Rue McClanahan
Also Known As: Patti Leigh, Patty Leigh, Rhue McClanahan, Ру МакКлэнахан
Biography: A veteran television actress and Broadway star of the 50s, Rue McClanahan was an actress noticed by television executive, Norman Lear. Lear cast her in a number of television shows, including "All in the Family" (1971) with 'Carroll OConnor' and "Maude" (1972) with Bea Arthur. McClanahan next co-starred with Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Betty White and Carol Burnett in "Mama's Family" (1983) for three years, and after it was canceled by NBC, McClanahan was probably best known for her role as the saucy, sharp southern belle, Blanche, in "The Golden Girls" (1985). She once again worked with Bea Arthur and Betty White, and with relative newcomer Estelle Getty. All four of the women won Emmy Awards for their roles. After Bea Arthur left the show after eight seasons, McClanahan, White and Getty returned for a brief spin-off in "The Golden Palace" (1992). In the mid-nineties, McClanahan was diagnosed with cancer, but was able to fight it successfully. In addition to lending her talents to a number of made for TV films, McClanahan has also appeared on the big screen in recent years co-starring with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the comedy Out to Sea (1997) and with Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997). McClanahan also spends her time joining and helping organizations against cancer, AIDS, and cruelty against animals.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Birthday: February 21, 1934
Deathday: June 03, 2010
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Gender: Female
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Starship Troopers
Overview: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
Overview: For the first time on the big screen, celebrate The Golden Girls with a special screening of some of the most memorable episodes from the series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-14
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The Man in the Brown Suit
Overview: An American woman gets involved in a diamond theft in South Africa.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-04
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The Day the Bubble Burst
Overview: A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-07
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This World, Then the Fireworks
Overview: In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-11
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Five Minutes to Live
Overview: A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-07
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Some of My Best Friends Are...
Overview: Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-27
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Out to Sea
Overview: Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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Betty White: First Lady of Television
Overview: The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips from her long career. Plus comments from friends and co-stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-18
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Henry Jekyll, a shy and unassuming doctor, is obsessed with the idea of separating the good in man's nature from the evil, and is attracted to Rebecca, daughter of the head teacher of the medical school.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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The People Next Door
Overview: A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Overview: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog decides to save them.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-22
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Five Minutes to Love
Overview: Ben, Edna and their baby daughter are headed to California when their car breaks down. Ben ventures off to the junkyard in search of a spare part to fix his car. Coincidentally, Harry (the seedy junkyard owner) has just been accused by the police of selling stolen auto parts, and claims that he gets his cars from someone else. Ben wanders into the junkyard just in time for Harry to frame him and use him as a scapegoat. When Ben doesn't return after quite a while, Edna goes looking for him. She is then chased around the junkyard by Harry's odd, dim-witted friend Blowhard.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Hollywood After Dark
Overview: A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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A Holiday to Remember
Overview: Compassionate holiday romancer with Connie Sellecca as a divorced mother who takes young daughter Asia Vieira to her small South Carolina hometown in order to start a new life. Once there, Connie has trouble getting ready for Christmas as Randy Travis, her former boyfriend comes calling, and a runaway boy and social worker take up a lot of her and her daughter's attention. With Rue McClanahan, Don McManus. Based on Kathleen Creighton's "A Christmas Love.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-12
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The Skin of Our Teeth
Overview: Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-18
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A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
Overview: Margaret Mitchell, portrayed as rebellious and spirited as Scarlett O'Hara, grows up in a comfortably middle-class Atlanta home, absorbing her grandmother's stories of the Civil War and the burning of their city by the Yankees. Young Peggy, as she likes to be called, goes to Smith College in Massachusetts and hates it. Back in Atlanta, her mildly scandalous reputation is made more so by her first marriage, to Red Upshaw, a bootlegging rake. Later, her second husband encourages her to expand her writing talents beyond feature articles for The Atlanta Journal. Her first and only novel becomes one of the best-selling books of all time.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-28
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Hogan's Goat
Overview: A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-18
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The Rimers of Eldritch
Overview: Lanford Wilson's prize-winning drama about life in a played-out coal town in the Midwest. Against the background of a murder trial, the people recall their lives.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-04
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How to Succeed with Girls
Overview: Meek salesman learns the aggressive way to treat women from a brash wastrel poet in order to help him get back with his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-30
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Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
Overview: Celebrate The Golden Girls with a special screening of some of the most memorable episodes from the series. Featured episodes include: The Competition, It’s a Miserable Life, The Sisters, Scared Straight, Sisters of the Bride, The Case of the Libertine Bell.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-07
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A Different Approach
Overview: An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's assembled to sell companies on hiring the handicapped, which takes "a different approach" by combining several approaches--most of them suggested by Hollywood personalities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Overview: Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his Hollywood successes and eventual decline. The film features a vast array of never-before-seen footage of the actor, ranging from remains of his 1918 film Struggle for Life to behind-the-scenes home movies on the set of RKO Studios. Lugosi is peppered with dozens of rare films clips and photographs, with the story itself coming to life thanks to the vast array of on-camera interviewees.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-15
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Angel's Flight
Overview: A series of murders involving a stripper are investigated by a hard-drinking reporter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Topper
Overview: A deceased couple affectionately haunt a living friend while trying to get into heaven.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-09
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Rainbow
Overview: The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie studio system that held her back while her mother was forever pushing her to excel.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-06
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Nunsense
Overview: An unfortunate convent cooking accident causes most of the order of the Little Sisters of Hoboken to die of botulism. Before all of the deceased sisters can be buried, Reverend Mother Superior (Rue McClanahan) buys a camcorder and VCR for the convent - resulting in not having enough money to bury the four remaining sisters (which, by the way, are temporarily being stored in the freezer). In order to raise money to bury the four dead sisters, the Little Sisters of Hoboken (well, what's left of them) put on a riotous revue packed with hilarious, show-stopping song and dance numbers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-01
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Nuncrackers
Overview: Fourth musical in the Nunsense series.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-01
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Nunsense 2: The Sequel
Overview: In this sequel to the Off-Broadway musical hit, the Little Sisters of Hoboken put together another musical revue, to thank all the people who saw the first show and helped them solve their little "monetary" problem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
Overview: Third in the Nunsense series of musicals.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Mother of the Bride
Overview: A mother's plans for her daughter's wedding are complicated when her ex-husband, who abandoned the family more than 20 years earlier, shows up.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-27
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Children of the Bride
Overview: A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-05
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The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
Overview: A 90-minute special reuniting the main cast of the American sitcom, "The Golden Girls", where they share their favorite moments from the show, behind-the-scenes footage, and plenty of laughs
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-02
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Annabelle's Wish
Overview: Annabelle - a calf who has a special wish for Christmas - wants to be a reindeer and help Santa Claus drive his sleigh as he delivers his presents! Annabelle's friends tell her not to get her hopes up, but to everyone's surprise, Santa does indeed meet up with Annabelle, and the calf gets to help Santa make the holiday special for one young boy.
Genres: Family Animation Music Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-21
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Message from Nam
Overview: Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work out her grief by going to Vietnam and writing a column that will hopefully help those at home better understand the War.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-17
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They Might Be Giants
Overview: After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-09
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Overview: A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-05
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Generation Gap
Overview: When a rebellious teenager is forced to spend the summer with his grandfather, their differences go deeper than just the years that separate them.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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The Women
Overview: Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with the original cast reprising their roles.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-18
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Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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Modern Love
Overview: Modern relationships are examined in this comedy drama.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-20
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The Golden Girls: Ageless
Overview: During seven years of cheesecake and massive laughs, "The Golden Girls" was TV's unlikeliest hit; pairing three seasoned TV pros and one small-screen newbie with impeccable writing resulted in a sitcom that was as progressive as it was hilarious.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-13
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Overview: The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-21
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The Dreamer of Oz
Overview: The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Genres: Family Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-10
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The Moving of Sophia Myles
Overview: A pastor's cherished wife is thrown into despair and experiences a crisis of faith after his mysterious death.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-26
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Gridlock
Overview: A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-02
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After the Shock
Overview: On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Word of Honor
Overview: A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the small town in which they live. Virtually no one comes to his daughter's wedding, and at his office, the police search his desk, and his boss threatens to fire him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-06
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Dear God
Overview: A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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The Grass Eater
Overview: A man of questionable moral fiber pursues another man's wife, simply to convince a young lady that the the sanctity of marriage is fallacious.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-24
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Back to You & Me
Overview: After befriending a patient and then losing her to cancer, Dr. Sydney Ludwick decides to take some much needed time off to attend the 20th anniversary of her high school reunion and confront some deep seated resentments from the past.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-23
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The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Overview: Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a collection of four programs offering an up-close look at the remarkable lives of the hit show's stars. Valerie Harper, John Ritter and Alex Trebek narrate this tribute, with guests including Angela Lansbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Rosie O'Donnell and many others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Liberace
Overview: A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-02
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The Wickedest Witch
Overview: Avarissa, a witch so evil that she was banished to an underground kingdom, attempts to trick a human child into committing a despicable act so that she can switch places with him and escape.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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The Little Match Girl
Overview: Molly is an angel sent to earth as a little match girl: her mission, to save the fragmented Dutton family.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-21
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Mickey's 60th Birthday
Overview: This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the angry magi so that no one will recognize him until he finds his own magic within. While Mickey is on his quest, network news teams around the country desperately try to find the famous, beloved mouse who has mysteriously disappeared. On his quest, Mickey goes into the "Cheers" bar, meets up with the characters from "Family Ties", and winds up on Disneyland's Main Street the night before his Birthday celebration is to take place. It is there that he finds he has all the magic inside him that he will ever need. The spell is broken and the Birthday bash commences as the whole World celebrates the beloved Mickey Mouse.
Genres: Family Animation TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-13
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Spaceship Earth
Overview: In 1991 a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight “biospherians” lived sealed inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations. Their epic adventure is a cautionary tale but also a testament to the power of small groups reimagining the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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Blade
Overview: A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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Miracle Dogs
Overview: The family friendly animal movie Miracle Dogs concerns a boy who befriends a three-legged dog. Soon his relationship with the canine deepens to the point that the boy is attempting to find new homes for a variety of homeless animals.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-20
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Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
Overview: Actress Rue McClanahan and Dr. David Griffiths help potential pet owners learn about caring for cats. Viewers are taught how to pick the right cat for their families, how to feed a cat properly, and how to train the cat to use a litter box. Discover a cat's needs for grooming, exercise, and health care.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Baby of the Bride
Overview: Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their life - at 53, Margaret is pregnant! Against her husband's wishes, Margaret decides to keep the baby... but she isn't the only one in the family who is expecting. Margaret's daughter, Mary, who has just left the convent, is due just a few months before her mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-22
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The Fighting Temptations
Overview: Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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Take My Daughters, Please
Overview: A woman with four single daughters sets out to try and get them married.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-21
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Having Babies III
Overview: Dr. Julie Farr presides over three impending births and cannot help but get involved in the lives of her troubled patients.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-03
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Gaze
Overview: The works of today's most revered talents are set against a provocative, highly amusing commentary track in this celebration of queer art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-13
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Picnic
Overview: A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-10
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To My Daughter
Overview: A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving siblings in this fact-based drama.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-26
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Border to Border
Overview: Rambling indie about the people a couple of ramblers meet as they race from place to place.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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Just Between Us
Overview: A German shepherd, adopted by a 7-year-old girl, takes over her dog-sitting job for six other dogs, who run away. He runs into all sorts of adventures collecting them while he himself is pursued by two dogcatchers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-26
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The Earth Day Special
Overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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