Carol Kane
Also Known As: Lisa LeBlanc , Carolyn Laurie Kane, کارول کین
Biography: Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street (for which she received an Oscar nomination) and Annie Hall. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. From 2015 to 2018 she was a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she played Lillian Kaushtupper.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday: June 18, 1952
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Dog Day Afternoon
Overview: Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-21
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Annie Hall
Overview: New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-19
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The Pacifier
Overview: Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
Genres: Comedy Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-04
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The Princess Bride
Overview: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
Overview: Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.
Genres: Romance Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-09
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When a Stranger Calls Back
Overview: Julia is babysitting two young kids while a doctor and his wife are out. During the evening, a stranger knocks on the door asking Julia if she can call the auto club so he can get a tow. The phone line is dead though. This is all part of the act as he has made his way inside and abducted the two children.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-04
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The Pallbearer
Overview: Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-03
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Transylvania 6-5000
Overview: Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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My First Mister
Overview: Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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Scrooged
Overview: Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Ishtar
Overview: Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-15
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Flashback
Overview: A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Overview: A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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Trees Lounge
Overview: Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend. This gets him into serious trouble with her father.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-11
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License to Drive
Overview: Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-06
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Carnal Knowledge
Overview: Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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Sunset Park
Overview: A school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-26
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Theodore Rex
Overview: In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-14
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Hester Street
Overview: A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-19
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Valentino
Overview: In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-07
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Keeping On
Overview: A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-08
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Strong Medicine
Overview: Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday party, goes to see a doctor, plans a vacation, argues a lot and even breaks the fourth wall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-25
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The Last Detail
Overview: Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-11
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Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Overview: Family man Max Bornstein was a full-time dope fiend working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry in 1968’s New York City. While running books and films to delivery points and mob headquarters around the east coast, Max had the Feds on his tail. But even in the wake of a federal investigation, his truest worry was his wife and two young children, a family kept in the dark about his dealings and the walls of it caving in around him. As he battles his consuming addiction, dissolving family unit and the growing suspicion about his drug use amongst his associates, Max watches helplessly as his well-crafted reality falls to pieces, leaving him searching for the spaces in between.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-14
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The Greatest Man in the World
Overview: This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-09
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The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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My Blue Heaven
Overview: FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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When a Stranger Calls
Overview: A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-28
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iMordecai
Overview: Mordecai Samel is a Holocaust survivor. He grew up in a different time and does not fully understand youth and modern life. His son gives him an iPhone, and the gadget becomes a guide for Mordecai to a new reality and a tool to get closer to the world. A comedy about how technology can help you fall in love with life anew and rethink it.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-10
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The Shrink Is In
Overview: A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Harvey
Overview: Two-time Emmy® winner and Golden Globe Award® winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”, The Normal Heart), Tony® and Emmy Award nominee Charles Kimbrough (The Merchant of Venice) and Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht (A View from the Bridge) return to Broadway in Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize–winning comedy, Harvey. Parsons stars as one of modern theatre’s most lovable characters, Elwood P. Dowd. Charming and kind, Elwood has only one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a six-foot-tall, invisible rabbit named Harvey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-05
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Migration
Overview: After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from New England, to New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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Office Killer
Overview: When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
Genres: Horror Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-03
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Jawbreaker
Overview: When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible conspire to hide the truth.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-30
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Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
Overview: Santa has been turned into a vampire, and only Billy and Mandy can turn him back and save Christmas.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Family Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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Between the Temples
Overview: A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-22
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Love in the Time of Money
Overview: New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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Pandemonium
Overview: A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Overview: Paul Reiser brings his sophisticated observational humor to home video in this rare showcase of his acclaimed talent as both actor and stand-up comedian. Reiser goes out on a whim searching for "The Main Thing" in a unique blend of live stand-up comedy and an uprorious out-of-body experience feautring cameo appearances by Teri Garr, Elliott Gould, Carrie Fisher, Michael J. Pollard, Desi Arnaz Jr., Woody Harrelson, Carol Kane, and many others! Join Paul Reiser for his unique perspective on such subjects as exact change, dogs, valet parking, potato chips, "They" & "The Guy", Larry Storch and much more! Go out on a whime with Paul Reiser - you'll be beside yourself with laughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-05
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Ted & Venus
Overview: Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes when a bikini-clad beauty named Linda strolls by him. Instantly, Ted believes he's found his "Venus" and becomes obsessed with Linda. He tries to woo her with poetry, obscene phone calls and romantic overtures, all to disastrous effect.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-08
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Norman Loves Rose
Overview: A teenage boy falls hopelessly in love with his new sister-in-law. When she gets pregnant, someone raises the question that he might be the father--a notion he does nothing to discourage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-17
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The Lemon Sisters
Overview: Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-01
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Should've Been Romeo
Overview: A self-centered, middle-aged pitchman for a potato chip company loses his job and his livelihood just as his octogenarian grandfather is dropped on his doorstep unexpectedly by his mother on her way to a singles cruise.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-28
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Thanks for Sharing
Overview: A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon—sex addiction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-19
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The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space
Overview: A family of aliens kidnaps the Hamburglar, and it's up to Ronald and the gang to save him!
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-23
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Harry and Walter Go to New York
Overview: Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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Baby on Board
Overview: Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being pursued. She commandeers a cab driven by Ernie (Judge Reinhold), and the chase is on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-28
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How Real is 'The Star'?
Overview: A short documentary about the Bette Davis film, The Star from 1952.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Sticky Fingers
Overview: Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie, are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend, Diane, to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their possession, however, temptation proves too much for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-06
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The Games of Countess Dolingen
Overview: This complex and puzzling French drama walks the fine wavering line between the fictional and the very real as it tells the tale of a strangely erotic event in the life of a little girl and the musings of a schizophrenic woman. Also involved is an enigmatic spouse who prepares a surprise for a burglar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-01
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The Crazysitter
Overview: When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them for a quick profit, she gets more than she bargained for. A wildy clever family comedy in the tradition of "Home Alone" and "Mrs. Doubtfire".
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-31
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Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Overview: A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
Overview: A fun and funny tale about a sensitive, curious and rockin’ Naked Mole Rat named Wilbur who “scandalously” decides to (gasp!) get dressed! Find out what happens when Wilbur’s newfound love of rocking outfits rocks Naked Mole Rat society to its core.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-30
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Waiting for Ishtar
Overview: A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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Casey at the Bat
Overview: Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.
Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-20
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Emoticon
Overview: Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's teenage kids, who are going through their own journeys of self-discovery. All of them learn to navigate love and intimacy in the digital age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-30
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The Tic Code
Overview: A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-01
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The Mafu Cage
Overview: Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-19
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Wedding in White
Overview: A young girl's brother comes home from the army, and brings an army buddy with him. The three of them go out that night to celebrate, and after much drinking has been done, the brother's friend rapes the sister. After the two men have gone back, the girl finds that she's pregnant--and discovers that her parents don't blame the soldier, but blame her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-20
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Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
Overview: Performance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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Big Bully
Overview: A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-26
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The Muppet Movie
Overview: A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Genres: Adventure Music Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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Desperate Characters
Overview: Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-22
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The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Overview: After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-06
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Remembering Gene Wilder
Overview: This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in 'The Producers', to the enigmatic title role in the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like 'Silver Streak'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Addams Family Values
Overview: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-19
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Racing with the Moon
Overview: In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-23
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American Strays
Overview: Somewhere on the fringe of society, ten dangerous strangers are on a road to Red's Desert Oasis Diner. Packing more fire power than the LA police force, two hitmen, two hoods, two outlaws, and a mixed bag of other quirky characters hilariously converge for the showdown of a lifetime.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-12
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Man on the Moon
Overview: The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-22
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Ava's Possessions
Overview: Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spirit Possessions Anonymous support group to figure out what happened. Ava's life was hijacked by a demon, now it's time to get it back.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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Sleepwalk with Me
Overview: A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-24
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Overview: When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
Overview: Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-11
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Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
Overview: Sketch comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-14
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Overview: Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.
Genres: Animation Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-08
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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Overview: The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-21
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Joe Versus the Volcano
Overview: Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride
Overview: When the travelling circus comes to town, Maximiilian Mole meets Margaret Mouse, one of the acrobats, and it's love at first sight. Max is kind of clumsy so he doesn't believe that Margaret will even notice him, but unbeknownst to him, Margaret feels the same way. The circus manager does his best to keep them apart and Max almost gives up. But love is a mysterious thing and when a determined Max overcomes his shy nature and sails down a treacherous river, not even fate can keep them apart.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Overview: John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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Cosmopolitan
Overview: A single bachelor, an oddly attractive neighbor and a popular women's magazine are the ingredients of this delicious romance that pays homage to classic Bollywood cinema while spinning a unique modern love story.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Sleeping Beauty
Overview: A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.
Genres: Romance Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-07
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Audrey's Rain
Overview: Audrey Walker has given up her hopes and dreams, until an ex-love returns to town and helps her realize a second chance at life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-11
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Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
Overview: The young comedian presents his brand of insanity, featuring stand-up comedy, skits, TV parodies, and gags.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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The Sisters Brothers
Overview: Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Genres: Western Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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Drop-Out Mother
Overview: A successful female executive makes the transition from big business to becoming housewife and mom.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Overview: Screwball account of the legendary psychologist's life leading up to his ground-breaking theories.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Burning Rage
Overview: While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-21
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Overview: Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
Genres: Documentary Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-05
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Overview: When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-17
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A Constant Forge
Overview: One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-depth analysis of Cassavetes' life and work features interviews with key collaborators and ensemble regulars, and explores the making of classics like "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night" and "A Woman Under the Influence."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Clutter
Overview: Charlie Bradford, an aspiring filmmaker in his 30s, is doing the best he can to distance himself from the chaos of his childhood home. But his eccentric mother Linda, a compulsive hoarder who suffers from depression punctuated by spells of manic consumption, has a tendency to keep the people and things she loves close at hand. Charlie's younger sisters still live at home with Linda: Lisa, the older of the two has a history of petty theft and works as a home healthcare aid, and Penny, who is trying to overcome her agonizing shyness is starting a a new career as a home stager in a beleaguered real estate market.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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The Bounty Hunter
Overview: Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, thinks he's seeing an upswing in fortune when he gets a call to bring in his bail-jumping ex-wife, a reporter named Nicole. Milo considers the job an easy payday, but Nicole quickly escapes to chase a lead on a murder case. The former spouses play an escalating game of one-upmanship, until they suddenly find themselves on the run for their lives.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-16
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Ghost Light
Overview: A disgruntled summer-stock actor contemptuously disregards the superstition surrounding Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth and, by doing so, unleashes the curse of 'The Scottish Play' and wreaks havoc on the company.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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Tomorrow by Midnight
Overview: Four college kids come to a video store near midnight, and through an unusual twist become embroiled in a hostage situation.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-02
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Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-12-18
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The Dead Don't Die
Overview: In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-15
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Out of Our Fathers' House
Overview: Drawn from the diaries and letters of noted feminists, such as women's suffrage founder Elizabeth Cady Stanton and labor organizer "Mother" Mary Jones, this unique production paints a compelling portrait of the women's liberation movement.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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An Invasion of Privacy
Overview: A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded by community prejudice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-12
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Gone Fishin'
Overview: Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-30
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The Happy Elf
Overview: The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special & centres on the lovable character Eubie the Elf, whose quest is to bring Christmas joy to an entire town of naughty children in a gloomy little town called Bluesville. Based on Grammy-winner Harry Connick, Jr.’s original song, The Happy Elf.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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Pete Smalls Is Dead
Overview: Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Overview: Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's evil plot. It's your move: What should Kimmy do next?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-12
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Dad, the Angel & Me
Overview: A divorced doctor finds himself in real trouble living with his daughter alone now. But fortunately a guardian angel is watching over the lives of both of them.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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In the Soup
Overview: An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-23
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Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Overview: The amusing and heartwarming play uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to, creating one of the most enduring theatergoing experiences in New York. This 2017 production, from N2Y, features Lucy DeVito, Tracee Ellis Ross, Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne, and Rosie O’Donnell.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-04
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live)
Overview: A live karaoke contest with original Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt songs, judged by the whole cast and producers! We're talking Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Daniel Radcliffe, Tina Freaking Fey and more!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-14
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The Key Man
Overview: An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-18
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Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director
Overview: This 1983 German documentary by Katja Raganelli features director Joan Micklin Silver; her husband, Ray Silver; and a handful of key collaborators discussing her film work, from her debut feature HESTER STREET through her romantic comedy HEAD OVER HEELS.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Overview: The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman. The 3-hour virtual reunion included director Rob Reiner and actors Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, and Christopher Guest. A Q&A after was moderated by Patton Oswalt. Guest stars stepped in for actors who were not available, including Finn Wolfhard, Josh Gad, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-13
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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Overview: Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-10
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The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Overview: Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in Manhattan, and the conversation turns to the husband's fidelity. "The Monument" centers on the conflict between a popular bartender with a following in an upscale Irish bar in 1938 Manhattan and its owner, who is determined to introduce a more economical whiskey in the establishment over the barkeep's objections. In "The Man Who Married a French Wife" the influential American husband of a French woman is asked by her former lover, a former resistance fighter, to help him escape the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-01
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Napoleon
Overview: The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-30
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Overview: An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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La Sabina
Overview: English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Harvey
Overview: Charming and kind, Elwood P. Dowd has only one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a six-foot-tall, invisible rabbit named Harvey. In order to save the family’s reputation, Elwood’s sister, Veta, takes him to the local sanitarium. But when Dr. William Chumley mistakenly commits anxiety-ridden Veta instead of her brother, it sets off a hilarious whirlwind of confusion and chaos as everyone tries to catch a man and his invisible rabbit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-20
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Four Christmases
Overview: Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-26
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Overview: Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).
Genres: Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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Freaky Friday
Overview: Fun-loving Annabelle Andrews and her uptight mother, Ellen, have a hard time getting along with each other. One Friday the 13th, they both wear magical necklaces that make them switch bodies for the day.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-06
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Boundary Waters
Overview: In the Iron Range of Minnesota, 12-year-old Michael is exploring the Boundary Waters with his friends and learning to flirt with girls, when one night his mother is badly hurt. Desperate to fix what happened, Michael struggles to become a man in a world where he learns men cause harm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-19
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The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Overview: Tom Beauchurch , a successful New England lawyer, takes his wife Ginette to Paris for a second honeymoon. It is a Paris in the throes of the Algerian crisis; a crisis which soon threatens the very foundations of their marriage. A New York bartender refuses to lower his standards even when his boss threatens to sack him. Michael Loomis runs into trouble when he confesses to his beautiful young wife that he can't help eyeing the girls in their summer dresses ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-11
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