Matthew Cowles
Biography: Matthew Cowles was born on September 28, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Shutter Island (2010), All My Children (1970) and City by the Sea (2002).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 28, 1944
Deathday: May 22, 2014
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973-06-26
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Overview: An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-26
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New World Order
2002-01-13
New World Order
Overview: The diary of an occult novelist sends a young college student, on a journey into the paranormal and fantastic, evolving into a living nightmare of paranoia and terror.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-13
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Veronika Decides to Die
2009-05-16
Veronika Decides to Die
Overview: After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-16
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The Juror
1996-02-02
The Juror
Overview: With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Stella
1990-02-02
Stella
Overview: Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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The Hospital
1971-12-14
The Hospital
Overview: Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-14
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They Might Be Giants
1971-06-09
They Might Be Giants
Overview: After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-09
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Crawlspace
1972-02-11
Crawlspace
Overview: A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-11
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Stars & Bars
1988-03-18
Stars & Bars
Overview: A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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American Loser
2007-06-14
American Loser
Overview: A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-14
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Shutter Island
2010-02-14
Shutter Island
Overview: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-14
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Love on the Run
1985-10-21
Love on the Run
Overview: A criminal lawyer goes on the run with her new lover — a convict she had as a client and whom she helped escape from prison.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-21
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She's Back
1989-07-07
She's Back
Overview: A henpecked electrician is nagged by his recently deceased wife into taking revenge on the gang responsible for her death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-07
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Season of the Hunted
2003-01-01
Season of the Hunted
Overview: Hillbillies with internet access use a website to lure sportsmen to their isolated cabin with the promise of cheap room and board, then release them into the woods and hunt them.
Genres: Action Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Slap Shot
1977-02-25
Slap Shot
Overview: To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Nurse Betty
2000-08-30
Nurse Betty
Overview: What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-30
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City by the Sea
2002-09-06
City by the Sea
Overview: Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-06
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Eddie Macon's Run
1983-03-23
Eddie Macon's Run
Overview: Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-23
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The Money Pit
1986-03-26
The Money Pit
Overview: After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-26
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Kojak: It's Always Something
1990-01-31
Kojak: It's Always Something
Overview: After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-31
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The Living Wake
2007-06-06
The Living Wake
Overview: A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-06
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The Happy Hooker
1975-05-08
The Happy Hooker
Overview: Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent. After a while she decides to make her pleasure her business too, and as her reputation grows she graduates to a high-class bordello. Soon she realises she has the right talents to make a real success of a place of her own.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-08
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
1994-04-15
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Overview: A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-15
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The People Next Door
1970-08-26
The People Next Door
Overview: A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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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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