Matthew Faison
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Birthday: January 13, 1944
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A Small Killing
1981-11-24
A Small Killing
Overview: A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug connection following the brutal killing of a skid row crone.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-24
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Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980-10-30
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Overview: Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-30
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991-09-05
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Overview: Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Honor Thy Mother
1992-03-26
Honor Thy Mother
Overview: Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Lieth was not so lucky. Bonnie has trouble dealing with the fact that her own son, Christopher Pritchard, along with two friends consipired to have her and her husband killed. Neal Henderson and Christopher Pritchard plead guilty and testified at the trial of James Upchurch, who was convicted and sentenced to die. Several years later, however, his sentence was vacated and Upchurch is now serving a life sentence.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-26
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Puppet Master III
1992-05-01
Puppet Master III
Overview: After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-01
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Fat Man and Little Boy
1989-10-20
Fat Man and Little Boy
Overview: Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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Pray for Death
1985-01-11
Pray for Death
Overview: Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins....
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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The Richest Cat in the World
1986-03-09
The Richest Cat in the World
Overview: Leo Kohlmeyer is a talking cat who inherits $5 million from his late owner and is looked after by the owner's in-laws whose two children, Bart and Veronica, learn Leo's secret that he can talk, while a bumbling, but devious, couple called the Rigsbys plot to kidnap Leo in order for them to gain the inheritance money for themselves.
Genres: Western Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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Born Yesterday
1993-03-26
Born Yesterday
Overview: A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her enhanced eloquence will empower her to voice her own strong opinions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-26
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A Fight for Jenny
1986-10-06
A Fight for Jenny
Overview: When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-06
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Prime Suspect
1982-01-20
Prime Suspect
Overview: A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-20
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Harmful Intent
1993-12-04
Harmful Intent
Overview: An anaesthesiologist is accused of causing a young women's death during childbirth.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-04
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This Child Is Mine
1985-11-04
This Child Is Mine
Overview: An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-04
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Something About Amelia
1984-01-09
Something About Amelia
Overview: Counseling helps family deal with the discovery that their child was sexually abused by the closest relative.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-09
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Bar Girls
1990-07-15
Bar Girls
Overview: Failed series pilot about a pair of mismatched law partners who struggle to stay ahead of their creditors.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-15
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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989-04-02
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Overview: The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-02
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Texas Justice
1995-02-12
Texas Justice
Overview: When a Texas millionaire marries his mistress, a bitter divorce battle, two deaths, an FBI sting operation, and criminal trials ensue.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-12
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Take Your Best Shot
1982-10-12
Take Your Best Shot
Overview: An actor whose career has gone flat resolves to pursue a more stable occupation while also trying to save his troubled marriage.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-12
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A Reason to Live
1985-01-07
A Reason to Live
Overview: When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking about committing suicide. His 14-year-old son Alex notices this and desperately tries to prevent him from doing so and to give his father a reason to live.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-07
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Forgotten Sins
1996-03-07
Forgotten Sins
Overview: A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he starts breaking up and questioning his own innocence.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-07
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Callie & Son
1981-10-13
Callie & Son
Overview: A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-13
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Taken Away
1989-11-04
Taken Away
Overview: A young single mother has to work late one night. Her daughter begs her to allow her to stay alone instead of going to a babysitter. The mother finally agrees. When the girl falls and is injured, police are called and she is taken to a hospital, the courts decide that the mother is unfit and take her daughter away. She must fight to all ends to get her back.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-04
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Eye of the Stalker
1995-12-18
Eye of the Stalker
Overview: A judge finds that the law is no help when her daughter becomes the object of a college professor's dangerous and terrifying obsession. Inspired by actual events.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-18
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Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
1980-04-22
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Overview: The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-22
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Mommie Dearest
1981-09-16
Mommie Dearest
Overview: Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-16
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The Night the City Screamed
1980-12-14
The Night the City Screamed
Overview: A massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-14
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Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991-02-10
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Overview: Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-10
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A Gun in the House
1981-02-11
A Gun in the House
Overview: A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney, bent on making an example of her case.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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Act of Violence
1979-11-10
Act of Violence
Overview: A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-10
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Kids Don't Tell
1985-03-05
Kids Don't Tell
Overview: When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-05
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Roswell
1994-07-31
Roswell
Overview: Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-31
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Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994-05-02
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
Overview: Kristin (Danica McKellar), daughter of upper middle class parents, can hardly stand the immense pressure to fulfill her mother's (Dee Wallace Stone) dream of success in sports and high school. In this tense situation she gets emotional support by Kenny, who secretly plans to make her pregnant and sell the baby for adoption. Based on a true story.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-02
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Deadly Intentions
1985-05-19
Deadly Intentions
Overview: Katherine married Dr. Charles Raynor. She later discovers that Raynor is a sadist who torments her physically and mentally. She divorces him and take their child away. He then decides to kill her but when his plot is discovered he is charged with attempted murder and brought to trial.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-19
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Not in Front of the Children
1982-10-26
Not in Front of the Children
Overview: Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this new living arrangement prompts her ex-husband, Richard to sue for custody, based on moral grounds. He does not really want the girls to live with him, but his strict religious background will not allow him to stand by and let them be raised in an atmosphere of 'sin.'
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-26
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The Journey of Natty Gann
1985-09-27
The Journey of Natty Gann
Overview: America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
Genres: Adventure Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-27
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The Star Chamber
1983-08-05
The Star Chamber
Overview: As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
1983-03-13
M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Overview: A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-13
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987-05-24
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Overview: Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-24
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
1986-08-01
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Overview: Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-01
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Reckless Kelly
1993-04-08
Reckless Kelly
Overview: A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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Life Stinks
1991-06-05
Life Stinks
Overview: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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Happy Endings
1983-12-26
Happy Endings
Overview: A teenager postpones his determination to become a songwriter so that he can keep his younger brother and two sisters together as a family following the death of their parents.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-26
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Happy Endings
1983-03-01
Happy Endings
Overview: Nick is a writer full of hope, Lisa is a promising singer. They both have heartache after becoming single, but soon their newly formed friendship starts to develop into something more.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-01
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The Lonely Guy
1984-01-27
The Lonely Guy
Overview: A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-27
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For the Boys
1991-11-22
For the Boys
Overview: On a USO tour during World War II, entertainer Eddie Sparks needs a partner to round out his act. Soon after hiring performer Dixie Leonard, Eddie decides he wants her out of the show — mostly because she upstages him. Dixie is close to leaving of her own accord, but her uncle, Art Silver, convinces her to stay. As the years and wars go by, Eddie and Dixie experience a tumultuous relationship onstage and off while they continue the act for the troops.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-22
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Sins of the Past
1984-04-02
Sins of the Past
Overview: A ring of call girls leaves the "business" when one of them is murdered. The survivors change their names and leave town. However, they are reunited 15 years later when another one of them is murdered and the rest realize that they are all being tracked by the same serial killer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-02
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Nickel & Dime
1992-01-01
Nickel & Dime
Overview: A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heiress. However, someone wants to prevent this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
1991-10-29
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
Overview: This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing), arrested and locked up behind bars.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-29
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