Famke Janssen
Also Known As: Famke Beumer Janssen, 팜케 얀센, Famke, Φάμκε Γιάνσεν, Φάμκε Μπέουμερ Γιάνσεν, 法米克·詹森, פמקה ינסן, فامکه یانسن
Biography: Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011. She is also known for her roles in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (2013–2015), FX's Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), and ABC's How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption. Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Birthday: November 05, 1964
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Female
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GoldenEye
Overview: When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-16
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Rounders
Overview: A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Knights of the Zodiac
Overview: When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person alive who can protect a reincarnated goddess, sent to watch over humanity. Can he let his past go and embrace his destiny to become a Knight of the Zodiac?
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-27
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Monument Ave.
Overview: Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even from their and Teddy's relatives.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Hide and Seek
Overview: David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-27
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House on Haunted Hill
Overview: An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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I Spy
Overview: When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-31
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Taken
Overview: Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-18
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Don't Say a Word
Overview: When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-28
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Love & Sex
Overview: When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-23
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Lord of Illusions
Overview: During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-25
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Deep Rising
Overview: A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Genres: Adventure Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-30
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Celebrity
Overview: The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-07
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The Faculty
Overview: When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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The Gingerbread Man
Overview: A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-23
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The Ten
Overview: Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-03
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100 Feet
Overview: After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-22
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The Wackness
Overview: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-03
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Turn the River
Overview: A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-09
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X-Men
Overview: Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-13
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X2
Overview: Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-27
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X-Men: The Last Stand
Overview: When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-24
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Overview: After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-17
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Made
Overview: Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Eulogy
Overview: A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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City of Industry
Overview: A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-14
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The Treatment
Overview: Jake Singer is at loose ends in NYC, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow Allegra Marshall.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-04
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Circus
Overview: Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-05
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Taken 2
Overview: In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-27
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RPM
Overview: A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-23
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The Wolverine
Overview: Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-21
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The Chameleon
Overview: The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. To his astonishment, Nicholas's family welcomes him like their son, leaving Interpol and the FBI aghast. It is the beginning of a race against time for the investigators, family and Bourdin. But who is manipulating whom? And who is Frederic Bourdin in reality?
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-23
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Fathers & Sons
Overview: A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy with a serial killer coming between him and his son. The ensuing E.S.P. experiences and danger bond father and son.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Model by Day
Overview: Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-10
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Boy Kills World
Overview: When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-24
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Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
Overview: Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous women - one his partner, and the other his shrink, who holds the key to the case.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-14
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Door Mouse
Overview: A burlesque dancer with dreams of becoming a comic book artist investigates the disappearance of a close friend.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-13
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Down the Shore
Overview: Set on the Jersey shore, the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a secret from their past is revealed
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-06
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A Fighting Man
Overview: Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Overview: Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's getting a sex change operation. The family deserts Hank, with Jessica going her own way and Sebastian staying with his mom. But Joan becomes an alcoholic, so Sebastian moves back in with Hank — now Henrietta — who turns out to be far more supportive than anyone else.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Taken 3
Overview: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-16
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
Overview: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-15
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Unity
Overview: Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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The Experiment
Overview: In 2080, an elite special ops team is sent into a top secret military facility on a rescue mission after a rogue employee takes a group of scientists hostage.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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Once Upon a Time in Venice
Overview: Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-08
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Jack of the Red Hearts
Overview: A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-26
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Locked In
Overview: A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity, betrayal and murder behind them.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-01
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The Show
Overview: An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-21
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Everything or Nothing
Overview: The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history, which began in 1962.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-05
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The Postcard Killer
Overview: In the chilling sequel to The Postcard Killings, NYPD detective Jacob Kanon faces new terror. Haunted by his daughter's murder, Jacob is thrust back into the fray when his ex-wife Valerie is kidnapped by a new “Postcard Killer” who is on a brutal murder spree across Europe. The case spirals when Jacob confronts his old nemesis, Simon Haysmith, to track down the elusive criminal and initiate a manhunt. With Valerie held captive and only cryptic postcards for clues, Jacob must navigate a deadly maze to decipher the killer’s vengeful plot. Caught in a tense cat-and-mouse game, Jacob races to rescue Valerie, before she becomes the next victim of the reborn fine art killer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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Dead Girl
Overview: Ari Rose is a failing actor who cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy. He first dreams about and then meets in real life a mysterious woman named Helen. A seemingly mutual obsession ensues, but gradually spirals downward into a web of desire and misperception.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-22
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Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
Overview: A four part documentary on the making of the first X-Men film, from pre-production, to principal photography, to post-production, and reflections on the film before production commenced on the sequel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-11
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
Overview: The making of the sequel to the first X-Men film, trying to make it bigger and better than the previous film, and the challenges that come with that goal
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Overview: In this piece, Michael Broidy of Fox Publicity sits with Bryan Singer, producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner, and actors Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, Famke Janssen, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, and Kelly Hu for an Internet-based chat. Each participant appears solo in this set of excerpts. They take queries from various international chat rooms and discuss a number of topics in this reasonably informative and interesting discussion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Overview: A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marvel comic books. There are the requisite interviews with the principal cast and crew along with copious clips from the film as well as some behind the scenes footage (including a look at that supercool metallic bed that the elderly Yashida lies on in the lab in his fortress).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-03
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Status Update
Overview: After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-09
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All I Wish
Overview: A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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The Poison Rose
Overview: A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-23
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Primal
Overview: A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar – along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-27
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Bayou Caviar
Overview: Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as a nightclub bouncer. He partners with a no-nonsense, lesbian photographer and an aspiring starlet to make a compromising tape with Isaac—a married, devout, Orthodox Jewish real estate mogul—that sets off a chain of events that brings down an empire.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Asher
Overview: Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Endless
Overview: When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-09
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Overview: The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the modern world, these mutant human beings with superhuman powers colonized the funny papers, radio dramas, television and films, to become a truly national industry in the United States: they gave expression to the fears and obsessions of the twentieth century and bolstered American ideals.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-12-23
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The Postcard Killings
Overview: After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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The Vault
Overview: Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a way into one of the most secure and guarded places on the planet.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-04
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X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Overview: While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-02
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Redeeming Love
Overview: A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
Genres: Romance Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-21
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Dangerous
Overview: A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s demise, he sets out on a relentless quest for vengeance.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-05
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Overview: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-01
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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Overview: Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, where he became one of Scotland's most successful Directors while making hit movies including Memphis Belle, Doc Hollywood, This Boy's Life, Rob Roy and The Jackal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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