Michael Wincott
Biography: Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott (born January 21, 1958) is a Canadian actor. His deep, raspy voice has often led to his being cast in villainous roles.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 21, 1958
Deathday: N/A
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Strange Days
1995-10-13
Strange Days
Overview: Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-13
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Dead Man
1995-12-23
Dead Man
Overview: William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a journey to the spiritual world.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-23
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Basquiat
1996-08-09
Basquiat
Overview: The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-09
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Along Came a Spider
2001-04-06
Along Came a Spider
Overview: After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-06
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992-10-09
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Overview: 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004-05-17
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Overview: It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-17
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Before Night Falls
2000-09-03
Before Night Falls
Overview: Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-03
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The Count of Monte Cristo
2002-01-23
The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-23
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991-06-14
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Overview: Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-14
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Alien Resurrection
1997-11-12
Alien Resurrection
Overview: Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-12
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Metro
1997-01-16
Metro
Overview: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-16
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Treasure Planet
2002-11-26
Treasure Planet
Overview: When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-26
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The Crow
1994-05-11
The Crow
Overview: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-11
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Seraphim Falls
2007-01-26
Seraphim Falls
Overview: The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and arid deserts, far from the comforts and codes of civilisation, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.
Genres: Western Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-26
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A Lonely Place for Dying
2009-01-01
A Lonely Place for Dying
Overview: In 1972, the conflict in Vietnam continues. The creeping threat of communism grips the nation in fear. In an abandoned prison on the US/Mexican border, KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. He holds explosive evidence against the CIA, information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper's orders are clear: take the documents from Dzerzhinsky and kill him.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989-11-03
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Overview: This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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Hitchcock
2012-11-22
Hitchcock
Overview: Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-22
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Gunshy
1998-03-06
Gunshy
Overview: When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Hidden Agenda
1999-11-02
Hidden Agenda
Overview: A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
Genres: Mystery Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-02
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The Girl from Nagasaki
2013-11-11
The Girl from Nagasaki
Overview: 'The Girl from Nagasaki' is a 3D feature film production of the classic Puccini Opera 'Madam Butterfly,' directed by world renown photographer Michel Comte. It's a modern day tale that starts with the young Madame Butterfly emerging from the ashes of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. By a subtle meshing of reality and fantasy, Michel Comte and his team bring to the screen a visual orgy of modern ballet, opera and narrative filmmaking.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-11
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The Red Phone: Manhunt
2001-11-10
The Red Phone: Manhunt
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Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-11-10
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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990-12-09
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Overview: Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-09
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Curtains
1983-03-04
Curtains
Overview: Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-04
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Clown White
1981-10-01
Clown White
Overview: The story of a rebellious deaf child who goes on a class outing to the city, where he runs away.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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Wild Horse Hank
1979-01-01
Wild Horse Hank
Overview: A teenage girl tries to save a herd of wild horses from a local gang intending on capturing and selling them for dog meat. Unfortunately the nearest Federal land where the horses will be safe lies one hundred and fifty miles away, over badlands and a mountain range.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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What Just Happened
2008-10-17
What Just Happened
Overview: During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie starring Sean Penn, while another chief won't greenlight a project unless star Bruce Willis shaves his beard. Meanwhile, Ben tries to reconcile with his wife and maintain a relationship with his young daughter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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Grand Street
2014-05-02
Grand Street
Overview: Camilla Reilly’s elegant life has come undone. Once a fast-track film executive living in a luxurious SoHo loft, she finds herself unemployed, broke, single and suddenly homeless. Just as her cool, steely façade gives way to quiet desperation, she meets Amory, a brash young writer whose deeply personal screenplay she rejected a year earlier. Though Camilla doesn’t remember him, “Amo” has never forgotten. Over of the course of the next 24 hours, the two share a sleepless journey through the teeming streets and shadowy scenes of late night Manhattan. From downtown demimonde to uptown refinement, they edge closer to discovering their secret connection, until, ultimately, their whirlwind love story takes a fateful turn.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-02
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007-05-23
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Overview: The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-05-23
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Panther
1995-05-03
Panther
Overview: Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-03
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The Three Musketeers
1993-11-11
The Three Musketeers
Overview: D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-11
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The Doors
1991-03-01
The Doors
Overview: The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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An American Christmas Carol
1979-12-16
An American Christmas Carol
Overview: In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-16
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Forsaken
2015-09-16
Forsaken
Overview: John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Genres: Western Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-16
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Born on the Fourth of July
1989-12-20
Born on the Fourth of July
Overview: Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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The Family Man
1979-12-19
The Family Man
Overview: A happily married family man, owner of a parking garage in Manhattan, drifts into a romance with one of his customers who has been having troubles with her lover.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Knight of Cups
2015-09-10
Knight of Cups
Overview: Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-10
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High School Narc
1985-12-04
High School Narc
Overview: 22-year-old police officer poses as a student to find the identity of a drug supplier at an inner-city high school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-04
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Ticket to Heaven
1981-10-09
Ticket to Heaven
Overview: David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David's chilling transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-09
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Ghost in the Shell
2017-03-29
Ghost in the Shell
Overview: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-29
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Nothing Personal
1980-03-28
Nothing Personal
Overview: Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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Romeo Is Bleeding
1993-09-13
Romeo Is Bleeding
Overview: A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-13
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Talk Radio
1988-12-21
Talk Radio
Overview: A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Title Shot
1979-09-09
Title Shot
Overview: In Toronto, Canada, a troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing. He uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerised data to rig fights. Everything is resolved during an explosive finale, set during a world heavyweight championship bout
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-09
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The Sicilian
1987-10-07
The Sicilian
Overview: Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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Suffering Bastards
1989-12-09
Suffering Bastards
Overview: Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-09
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Nope
2022-07-20
Nope
Overview: Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-20
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Circle of Two
1981-05-07
Circle of Two
Overview: A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-07
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