David Hemblen

David Hemblen

David Hemblen was an English actor who frequently worked in Canadian film, television and theatre. He was born in London, England, on September 16, 1941. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he pursued a classical education before turning to theatre. He received an M.A. in English and was working towards a Ph.D. in medieval studies when he was spotted during a rehearsal of a university production by Clifford Williams of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hemblen was offered a season at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre. Hemblen's career in theatre included many productions at the Stratford Festival and four seasons at the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He received a Dora Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Dr. Astrov in Toronto's Tarragon Theatre production of Uncle Vanya. He also received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actor in Family Viewing. Hemblen's television career began in the early 1970s, and he appeared in a number of Canadian television series, including The Beachcombers, Night Heat, and Street Legal. He also had recurring roles in the American series T. and T. and The X-Files. Hemblen's most famous role was as Johnathan Doors in the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. He played the role from 1994 to 2002, and his performance was critically acclaimed. He also voiced the character of Magneto in the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997. Hemblen died on November 16, 2020, in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife, actress Kate Nelligan, and their two daughters.

  • Title: David Hemblen
  • Popularity: 3.704
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1941-09-16
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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David Hemblen Movies

  • 1994
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    Exotica

    Exotica

    6.6 1994 HD

    In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend,...

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  • 2002
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    Rollerball

    Rollerball

    4 2002 HD

    In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. Although, Johnathan and...

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  • 1993
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    M. Butterfly

    M. Butterfly

    6.6 1993 HD

    In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

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  • 1994
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    Replikator

    Replikator

    4 1994 HD

    In a poisoned world where sunshine kills, a hit squad from the Zyklor Corporation interrupts the testing of a matter replikator capable of...

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  • 2005
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    Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies

    6.2 2005 HD

    An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

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  • 1987
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    Family Viewing

    Family Viewing

    5.7 1987 HD

    An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a...

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  • 1995
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    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull

    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull

    1 1995 HD

    Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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  • 1994
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    Brainscan

    Brainscan

    6.2 1994 HD

    A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying...

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  • 2000
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    Redwall The Movie

    Redwall The Movie

    7.4 2000 HD

    Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic...

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  • 1989
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    Straight Line

    Straight Line

    2.8 1989 HD

    Mr. T comes out fighting in Straight Line, an intense, unrelenting action thriller about the sinister mind-control plot of a power-mad man, and the...

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  • 1993
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    I Love a Man in Uniform

    I Love a Man in Uniform

    7.1 1993 HD

    Henry Adler, an outwardly normal banker, yearns to make it in show business and still answers to his overbearing father. When Henry is hired to act...

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  • 1995
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    Pocahontas: The Legend

    Pocahontas: The Legend

    5.8 1995 HD

    Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs.

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  • 2001
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    Jane Doe

    Jane Doe

    6.3 2001 HD

    A woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But when she’s framed for murder by a...

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  • 1998
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    Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day

    3.8 1998 HD

    Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was...

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  • 1996
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    Hollow Point

    Hollow Point

    5.1 1996 HD

    Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and...

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  • 1994
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    TekWar

    TekWar

    5.6 1994 HD

    After four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment to a world very different than the one he knew. Much...

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  • 1991
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    Firing Squad

    Firing Squad

    10 1991 HD

    Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.

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  • 2000
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    Deliberate Intent

    Deliberate Intent

    7 2000 HD

    A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a...

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  • 1990
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    Where the Spirit Lives

    Where the Spirit Lives

    6 1990 HD

    In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a...

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  • 1970
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    Lifeline to Victory

    Lifeline to Victory

    1 1970 HD

    Paul Devereaux is a second officer with lots of experience with merchant ships. But this is World War II and the Royal Canadian Navy desperately...

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  • 1993
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    Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

    Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

    3.8 1993 HD

    A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off. The film also has a close focus...

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  • 1996
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    Fly Away Home

    Fly Away Home

    6.905 1996 HD

    Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is...

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  • 1989
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    Speaking Parts

    Speaking Parts

    5.9 1989 HD

    Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra.

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  • 1997
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    Sarabande

    Sarabande

    6.5 1997 HD

    The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he...

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  • 1991
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    The Adjuster

    The Adjuster

    6.1 1991 HD

    An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.

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  • 1987
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    Basements

    Basements

    7.7 1987 HD

    Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once...

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  • 1999
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    Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

    Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

    7.2 1999 HD

    Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge,...

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  • 1995
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    The Song Spinner

    The Song Spinner

    1 1995 HD

    In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law"...

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  • 2001
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    Man and Cat

    Man and Cat

    7 2001 HD

    Man lives with his best friend, Cat, to defend others from big bad.

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  • 1989
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    Norman's Awesome Experience

    Norman's Awesome Experience

    3.2 1989 HD

    Through the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her photographer are sent back in time to the Romans. They arrive...

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  • 2007
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    Come Again in Spring

    Come Again in Spring

    6.3 2007 HD

    This gentle tale about mortality works in subliminal ways. When an old man is visited by Death at his home in the meadows, he has to delve deep to...

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  • 1999
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    Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    5 1999 HD

    About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.

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  • 1995
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    Tommy Boy

    Tommy Boy

    6.8 1995 HD

    To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

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  • 1999
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    Sam's Army

    Sam's Army

    10 1999 HD

    Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of...

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  • 1999
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    The Last 100 Days

    The Last 100 Days

    10 1999 HD

    Canadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army was destroyed, surpassed those of any other army. The...

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  • 1994
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    Mesmer

    Mesmer

    6 1994 HD

    A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal...

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  • 2002
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    Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    6.279 2002 HD

    Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest...

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  • 1993
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    Journey to the Planets

    Journey to the Planets

    1 1993 HD

    Creatures from space in search of a new home arrive at the Solar System and discuss each planet. An educational animated short made for IMAX.

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  • 1995
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    When the Dark Man Calls

    When the Dark Man Calls

    1 1995 HD

    A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is...

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  • 1996
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    Maximum Risk

    Maximum Risk

    5.7 1996 HD

    Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New...

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  • 1991
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    Captain Power: The Beginning

    Captain Power: The Beginning

    7 1991 HD

    The year 2099. The place 'Volcania', center of the bionic universe. It is shortly after the titanic struggles of the metal wars in a world of...

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  • 1990
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    In Defense of a Married Man

    In Defense of a Married Man

    5 1990 HD

    When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him....

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  • 1998
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    The Defenders: Choice of Evils

    The Defenders: Choice of Evils

    4 1998 HD

    The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man...

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  • 1997
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    The Sweet Hereafter

    The Sweet Hereafter

    6.9 1997 HD

    A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer...

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  • 1993
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    Model by Day

    Model by Day

    2.6 1993 HD

    Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.

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  • 1988
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    Short Circuit 2

    Short Circuit 2

    6.195 1988 HD

    Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to...

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  • 2003
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    The Piano Man's Daughter

    The Piano Man's Daughter

    1 2003 HD

    Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to...

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  • 1997
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    Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

    Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

    6.8 1997 HD

    The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off...

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  • 1987
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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1

    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1

    8.8 1987 HD

    CAPTAIN POWER NEEDS YOU! Prepare for you flight training as one of the Soldiers of the Future! Captain Power himself will take all beginning pilots...

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  • 1987
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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dreas Strike Mission - Skill Level 2

    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dreas Strike Mission - Skill Level 2

    8 1987 HD

    THIS IS IT! YOUR FIRST PLANNED MISSION AGAINST THE BIO DREAD EMPIRE! Your target is a massive Bio Dread military industrial complex - which is...

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  • 1987
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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Raid on Volcania - Skill Level 3

    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Raid on Volcania - Skill Level 3

    8 1987 HD

    LORD DREAD LAUNCHES AN ALL OUT ATTACK AGAINST HUMAN SURVIVAL CAMPS! Soaron Sky Sentry and his clones are leading the attack, backed up by hundreds of...

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  • 1985
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1985 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1992
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    Forever Knight

    Forever Knight

    6.7 1992 HD

    Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto....

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  • 2006
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    Yin Yang Yo!

    Yin Yang Yo!

    7.6 2006 HD

    Two 11-year-old rabbit twins named Yin and Yang train under Master Yo, a grumpy old panda. They learn the sacred art of Woo Foo, a special type of...

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  • 1997
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    Earth: Final Conflict

    Earth: Final Conflict

    6.741 1997 HD

    Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister...

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  • 1987
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    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

    7.444 1987 HD

    Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with...

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  • 1995
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    Goosebumps

    Goosebumps

    7.9 1995 HD

    Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see...

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  • 2001
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    Witchblade

    Witchblade

    6.8 2001 HD

    Sara "Pez" Pezzini searches for justice which brings her into contact with the Witchblade. An ancient, intelligent, living weapon so powerful it can...

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  • 1990
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    Counterstrike

    Counterstrike

    7 1990 HD

    Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20,...

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  • 1997
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    La Femme Nikita

    La Femme Nikita

    7.406 1997 HD

    La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay...

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.745 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

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  • 1998
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    Silver Surfer

    Silver Surfer

    7.2 1998 HD

    The adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.

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  • 1998
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    Silver Surfer

    Silver Surfer

    7.2 1998 HD

    The adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.

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  • 1992
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    X-Men

    X-Men

    8.2 1992 HD

    The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government...

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  • 1975
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    The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim

    The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim

    6 1975 HD

    The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on...

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  • 1985
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.3 1985 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

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