Kathy Bates
Biography: Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathy Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Known For
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
Fried Green Tomatoes
Overview: Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-27
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008-12-10
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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Around the World in 80 Days
2004-06-16
Around the World in 80 Days
Overview: A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-16
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Misery
1990-11-30
Misery
Overview: After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-30
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Dragonfly
2002-02-22
Dragonfly
Overview: A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
Genres: Thriller Fantasy Mystery Horror Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-22
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Swept from the Sea
1998-01-23
Swept from the Sea
Overview: The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-23
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Prelude to a Kiss
1992-07-10
Prelude to a Kiss
Overview: A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-10
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The Waterboy
1998-11-06
The Waterboy
Overview: Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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About Schmidt
2002-12-12
About Schmidt
Overview: A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-12
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Revolutionary Road
2008-12-19
Revolutionary Road
Overview: A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-19
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Diabolique
1996-03-22
Diabolique
Overview: The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-22
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Fred Claus
2007-11-09
Fred Claus
Overview: Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-09
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My Sister's Keeper
2002-01-27
My Sister's Keeper
Overview: Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for and independent and ordinary life. When her mother dies, her sister Judy becomes responsible for her care. The two are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-27
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The Late Shift
1996-02-24
The Late Shift
Overview: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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Bee Movie
2007-10-28
Bee Movie
Overview: Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-28
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The Blind Side
2009-11-20
The Blind Side
Overview: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-20
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P.S. I Love You
2007-11-15
P.S. I Love You
Overview: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-15
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Chéri
2009-04-08
Chéri
Overview: The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-08
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Failure to Launch
2006-03-10
Failure to Launch
Overview: At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-10
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Straight Time
1978-03-18
Straight Time
Overview: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-18
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North
1994-07-22
North
Overview: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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Dolores Claiborne
1995-03-24
Dolores Claiborne
Overview: Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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Misery Loves Company
2003-01-01
Misery Loves Company
Overview: A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, writer William Goldman, Barry Sonnenfeld (the film's cinematographer) presenting their views on the film years later of its release and the impact "Misery" had in their professional lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Primary Colors
1998-03-20
Primary Colors
Overview: In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-20
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Christmas Is Here Again
2007-10-20
Christmas Is Here Again
Overview: When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as they try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas once and for all!
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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Summer Camp
2024-05-31
Summer Camp
Overview: Childhood best friends Nora, Ginny and Mary used to spend every summer at sleepaway camp together, and now, fifty years later, seize the opportunity to get back together for a reunion at the camp — full of food fights, river rafting and emotional revelations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-31
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Angus
1995-09-15
Angus
Overview: Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Valentine's Day
2010-02-10
Valentine's Day
Overview: More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents, together for years, face a crisis. An 'I Hate Valentine's Day' dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-10
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988-07-08
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Overview: Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-08
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Annie
1999-11-07
Annie
Overview: Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.
Genres: Music Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-07
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Charlotte's Web
2006-12-07
Charlotte's Web
Overview: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Rat Race
2001-08-17
Rat Race
Overview: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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American Outlaws
2001-08-17
American Outlaws
Overview: When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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White Palace
1990-10-19
White Palace
Overview: Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-19
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A Civil Action
1998-12-25
A Civil Action
Overview: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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Two of a Kind
1983-12-13
Two of a Kind
Overview: God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-13
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Personal Effects
2009-03-05
Personal Effects
Overview: Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman gives him solace to the situation. Will this unlikely pairing bloom into a romance and heal a wound the world cannot see or will the loss of his sister push him over the edge?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-05
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Little Black Book
2004-08-06
Little Black Book
Overview: Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an upcoming show. But what she learns only adds to her confusion, and her plans begin to unravel when she befriends one of the women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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Relative Strangers
2006-05-01
Relative Strangers
Overview: An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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Love Liza
2002-12-30
Love Liza
Overview: Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-30
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008-09-12
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Overview: Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout several decades. Recently, their lives have become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices, and a dark secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-12
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Unconditional Love
2002-08-23
Unconditional Love
Overview: After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-23
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A Little Bit of Heaven
2011-02-03
A Little Bit of Heaven
Overview: A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004-10-12
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Overview: Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-12
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004-12-22
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Overview: The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-22
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Bonneville
2006-09-11
Bonneville
Overview: Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late husband's ashes to Santa Barbara.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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Guilty Hearts
2006-01-01
Guilty Hearts
Overview: Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter future.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982-11-12
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Overview: On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-12
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991-12-06
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Overview: Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-06
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You May Not Kiss the Bride
2011-04-03
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Overview: Bryan, an unassuming pet photographer has action and adventure thrust upon him when he is forced to wed Masha, a Croatian crime lord's daughter, and she is subsequently kidnapped while on their honeymoon in a tropical paradise.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-03
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993-01-30
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Overview: Life in space. Beam-ins. Intergalactic war. What about getting a driver's license or doing the laundry? This one-hour special features dozens of space professionals---from astronauts and life systems engineers to space suit designers, interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A moving story concerning Jaime Escalante and one of his students (Raymond Cruz) is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. A documentary AND fantasy. Shot on video and on film. Guest stars include Kathy Bates, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Morita, Esai Morales, and Billy Bob Thornton.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-30
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Men Don't Leave
1990-02-02
Men Don't Leave
Overview: A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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The Smack
The Smack
Overview: Rowan Petty, a down-on-his-luck con man who gets an opportunity to make a real score. He teams up with Jade, a woman looking to escape her life just like him, and the pair make their way to L.A., where they get caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a multimillion-dollar score.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
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A Home of Our Own
1993-11-05
A Home of Our Own
Overview: In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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Midnight in Paris
2011-05-11
Midnight in Paris
Overview: While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-11
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Bruno
2000-04-16
Bruno
Overview: The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-16
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The War at Home
1996-11-20
The War at Home
Overview: Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-20
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Summer Heat
1987-05-29
Summer Heat
Overview: The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-29
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Thelma
Thelma
Overview: Follows John Kennedy Toole's mother, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma, made it her life's mission.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Curse of the Starving Class
1994-09-13
Curse of the Starving Class
Overview: Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-13
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No Place Like Home
1989-12-03
No Place Like Home
Overview: A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-03
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021-03-26
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Overview: Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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Tammy
2014-07-02
Tammy
Overview: For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time for Tammy to hit the road, but without money or transportation, her options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother, Pearl, who has a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-02
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High Stakes
1989-10-06
High Stakes
Overview: A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-06
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987-10-01
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Overview: Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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A Family Affair
2024-06-27
A Family Affair
Overview: The only thing worse than being the assistant to a high-maintenance movie star who doesn't take you seriously? Finding out he's smitten with your mom.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-27
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Shadows and Fog
1991-12-05
Shadows and Fog
Overview: With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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Ambulance Girl
2005-09-12
Ambulance Girl
Overview: The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-12
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Titanic: Stories From the Heart
2023-12-05
Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Overview: Director James Cameron, producer Jon Landau, and star Kate Winslet, share memories and favorite moments, and recount the challenges of making the greatest love story of all time. Go back in time with never seen before film clips, photos, and behind-the-scenes moments.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-05
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Used People
1992-12-16
Used People
Overview: At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-16
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Boychoir
2014-09-04
Boychoir
Overview: A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-04
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The Boss
2016-04-07
The Boss
Overview: A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-07
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Cadaver
2012-11-26
Cadaver
Overview: A cadaver wakes up to say a last goodbye to his wife, but discovers a truth in death that he didn't know in life.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-26
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Roe vs. Wade
1989-05-15
Roe vs. Wade
Overview: Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-15
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Murder Ordained
1987-05-03
Murder Ordained
Overview: This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-03
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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004-09-24
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Overview: Popeye, Olive and Bluto head out to find Popeye's long lost Pappy.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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Complete Unknown
2016-08-26
Complete Unknown
Overview: Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015-10-05
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Overview: Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-05
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Bad Santa 2
2016-11-23
Bad Santa 2
Overview: Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-23
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The Great Lillian Hall
2025-03-07
The Great Lillian Hall
Overview: Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in the rehearsals her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-07
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The Road to Mecca
1991-03-10
The Road to Mecca
Overview: An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-10
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Declaration of Independence
2003-06-10
Declaration of Independence
Overview: Famous actors and actresses read the declaration of independence of the USA.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-10
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Taking Off
1971-03-28
Taking Off
Overview: Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-28
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Krystal
2018-04-13
Krystal
Overview: A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-13
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Talking With
1995-04-19
Talking With
Overview: Adapted from the group of stage monologues by the pseudononymous "Jane Martin," this is a series of characters snake handler, daughter, baton twirler, washed-up rodeo cowgirl, tattoed woman, and older woman in the twilight of her years talking with us about their experiences, in the poetic language that Jane Martin is known for bringing to all her stage characters. Kathy Bates does a wonderful job of translating these dead-on characters (talking directly to camera) from stage to screen. "Jane Martin" first came to prominence at the prestigious Louisville-based Humana Theatre Festival it was recently revealed that "she" is none other than the Festival's artistic director, Jon Jory.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-19
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019-03-13
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Overview: A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-13
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The Effects of Magic
1998-09-28
The Effects of Magic
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Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-28
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997-02-24
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Overview: A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-24
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The West Side Waltz
1995-11-23
The West Side Waltz
Overview: Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-23
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The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009-12-10
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Overview: A documentary profile of Pasadena society girl turned adventurer and aviator, Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes. In the 1920's and 30's, Barnes was Hollywood's top woman stunt pilot. In the 1940's and 50's, she owned and operated the (in)famous "Happy Bottom Riding Club" - a fly-in resort located near Edwards Air Force Base.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-10
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The Golden Compass
2007-12-04
The Golden Compass
Overview: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-04
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000-08-03
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Overview: From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman. Kathy Bates gives voice to Marion's words from her letters, diaries, and memoirs. Includes commentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow, critic Leonard Maltin, and Marion's celebrated biographer Cari Beauchamp. Current women filmmakers reflect on the legacy left to them by Marion and the pioneering women of early Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-03
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Hostages
1992-09-23
Hostages
Overview: True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-23
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On the Basis of Sex
2018-12-25
On the Basis of Sex
Overview: Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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Dick Tracy
1990-04-05
Dick Tracy
Overview: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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The Morning After
1986-12-25
The Morning After
Overview: Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-25
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996-03-17
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Overview: A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-17
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The Highwaymen
2019-03-15
The Highwaymen
Overview: In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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Richard Jewell
2019-12-13
Richard Jewell
Overview: Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-13
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Rumor Has It...
2005-12-22
Rumor Has It...
Overview: Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-22
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Home
2021-07-29
Home
Overview: An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-29
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Hansel and Gretel
2005-01-01
Hansel and Gretel
Overview: The classic story of a woodcutter's two lost children, who find a house in the forest made of sweets and candy that belongs to a hungry witch.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Warm Springs
2005-04-30
Warm Springs
Overview: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-30
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Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005-10-25
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Overview: A eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023-03-29
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Overview: When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-29
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Tupperware!
1994-02-09
Tupperware!
Overview: The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, the self-taught sales-woman who built him an empire out of bowls that burped. Brownie was an intuitive marketing genius who trained a small army of Tupperware Ladies to put on Tupperware parties in living rooms across America in the 1950s. She rewarded her sales force with minks and modern appliances at extravagant annual jubilees which the company filmed. her saleswomen earned thousands, even millions, selling Tupperware. And the experience changed their lives.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-09
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Johnny Bull
1986-05-19
Johnny Bull
Overview: An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-law, a former Hungarian with different ideas about the life and culture that her son should have.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-19
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Baby Steps
1999-06-26
Baby Steps
Overview: Baby Steps depicts the encounter of a single gay school teacher with a midwestern adoption agent.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-26
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The Miracle Club
2023-07-14
The Miracle Club
Overview: Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-14
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Reflections on Titanic
2012-09-10
Reflections on Titanic
Overview: An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-10
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Signs of Life
1989-01-01
Signs of Life
Overview: The closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Making Rat Race
2002-01-29
Making Rat Race
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-29
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Titanic
1997-11-18
Titanic
Overview: 101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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