Mike Starr
Also Known As: Michael Starr , Michael "Mike" Starr, مایک استار
Biography: Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American actor. Known for his large size at 6' 3" (190 cm), he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: July 29, 1950
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Miller's Crossing
Overview: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Ed Wood
Overview: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-28
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The Bodyguard
Overview: A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-25
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GoodFellas
Overview: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Terrible Joe Moran
Overview: A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her loser boyfriend get out of debt with the local mob.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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Hot Tamale
Overview: A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-23
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The Cleaner
Overview: When middle-aged house cleaner Buck Enderly takes on an eccentric new client, he gets roped into locating her estranged son. Buck tracks down the disturbed young man but in another twist of fate becomes an accomplice to a violent crime. Buck must then decide whether to hide the truth from his family or come clean with everyone and move on with his life
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-12
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Overview: A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-28
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River Made to Drown In
Overview: Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is a struggling artist with a passion for life who once survived by working the streets, but now is romantically involved with Eva, a wealthy European gallery owner living in L.A. Thaddeus implores Allen to find Jamie, a young street hustler that Thaddeus had once tried to rescue. Allen returns to the streets to face the dark corners of his past where he must choose between what he left behind and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-01
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Mad Dog and Glory
Overview: Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-05
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Lonely Street
Overview: Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Overview: A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by a town council to become police chief of Paradise, MA, a small fishing town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may be tied to a local domestic disturbance case, with connections to money laundering and murder involving some of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-15
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The History of 'Cruising'
Overview: Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-18
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
Overview: Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-18
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Blood and Wine
Overview: A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-03
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Dumb and Dumber
Overview: Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-16
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Snake Eyes
Overview: All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne, to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Cabin Boy
Overview: A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-07
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Jersey Girl
Overview: Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-25
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Ca$h
Overview: A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
Genres: Crime Thriller Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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The Black Dahlia
Overview: In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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Lesser Prophets
Overview: The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-28
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Funny Farm
Overview: Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-03
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Chicago Overcoat
Overview: The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Gloria
Overview: After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Son of the Pink Panther
Overview: The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-27
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Overview: A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-26
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Overview: Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-07
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Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Overview: When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-19
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Scarlett
Overview: Angelina Ellington is a black investigative reporter who despises the mob. She stumbles upon a dead body that leads her through a labyrinth of tunnels that ultimately end face to face with one of the largest Sicilian mob families in the East Coast.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-31
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Off Beat
Overview: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Kill the Irishman
Overview: Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-10
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New York Stories
Overview: Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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Walk a Mile in My Pradas
Overview: A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-15
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Frogs for Snakes
Overview: A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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Til Death Do Us Part
Overview: After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night.
Genres: Horror Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-03
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Backflash
Overview: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-22
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Overview: Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-17
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The Shamrock Conspiracy
Overview: A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.
Genres: TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-12
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Flipping
Overview: The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of life if they could run the streets themselves. Tensions build and loyalty is tested as they plan a hit that could change all of their lives forever.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-07
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Evil Stalks This House
Overview: Jack Palance stars as a self-serving, abusive boor who becomes stranded (along with his two children) by a thunderstorm, forcing them to take shelter in an isolated country estate owned by a group of mysterious and wealthy old dowagers. Seeing a golden opportunity, Palance soon turns to plundering their estate, but his plans collide with the secret activities of a Satanic snake-cult who carry out ritual sacrifices in the attic.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-12
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Hit and Run
Overview: Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beautiful but enigmatic woman to a mansion outside New York. One night he tries to discover the truth behind his mystery fare; but in doing so finds himself wanted for a murder he didn't commit. There follows his frantic hunt to uncover the truth behind the murder: the action moves to the streets of New York as the police scour the city in pursuit. But the cab drivers of Manhattan join forces to aid the desperate fugitive, until the solution is finally revealed in a sudden and bizarre end to the mystery.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Buzzkill
Overview: Failed writer Ray Wyatt is ready to take his own life when a notorious serial murderer steals his latest movie script and begins publicizing it. Revived by the sudden deluge of celebrity, Ray starts tracking the killer to recover the manuscript.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-20
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The Bushido Blade
Overview: A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-19
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Under the City
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Overview: Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend gives them a hint. When word leaks out a Mafia boss puts a killer on the gang's trail.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-06
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Black Crescent Moon
Overview: A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-15
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Violets are Blue
Overview: After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, Henry, who is now married and running the local newspaper he inherited from his father. An awkward and tension-filled romance ensues.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-04
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Five Corners
Overview: A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-11
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Down on the Waterfront
Overview: Two filmmakers, eager to make a feature film that will improve the tarnished reputation of the longshoreman's union, meet with union officials. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-26
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Sweetwater
Overview: In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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The Last Dragon
Overview: A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Genres: Action Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-22
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Tempted
Overview: A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Mancation
Overview: Vince has carefully planned out every aspect of his seemingly successful life until his plans come crashing down around him just one day after his wedding, leaving his three under-qualified friends to pick up the pieces. As they head to Atlantic City for the wildest and most spontaneous weekend of their lives they’ll be sure that this Mancation will be one that will never be forgotten!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-09
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Murder in a Small Town
Overview: A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Osso Bucco
Overview: Trapped in his favorite restaurant during the worst snow storm in Chicago history, Jelly Dinotto, a lovable, misfit mobster, has one night to escape the family business and win the heart of Megan the woman of his dreams. The problem? Jelly and his trigger-happy cousin, Nick, discover that two underachieving detectives are also trapped in the restaurant with a warrant for their arrest. Sparks soon begin to fly, pistols light up, and the power in the restaurant goes out. Sanity is restored as Megan mysteriously finds herself in charge with the only remaining loaded gun. As the snow continues to fall, Jelly must ultimately choose between the life he knows and the woman he loves in this engaging dark, romantic mobster comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-07
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Uncle Buck
Overview: Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-16
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Overview: The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-14
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Life's Better Protected
Overview: Over budget and out of money to finish an animated film, an eccentric, cannoli-deprived film producer must salvage what footage he can and pawn it off as a condom commercial in hopes of recouping his losses and saving his film company from going bankrupt.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-10
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A Shock to the System
Overview: Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-23
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Black Dynamite
Overview: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-16
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American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Overview: An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, told through interviews with colleagues, friends, family members and the American Badass himself. Featuring Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Charlie Sheen, Ron Perlman, Daryl Hannah, and many, many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-15
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The Ice Harvest
Overview: A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-23
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Nasty Hero
Overview: Chase has just got out of jail for a crime he didn't commit, and goes in search of a gang that have kidnapped his friend's niece.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Common Ground
Overview: Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-25
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Zeroville
Overview: A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-19
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Night Trap
Overview: A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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Dancer and the Dame
Overview: Down-and-out Detective Dancer, who struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job. But that all ends when he is paired up with a police dog who is also dealing with post-traumatic stress. The dog helps Dancer make a life-changing turn around. And in response, Dancer does the same for his partner, the Dame.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-22
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Cusp
Overview: In this visually sumptuous and unrelenting film, a mediocre painter is forever changed by a brutal attack, reaching a new level of creative expression.
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Original Language: en
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Bereave
Overview: Fatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to save her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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On Deadly Ground
Overview: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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The Wannabe
Overview: Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he idolizes most, he sets off on a drug infused crime spree with his girlfriend and longtime mob groupie, Rose, by brazenly robbing the local Mafia hangouts.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-04
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Lean On Me
Overview: When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Cat's Eye
Overview: Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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The Crusades
Overview: On the edge of revolutionary change at their all boys private high school, three friends set out to have one last great weekend while dodging authority, love affairs and violent foes in the longest weekend of their lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-07
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Hot Paint
Overview: Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, selfish character-here named Gus - and he suckers Willy (Gregory Harrison) into his scheme to rob the mansion. The two losers have to try to figure out how to sell the valuable but high-profile item without getting busted. They travel the world looking for potential buyers but always end up short. Everyone can see that they are novices in the art world and buffoons in general.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-20
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Kojak: Ariana
Overview: One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-02
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The Hudsucker Proxy
Overview: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-11
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Born on the Fourth of July
Overview: Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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The Deli
Overview: An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Elvis Has Left the Building
Overview: Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his influence. Now a Pink Lady selling cosmetics, she seems to inadvertently bring harm to any Elvis impersonators she encounters. After a bizarre car accident leaves a slew of them dead, Harmony goes on the run from the authorities, hooking up with a downtrodden ad exec who has Elvis troubles of his own.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-27
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Two If by Sea
Overview: Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. Frank takes Roz to an island on the coast of New England, where he wants to sell the painting and also hopes that their sagging relationship will get a positive push back up. Not everything goes as planned.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-12
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Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Overview: A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the biggest crime boss in the country.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-16
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Baby's Day Out
Overview: Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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3 A.M.
Overview: The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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New York Street Games
Overview: Documentary describing various street games played by children in New York.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-28
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Dough Boys
Overview: Frank and Lou are brothers, running the family's bakery, a fixture in their Bronx neighborhood since 1921. Lou loves it, but the rest of his life is in tatters: he lives alone, bets on the horses, and owes a loan shark. Frank, older, married, and always responsible, wants to get out of the bakery and pursue other dreams. Things come to a head on the day Lou's marker comes due and Frank announces big news. They find themselves reflecting on the life choices they've made.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-27
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Cruising
Overview: When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-15
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The Bronx Bull
Overview: A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-13
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The Lady in Question
Overview: In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and her family.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-12
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I Hate Valentine's Day
Overview: A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-27
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Delivering the Goods
Overview: In New York City, a young Italian-American guy sets out to become a chef, much to the chagrin of his father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-20
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Hoodlum
Overview: In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-27
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Overview: Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-06
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Knockaround Guys
Overview: Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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The Chair
Overview: A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
Genres: Horror Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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Clockers
Overview: Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Squeeze Play
Overview: The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-24
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Billy Bathgate
Overview: In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Making a Killing
Overview: Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that is based on a true story.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-10
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Summer of Sam
Overview: During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-28
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Just Your Luck
Overview: Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining late-night dining regulars will get the cash? How many will have to die to get the answer?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-29
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The Natural
Overview: An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-11
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James and the Giant Peach
Overview: When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-12
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Prism
Overview: Prism is an anthology feature, exploring several genres - comedy, dark-comedy, drama, science-fiction, and suspense. With the only connection being the overall theme; the irrationality of love.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-09
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Blue Steel
Overview: Megan Turner, a rookie NYC cop, foils an armed robbery on her first day and then engages in a cat-and-mouse game with one of the witnesses who becomes obsessed with her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Recovery
Overview: The patients and staff of a secluded heroin treatment center must do battle with more than their own demons as a mysterious killer begins picking them off one-by-one.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-04
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Mac
Overview: Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and helps put his brothers on the job. When they can no longer take working for Polowski, who does shoddy work and is abusive to his staff, Mac and his brothers set up their own company. Together, Vitelli Brothers Construction builds houses with pride and care. But Mac turns out to be an overbearing workaholic, with obsessive concern about the quality of their work and incredible attention to detail. His intensity and driven ambition precludes a happy family life and begins to drive his brothers away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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King Kong Lives
Overview: After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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Punchline
Overview: Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-07
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The Money Pit
Overview: After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-26
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Dear Diary
Overview: A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-13
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Cabaret Maxime
Overview: A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-31
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The Protector
Overview: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-15
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Bad Santa 2
Overview: Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-23
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Trial by Jury
Overview: Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-09
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Blown Away
Overview: Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Still Dumb After All These Years
Overview: Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn about casting decisions, how the script was proved to be a very tough sell to certain studio parties, and about the relationship that developed between Daniels and Carrey on set and how the worked on some specific scene details together. Apparently the Farrelly Brothers sold the producers on the movie by acting out scenes in the office, and initially Steve Martin and Martin Short were wanted for the leads. While Carrey himself isn't interviewed here (which is a shame), there are plenty of clips of his antics from the film used to highlight certain moments in here.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-03
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Radio Days
Overview: The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-30
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Collision Course
Overview: A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-27
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Offstage Elements
Overview: An aspiring heavy metal band's lead singer returns to the rock scene as a devout "born-again" Christian after his cancer goes into remission. The band's members struggle with this drastic transformation while dealing with their own downward spirals.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-13
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Clowning
Overview: With his girlfriend pregnant, Dante, a pacifist hippie who makes lip balm called, Mama Earth; is struggling to keep his bills paid. After finding a mysterious flyer for a Birthday Clown Wanted, Dante calls the number and obtains the job. At the Birthday Party he meets a female clown named, Pele. After joining her Pity Party, Dante is pulled into an underworld and quickly finds himself in over his head.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-13
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Prime Target
Overview: A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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The Next Big Thing
Overview: A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist to instant success so he can cash in on his ill-gotten gains.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-08
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Me and Veronica
Overview: Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-24
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Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Overview: Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-04
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Stone Pillow
Overview: A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to offer the down-and-out clients she serves at the homeless shelter. Soon, however, Carrie realizes that she's the one who has much to learn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-05
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Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
Overview: The Cast and Crew talk about "Dumb and Dumber" (1994).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Mickey
Overview: Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas, where Derrick, now known as Mickey, joins a team that makes it to the Little League World Series. But will fame give away his true identity?
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-30
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Animals with the Tollkeeper
Overview: While looking for paradise, a cab driver suddenly falls in love.
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-06
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