Rachel Weisz
Also Known As: Rachel Hannah Weisz, 레이첼 바이스, Ρέιτσελ Χάνα Βάις, レイチェル・ヴァイス, רייצל וייס, ریچل وایس, راشل وایس
Biography: Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/; born 7 March 1970) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Weisz began acting in stage and television productions in the early 1990s and made her film debut in Death Machine (1994). She won a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her role in the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play Design for Living. She went on to appear in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' drama Suddenly Last Summer. Her film breakthrough came with her starring role as Evelyn Carnahan in the Hollywood action films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns(2001). Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including Enemy at the Gates (2001), About a Boy (2002), Runaway Jury (2003), Constantine (2005), The Fountain (2006), The Lovely Bones (2009) and The Whistleblower (2010). For her performance as an activist in the 2005 thriller The Constant Gardener, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For playing Blanche DuBois in a 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. In the 2010s, Weisz continued to star in big-budget films such as the action film The Bourne Legacy (2012) and the fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) and achieved critical acclaim for her performances in the independent films The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Denial (2016), and The Favourite (2018). For her portrayal of Sarah Churchill in The Favourite, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received a second Academy Award nomination. Weisz portrayed Melina Vostokoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow (2021) and starred as twin obstetricians in the thriller miniseries Dead Ringers (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UK
Birthday: March 07, 1970
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Gender: Female
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About a Boy
Overview: Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-26
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Enemy at the Gates
Overview: A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Genres: Drama War History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-28
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Constantine
Overview: John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
Genres: Fantasy Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-08
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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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The Fountain
Overview: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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Death Machine
Overview: Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-02
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The Mummy Returns
Overview: Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-04
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Eragon
Overview: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-14
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Swept from the Sea
Overview: The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-23
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The Constant Gardener
Overview: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-31
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My Blueberry Nights
Overview: Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2007-11-28
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Envy
Overview: A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-30
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Confidence
Overview: What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Fred Claus
Overview: Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-09
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The Shape of Things
Overview: Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-24
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The Brothers Bloom
Overview: The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Runaway Jury
Overview: After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-16
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The Lovely Bones
Overview: After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-26
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Definitely, Maybe
Overview: When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Chain Reaction
Overview: At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a waste-free energy source. However, a private company wants to exploit the technology, so Kasalivich and physicist Dr. Lily Sinclair are framed for murder, and the fusion device is stolen. On the run from the FBI, they must recover the technology and exonerate themselves.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-02
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Agora
Overview: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-17
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Overview: The Constant Gardener featurette.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-10
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I Want You
Overview: A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-15
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Being James Bond
Overview: Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-29
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Stealing Beauty
Overview: Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-29
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Beautiful Creatures
Overview: When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-23
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The Land Girls
Overview: During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge graduate Ag - become best friends in spite of their different backgrounds.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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The Bourne Legacy
Overview: New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-08
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The Whistleblower
Overview: Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-13
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Sunshine
Overview: The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-13
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Oz the Great and Powerful
Overview: Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-07
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Dream House
Overview: Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-29
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My Summer With Des
Overview: Romantic comedy set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his girlfriend. However, as the football tournament progresses his luck begins to turn, firstly because of England's successes on the pitch, and secondly because of his encounter with a mysterious woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-25
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The Deep Blue Sea
Overview: The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-11
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Page Eight
Overview: Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-28
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Overview: The story will follow a medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
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360
Overview: A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneliness, a British businessman ponders a rendezvous with a prostitute. The businessman's wife prepares to call it quits with her younger lover. A Brazilian student breaks up with her boyfriend in London. A recovering alcoholic travels to Phoenix in search of his missing daughter. A paroled sex offender struggles to stay composed when propositioned in a Denver airport. A widower's religious devotion is put to a difficult test.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Going All the Way
Overview: Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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The Light Between Oceans
Overview: A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-02
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The Lobster
Overview: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Overview: Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who has conquered the hearts of both cinema lovers and prestigious festival juries with his films. To French actress Nathalie Baye, he seems very experienced despite his young age, while Cannes Director Thierry Frémaux says he may be insolent, but everyone agrees he is passionate, creative, a perfectionist and... in a hurry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-09-20
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Regina
Overview: The first woman rabbi in the world, Regina Jonas, comes to light, courtesy of Rachel Weisz – who plays her – and her father George Weisz, who was the executive producer for this poetic and beautiful documentary. The daughter of an Orthodox Jewish peddler, Jonas was ordained in Berlin in 1935. During the Nazi era and the war, her sermons and her unparalleled devotion brought encouragement to the persecuted German Jews. Regina Jonas was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. The only surviving photo of Jonas serves as a leitmotif for the film, showing a determined young woman gazing at the camera with self-confidence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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Youth
Overview: Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-05-20
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Dirtysomething
Overview: Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternative 'crustie' liftestyle of no fixed abode and travelling to settle down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-06
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This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis
Overview: When "American Psycho" was released early in 2000 it reaffirmed author Bret Easton Ellis as the controversial "bad boy" of contemporary American Fiction. "This Is Not an Exit" reveals the world inhabited by Ellis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-23
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Bent
Overview: Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-26
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Tube Tales
Overview: Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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The Favourite
Overview: England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Complete Unknown
Overview: Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Denial
Overview: Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-30
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My Cousin Rachel
Overview: A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-08
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The Mercy
Overview: In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-09
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Disobedience
Overview: A woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has romantic feelings rekindled for her best childhood friend, who is now married to her cousin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-24
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White Goods
Overview: Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as they find that they cannot agree on how best to split their winnings.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Let's Dance
Overview: Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday characters in familiar situations: packed into a subway car, stuck in a doctor's office, caught in downpour. But once they start moving, the actors turn our common experiences into welcome moments of enchantment.
Genres: Music
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 2018-12-06
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Black Widow
Overview: Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-07
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Building A Better Mummy
Overview: An in-depth look into the creative and technical processes that brought us the heart-stopping visual effects of the film, with director Stephen Sommers and the crew at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-28
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Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-15
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Seventeen
Overview: Short drama about a seventeen year-old girl, the lifeguard she fancies, and her older sister who he fancies.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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A Special Relationship
Overview: Told through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor’s friendship with her assistant Roger Wall, this biopic explores Taylor’s journey from actress to activist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy
Overview: Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-08
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