Josh Pais
Also Known As: جاش پیس
Biography: Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President. Pais is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill) and Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish physicist, professor and writer. Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990; the two have a son, actor Zane Pais. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: June 21, 1964
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Gender: Male
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A Beautiful Mind
Overview: Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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The Station Agent
Overview: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-05
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Overview: A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-30
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I'm Not Rappaport
Overview: Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-24
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Watching the Detectives
Overview: Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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It Runs in the Family
Overview: This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Leaves of Grass
Overview: An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-13
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Teeth
Overview: Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-18
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Year of the Dog
Overview: A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-13
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A Civil Action
Overview: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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Spoiler Alert
Overview: Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-02
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Safe Men
Overview: Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Little Manhattan
Overview: Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-26
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Jacknife
Overview: A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Overview: A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story of the classic trilogy with on-set footage and photos, and dozens of brand new interviews with cast and crew from all the films including Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Parker Posey, Scott Foley and many others. Written and Directed by Ryan Turek and Produced by Anthony Masi.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-14
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Syrup
Overview: A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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Colin Fitz
Overview: Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two opposites learn a lot about life, death, and the magic of Colin Fitz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-19
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You Hurt My Feelings
Overview: A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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The Normals
Overview: With a debt collector hot on his trail, Harvard graduate Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical drug trial to make a quick buck. Carted out of New York City in a shuttle full of oddball characters, Billy and the rest of the guinea pigs, affectionately referred to as "Normals," camp out at hidden research facility. When not popping pills, being tagged, drained of blood, prodded, poked and color-coded, they are telling horror stories of previous tests or generally getting on each other's nerves. As the test drags on, just being there starts to take its toll, and tensions build until the dam finally bursts. Billy realizes that there is no such thing as "normal."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-16
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Touchy Feely
Overview: Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assistant and daughter Jenny. Suddenly, Abby develops an aversion to bodily contact, which not only makes her unable to do her job, but also severely affects her relationship with her boyfriend. As Abby navigates her way through an identity crisis, her brother's dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Overview: Bee Mitty, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent techfirm, must help Ian - her depressed, activist brother - move into their Auntie's house while a toxic hurricane threatens New York City.
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Original Language: en
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Reunion
Overview: Ten years after the death of a close friend, a group of Yale graduates who formed a secret society to make the world a better place reunite, only to discover how far from their ambitious, selfless goals they have strayed. Brett Cullen, Jessica Hecht and Jamey Sheridan star in this ensemble drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-06
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Porn 'n Chicken
Overview: In 1996, five overworked Yale undergrads formed a club to watch porno films on weekends while ingesting mass quantities of fried chicken and Miller High Life. As the "Porn 'n' Chicken Club" gained members and notoriety, the hide-bound Yale Establishment ordered that the club be closed down. Defiantly, the original members scraped together enough money to produce their own X-rated movie – and much to the dismay of the faculty and administration, the club became more popular and renowned than ever.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-13
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Checkout
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2023-09-13
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That Awkward Moment
Overview: Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-29
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Karma Local
Overview: An engaging comic thriller about a young Indian newsstand clerk who stumbles onto a more exciting life when he agrees to mind a stranger's package at his uncle's subway newsstand.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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5 Flights Up
Overview: A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-10
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The Family Fang
Overview: A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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Rounders
Overview: A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Music of the Heart
Overview: Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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Please Give
Overview: In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-30
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I Saw the Light
Overview: Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-05
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Overview: With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-24
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Bakery in Brooklyn
Overview: Brooklyn, New York. After the sudden death of their aunt Isabelle, Vivien and Chloe inherit her historic bakery. Vivien wants to keep up the tradition; Chloe feels that the business needs to be modernized. But when notified that they are about to be evicted, the two do not hesitate to work together to preserve the family legacy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-30
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Crown Heights
Overview: When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-25
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Scream 3
Overview: While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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Price Check
Overview: A middle aged, middle class, former music industry executive with a stay-at-home wife and son toils away at a supermarket chain. When a new high energy boss enters the company, she increases his fortunes and responsibilities while also creating tension in both his professional and personal life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-16
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The Land of Steady Habits
Overview: After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders begins a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-12
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Going in Style
Overview: Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-06
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Phone Booth
Overview: A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-04
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Synecdoche, New York
Overview: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Gentlemen Broncos
Overview: A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-30
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Adventureland
Overview: In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-03
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Motherless Brooklyn
Overview: New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-31
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Joker
Overview: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-01
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Funny Pages
Overview: A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-26
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Lifelines
Overview: Mom Nancy, a schoolteacher, is unable to handle the constant barrage of hostility from her three children. Husband Ira is ineffectual in helping his wife with her anxiety. Older son Mikey is barely able to express himself. Middle child Meghan flouts whatever restrictions her parents place on her, and youngest child Spencer, needs to be handcuffed to the car just to participate in family outings.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Arbitrage
Overview: A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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The Key Man
Overview: An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-18
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Assassination of a High School President
Overview: After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But as Bobby gets to know Paul's girlfriend, Francesca, he comes to realize he was wrong about Paul, so he sets out to unmask the true culprit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-17
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Find Me Guilty
Overview: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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Detachment
Overview: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-24
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Unconscious
Overview: Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. A film about being unconscious . . . or not.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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Swimming
Overview: Swimming is a bittersweet and intimate look at friendship, love and growing up. The easy life of summertime in Myrtle Beach is turned upside down for one local girl when two strangers come to town: a beautiful temptress and a charming drifter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-09
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The Mimic
Overview: Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘the Kid’ may be a sociopath, ‘the Narrator’ goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him. After unsettling rendezvous, the truth he finds is anything but what he expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-05
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Confess
Overview: A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The Friend
Overview: Iris has had a long, complex friendship with Walter. Walter is an irresistible charmer, a brilliant author, a lover of many women, and a master at letting down loved ones. When he dies suddenly, Iris is left to deal with all he left behind — three ex-wives with unfinished business, his interrupted literary legacy, and his beloved beast Apollo. It's not that Iris doesn't like dogs, but this is Manhattan, and she’ll get kicked out of her building if they find out she’s pretty much trying to house a horse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-28
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