John Travolta
Also Known As: 존 트래볼타, John Joseph Travolta, 約翰·屈伏塔, جان تراولتا
Biography: John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a leading man in film. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Travolta came to prominence starring in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), followed by leading roles in Carrie (1976), Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), and Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Pulp Fiction (1994). His other notable films include Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), The General's Daughter (1999), The Punisher (2004), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008), and Savages (2012). Travolta returned to television, portraying lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He received an Emmy Award as a producer and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He was also Emmy-nominated for his role in the action-comedy web series Die Hart (2021). Travolta has released nine albums outside of acting, including four singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. His albums typically accompanied films he starred in, such as Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978), which topped the Billboard 200. Travolta is also a private pilot. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Travolta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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Lonely Hearts
Overview: In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-30
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Grease
Overview: Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-16
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Pulp Fiction
Overview: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-10
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Face/Off
Overview: In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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Die Hart
Overview: Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-22
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The General's Daughter
Overview: When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-18
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Be Cool
Overview: Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-04
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Michael
Overview: Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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Hairspray
Overview: Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-19
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Basic
Overview: When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-18
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Lucky Numbers
Overview: Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-27
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Staying Alive
Overview: It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-11
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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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Saturday Night Fever
Overview: Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Overview: Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 which put astronauts on the moon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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Battlefield Earth
Overview: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Wild Hogs
Overview: Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-02
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Old Dogs
Overview: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-24
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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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Carrie
Overview: Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-03
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Domestic Disturbance
Overview: Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder. Initially, no one believes his accusations, but then Frank becomes convinced and is the only one who believes him. Now, the father Danny trusts must protect him from the stepfather he fears.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-28
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Get Shorty
Overview: Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Blow Out
Overview: While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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White Man's Burden
Overview: The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-01
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The Punisher
Overview: When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-15
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Look Who's Talking Now!
Overview: When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James – his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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The Thin Red Line
Overview: The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-23
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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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Primary Colors
Overview: In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-20
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Shout
Overview: A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Look Who's Talking
Overview: Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-12
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From Paris with Love
Overview: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-04
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Swordfish
Overview: Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-08
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Two of a Kind
Overview: God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-13
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Phenomenon
Overview: An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-05
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Mad City
Overview: A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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A Love Song for Bobby Long
Overview: A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-02
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Look Who's Talking Too
Overview: Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-14
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Bolt
Overview: Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Overview: Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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Mr. Saturday Night
Overview: The untold story of Robert Stigwood, the impresario behind “Saturday Night Fever” and its record-breaking disco soundtrack.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-13
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She's So Lovely
Overview: After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-29
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Chains of Gold
Overview: Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack in an organization called YIP, run by Carlos.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-15
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The Devil's Rain
Overview: A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Urban Cowboy
Overview: After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-06
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Overview: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-10
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Overview: A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-30
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The Shepherd
Overview: On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-10
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Cash Out
Overview: Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member of his crew, Decker, takes the team down and reveals she’s an undercover Interpol agent. Heartbroken, Mason escapes and retires from the life of crime until his younger brother Shawn is out of his league taking on a big bank heist all on his own. Mason has no choice left but to come to the rescue, while Interpol brings Decker in hoping to unnerve him. Before the SWAT teams storm the bank, Mason must use every tool in his arsenal to not only escape with the prize, but also the love of his life.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-26
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Perfect
Overview: A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-15
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Casting By
Overview: This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-01
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Eyes of an Angel
Overview: John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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That's Amore!
Overview: Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard the words "I love you” and figures he never will. Patty Amore has her share of problems, as well. Shy and introverted, she’s filled with various tics and nervous habits. A secret from her past, combined with her over-protective father, have caused her to withdraw from the dating game. But when Nick and Patty meet, literally bumping into one another, they share an immediate connection.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
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Savages
Overview: Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-06
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John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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The Experts
Overview: Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-13
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Overview: A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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Killing Season
Overview: Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-12
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High Rollers
Overview: A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all to save her and score big.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-14
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Overview: A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with the brightest shadowmaker and his friends.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-13
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Moment by Moment
Overview: Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from her womanizing husband, develops a May–December romance with a young drifter named Strip.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-22
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Overview: A celebration of the life of musical icon Tony Bennett on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The special charts Bennett’s career by faithfully re-creating venues from his past. Bennett is joined for each number by the artists that collaborated with him on his Duets album.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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John Travolta: The Inside Story
Overview: In the seventies brushed glory, in the eighties met the failure and nineties resurfaced to become definitely a star. John Travolta is an actor undeterred.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-22
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Basements
Overview: Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in a single location.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-12
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Bio.
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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Mob Land
Overview: A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-04
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Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Overview: Rona Barrett looks back at 1978 and reflects on the news and entertainment highlights of the year. Includes interviews with John Travolta, Robin Williams, Pricilla Presley, Donna Summers, Steve Martin, and Barbra Streisand.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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The Forger
Overview: A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Overview: In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting dignitaries, Presidents and the Pope. During its two final weeks, Chasen regulars (actors and producers), staff, and management sat for interviews. There's an Oscar party for 1500, footage and photos of famous diners, and time with Tommy Gallagher, the ebullient head waiter until retirement in 1994, his son Patrick, catering head Raymond Bilbool, general manager Ronnie Clint, hat check girl Val Schwab, ladies' room attendant Onetta Johnson, and foreign- born waiters, including Jaime. When he started in 1970, like other Latins, he wasn't allowed out of the kitchen. It's a family farewell.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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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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In a Valley of Violence
Overview: The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Pattern Recognition
Overview: To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's best-known thriller and horror films, Cockburn makes familiar noises frightening and leaves us wondering... What's that sound? And why won't it stop?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Overview: Hot Potato is a backstage pass to the global phenomenon, The Wiggles. The documentary chronicles the story of three preschool teachers, Anthony, Murray and Greg, and their friend Jeff, as they triumph over the odds to become one of the most successful children’s acts of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-18
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Criminal Activities
Overview: Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-20
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Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
Overview: An introduction and overview to Scientology.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-13
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Seriously... Phil Collins
Overview: 4 TV Executives attempt to make a television special to promote ...But Seriously. Mostly made of sketches this film includes a rap version of Don't Lose My Number and a country take on Separate Lives. Phil even attempts to be Elvis Presley while singing One More Night.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
Overview: A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-27
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Close Up
Overview: More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and 2002. Presented the first time in 2012 (ten years after the last shooting) in Napoli Film Festival and in 2013 at the Art Institute of California in Santa Ana. An anthropological experiment on the facial expressions of famous people showing the human being aspect. All original footage from Mel Gibson to Peter Jackson, from George Lucas to Catherine Deneuve, from Michael Douglas to Giancarlo Giannini and many others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-30
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Tarantino's Mind
Overview: Two friends at a bar talking about theories involving Quentin Tarantino's movies.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-04
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David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Overview: In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stuns his audience.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-16
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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I Am Wrath
Overview: A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-14
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
Overview: The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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Life on the Line
Overview: As a huge electrical storm sweeps towards Texas, lineman Beau Ginner is haunted by memories of his brother's death by lightning years earlier. Since that tragic day, he has raised his niece Bailey and risen to foreman of a lineman team. However, there is friction when Bailey's on-off boyfriend Duncan joins the crew, while another new recruit is hiding PTSD symptoms. Beau and his team are soon putting their lives at risk in a race to replace miles of power cables to keep the electrical grid running before the deadly lightning storm strikes. Based on a true story; this film is a tribute to the heroes who risk it all to keep us safe.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Overview: The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so culture-jamtastic that we're sorry we can't be there to hold your hand as you watch in dazed amazement. Thousands of hours of brain-boiling footage have been concentrated into an impenetrable jewel of an experience, teach us once and for all that loving well is the best revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-03
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Our Friend, Martin
Overview: Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
Genres: Drama Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-12
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Junket Whore
Overview: A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-12
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Overview: A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-24
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Brando
Overview: The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
Overview: The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-26
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Gotti
Overview: John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Genres: Crime Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-14
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Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Overview: A star-studded tribute concert celebrating the iconic pop trio's impressive career.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-16
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Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Overview: Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute to his greatest collaborator, Sally Menke. Produced for the 'Tarantino XX' Blu-ray collection
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-10
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Welcome to Hollywood
Overview: A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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Speed Kills
Overview: Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-16
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Trading Paint
Overview: A stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-22
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The Grease Story
Overview: The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, and the changes that occurred between stage and screen, including the addition of several new songs and toning down the original show's darker elements. Plus, a look at some of the actors who could have played the roles made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-05
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Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Overview: John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco steps that made movie history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-22
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The Fanatic
Overview: A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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The Poison Rose
Overview: A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-23
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Grease Day USA
Overview: The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-18
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Overview: The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-14
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Forever Hollywood
Overview: Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Overview: A chronicle of the cultural phenomenon sparked by the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and its inspiration, Gilley's.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
Overview: A short documentary about Baltimore firefighters made for the home video release of 'Ladder 49'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-08
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Nightmare
Overview: A murder witness can't convince the police that the killer lives in the apartment across the courtyard from him, and he realizes he is the sniper's next victim.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-08
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The Tenth Level
Overview: Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-26
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Paul Williams Still Alive
Overview: Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-11
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John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Overview: The gripping story of legendary American actor John Travolta: his rise to stardom in the 1970s; his agonizing fall in disgrace in the 1980s; and his stunning artistic rebirth in the 1990s.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-03-19
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Studio 54
Overview: Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Paradise City
Overview: Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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QT8: The First Eight
Overview: A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-21
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Boris and Natasha
Overview: Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Overview: Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become diehard fans of Paul Calderon? Here’s a story about Quentin Tarantino. The director who needs no introduction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-02
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Broken Arrow
Overview: When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-09
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Overview: The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-22
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November 1963
Overview: Unfolds within the intense 48-hour period surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The film sheds light on crime group the Chicago Outfit’s alleged involvement in the assassination and draws directly from first-hand accounts, including insights from the family of crime boss Sam Giancana.
Genres: History Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Overview: A five-part documentary with interviews from the director, cast and crew, and some behind-scenes footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-11
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Cash Out 3
Overview: The story follows Mason, who is pulled back into the robbery game after his reckless younger brother, Shawn, decides to loot a $100 million painting aboard a luxury yacht. Knowing Shawn will end up in prison or inside a coffin, Mason gets to work, knowing that the following days will be filled with deception, betrayal, and deadly confrontations with old enemies.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Overview: Behind the scenes of the legendary classic film by Quentin Tarantino.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Be Cool, Very Cool
Overview: Documentary on the making of 'Be Cool' (2005).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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Rats!
Overview: Summer just got a lot shorter for 19 year old Raphael Tinski. It's 2007 and the peak of emo-culture is in full swing. Raphael just got arrested by a psychotic cop. Raphael just fell in love with a girl at community service. Raphael might get blown up by nukes.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-28
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Black Tides
Overview: Rebecca reunites with her estranged father, Bill, in sunny Málaga expecting a healing family trip with her young son, Sebastian. Instead, their voyage across the Strait of Gibraltar becomes a nightmare as they’re relentlessly attacked by rogue orcas. Rebecca, confronting deep emotional wounds, must rise as an unlikely hero in a battle for survival.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
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Syndicate
Overview: Recently released ex-criminal Patrick O’Malley finds God and his faith during his nearly 30 years in prison. After choosing the righteous path to redemption, he becomes an informant for the FBI and works undercover for Special Agent Felix Miller to bring down the largest organized crime syndicate in the nation.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
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