John Sayles

John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Sayles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: John Sayles
  • Popularity: 8.423
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1950-09-28
  • Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York, USA
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John Sayles Movies

  • 1992
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    Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

    6.7 1992 HD

    After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest...

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  • 1990
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    Little Vegas

    Little Vegas

    1 1990 HD

    Quirky serio-comedy about the unusual residents of a desert trailer park that mobsters want to turn into a gambling mecca.

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  • 1981
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    The Howling

    The Howling

    6.6 1981 HD

    After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they...

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  • 1987
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    Matewan

    Matewan

    7.335 1987 HD

    Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe...

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  • 1978
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    Piranha

    Piranha

    6 1978 HD

    When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

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  • 1993
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    Matinee

    Matinee

    6.622 1993 HD

    A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror...

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  • 1984
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    The Brother from Another Planet

    The Brother from Another Planet

    6.6 1984 HD

    An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth...

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  • 1988
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    Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

    6.921 1988 HD

    Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a...

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  • 2009
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    In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist

    6.073 2009 HD

    Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet)...

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  • 1992
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    Straight Talk

    Straight Talk

    6 1992 HD

    Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in...

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  • 2012
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    Casting By

    Casting By

    7.1 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 1997
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    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    1 1997 HD

    Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

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  • 1983
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    Lianna

    Lianna

    6.371 1983 HD

    Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage...

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  • 2008
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    Obscene

    Obscene

    5 2008 HD

    A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch"...

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  • 2012
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    The Normals

    The Normals

    5.3 2012 HD

    With a debt collector hot on his trail, Harvard graduate Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical drug trial to make a quick buck. Carted out of New York...

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  • 2009
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    The Toe Tactic

    The Toe Tactic

    5 2009 HD

    Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office...

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  • 2002
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    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    6.3 2002 HD

    A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real...

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  • 1986
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    Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

    6.8 1986 HD

    Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor,...

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  • 2014
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    That Guy Dick Miller

    That Guy Dick Miller

    7 2014 HD

    Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades,...

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  • 1989
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    Untama giru

    Untama giru

    4.7 1989 HD

    A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was...

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  • 2006
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    Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

    5.8 2006 HD

    An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...

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  • 1992
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    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    7.536 1992 HD

    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

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  • 1985
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    Hard Choices

    Hard Choices

    3.5 1985 HD

    A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and,...

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  • 1986
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    Something Wild

    Something Wild

    6.5 1986 HD

    A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

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  • 2024
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    John Sayles and Gregory Nava

    John Sayles and Gregory Nava

    1 2024 HD

    “In this conversation, recorded for the Criterion Collection in Los Angeles in 2023, filmmaker Gregory Nava talks with director John Sayles...

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  • 1980
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    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    6.534 1980 HD

    Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the...

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  • 2009
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    Great Directors

    Great Directors

    5.9 2009 HD

    Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

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  • 2007
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    Honeydripper

    Honeydripper

    6.2 2007 HD

    In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric...

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  • 1997
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    Gridlock'd

    Gridlock'd

    6.647 1997 HD

    After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are...

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  • 2016
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    The Umbrella

    The Umbrella

    1 2016 HD

    A man uses an imaginary umbrella to protect himself against against life; until he is convinced to use a real umbrella.

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  • 2000
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    A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

    6.5 2000 HD

    One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The...

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  • 1994
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    My Life's in Turnaround

    My Life's in Turnaround

    4.7 1994 HD

    Two Manhattan slackers want to make a movie about their lives. One drives a cab, the other tends bar; neither has a clue how to make a movie. Things...

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  • 1991
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    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    6.7 1991 HD

    This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who...

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  • 2021
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    Algren

    Algren

    6 2021 HD

    Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson...

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  • 2004
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    Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

    5.8 2004 HD

    The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a...

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  • 2015
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    The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence

    The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence

    1 2015 HD

    Martin Scorsese and other contemporary filmmakers reveal the impact The Third Man had on their careers and why the film is still so relevant today.

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  • 2006
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    Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

    Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

    1 2006 HD

    An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles and Wallace Shawn -- lend their...

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  • 2019
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    Them That Work

    Them That Work

    1 2019 HD

    Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in...

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  • 2011
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    Corman's World

    Corman's World

    7.1 2011 HD

    A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film...

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  • 2020
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    Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

    Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

    6.4 2020 HD

    The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking...

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  • 1989
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    La fine della notte

    La fine della notte

    7 1989 HD

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  • 2021
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    Texas Red

    Texas Red

    2.7 2021 HD

    Part of the 12 Western feature films to be made in 12 months during 2020, this film tells the story of Texas Red, an African-American man who was...

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  • 2003
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    Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

    Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee Wallace Stone, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and...

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  • 2007
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    Alligator Author

    Alligator Author

    1 2007 HD

    A documentary looking back on the making of the 1980 film 'Alligator', featuring an interview with screenwriter John Sayles.

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  • 2000
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    Girlfight

    Girlfight

    6.3 2000 HD

    Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her...

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  • 2021
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    Corona Film Club

    Corona Film Club

    5 2021 HD

    Documentary about filmmaker and film lover Stig Björkman during the pandemic year of 2020 when he stay in touch with his friends over his laptop.

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  • 1970
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    Them That Work

    Them That Work

    1 1970 HD

    John Sayles came to West Virginia to make his film MATEWAN, about the gun fight over labor in the coal fields. The film has had a lasting impact on...

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  • 2022
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    1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

    1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

    8 2022 HD

    A remarkable new epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of...

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  • 1991
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    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    6.7 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    6.7 1991 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    The Howling

    The Howling

    6.6 1981 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Mountain View

    Mountain View

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Matewan

    Matewan

    7.335 1987 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    6.6 2008 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Amigo

    Amigo

    5.1 2011 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Piranha

    Piranha

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Brother from Another Planet

    The Brother from Another Planet

    6.6 1984 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Brother from Another Planet

    The Brother from Another Planet

    6.6 1984 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Brother from Another Planet

    The Brother from Another Planet

    6.6 1984 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Alligator

    Alligator

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Alligator

    Alligator

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Shannon's Deal

    Shannon's Deal

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

    5.5 2003 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Matewan

    Matewan

    7.335 1987 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    The Clan of the Cave Bear

    The Clan of the Cave Bear

    5.2 1986 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

    6.7 1992 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

    6.7 1992 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    6.7 1994 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    6.7 1994 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Baby It's You

    Baby It's You

    5.8 1983 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Honeydripper

    Honeydripper

    6.2 2007 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Honeydripper

    Honeydripper

    6.2 2007 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    6.534 1980 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    6.534 1980 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Limbo

    Limbo

    6.6 1999 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Men with Guns

    Men with Guns

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Men with Guns

    Men with Guns

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

    5.5 2003 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Men of War

    Men of War

    5.1 1994 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    7.451 1995 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Silver City

    Silver City

    6.1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Silver City

    Silver City

    6.1 2004 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Amigo

    Amigo

    5.1 2011 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Amigo

    Amigo

    5.1 2011 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    6.3 2002 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Wild Thing

    Wild Thing

    5.6 1987 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Lianna

    Lianna

    6.371 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Lianna

    Lianna

    6.371 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Lianna

    Lianna

    6.371 1983 HD

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    Go for Sisters

    Go for Sisters

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    Go for Sisters

    Go for Sisters

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    Go for Sisters

    Go for Sisters

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    6.9 2016 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Santitos

    Santitos

    4.8 1999 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    My Mexican Shivah

    My Mexican Shivah

    6 2007 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

    6.8 1986 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Baby It's You

    Baby It's You

    5.8 1983 HD

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

    5.5 2003 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Piranha

    Piranha

    4.8 1995 HD

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    5.9 1982 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    5.332 1980 HD

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Breaking In

    Breaking In

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Lady in Red

    The Lady in Red

    5.8 1979 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Limbo

    Limbo

    6.6 1999 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    A Perfect Match

    A Perfect Match

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Django Lives!

    Django Lives!

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Men with Guns

    Men with Guns

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

    6.921 1988 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

    6.921 1988 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    6.7 1994 HD

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  • 2000
    imgMovies

    Girlfight

    Girlfight

    6.3 2000 HD

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

    6.7 1992 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Mimic

    Mimic

    6.062 1997 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Grendel

    Grendel

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    City of Hope

    City of Hope

    6.7 1991 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    6.3 2002 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Wild Thing

    Wild Thing

    5.6 1987 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

    The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

    5.4 2019 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Piranha

    Piranha

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    7.451 1995 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

    Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

    5.7 2019 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Elsie Hooper

    Elsie Hooper

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    5.332 1980 HD

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    Limbo

    Limbo

    6.6 1999 HD

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Silver City

    Silver City

    6.1 2004 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    6.3 2002 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Honeydripper

    Honeydripper

    6.2 2007 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Dr. Del

    Dr. Del

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Dr. Del

    Dr. Del

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

    6.8 1986 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000

    Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000

    5 2001 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    6.534 1980 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    5.2 1983 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Them That Work

    Them That Work

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Them That Work

    Them That Work

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1987
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    Square One Television

    Square One Television

    4.6 1987 HD

    Square One Television is an American children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract...

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  • 2010
    imgS1 E7

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    4.7 2010 HD

    Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary,...

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  • 1990
    imgS2 E8

    Shannon's Deal

    Shannon's Deal

    8 1990 HD

    Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and...

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  • 2011
    imgS1 E15

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.6 2011 HD

    A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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  • 1998
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    Independent Focus

    Independent Focus

    9 1998 HD

    In these insightful one-on-one interviews, the industry’s biggest and brightest join host Elvis Mitchell (film authoritarian and critic for The...

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  • 1994
    imgS1 E9

    Baseball

    Baseball

    7.3 1994 HD

    The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in...

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  • 1997
    imgS1 E24

    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    6 1997 HD

    Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    7.6 1970 HD

    New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore...

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  • 1970
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    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    4 1970 HD

    The ChuckleHounds was a BBC Children's TV Series staring the The Chuckle Brothers as dogs.

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    7.6 1970 HD

    New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    8 1970 HD

    Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E8

    Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

    8 1970 HD

    Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and...

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