Roddy McDowall
Biography: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was an English-American actor, director, and photographer. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin-off television series.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 17, 1928
Deathday: October 03, 1998
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Planet of the Apes
1968-02-07
Planet of the Apes
Overview: Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-07
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The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
The Poseidon Adventure
Overview: When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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The Return of the King
1980-05-11
The Return of the King
Overview: Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-11
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Lassie Come Home
1943-12-01
Lassie Come Home
Overview: Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971-05-20
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-20
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972-06-29
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973-06-15
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-15
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Overview: From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-09
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Evil Under the Sun
1982-03-05
Evil Under the Sun
Overview: An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-05
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The Defector
1966-10-19
The Defector
Overview: An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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Overboard
1987-12-16
Overboard
Overview: Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967-03-08
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Overview: To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-08
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5 Card Stud
1968-07-28
5 Card Stud
Overview: The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
Genres: Western Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-28
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Cutting Class
1989-04-24
Cutting Class
Overview: High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-24
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That Darn Cat!
1965-12-02
That Darn Cat!
Overview: A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.
Genres: Family Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-02
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Class of 1984
1982-08-20
Class of 1984
Overview: Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Scavenger Hunt
1979-12-21
Scavenger Hunt
Overview: An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982-01-01
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Overview: Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Man Hunt
1941-06-13
Man Hunt
Overview: Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-13
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Fright Night
1985-08-02
Fright Night
Overview: Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-02
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It!
1967-07-01
It!
Overview: After a warehouse fire, museum director Grove and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged. Suddenly Grove is lying dead on the ground, killed by the statue? Pimm finds out that the cursed statue has been created by Rabbi Loew in 16th century and will withstand every human attempt to destroy it. Pimm decides to use it to his own advantage.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Circle of Iron
1978-07-25
Circle of Iron
Overview: In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge from Zetan, an evil wizard. Despite his lack of a sponsor, Cord's rule-breaking nature leads him to try retrieving the book anyway. Help is offered by a mysterious blind man who gives advice as Cord fights his way through multiple opponents, discovering more about himself as he gets closer to Zetan.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-25
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Overview: Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-07
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It's My Party
1996-03-22
It's My Party
Overview: Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon, a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-22
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The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The Longest Day
Overview: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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Midnight Lace
1960-10-13
Midnight Lace
Overview: Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972-12-18
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Overview: Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-18
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Murder in the Family
1938-01-01
Murder in the Family
Overview: After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Hello Down There
1969-01-01
Hello Down There
Overview: Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
Genres: Comedy Music Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Star Hunter
1996-01-09
Star Hunter
Overview: Star hunters are the space monsters who hunt helpless creatures for pleasure. One night couple of high school fotball players and their cheerleaders are returning home after the lost game. But, when their bus makes the wrong turn, they are going to meet those creatures, and the real game will begin.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-09
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Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999-08-24
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Overview: Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rather sad life and tragically early death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-24
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Shakma
1990-10-05
Shakma
Overview: A murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-05
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How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
How Green Was My Valley
Overview: A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-28
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The Legend of Hell House
1973-06-15
The Legend of Hell House
Overview: A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-15
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The Loved One
1965-10-11
The Loved One
Overview: Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-11
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Deadly Game
1991-07-10
Deadly Game
Overview: A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-10
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The Grass Harp
1995-09-10
The Grass Harp
Overview: Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Funny Lady
1975-03-15
Funny Lady
Overview: Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-15
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Laserblast
1978-03-01
Laserblast
Overview: Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-01
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The White Seal
1975-03-24
The White Seal
Overview: In one seal herd, a young seal pup with a rare white colouring named Kotick is born. When as he matures, he learns of the deadly threat that human hunters pose to the herd through their activities. While Kotick is able to save the herd on one occasion, he is fully aware that the threat is not over. Now he must take on the seemingly impossible quest to find a home for his herd where humans will never intrude.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-24
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Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998-09-05
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Overview: Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-05
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The Keys of the Kingdom
1944-12-15
The Keys of the Kingdom
Overview: A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-15
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981-02-13
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Overview: Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-13
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Fright Night Part 2
1988-04-07
Fright Night Part 2
Overview: After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-07
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Inside Daisy Clover
1965-12-22
Inside Daisy Clover
Overview: A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-22
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Cricket on the Hearth
1967-12-18
Cricket on the Hearth
Overview: A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, it's Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-18
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974-05-17
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Overview: Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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The Cat from Outer Space
1978-06-09
The Cat from Outer Space
Overview: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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Convict 99
1938-09-26
Convict 99
Overview: A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-26
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My Friend Flicka
1943-05-26
My Friend Flicka
Overview: Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the boy's lack of personal responsibility. At the suggestion of his wife, Nell, Rob allows Ken to choose a single colt from the herd to raise as his own. Much to his father's dismay, Ken chooses a fiery mustang filly -- but the two soon become fast friends.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-26
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The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997-05-16
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
Overview: In this exciting live-action adventure, young Mowgli, an orphan raised by wolves, is spotted by a scout for a giant circus. Accompanied by a cruel hunter and a snake charmer, the scout sets out to trap Mowgli. But with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, little Mowgli leads the adults into his biggest and wildest adventure yet! A fun-filled movie every member of the family will enjoy.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-16
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
The White Cliffs of Dover
Overview: American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971-04-28
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Overview: At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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Dead of Winter
1987-02-06
Dead of Winter
Overview: A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-06
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Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945-03-15
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Overview: A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Genres: Drama Family Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-03-15
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Lord Love a Duck
1966-02-21
Lord Love a Duck
Overview: From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-21
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Mowgli's Brothers
1976-02-11
Mowgli's Brothers
Overview: Mowgli's Brothers is a 1976 television animated special created by legendary animator Chuck Jones. It is based from the first chapter of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book of the same name. The special was narrated by Roddy McDowall who does all the male characters in the film. It originally aired on CBS on February 11, 1976.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-18
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved in the strange gladiatorial games of the district run by prefect Tolar. The trio escape the gorilla police and find an abandoned government research project with a computer containing a vast amount of recording information about the old human-ruled world. [The second of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Gladiators" and "The Legacy"]
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-18
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Mean Johnny Barrows
1975-11-27
Mean Johnny Barrows
Overview: A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-27
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The Pied Piper
1942-08-21
The Pied Piper
Overview: Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-21
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Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994-05-25
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Overview: A mysterious mirror is found hidden in a church orphanage, yet few realize its legacy of evil. When an innocent teen discovers that she is being stalked by her evil stepsister, the mirror's demonic power is again unleashed. As the mirror gains strength from the blood of the damned, the ultimate battle between good and evil begins. William Sanderson was the only actor from the first film to return for the second movie, albeit in a different role. The second film notably featured an early film appearance for Mark Ruffalo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-25
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Corky
1972-01-01
Corky
Overview: A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Confirm or Deny
Overview: Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Carmilla
1989-09-10
Carmilla
Overview: Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives are invaded when they rescue a mysterious woman from a carriage wreck, and soon bodies start turning up with holes in their necks...
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-10
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Rabbit Test
1978-04-09
Rabbit Test
Overview: Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-09
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Shock Treatment
1964-07-22
Shock Treatment
Overview: A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-22
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Unlikely Angel
1996-12-17
Unlikely Angel
Overview: A country singer dies prematurely, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on earth.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-17
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Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000-09-12
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Overview: Arguably the quintessential film siren of the silent era, Mary Pickford was known as "America's Sweetheart." This documentary explores Pickford's life beyond the screen, as a writer, producer, director and keen businesswoman who co-founded United Artists. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and featuring clips of Pickford's movies, the film offers insight from historians, film critics (including Leonard Maltin) and silver-screen stars such as Janet Leigh and Roddy McDowall.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-12
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Kidnapped
1948-11-28
Kidnapped
Overview: In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-28
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Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969-08-19
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Overview: The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-19
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Overview: A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-10
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Killer Shark
1950-03-19
Killer Shark
Overview: A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are badly injured, he tries to make up for it by rounding up another crew and going back out on the hunt. However, things don't turn out quite the way he planned.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-19
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Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995-09-03
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Overview: A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1995-09-03
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Overview: Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-03
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The Tempest
1960-02-13
The Tempest
Overview: Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-13
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The Third Day
1965-08-04
The Third Day
Overview: A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests that he is a ruthless man with an aggressive temper. Could he be deliberately blocking out memories of his past?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-04
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The Power and the Glory
1963-05-31
The Power and the Glory
Overview: Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant determined to capture him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-31
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Embryo
1976-05-21
Embryo
Overview: A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-21
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Holiday in Mexico
1946-08-15
Holiday in Mexico
Overview: Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-15
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The Story of Lassie
1994-08-14
The Story of Lassie
Overview: Documentary about canine superstar Lassie, combining film clips, still photographs, home movies, archival footage and on-camera interviews with many figures involved with the Lassie films or television series.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-14
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The Alien Within
1995-07-18
The Alien Within
Overview: Crew of an undersea mining platform falls prey to mysterious and dangerous parasite. The parasite has the ability to affect people's minds, so survivors can't be certain who is safe and who is infected.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-18
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The Thief of Baghdad
1978-01-10
The Thief of Baghdad
Overview: A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-10
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Overview: The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and his band of merry men can save him...for a small fee, of course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-22
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Arnold
1973-11-16
Arnold
Overview: Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.
Genres: Thriller Horror Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-16
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Flood!
1977-06-05
Flood!
Overview: Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-05
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Twilight Theatre
1982-02-13
Twilight Theatre
Overview: Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-13
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Angel 4: Undercover
1994-07-26
Angel 4: Undercover
Overview: Former prostitute Molly Stewart works as a police photographer. When an old friend, a groupie in pursuit of the lead singer of a rock band, is found murdered with a guitar string, she goes undercover as Angel to find the killer.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-26
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Loss of Faith
1998-10-01
Loss of Faith
Overview: A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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A Taste of Evil
1971-10-11
A Taste of Evil
Overview: On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-11
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The Cool Ones
1967-04-12
The Cool Ones
Overview: A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-12
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The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992-10-23
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Overview: Documentary on animator Chuck Jones.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-23
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Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995-11-22
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Overview: Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramatic performances. Bringing everyone together, though, creates rivalries and tension, especially for Oona, a temperamental but successful movie actress who seeks the approval of her creative peers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-22
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Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
1997-06-01
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
Overview: A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo." Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well. [Included as extra with DVD release].
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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The Subterraneans
1960-06-23
The Subterraneans
Overview: A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971-12-18
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Overview: A Bronx working girl is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang of sophisticated con men who force her, because of her remarkable resemblance, to impersonate a wealthy socialite. Based on E.V. Cunningham's (Howard Fast's) novel, "Shirley."
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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The Elevator
1974-02-09
The Elevator
Overview: A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing from his latest job, finds himself trapped with a group of people between floors in a high-rise building's elevator that is teetering on collapse.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-09
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Terror in the Sky
1971-09-17
Terror in the Sky
Overview: On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. Now it's up to one of the passengers to safely land the plane.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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This England
1941-07-22
This England
Overview: Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-22
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Tuna Clipper
1949-04-11
Tuna Clipper
Overview: Hoping to become a lawyer, Alec (Roddy McDowall) becomes a tuna fisherman in order to pay a debt. This turn of events puts Alec on the outs with his taciturn family. Eventually, the lad proves himself on all fronts, and is welcomed back into the family fold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-11
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Dead Man's Island
1996-03-05
Dead Man's Island
Overview: Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, called Henrie O., is a world-famous journalist and writer. She's invited by her old lover Chase Prescott to his secluded island home. Chase, a wealthy businessman with money woes, hopes Henrie O. can discover the person he thinks is trying to kill him. It seems like she has her work cut out for her. Possible suspects include Chase's much younger wife, his son, and many others.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-05
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The Big Country
1958-09-30
The Big Country
Overview: Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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Mae West
1982-05-02
Mae West
Overview: Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-02
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Earth Angel
1991-03-04
Earth Angel
Overview: When a prom queen dies in 1962, her only means of entering Heaven is by returning to 1990 earth, to assist friends from her youth.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-04
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997-03-21
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Overview: The story of how Audrey Hepburn survived World War II, became an award winning actress, and gave back to the world as a humanitarian.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-21
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Rocky
1948-01-17
Rocky
Overview: Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of their sheep. They find the animal and kill it, along with one of its puppies, but after they leave Hammond and his son discover another puppy still alive. They take it home and call it Rocky. John believes that a dog descended from sheep-killers will himself become a sheep-killer someday, but e gives his son a chance to raise and train the dog, hoping that he can train the killer instinct from it. Unfortunately, local farmers have reported an epidemic of sheep-killings, and they suspect that Rocky is responsible for them.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-17
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Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991-05-17
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Overview: Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper."
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-17
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Heads
1994-01-29
Heads
Overview: A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-29
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942-01-29
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Overview: Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-29
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The Sands of Time
1992-11-23
The Sands of Time
Overview: Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-23
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The Naked Target
1992-01-24
The Naked Target
Overview: A New York executive is handcuffed to a precious briefcase to which only his Spanish contact holds the key and of which many others are in hot pursuit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-24
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Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
1994-01-01
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
Overview: Documentary about the making of "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Miracle on 34th Street
1973-12-14
Miracle on 34th Street
Overview: A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-14
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Everybody's Dancin'
1950-03-31
Everybody's Dancin'
Overview: Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Several country-western stars come to his rescue by agreeing to appear on a TV special to be broadcast from his club.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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Black Midnight
1949-10-01
Black Midnight
Overview: A young man with a love of horses, Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) lives on the family ranch with his uncle Bill (Damian O’Flynn). When he buys a wild stallion from his black-sheep cousin Daniel (Rand Brooks), Scott names the horse Midnight and does his best to tame him. But when the sheriff (Sky King’s Kirby Grant) suspects the stallion was stolen and Daniel’s plan to get rid of the horse ends with a man being trampled, Scott must prove Midnight acted in self-defense before his uncle destroys him. The fourth of six films McDowall coproduced and starred in for Monogram Pictures, Black Midnight was directed by Oscar “Budd” Boetticher, whose seven Westerns with Randolph Scott are considered classics of the genre.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-01
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Saint Joan
1967-12-04
Saint Joan
Overview: A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial of Joan of Arc, based on the kept records from her trial.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-04
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Poison Pen
1939-07-03
Poison Pen
Overview: The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-03
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997-01-01
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Overview: A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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I See Ice
1938-02-10
I See Ice
Overview: George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-10
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Remo Williams: The Prophecy
1988-08-15
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Overview: This unsold television pilot was a sequel to the 1985 movie "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins." Set one year after the events of that film (and loosely based on the plot of the novella "The Day Remo Died"), this TV pilot not only included footage from the 1985 film in its opening credits, but it also included a musical score from Craig Safan, who also scored the Remo feature film.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-15
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Overview: Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-12
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Just William
1940-07-20
Just William
Overview: A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two jewel thieves to escape. They feel sorry about this, and then, to redeem themselves, the kids begin investigating a rival candidates conspiracy. Their involvement causes the boy's father to win the elections.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-20
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The Steel Fist
1952-01-06
The Steel Fist
Overview: In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-06
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A Bug's Life
1998-11-25
A Bug's Life
Overview: On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-25
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Molly and Me
1945-05-25
Molly and Me
Overview: A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-25
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997-03-18
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Overview: Profiling the life and career of actor Henry Fonda, who starred in such film classics as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "12 Angry Men."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-18
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The Big Picture
1989-09-15
The Big Picture
Overview: Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Saloon Bar
1940-11-02
Saloon Bar
Overview: A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-02
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Journey to Murder
1971-01-01
Journey to Murder
Overview: Television movie that consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown (1968): Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) and The Killing Bottle (1969).
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994-02-18
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Overview: When a mentor and friend of Jennifer's dies, she and Jonathan return to the sleepy town where Jennifer once lived and worked as a reporter. Nearly immediately, they discover that all is not right within this picturesque town. The town's economic troubles pale next to the danger the Harts find themselves in as they try to sort out whether their friend's death was murder, and what sinister secrets may lie behind the truth.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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Double Trouble
1992-02-14
Double Trouble
Overview: Two beefed-up twins operating on opposing sides of the law, team up to stop a nefarious crook in this actioner. Peter Jade is a notoriously arrogant burglar who ends up with the key to an enormous underground cache of diamonds. David Jade is a cop who joins forces with Peter after greedy Philip Chamberlain, wanting the diamonds for himself, kills David's partner
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-14
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Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024-05-03
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Overview: Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent sequels have asked its viewers challenging questions about contemporary society under the guise of a bold science fiction saga: a fascinating look at a hugely successful pop culture phenomenon.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-05-03
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Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-21
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Overview: When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-21
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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-19
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-20
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Overview: When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax. Meanwhile, their friend Burke is captured by the ape authorities and is to be brainwashed by a brilliant ape scientist named Wanda. [The fourth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Surgeon" and "The Interrogation"]
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-20
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Hey! Hey! USA
1938-10-01
Hey! Hey! USA
Overview: While working as a porter Benjamin Twists mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the USA. Upon landing on the American coast Twist takes up work as a professor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-01
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Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979-01-01
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Overview: A day-in-the-life documentary with Garry Marshall. Marshall was an executive producer for ABC and was responsible for such hit shows as Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, and Mork and Mindy. This tape features several behind the scenes segments from these shows' productions. Marshall is also interviewed about the nature of television production and comedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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The Immigrants
1978-11-20
The Immigrants
Overview: The rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San Francisco earthquake to become a shipping magnate, rise to the top of Nob Hill's society through a loveless marriage to the daughter of the city's wealthiest family, and find happiness with an Asian mistress despite the collapse of his fortune during the Wall Street crash.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-20
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Macbeth
1948-10-01
Macbeth
Overview: A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-01
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The Million Dollar Face
1981-03-12
The Million Dollar Face
Overview: Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to be run by his former lover (Lee Grant), and finds his company in the grip of a power struggle among his executives (one of whom, unbeknownst to him, is the son he'd never met) when he is severely injured in a helicopter accident. This pilot to a prospective primetime soap opera failed to generate network interest.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-12
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024-05-16
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Overview: Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star’s personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-16
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Going Under
1991-08-23
Going Under
Overview: An American submarine races to get a nuclear weapon before a Russian submarine.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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His Brother’s Keeper
1940-01-27
His Brother’s Keeper
Overview: “A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-27
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Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997-10-12
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Overview: Documentary on the life and career of actor Vincent Price, best known for horror film classics such as "House of Wax," "The Fly," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-12
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Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-17
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Overview: Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-17
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Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975-02-27
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Overview: Vintage 1975 documentary about the life of movie queen Elizabeth Taylor hosted by Peter Lawford, and featuring appearances by actors Roddy McDowall and Rock Hudson, directors Richard Brooks and Vincente Minnelli, Elizabeth's mother Sara Taylor, costumer Helen Rose, and producer Sam Marx.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-27
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The Black Hole
1979-12-18
The Black Hole
Overview: The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-18
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The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980-05-05
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Overview: A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of the mother's death 30 years prior, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman and uncovers a heinous crime.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-05
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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989-11-15
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Overview: A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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Night Gallery
1969-11-08
Night Gallery
Overview: This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-08
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Something to Believe In
1998-05-08
Something to Believe In
Overview: Reports of a weeping Madonna in Italy reach Las Vegas, where blackjack dealer Maggie has just learnt she has only weeks to live. With a massive leap of faith she convinces herself that seeing the Madonna with her own eyes could lead to her salvation, and travels to Europe to find it. Hitching through Italy, she meets pianist Mike, who is also en route to what he believes could be a life-changing event - a performance at the Barbarina concert in Naples.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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On the Sunny Side
1942-02-13
On the Sunny Side
Overview: Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-13
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
That's Entertainment, Part II
Overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998-01-01
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Overview: The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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This Girl For Hire
1983-01-11
This Girl For Hire
Overview: In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.
Genres: Comedy Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-11
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Big Timber
1950-09-10
Big Timber
Overview: A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself successfully conveying an injured workman to the hospital in a careening truck, whose brakes have been tampered with, down a mountainside.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-10
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GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986-03-21
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Overview: The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords." It's wall-to-wall action and high tech fun as the heroic Guradian GoBots join the Rock Lords' battle for control of the ultimate super weapon. And they'd better hurry, because the Guardian GoBots' all-time worst enemies, the Renegades, are out to use the super weapon for their own evil purposes.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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The Color of Evening
1990-09-01
The Color of Evening
Overview: An aging artist seeks his muse and a young lover in the form of a beautiful model.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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Keepers of the Frame
1999-03-01
Keepers of the Frame
Overview: An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-01
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Sixth and Main
1977-01-01
Sixth and Main
Overview: Monica Cord is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue mission and shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Monica becomes intrigued by one particular derelict, a tall, quiet man known only as John Doe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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It's Showtime
1976-03-31
It's Showtime
Overview: A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998-05-05
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Overview: Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and "Resurrection".
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-05
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Midas Run
1969-05-07
Midas Run
Overview: A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-07
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You Will Remember
1941-02-08
You Will Remember
Overview: Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through performances of his songs by the tenor Ellaline Terriss (Dorothy Hyson). The peak of Stuart's success in the early 1900s is followed by poverty and obscurity with the arriving Jazz Age. In debtor's prison, Stuart is rescued by friends from happier times, and achieves a comeback in British music halls shortly before his death.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-08
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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000-10-14
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Overview: Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-14
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Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988-09-16
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Overview: Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-16
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Rapunzel
1983-02-05
Rapunzel
Overview: A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determined to keep Rapunzel for herself, the witch locks her up in a tall tower all alone, with no way in or out except by climbing her long, braided hair. Wonders and dangers occur when the girl meets a handsome prince.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-05
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Heart of Darkness
1958-11-06
Heart of Darkness
Overview: A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-06
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Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24
Hollywood’s Children
Overview: A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
1991-12-22
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Overview: This is the story about an ordinary someone, much like you or me, who is called upon to accomplish a very important task. Little Timmy the Angel is given the greatest honor in all of Heaven to deliver the jeweled crown to the newborn Prince. But he s sure they ve made a mistake. He s much too little for such a long journey. And who knows what frightful things lie ahead...
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-22
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The Return of Captain Sinbad
2001-01-01
The Return of Captain Sinbad
Overview: Animated Film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Evil Inside Me
1993-01-01
The Evil Inside Me
Overview: The lines between past and present are mysteriously blurred when a successful real estate agent develops a strange fixation with a run-down, vacant house that was formally owned by an organized crime family. After he moves in, he is visited by a sexy ghost and begins to unravel the secrets of his former life in 1928... a past where passion and greed collide in the violent world of gangsters.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997-01-21
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Overview: The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major studio.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-21
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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994-09-13
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Overview: Share the magical memories - and see clips from her Oscar winning performances - in this profile of the "First Lady of the American screen."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-13
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Hart to Hart
1979-08-25
Hart to Hart
Overview: In this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has left a health farm, apparently committing suicide. There was no warning of him being troubled so the Harts go undercover to find out what happened at the farm.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-25
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Hollywood on Horses
1989-01-01
Hollywood on Horses
Overview: Hosted by celebrity horse enthusiast, Tab Hunter, visits the stables and homes of the Hollywood movie set, where you'll see first hand how Hollywood's biggest stars ride, train and discuss their passion for these magnificent animals.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Wind in the Willows
1983-11-18
The Wind in the Willows
Overview: The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
Genres: Animation Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-18
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The Outsider
1939-01-30
The Outsider
Overview: A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-30
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Beyond Titanic
1998-09-06
Beyond Titanic
Overview: A survey of 86 years of Titanicana in popular culture, with the emphasis on movies about (or inspired by) the disaster.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-06
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The Fantastic Journey
1977-02-03
The Fantastic Journey
Overview: 1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-03
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989-06-26
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Overview: A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-26
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