Erick Avari
Also Known As: Nariman Eruch Avari , Eric Avari, اریک آواری
Biography: Erick Avari is an Indian born American stage, film and television actor, best known for roles in feature films such as "The Beast of War", "Independence Day", "The Mummy", and "Planet of the Apes".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Darjeeling, India
Birthday: April 13, 1952
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Mummy
Overview: Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-16
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Stargate
Overview: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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Mr. Deeds
Overview: When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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Postal
Overview: The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but also political figures.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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Charlie Wilson's War
Overview: In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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Final Analysis
Overview: A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-07
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Home Alone 4
Overview: Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-03
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Daredevil
Overview: A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-14
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Overview: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-08
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Ritual
Overview: An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-18
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Overview: Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his closely cropped moustache, personal transporter and gung-ho attitude, only Blart seems to take his job seriously. All that changes when a team of thugs raids the mall and takes hostages. Untrained, unarmed and a super-size target, Blart has to become a real cop to save the day.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-15
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The Beast of War
Overview: During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-14
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The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Overview: The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-25
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McHale's Navy
Overview: Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-18
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Three Days of Rain
Overview: Six Anton Chekhov short stories set in modern day Cleveland during a three day rain storm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-12
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AmericanEast
Overview: Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an Egyptian immigrant who runs a falafel shop, comes to the FBI's attention; they investigate him. He has other problems: his young teen son no longer wants to be a Muslim; his sister, a nurse, objects to Mustafa arranging her marriage to a cousin from Egypt. She has a non-Arab suitor of her own. Omar, an employee of Mustafa, is a struggling actor who doesn't want to play only terrorists. Mustafa hopes to open a real restaurant and has a potential partner in Sam, a Jew, whose family objects. What is the price of the American dream?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-14
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Dispatch
Overview: Hollywood is the cinema capital of the world - the place where dreams come true. It is associated with glamour and luxury. But for Nick, reality is very different. Years ago he was a successful screenwriter. Now he is just a dispatcher at Utopia, a Hollywood limousine company. Dispatch follows Nick from dusk to dawn on one overnight shift.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-20
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Color of Night
Overview: A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.
Genres: Romance Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-19
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On Wings of Fire
Overview: Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees of India.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-01
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Overview: An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-06
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Scam
Overview: A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime lord by getting at his programmer's computer files. But she starts to have doubts about what he's really after when she finds a huge stash of loot with the disks. He claims no knowledge of the money, she distrusts him, he's using her, things start getting dangerous and even murderous - and then her boyfriend shows up ! Who's scamming whom ?
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-22
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A Haunting at Silver Falls
Overview: A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is only to find the killer is very close to her.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-28
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The Hit List
Overview: A hit man's boss refers him to a client, a dangerous woman who mixes business with pleasure.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-17
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Charlie Wilson's War
Overview: In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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Treacherous Crossing
Overview: In 1947, a passenger on an ocean liner says her husband went missing right after they boarded together, but all evidence shows she's traveling alone.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-09
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It's Not You, It's Me
Overview: Serial commitment-phobe, Dave, is reeling from his decision to break up with his near perfect, now ex-girlfriend. As he tries to forget her, his battling inner voices come to life and cloud his mind with conflicting desires. Meanwhile, Carrie's own disjointed inner voices push her to move on with someone less complicated. Sensing time is short, Dave embarks on a sincere and sometimes fumbled personal journey to conquer his fear of commitment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-17
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Encino Man
Overview: High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. After a shave and some new clothes, Link's presence at school makes the daily drudgery a lot more interesting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-22
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California Winter
Overview: Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from foreclosure - a consequence of the loan she advised him to take.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-01
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Kanchenjungha
Overview: Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine the class and generational differences of postcolonial India while celebrating the hopes of a society in transition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-05-11
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Fault Line
Overview: The story of a group of actors and artists living in Los Angeles who are struggling to find their humanity within the whirlwind of show business, parties, drugs, depression, money, lack of money, love, greed, ambition, addiction, art and technology.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-14
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The 13th Warrior
Overview: A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they travel together, they learn of a legendary evil closing in and must unite to confront this formidable force.
Genres: Adventure History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-13
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She's Back
Overview: A henpecked electrician is nagged by his recently deceased wife into taking revenge on the gang responsible for her death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-07
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Stargate: History Made
Overview: Divided into three segments, "Deciphering the Gate: Concepts and Casting" (7:50), "Opening the Gate: The Making of Stargate" (10:11) and "Passing Through the Gate: The Legacy" (4:29), the shows look at the film's origins and development, cast and performances, locations and effects, visual and set design, the use of the Egyptian language, and the movie's success/legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-27
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Love & Debt
Overview: When you're up to neck in debt...it's not about the money. A drama full of the comedy of life. A story for our times that examines the durability of marriage and family, the price of telling the truth and discovering what matters most.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-21
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The Undercover Kid
Overview: Nine-year-old Max Anderson has a big problem: he knows about an evil plot to kill the president, and no one believes him. Adults don’t usually believe in talking dogs, but Max is certain that the tip from the would-be assassin’s pet dog is a sure thing. As he and his human and animal friends set out to put a stop to the sinister plan, his parents, the police, and even his bodyguard discredit his suspicion. When Agent Clyde finally begins to catch on, time is running out, and they must act quickly to save the president’s life. The story reminds us that doing the right thing isn’t always easy, and heroes come in all sizes.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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Flight of the Living Dead
Overview: On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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Dark Matter
Overview: Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-24
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Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
Overview: A high school student is murdered in a satanic ritual.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-30
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Independence Day
Overview: Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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Dream Lover
Overview: Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-24
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Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
Overview: Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-03
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Project Eden: Vol. I
Overview: Aided by an ex-military officer, a young woman becomes an unwitting fugitive after discovering that her son's catatonic state may be at the heart of a global conspiracy.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-02
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Planet of the Apes
Overview: After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-25
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Three Veils
Overview: The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-10
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Overview: After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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The Master of Disguise
Overview: After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, Italian waiter Pistachio Disguisey utilizes his supernatural ability to disguise himself in an attempt to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Dancing in Twilight
Overview: When the wife of Indian immigrant Matt Singh dies suddenly (having kept her illness a secret), the successful businessman suddenly finds himself adrift and despairing -- feelings only heightened by a visit from his son. With memories of the past threatening to obscure the promise of the future, Matt struggles to summon the strength to move on.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Project: ALF
Overview: Six years ago, the space alien ALF was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now he is being studied at a top-secret base. There he finds allies who feel that ALF's existence should be announced to the world to ensure his safety... especially when they learn that the abrasive Colonel Milfoil wants ALF destroyed.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-17
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Choose Connor
Overview: Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-12
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InAlienable
Overview: Still guilt-ridden over the accident that took his family's lives, Eric Norris discovers that his body is host to a parasite from another world. Except, it is more than a parasite: it carries his DNA.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-19
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The Glass House
Overview: When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-14
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Don't Drink the Water
Overview: Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-18
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For Love or Money
Overview: New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian Hanover conceal his affair with salesgirl Andy Hart from his wife. Despite his own attraction to Andy, Doug tries to stay focused on getting Christian to invest $3 million in his project.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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Aladdin on Ice
Overview: A retelling of the Disney film, Aladdin (1992). This was staged on ice, and featured songs and clips from the animated film.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-17
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Chasing Eagle Rock
Overview: An offbeat examination of Internet crime, shady partnerships and well-deserved revenge, Chasing Eagle Rock asks the question: if they steal your identity, do you still know who you are?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Incest
Overview: Teenage nightmare: parents walk in on you while you're having sex. Parent nightmare: walk in on your daughter having sex, with your son. That's what happened to one blissful sunny afternoon. What's worse is, their kids are convinced their love transcends all astigmatism, and they want to prove it to the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-20
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Gun
Overview: Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-12
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