Sam Waterston
Biography: Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: November 15, 1940
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Known For
The Killing Fields
1984-11-23
The Killing Fields
Overview: New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-23
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Heaven's Gate
1980-11-19
Heaven's Gate
Overview: Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27
The Great Gatsby
Overview: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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Hannah and Her Sisters
1986-02-07
Hannah and Her Sisters
Overview: Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-07
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989-10-13
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Overview: A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-13
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Serial Mom
1994-04-13
Serial Mom
Overview: Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-13
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September
1987-12-18
September
Overview: After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-18
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Capricorn One
1977-12-10
Capricorn One
Overview: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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Hopscotch
1980-09-26
Hopscotch
Overview: When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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Le Divorce
2003-08-08
Le Divorce
Overview: While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-08
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Warning Sign
1985-08-23
Warning Sign
Overview: An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-23
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Rancho Deluxe
1975-03-14
Rancho Deluxe
Overview: Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-14
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Interiors
1978-08-02
Interiors
Overview: When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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The Journey of August King
1995-09-14
The Journey of August King
Overview: The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and, ultimately, returned to her slave owner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-14
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The Matthew Shepard Story
2002-03-16
The Matthew Shepard Story
Overview: In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-16
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Shadow Conspiracy
1997-01-25
Shadow Conspiracy
Overview: Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-25
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The Man in the Moon
1991-09-30
The Man in the Moon
Overview: Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-30
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Mindwalk
1991-12-05
Mindwalk
Overview: On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Sonia meets Jack and Tom. Sonia is a Norwegian physicist who abandoned a lucrative career after discovering that elements of her work were being applied to weapons development. Jack is an American politician attempting to make sense of his recent defeat as a presidential candidate. Tom is a poet, disillusioned former political speechwriter, and Jack's close friend. As they wander the picturesque medieval abbey, the trio engage in a wide-ranging conversation on political and social problems, exchanging their varied perspectives rooted in their different intellectual backgrounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010-10-30
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Overview: “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs? Seriously, who? Because we’re looking for those people. We’re looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn’t be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it’s appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-30
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Welcome Home
1989-09-29
Welcome Home
Overview: Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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The Glass Menagerie
1973-12-16
The Glass Menagerie
Overview: An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-16
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Generation
1969-12-15
Generation
Overview: Newlyweds shock the bride's father with plans for natural childbirth in a Greenwich Village loft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-15
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The Enemy Within
1994-08-24
The Enemy Within
Overview: A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-24
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Reflections of Murder
1974-11-24
Reflections of Murder
Overview: The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-24
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The Proprietor
1996-09-09
The Proprietor
Overview: An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-09
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Merchant Ivory
2024-08-30
Merchant Ivory
Overview: The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-30
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Eagle's Wing
1979-07-26
Eagle's Wing
Overview: Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-26
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The Fifth Missile
1986-02-23
The Fifth Missile
Overview: The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-23
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Swimming to Cambodia
1987-03-13
Swimming to Cambodia
Overview: Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-13
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Games Mother Never Taught You
1982-11-27
Games Mother Never Taught You
Overview: Hard-working career wife Laura becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is dismayed to find she now has to learn the rules of the corporate game.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-27
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Journey into Fear
1975-08-08
Journey into Fear
Overview: U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-08
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The Room Upstairs
1987-01-31
The Room Upstairs
Overview: A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money. It turns out her tenants help her in more ways than supplementing her income, and ultimately they become instrumental in turning her life around.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-31
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Miracle at Midnight
1998-03-17
Miracle at Midnight
Overview: Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a remarkable effort to save thousands of their Jewish countrymen from the horror of Nazi concentration camps. Hendrik and his doctor father undertake the dangerous task of deceiving the Nazis and hiding Jewish families. When the Koster men must themselves go into hiding, Henrik's sister and mother are left to face capture by the suspicious Gestapo.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-17
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Three
1969-12-23
Three
Overview: Two college friends, traveling in Europe, find themselves rivals for the attentions of a mysterious woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988-12-30
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Overview: There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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Nixon
1995-12-22
Nixon
Overview: A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Lantern Hill
1989-08-29
Lantern Hill
Overview: In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-29
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Mahoney's Last Stand
1972-11-01
Mahoney's Last Stand
Overview: "A truly remarkable performance!" - Charlie Chaplin In this rare and virtually unseen film we follow the exploits of Leroy Mahoney (Alexis Kanner) as he settles in the country leaving behind a wayward life to work his land. With plot only provided as subtext, the simple story is a dramatization of a man and his resolve to live a quite honest life farming. Mahoney’s Last Stand has only appeared on Canadian TV and in particular remains neglected, forgotten even, with no release even on VHS.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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A Case for Love
2024-01-23
A Case for Love
Overview: “A Case for Love” is a heartfelt yet personally challenging movie inspired by the teachings and writings of Bishop Michael Curry, most well-known for his passionate sermon about “The Power of Love” at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. This documentary examines whether or not love–specifically unselfish love–is the solution to the extreme societal and political divide facing the U.S.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-23
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David's Mother
1994-04-10
David's Mother
Overview: Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been dodging 'The System' to keep her son with her, instead of putting him in an institution. Each feels they know what's best for David. But their opinions are not the same. Sally's developing relationship with John Nils is caught in the middle.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-10
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993-10-11
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Overview: Lilly Taylor returns to her hometown for the first time in thirty years, where she remembers the dramatic events that led to her leaving, and learns what became of the Bedford family she used to work for.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-11
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Dempsey
1983-09-28
Dempsey
Overview: Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and Barbara Piatelli Dempsey.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-28
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Sweet William
1980-04-11
Sweet William
Overview: William McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naive Ann Walton (Jenny Agutter), but she nearly as quickly begins to comprehend that her new beau is anything but a one-woman man. In addition to his two ex-wives, with whom he remains remarkably close, William exhibits a disturbing attraction for nearly any female who crosses his path -- Ann's friends among them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-11
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994-02-26
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Overview: The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-26
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Cover Me Babe
1970-10-01
Cover Me Babe
Overview: Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971-12-11
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Overview: A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-11
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Please Be Normal
2015-03-20
Please Be Normal
Overview: Victor is a struggling playwright and theater director and his girlfriend Mary is expecting their first child. He has a temporary job in construction to make ends meet, but the dusty, dirty job exhausts him. Across town, Mary is a manager in a tony Madison Avenue boutique. The young couple is about to move out of their bohemian apartment in Brooklyn to the suburbs, all funded by Mary's father. As Dad keeps buying buying them things they could never afford, Victor's sense of entrapment grows. His inner struggle to meet their expectations seems to be guiding him towards a way of life he is unwilling to accept.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-20
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Anesthesia
2016-01-08
Anesthesia
Overview: Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-08
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1984-10-29
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Overview: Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-29
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Flagrant désir
1986-06-11
Flagrant désir
Overview: In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-06-11
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Love Lives On
1985-03-31
Love Lives On
Overview: A 15-year-old girl must choose between continuing her pregnancy and undergoing treatment for her fast-growing cancer.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-31
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Exiled
1998-11-08
Exiled
Overview: NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the investigation leads him back to the 27th Precinct, Logan sees a chance to resurrect his flailing career and be reinstated as a homicide detective.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-08
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The Six Triple Eight
2024-12-06
The Six Triple Eight
Overview: During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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Just Between Friends
1986-03-21
Just Between Friends
Overview: Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-21
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A Captive in the Land
1993-01-15
A Captive in the Land
Overview: An American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon maroons them both and the unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the real life terrors of the Arctic.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Much Ado About Nothing
1973-02-02
Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to matchmake her with Benedick (her former boyfriend), but she being an independent-minded, bicycle-riding Suffragette type, it's going to take a bit of trickery.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-02
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Savages
1972-06-27
Savages
Overview: A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party. There follows an allegory of upper-class behavior. At last, they begin to devolve toward their original status, and after a battle at croquet, they disappear into the woods.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-27
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A House Divided
2000-07-30
A House Divided
Overview: In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern Belle, Amanda's true mother was a black slave Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-30
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Miss Sloane
2016-11-25
Miss Sloane
Overview: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995-08-18
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Overview: Four tales are compiled from the popular television series. After a death row inmate (Patrick Swayze) is struck by lightning, he discovers he's received the Christ-like ability to heal others, prompting a race to save him from the electric chair. An author (Sam Waterston) is haunted by an apparition in mirrors. A psychic (Gregory Hines) reads the mind of a serial killer but doesn't know which member of his audience the thoughts come from. A painter (Harvey Keitel) mourns his wife's death.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-18
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Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
Fitzwilly
Overview: When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-20
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Devil's Paradise
1987-05-07
Devil's Paradise
Overview: At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-05-07
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966-10-01
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Overview: Written, directed, and self-financed by Juleen Compton, The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean is the story of a clairvoyant teenage girl, Norma Jean (Sharon Henesy), taken advantage of by a boy band, fashioned after The Beatles, determined to exploit the young woman's powers as part of a hoax revival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Sweet Revenge
1976-06-06
Sweet Revenge
Overview: A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough cars (sometimes the same car more than once) to buy a new Ferrari.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-06
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Finnegan Begin Again
1985-02-24
Finnegan Begin Again
Overview: A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-24
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In Defense of Kids
1983-04-06
In Defense of Kids
Overview: When a female lawyer finds a girl hiding in the back of her car, it starts her thinking, and she decides to give up her job to open up a refuge for neglected children.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-06
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Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017-06-17
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Overview: We all know Curious George. But what about his creators, Hans and Margret Rey? From fleeing Nazi Germany on handmade bicycles to encounters with exotic animals in Brazil, the Reys lived lives of adventure that are reflected in the pages on one of the most treasured children’s book series of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-17
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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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The Man in the Woods
2020-11-24
The Man in the Woods
Overview: On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, and the headmaster's wife, agree to go search for her. As they do, they confront the lies, ghost stories, and demonization that their idyllic school was built on.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-24
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994-12-19
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Overview: A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-19
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The Mayo Clinic
2018-09-25
The Mayo Clinic
Overview: The Mayo Clinic tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a "Medical Mecca," the "Supreme Court of Medicine," and the "place for hope where there is no hope." The Mayo Clinic began in 1883 as an unlikely partnership between the Sisters of Saint Francis and a country doctor named William Worrall Mayo after a devastating tornado in rural Minnesota. Since then, it has grown into an organization that treats more than a million patients a year from all 50 states and 150 countries. Dr. Mayo had a simple philosophy he imparted to his sons Will and Charlie: "the needs of the patient come first." They wouldn't treat diseases...they would treat people. In a world where healthcare delivery is typically fragmented among individual specialties, the Mayo Clinic practices a multi-specialty, team-based approach that has, from its beginnings, created a culture that thrives on collaboration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-25
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Overview: The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-02
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A Walk in the Woods
1988-01-01
A Walk in the Woods
Overview: A true story about one US and one USSR delegate who, during 1982 talks in Geneva between USA and USSR on limiting medium-range nukes in Europe, met by accident in a nearby forest while on a stroll and informally started a key discussion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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In Bad Taste
1999-09-03
In Bad Taste
Overview: A documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and fellow film-makers. The life and death of the actor Divine is also discussed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-03
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018-01-21
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Overview: Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life of controversy, tragedy and transformation – and she’s done it all in the public eye. An intimate look at one woman’s singular journey.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-21
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Dean Smith
2015-03-25
Dean Smith
Overview: Coach, mentor, social activist ...the life and legacy of Dean Smith, North Carolina's legendary basketball coach - who went to 11 Finals Fours and won two National Championships, with players like Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Vince Carter and Jerry Stackhouse - is remembered and celebrated by former players and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-25
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Dateline: Saigon
2017-03-07
Dateline: Saigon
Overview: How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-07
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Earth and the American Dream
1992-10-01
Earth and the American Dream
Overview: A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Friendly Fire
1980-11-09
Friendly Fire
Overview: In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-09
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021-11-19
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Overview: A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archives to create the first film featuring the revolutionary late writer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999-07-18
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Overview: Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs, hosted by Sam Waterston, tells the compelling stories behind some of the world's most memorable photographs. Returning to the scene of the action, each photographer describes, in a gripping first-hand account, how they took their prize-winning photographs. The moments they captured forged history and changed lives - including the photographers own. The stories of these unforgettable photographs' own. The stories of these unforgettable photographs - many of them shown here for the first time - are as compelling and long lasting as the images themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-18
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Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
2020-09-01
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Overview: The summer Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived in Connecticut inspired one of the world's most beloved novels: The Great Gatsby. We know the book, we know the films and series, but do we know the truth? Track down the mystery millionaire who threw extravagant parties, uncover new evidence of the location and players, and dig deep to discover the untold story of the real-life Jay Gatsby himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-01
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The Commission
2003-11-07
The Commission
Overview: Using transcripts from the Warren Commission Report, this film documents the workings of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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The Unfinished Journey
1999-12-31
The Unfinished Journey
Overview: A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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And It Was Good
2015-06-05
And It Was Good
Overview: A couple reunites after a long separation to find themselves in a world that seems designed for their enjoyment and comfort. They immediately get married. During the ceremony, the Judge marrying them confronts them with the reality of their own mortality and challenges them to fight together against death. This perfect wedding day is returned to periodically throughout an examination of their future as they cope with life, love, and death.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-05
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Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Overview: On April 17, 1975, the face of Cambodia would forever be changed. As Khmer Rouge soldiers marched into the capital city of Phnom Penh, the unsuspecting people of Cambodia had little idea they would be forced into a living nightmare that would last nearly four years. Rain Falls From Earth is a story of courage, a story of survival and a story of eventual triumph over the Communist regime that was responsible for the deaths of over two million people. The voices of many Cambodians are heard as they convey their thoughts, ideas and emotions - the very things they were forced to abandon in the "killing fields" of Cambodia. Their stories are an eyewitness account to genocide.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Hammer and Cycle
2004-04-09
Hammer and Cycle
Overview: A group of college students leave New Haven, CT on bicycles and plan a 4,000-mile adventure to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-09
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