Peter Boyle
Also Known As: Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr., Peter Lawrence Boyle, پیتر بویل
Biography: Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974). Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Boyle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: October 18, 1935
Deathday: December 12, 2006
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Taxi Driver
Overview: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-09
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Monster's Ball
Overview: A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-07
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While You Were Sleeping
Overview: A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-21
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Solar Crisis
Overview: A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-06
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Young Frankenstein
Overview: A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-15
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Doctor Dolittle
Overview: A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-26
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Outland
Overview: An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Crime Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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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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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Overview: After solving their last mystery at Spooky Island, the Mystery Inc. gang is back in Coolsville, where they are being honored with their very own exhibit at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum. However, when a masked villain steals costumes of classic monsters on display and brings them to life, the gang must come out of retirement to solve the case.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-24
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That Darn Cat
Overview: While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the victim before it's too late.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-14
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The In Crowd
Overview: A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television show he becomes a star. The plot follows him as he lives his new life in his new world. What he finds are adoring fans, jealous rivals, bitter friends left behind, and the girl of his dreams...his dance partner.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-01
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Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Overview: True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-10
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The Candidate
Overview: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Overview: The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-16
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Yellowbeard
Overview: For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Overview: After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-18
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The Brink's Job
Overview: In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Death and the Compass
Overview: In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-05
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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Overview: In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-30
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The Shadow
Overview: Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Speed Zone
Overview: An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-21
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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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Where the Buffalo Roam
Overview: Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-25
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Red Heat
Overview: A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-17
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Honeymoon in Vegas
Overview: On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-28
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Turk 182!
Overview: After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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Hammett
Overview: Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-09
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Overview: Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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Walker
Overview: William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Genres: Drama History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-04
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F.I.S.T.
Overview: Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Genres: Drama Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-26
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Hardcore
Overview: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-09
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Swashbuckler
Overview: A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-29
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The Dream Team
Overview: Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Medium Cool
Overview: John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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Johnny Dangerously
Overview: An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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Joe
Overview: After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlust who works at a local factory.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-15
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Funny
Overview: People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Steelyard Blues
Overview: A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap, they decide on borrowing the parts for their trip
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-31
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Killer
Overview: Cynical hit man Mick is tiring of his job and asks his boss George for time off. However, George gives him the assignment of his life, prompting Mick's soul-searching to reach new heights. Mick is asked to kill sultry Fiona, who owes George money and claims she wants to die. But as Mick spends time with her, he finds himself falling for her.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-14
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Slither
Overview: While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-07
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Surrender
Overview: A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-09
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Crazy Joe
Overview: The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-08
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In God We Tru$t
Overview: A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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Kid Blue
Overview: Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-31
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Royce
Overview: Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-secret missions. When the senator responsible for forming Black Hole disbands the organization, Royce's fellow Black Hole members plot revenge on the man responsible for them losing their jobs. Royce decides not to join them, instead deciding to thwart their attempts to exact revenge on the senator.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-31
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The Surgeon
Overview: Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years later, he returns to the hospital that condemned his work to begin practicing his grizzly experiments once more.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-13
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T.R. Baskin
Overview: Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Echoes in the Darkness
Overview: Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Disaster at Silo 7
Overview: During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance crew and associated military and civilian personnel to recover the potentially disastrous situation before the fuel tank is sufficiently depressurised that the stack collapses and explodes.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-27
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Nervous Ticks
Overview: A comedy about a man (Bill Pullman), who is on the run after his mistress (Julie Brown) confesses to her husband (Peter Boyle) that the two of them have been having an affair.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-01
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Overview: A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-16
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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Overview: Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-09
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Tail Gunner Joe
Overview: Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-06
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The Monitors
Overview: Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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Making 'Taxi Driver'
Overview: A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-14
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Overview: In order to boost his own cotton ginning business, Jake Meighan sets the local Syndicate Plantation ablaze. the superintendent of the Syndicate Plantation sends over 27 wagons full of cotton for ginning, and turns aside his suspicions that Jake is the arsonist in exchange for apparent sexual favors from Jake's wife, Flora.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-02
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Overview: A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Sweet Evil
Overview: A couple unable to naturally conceive recruit a young woman to act as their surrogate. She falls pregnant with their baby and moves into their home. But sweet Jennifer has a secret, and she soon traps the couple in a terrifying hell with little chance of escape.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-18
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Diary of a Mad Housewife
Overview: Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-10
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FTA
Overview: A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed antiwar songs and skits during the show.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-21
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Overview: A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-10
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Men Of Respect
Overview: In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes consequences that are also predicted by the seer.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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Milk & Money
Overview: When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn't really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes care of 21 cows in Manhattan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Overview: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-20
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Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
Overview: Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North follows the military career of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, beginning with his Naval Academy days through to his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-30
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Born to Be Wild
Overview: Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-31
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Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Overview: At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yentob visits Mel at home in Hollywood, at work and at play.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-17
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Species II
Overview: Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-10
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In the Line of Duty: Street War
Overview: In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the gangster. There's nothing civil about this war that has two brothers squaring off against each other. The strong cast includes Mario Van Peebles, Ray Sharkey and Peter Boyle.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-25
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The Santa Clause
Overview: On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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Poochinski
Overview: The talking bulldog at a policeman's feet turns out to be his late partner.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-09
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Overview: A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-29
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Challenger
Overview: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-25
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The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Overview: An emotionally disturbed young boy shuts out all of his family and friends. A counselor tries to help bring him and his family together again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-17
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A Deadly Vision
Overview: A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-21
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Group Madness
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-11
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In the Lake of the Woods
Overview: John Waylan is a candidate for U.S. senator; near the end of the campaign he is accused of ordering and participating in a massacre in a Vietnamese village. The accusation kills his career, and severely endangers his marriage. When he and Kathy flee to an isolated cabin, he awakes one morning to find her gone. Questions are asked, answers are given or hinted at, as the tension and suspense build.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-05
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Taking the Heat
Overview: When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-06
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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Overview: Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Overview: Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For this latest tape, our deep dive into behind-the-scenes horror is complemented by an even deeper dive into television from Dimension X.
Genres: Documentary Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-14
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The Santa Clause 2
Overview: Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-29
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All Roads Lead Home
Overview: The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother's death. Belle's maternal grandfather is a changed man since losing his daughter in the accident. He finds it difficult to have a relationship with Belle since she is a constant reminder of her mother. It is Atticus the new puppy who will change Belle's life and the lives of those who love her
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Virgin President
Overview: The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atomic bomb on Manhattan and blaming it on the Red Chinese.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-18
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Overview: The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-22
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