that manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-25
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Queen of Cactus Cove
2005-12-11
Queen of Cactus Cove
Overview: Teenage chess champ Billie (Alia Shawkat) faces the prospect of defeat for the first time when she faces her best friend (Alex Frost) at the biggest chess tournament of her career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-11
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In Short: Show Girl Sexuality
2014-04-28
In Short: Show Girl Sexuality
Overview: 'In Short' is a five episode series that puts actors behind the camera to create their own short-form documentaries. Each documentary tells vastly different stories based on the passions of the individual actor. In a world where girls her age line up to dance proactively, Alia Shawkat brings up an important conversation on a woman's power in sexuality and where that line blurs by taking a look at her family's business, a Gentlemen's Club in Palm Springs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-28
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Eer
2021-01-18
Eer
Overview: Based on real events, the short takes a poke at our cultural climate of paranoia and fake news.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-18
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Being the Ricardos
2021-12-10
Being the Ricardos
Overview: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-10
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Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Overview: A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-15
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The Key
2019-09-01
The Key
Overview: An interactive experience mixing immersive theatre and virtual reality.
Genres: Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-01
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