Arthur French
Biography: Arthur W. French Jr. (born November 6, 1931) is an American actor and director best known for his work in the theatre.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 06, 1931
Deathday: July 24, 2021
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Chocolate Babies
1996-07-21
Chocolate Babies
Overview: Welcome to the front lines of AIDS activism, where the latest enemy raids are being run by a band of unlikely warriors: two drag queens, an HIV-positive man with tiny gemstones dotting his bald head, and his HIV-positive sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-21
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See China and Die
1981-12-09
See China and Die
Overview: A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-09
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The Stone Killer
1973-08-08
The Stone Killer
Overview: A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-08
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The Associate
1996-10-25
The Associate
Overview: Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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Loose Cannons
1990-02-09
Loose Cannons
Overview: Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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The Pickle
1993-04-30
The Pickle
Overview: Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-30
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Out of It
1969-12-01
Out of It
Overview: An introverted nerd and a violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-01
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Hanky Panky
1982-06-04
Hanky Panky
Overview: Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
Genres: Mystery Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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Music of the Heart
1999-10-29
Music of the Heart
Overview: Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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Movie 43
2013-01-24
Movie 43
Overview: A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-24
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We're Puttin' on the Ritz
1986-07-26
We're Puttin' on the Ritz
Overview: Two employees of a reclusive millionaire, Micki the secretary and Max the chauffeur, decide to attend a society function to which their employer has been invited. In the course of the evening, Max and Micki establish new identities in the world of high society and, while rubbing shoulders with the elite, they uncover a scam that tests their sleuthing skills as much as their social skills.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-26
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3rd Street Blackout
2015-06-13
3rd Street Blackout
Overview: A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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You Can't Take it With You
1984-11-21
You Can't Take it With You
Overview: A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-21
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White Lies
1997-04-01
White Lies
Overview: A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Malcolm X
1992-11-18
Malcolm X
Overview: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-18
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Utopians
2011-02-11
Utopians
Overview: Told through memory and metaphor, Utopians is a dark and subtly comic character study of three people on the edge: of society, of control, and of collapse. Roger is a yoga teacher. His daughter Zoe returns home from the military and to Rogers dismay resumes her relationship with her allegedly schizophrenic girlfriend Maya. Opposed to Zoe's pursuit of Maya but eager to be a part of his daughters life, Roger becomes entangled in the ups and downs of their relationship. Increasingly late and obviously distracted during his yoga classes, his few remaining students begin to lose patience. When Rogers well-meaning friend Morris offers them a live-in renovation job in an upscale Brooklyn home, the three of them move in and start a job they are not exactly qualified for. Living rent-free provides them with a respite from the responsibilities and expectations of the outside world. Together they try to find comfort in their new reality while being revisited by their troubled pasts.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Night of the Juggler
1980-06-06
Night of the Juggler
Overview: An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-06
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You Can't Go Home Again
1979-04-25
You Can't Go Home Again
Overview: An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-25
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Car Wash
1976-10-22
Car Wash
Overview: This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-22
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Forged
2010-07-31
Forged
Overview: Released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Chuco returns to Scranton, Penn., where he meets his son, who naturally wants revenge. The two proceed to wrestle with their emotions and the past, forging an unlikely bond.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-31
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The Gentleman Bandit
1981-05-06
The Gentleman Bandit
Overview: Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-06
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Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
Red Hook Summer
Overview: When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-10
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2 Days in New York
2012-03-28
2 Days in New York
Overview: Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-28
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The Book of Henry
2017-06-16
The Book of Henry
Overview: Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-16
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God's Pocket
2014-05-09
God's Pocket
Overview: A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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Please Give
2010-04-30
Please Give
Overview: In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-30
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Three Days of the Condor
1975-09-24
Three Days of the Condor
Overview: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-24
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Crooklyn
1994-05-13
Crooklyn
Overview: From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972-12-19
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Overview: Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-19
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The Trip to Bountiful
2014-03-08
The Trip to Bountiful
Overview: Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Citizens Band
1977-05-18
Citizens Band
Overview: The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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Others
2019-10-28
Others
Overview: A series of non-narrative vignettes involving people in everyday moments who are connected to otherworldly beings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-28
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Hollow Image
1979-06-24
Hollow Image
Overview: A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-24
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Blade
1973-12-01
Blade
Overview: A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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