Biography: Amy Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for six Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Adams began her career as a dancer in dinner theater, which she pursued from 1994 to 1998, and made her film debut with a supporting part in the dark comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in low-budget feature films. Her first major role came in Steven Spielberg's biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), but she was unemployed for a year afterward. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed a loquacious pregnant woman in the independent comedy-drama Junebug (2005), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. The musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), in which Adams played a cheerful princess-to-be, was her first success as a leading lady. She followed this by playing other naïve, optimistic women in films like the drama Doubt (2008), and subsequently played more assertive parts to positive reviews in the sports film The Fighter (2010) and the psychological drama The Master (2012). From 2013 to 2017, she portrayed Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film American Hustle (2013) and the painter Margaret Keane in the biopic Big Eyes (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film Arrival (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satire Vice (2018). Adams' stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of Into the Woods in 2012 and the West End theatre revival of The Glass Menagerie in 2022. In 2014, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, and featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
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Birthday: August 20, 1974
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2009-04-07
Overview: A look at how the cast and crew brought "Doubt" from the stage to the screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-07
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2005-08-03
Overview: On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-03
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2002-12-16
Overview: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-16
Popularity:
1999-07-23
Overview: In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-23
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2007-11-20
Overview: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-20
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2000-11-09
Overview: After his precocious behavior has gotten him bounced out of one more in a string of exclusive private schools, 16-year old Sebastian Valmont has arrived in New York City to live with his father and stepmother. The cunning and handsome Sebastian may have met his match, however in his equally manipulative and beautiful stepsister Kathryn Merteuil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-09
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2002-01-11
Overview: A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-11
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2007-12-19
Overview: In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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2007-08-03
Overview: A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Genres: Family Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-03
Popularity:
2021-09-24
Overview: Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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2005-02-04
Overview: With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-04
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2009-08-06
Overview: Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-06
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2010-01-08
Overview: When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-08
Popularity:
2008-03-07
Overview: London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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2002-08-23
Overview: When Sara is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose the fortune she amassed with her self-serving Texan husband, she makes an offer to her process server, Joe, that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-23
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2006-08-04
Overview: The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-04
Popularity:
2004-01-01
Overview: When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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2008-01-18
Overview: A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-18
Popularity:
2000-08-06
Overview: Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-06
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2009-12-08
Overview: A jazz musician performs alongside a coat check girl with a beautiful voice in this musical drama from director Giancarlo Tallarico. By day Nate earns his living as a financial manager, but when night falls, he helps the girl with her singing career at the jazz club, where she performs one night a week. In time both realize they share something special other than the music.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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2005-01-02
Overview: A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-02
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2008-12-12
Overview: In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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2010-12-10
Overview: Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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2013-06-12
Overview: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-12
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2009-05-20
Overview: Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-20
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2010-08-16
Overview: This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-16
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2012-09-14
Overview: Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Overview: A middle-aged couple who are feeling stagnant in their relationship invite the younger and livelier couple from the apartment upstairs for a get-together that takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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2012-05-22
Overview: Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-22
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2014-12-24
Overview: In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-24
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2012-09-21
Overview: Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-21
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2006-05-30
Overview: In Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party film-makers Robert Brinkmann and Andrew Putschoegl follow Stephen on his birthday and document a performance he gives for the cameras and a group of friends, during which he tells stories about his experiences in Hollywood. Instead of his regular role as a supporting actor, Stephen takes the stage in Birthday Party and shows that he has the charisma to hold the audience’s attention without the help of a script.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-30
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2013-12-18
Overview: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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2013-12-03
Overview: A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-03
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2016-03-23
Overview: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-23
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2014-06-13
Overview: Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-13
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Overview: A "propulsive thriller" from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Graham Moore.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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2014-01-17
Overview: Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her." The documentary, directed by Lance Bangs, features stories and reflections from writers, musicians, actors and contemporary culture experts, including Olivia Wilde, James Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis, on the film "Her," and their thoughts on love in the modern age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-17
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2017-11-15
Overview: Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-15
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2011-11-22
Overview: When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-22
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Overview: Klara, an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness, is purchased by a mother and her bright teen daughter, Josie. Josie, who suffers from a mysterious illness, adores her new robot companion. On a quest to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak, Klara learns the power of human love.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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2016-11-10
Overview: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-10
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2016-11-04
Overview: Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-04
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Overview: After a long rehabilitation, Laura returns to her family at their beach holiday home where she has to readjust to the complicated life she left behind. Now she is forced to face the following next chapter of her life without the career that gave her fame, fortune and, most importantly, identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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2006-11-22
Overview: In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
Genres: Comedy Music Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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2002-06-28
Overview: Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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2006-12-01
Overview: When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly hostile office rivalry with Chip, Sofia's paraplegic former lover.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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2000-05-13
Overview: Remember those scary stories about "The hook-armed-man" you heard around the campfire when you were in Scouts? This hilarious and detailed "mocudramedy" examines the sordid stories behind the truth of this American urban legend as it unfolds in one small town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-13
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2022-11-18
Overview: Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale and placing her family’s future happiness in jeopardy, she must race against time to reverse the spell and determine what happily ever after truly means to her and her family.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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2009-12-08
Overview: Behind the scenes of 'Julie & Julia'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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2018-12-25
Overview: George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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2014-05-13
Overview: The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-13
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2021-05-13
Overview: An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-13
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2012-12-07
Overview: Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-07
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2006-10-20
Overview: The story of Charlotte Brown,a waitress and young single mother who will do anything for her daughter Jenny, and when push comes to shove, she does. With a menacing figure on the other end of the phone and a time limit of two hours,she must raise enough money to ensure that she sees the smiling face of her child again. Charlotte's customers are her only hope. The clock is ticking as we see the desperate young mother dealing with one eccentric customer after the next, displaying her charming vulnerability and inspiring strength through all the chaos. With her feet firmly planted on the ground, Charlotte maintains her focus and attempts to beat the clock and save the day.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-20
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2020-11-09
Overview: An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-09
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2015-04-14
Overview: Behind the scenes of Big Eyes (2014)
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-14
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2017-02-14
Overview: A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-14
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2024-12-06
Overview: A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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2013-09-24
Overview: This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of revealing behind-the-scenes footage, countless interviews, audition tapes (with Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy doning the cape and cowl), and a narrative grip and momentum all its own, it leaves no stone unturned.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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2021-03-18
Overview: Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-18
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Overview: Ecologist Suzanne Simard discovers how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Overview: A group of moms forms a rock band.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Overview: The cast and crew of Vice (2018) discuss the making of the film.
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Original Language: en
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