Joaquin Phoenix
Also Known As: Leaf Phoenix, Joaquin Rafael Bottom, วาคีน ฟินิกซ์, Χοακίν Φίνιξ, Joaquin Rafael Phoenix , یواکین فینیکس
Biography: Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (/hwɑːˈkiːn/ whah-KEEN; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Phoenix began his career by appearing in a television series in the early 1980s with his brother River. His first major film roles were in SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1989). During this period, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, a name he gave himself. He took back his birth name in the early 1990s. He received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the comedy-drama To Die For (1995) and the period film Quills (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Commodus in the historical drama Gladiator (2000). He had success with the horror films Signs (2002), The Village (2004) and the historical drama Hotel Rwanda (2004). He won a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). Following a brief sabbatical, Phoenix starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and earning his third Academy Award nomination. He gained praise for his roles in the romantic drama Her (2013) and the crime satire Inherent Vice(2014) and won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). For his performance as the titular character of Joker (2019), Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since starred in the independent films C'mon C'mon (2021), and Beau Is Afraid (2023) and portrayed the title role in the historical drama Napoleon (2023). Outside acting, Phoenix is an animal rights activist. A vegan, he regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on global meat consumption and its impact on the environment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joaquin Phoenix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthday: October 28, 1974
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Gender: Male
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Walk the Line
Overview: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-13
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Gladiator
Overview: After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-04
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Hotel Rwanda
Overview: Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-22
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To Die For
Overview: Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-22
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U Turn
Overview: When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-03
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Parenthood
Overview: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-31
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Return to Paradise
Overview: Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-10
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We Own the Night
Overview: A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-12
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Two Lovers
Overview: A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-19
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Signs
Overview: A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Quills
Overview: A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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Ladder 49
Overview: Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Earthlings
Overview: Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-24
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The Village
Overview: When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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8MM
Overview: A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Joker: Folie à Deux
Overview: While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-01
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Reservation Road
Overview: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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Buffalo Soldiers
Overview: A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Genres: Drama Comedy War Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-31
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It's All About Love
Overview: The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for. It's All About Love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a conspiracy of epic proportions.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-10
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Chryskylodon Blues
Overview: On the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-07
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Clay Pigeons
Overview: Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Clay inadvertently befriends a serial killer named Lester Long, who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Inventing the Abbotts
Overview: In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-04
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Russkies
Overview: A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Eddington
Overview: Follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.
Genres: Western Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
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I'm Still Here
Overview: I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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The Master
Overview: Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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The Yards
Overview: In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-27
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The Immigrant
Overview: 1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Her
Overview: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Overview: An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scribes: Story Development, The Heat Of Battle: Production Journals, Attire Of The Realm: Costume Design, Shadow And Dust: Resurrecting Proximo, The Glory Of Rome: Visual Effects, Tools Of War: Weapons, Echoes In Eternity: Release And Impact,and final Production Credits.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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The Making of We Own the Night
Overview: The cast and crew talk about We Own the Night. Written and directed by James Gray.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Inherent Vice
Overview: In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
Overview: A documentary about the life of Johnny Cash and the making of Walk the Line (2005).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-22
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Irrational Man
Overview: On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-17
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Her: Love in the Modern Age
Overview: Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her." The documentary, directed by Lance Bangs, features stories and reflections from writers, musicians, actors and contemporary culture experts, including Olivia Wilde, James Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis, on the film "Her," and their thoughts on love in the modern age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-17
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The Island
Overview: A couple decides to turn their backs on civilization to build their private paradise on a desert island. However, a millionaire passing through the island makes them a sensation, making a European countess want to take over their island.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
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Unity
Overview: Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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Kids Don't Tell
Overview: When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-05
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Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
Overview: In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the first televised trial to the many books and movies made about it, the film looks at the media’s enduring impact on the case.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-17
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Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Overview: A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-22
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Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Overview: The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past, socially committed, who for years has offered outstanding performances.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-05-12
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You Were Never Really Here
Overview: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-08
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Brother Bear
Overview: When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Mary Magdalene
Overview: In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Overview: 13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-07
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The Sisters Brothers
Overview: Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Genres: Western Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Overview: On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-04
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Secret Witness
Overview: Fun turns serious for two kids when an innocent spying game forces them to do some real detective work.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-08
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Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
Overview: The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-13
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Dominion
Overview: Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-29
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Lou
Overview: Lou, a teenage tomboy in a small Californian town, idolizes her single father. When he has a date over one night and she is cast out of the house, Lou wanders to the outer reaches of town and into a new era of teenage identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-08
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C'mon C'mon
Overview: Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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Guardians of Life
Overview: This environmental short subject was made in collaboration of the protest group, Extinction Rebellion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-06
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Making 'Signs'
Overview: Nearly every possible aspect of fimmaking used to produce the motion picture Signs (2002) is closely examined here. This serves as a good companion to the film, normally where a commentary track would. Though it does feature a portion of promotional value, it is still very informative and interesting to watch director M. Night Shyamalan at work.
Genres: Documentary Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-07
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Deconstructing 'The Village'
Overview: In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movie's genesis and development, the choice of time period and setting, finding a location and creating the sets, the flick's visual design and cinematography, working with the actors and bonding on the set, the costumes, problems with the weather, shooting in the woods, casting, the actors' "boot camp", editing and storyboards, audio design, the score, and the movie's creatures.
Genres: Documentary Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-11
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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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Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Overview: A look at the making of the Gladiator (2000) and the historical aspects presented within the film. Interviews with cast, crew and historical professors tell us a little bit more about certain locations and characters than what was in the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-21
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My Darling Vivian
Overview: The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-27
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Napoleon
Overview: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Genres: History War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-22
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SpaceCamp
Overview: Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
Genres: Family Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-06
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Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Overview: Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is universally hailed as the greatest comic-book supervillain of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-18
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Beau Is Afraid
Overview: Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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Polaris
Overview: In Alaska in the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
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The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross
Overview: Alfie Sincross, a chimney sweep living in London, undergoes a series of life changing decisions and situations that pushes him to the edge of a quest that has no bounds and to the end of the world.
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Original Language: en
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Final 24: River Phoenix
Overview: Final 24 recreates River Phoenix's last day to tell the tragic tale of a young man whose short life was dominated by the constant pressure to perform.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-27
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L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
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Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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