Manny Perez
Also Known As: Manny Pérez
Biography: Manuel "Manny" Pérez Batista (born May 5, 1969) is a Dominican actor, who has appeared in the television series Third Watch and in the film Washington Heights. He is the cousin of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baitoa, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Birthday: May 05, 1969
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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A Killer Romance
Overview: After a quick and passionate courtship, newlyweds Rafer and Suzie soon discover that the other harbors a deadly secret sending them both on a course that will either save their marriage or end their lives. Some couples will love you to death.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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Bella
Overview: An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Broken Island
Overview: Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, eyewitness the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love, racial hate and an uncertain future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-06-13
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Crooklyn
Overview: From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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Where God Left His Shoes
Overview: When Frank, Angela, and their two children are evicted from their New York City apartment, they have no choice but to move into a homeless shelter. After a few difficult months, good news comes their way on Christmas Eve: a nearby housing project has an apartment available immediately-however, Frank needs a job on the books in order to qualify
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-27
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Pride and Glory
Overview: A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Illegal Tender
Overview: After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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El Cantante
Overview: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Genres: History Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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La Soga
Overview: A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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Nothing Like the Holidays
Overview: It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Separation
Overview: A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-30
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Safari
Overview: Dakota, a young American, arrives in the Dominican Republic at the dawn of the Trump era with little idea of why he is there, where he is headed, or what might come next. After checking into a beachside hotel, he finds himself in the crossfire of a volatile love triangle between two hotheads and the mysterious and elusive femme fatale Fabiola. The second feature by Juan Antonio Bisonó (Mosh) is a love letter to film noir both classic and contemporary - if the love letter in question was never sent because it got burned to a crisp by its dejected author - and a romantic comedy in reverse, where a breakup precedes the meet-cute, shaking up the beloved and her suitors like a spiked rum cocktail in the Santo Domingo sun.
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Original Language: en
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Colao 2
Overview: After six years, Antonio and Laura face a crisis in their relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-12-07
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La Soga 3: Vengeance
Overview: A hitman is driven by his relentless pursuit for revenge, but in the process learns that his love for family is much stronger. A love that leads to death and reignites a vicious cycle for revenge all over again.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-10-19
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El Rey de Najayo
Overview: The dramatic story of Julian, a Dominican drug lord who despite his confinement in prison, was still able to maintain Dominican society in a state of suspense, for over 13 years. At the early age of 12, he witnessed the death of his father at the hands of local military authorities, during a well-meant attempt to hand-over a package of drugs he had incidentally found at sea while fishing. As a result of this experience, Julian develops a thirst for revenge that leads him to kill all those involved in his father's death. In the process he becomes a major drug lord and a very powerful headman within Dominican society.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-01
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Washington Heights
Overview: "Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. When his father, who owns a bodega in the Heights, is shot in a burglary attempt, Carlos is forced to put his dream on hold and run the store. In the process, he comes to understand that if he is to make it as a comic artist, he must engage with the community he comes from, take that experience back out into the world, and put it in his work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-22
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Crooks
Overview: A group of criminals must rethink their plan of leaving town following a successful bank heist when they are double-crossed by a member of their own crew.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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Ponchao
Overview: Alex Ramirez is destined to become the greatest baseball player ever - and he'll do anything to get make it. But the road to success proves troublesome and hilariously unpredictable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-10-10
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The Ministers
Overview: A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-16
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Greencard Warriors
Overview: The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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A tiro limpio
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-04-24
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Bullet
Overview: A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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Safari
Overview: Dakota, a young American, arrives in the Dominican Republic at the dawn of the Trump era with little idea of why he is there, where he is headed, or what might come next. After checking into a beachside hotel, he finds himself in the crossfire of a volatile love triangle between two hotheads and the mysterious and elusive femme fatale Fabiola.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-01-27
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Sleeping Together
Overview: Romantic comedy about a conservative businessman whose one-night stand with a fiery Italian model develops into a turbulent long-term relationship.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Back in the Day
Overview: A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-20
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Courage Under Fire
Overview: A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-04
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La Familia
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Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-06-13
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Forged
Overview: Released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Chuco returns to Scranton, Penn., where he meets his son, who naturally wants revenge. The two proceed to wrestle with their emotions and the past, forging an unlikely bond.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-31
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Loki 7
Overview: Álvaro and his friends try to scam a Dominican crime lord in order to pay off a debt to a Russian mobster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-08-11
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Verdad o reto
Overview: Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his daughter's health and blinded by the possibility of losing her, opposes the relationship. Aura now faces her biggest challenge yet: to live her life with death and love knocking on her door.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-11-03
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New York Undercover Cop
Overview: Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-14
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Love Is Strange
Overview: After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-22
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Colao
Overview: A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-11-30
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Killer App
Overview: A young hacker creates an "antisocial" networking app that matches enemies instead of friends. When her enemies start turning up dead, she must uncover who or what is behind it before it's too late
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-21
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On the Q.T.
Overview: A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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Dinner Rush
Overview: One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-01
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Veneno
Overview: The origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-02-15
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Coyote Lake
Overview: Two dangerous and unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-02
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Party Monster
Overview: The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-05
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Sound of Freedom
Overview: The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-03
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Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
Overview: Documentary about the chaotic film shooting of "Pride and Glory"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-27
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Night of the Sicario
Overview: Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-16
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The Witch
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Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-10-28
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Locked In
Overview: A single mother must protect her daughter and herself during a heist gone wrong at a high-tech storage facility.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-07
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A Kiss of Chaos
Overview: A Latino thriller wherein an emotionally conflicted artist's life is dragged into a vortex of Chaos when both her bullet wounded thieving ex-boyfriend and HIV positive sister end up on her door steps and back in her life the same day, and the events that unfold putting her life in grave danger
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-27
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Brother
Overview: A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-13
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La Soga: Salvation
Overview: Years after his final job as a highly sought-after hitman, Luisito has settled down with his girlfriend Lia in a quiet seaside town. Unfortunately, they do not enjoy peace for long as Lia is kidnapped by someone who wants Luisito to use his skills one last time. With Lia's life hanging in the balance, Luisito takes on a crew of dangerous killers, including a particularly mysterious assassin who has long awaited the chance to even the score with her rival, La Soga.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-01-28
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Tiger
Overview: A group of male adolescents are recruited by their parents into a bootcamp to be forged into hustlers, players, “tigueres”. This archetype is the highest idealization of the male character in Dominican and Caribbean culture. Alberto is the head coach of this camp who decides that Pablo’s time has come to join the group. But Pablo, his son, is a Tiguere in his own right, unbeknownst to Alberto, whose coming-of-age process clashes with his father’s authoritarian views. This leads Pablo on a journey of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-10-26
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Dope King
Overview: After surviving a gunshot to the head and abandoning his life as a drug dealer, a tormented former kingpin fights his inner demons while evading his enemies, saving his kidnapped fiancé, and settling a colossal debt with the Russian mob for a product he no longer possesses.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-02
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