Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963, height 5' 8½" (1,74 m)) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is known for her roles as Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 film Flashdance, and as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. She earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. She has appeared in more than 50 films. Beals was born on the South Side of Chicago, the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores. She is multiracial; her father was African American, and her mother is Irish American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory.Her father died when Beals was nine years old, and her mother married Edward Cohen in 1981. Beals has said her biracial heritage had some effect on her, as she "always lived sort of on the outside", with an idea "of being the other in society". She got her first job at age 13 at an ice cream store, using her height at the time (she is now nearly 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)), to convince her boss she was 16. Beals was inspired to become an actress by two events: doing a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof and seeing Balm in Gilead with Joan Allen while volunteer-ushering at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Beals graduated from the progressive Francis W. Parker School. She also was chosen to attend the elite Goodman Theatre Young People's Drama Workshop. Beals attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in American literature in 1987; she deferred a term so she could film Flashdance. While at Yale, Beals was a resident of Morse College. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Beals, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

  • Popularity : 20.5
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1963-12-19
  • Place of Birth : Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Jennifer Beals Movies

  • 1995
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    Four Rooms

    Four Rooms

    5.9 1995 HD

    It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems...

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  • 1983
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    Flashdance

    Flashdance

    6.496 1983 HD

    Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and...

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  • 2006
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    The Grudge 2

    The Grudge 2

    5.527 2006 HD

    A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly...

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  • 2004
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    Catch That Kid

    Catch That Kid

    5.6 2004 HD

    A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using her skills...

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  • 2010
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    The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

    6.789 2010 HD

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving...

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  • 1994
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    Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

    Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

    6 1994 HD

    Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted...

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  • 2000
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    Militia

    Militia

    4 2000 HD

    When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.

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  • 1988
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    Vampire's Kiss

    Vampire's Kiss

    5.9 1988 HD

    A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to...

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  • 1995
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    Devil in a Blue Dress

    Devil in a Blue Dress

    6.4 1995 HD

    In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a...

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  • 1993
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    Caro diario

    Caro diario

    7.372 1993 HD

    Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted...

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  • 1998
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    The Prophecy II

    The Prophecy II

    6.034 1998 HD

    In this direct-to-video sequel, Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the...

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  • 2001
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    The Anniversary Party

    The Anniversary Party

    5.7 2001 HD

    While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, the American actress Sally Nash and the British novelist Joe Therrian receive their...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 2002
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    Roger Dodger

    Roger Dodger

    6.086 2002 HD

    A smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment he first meets...

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  • 1992
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    The Big Pardon 2

    The Big Pardon 2

    6.1 1992 HD

    The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he...

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  • 1990
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    Dr. M

    Dr. M

    4.7 1990 HD

    In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic...

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  • 1985
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    The Bride

    The Bride

    5.3 1985 HD

    Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed...

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  • 2006
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    Troubled Waters

    Troubled Waters

    3.8 2006 HD

    Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws...

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  • 2009
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    Queen to Play

    Queen to Play

    6.647 2009 HD

    Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a...

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  • 2002
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    13 Moons

    13 Moons

    5.5 2002 HD

    Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting...

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  • 2005
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    Desolation Sound

    Desolation Sound

    4.4 2005 HD

    Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly conclusion.

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  • 1998
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    The Last Days of Disco

    The Last Days of Disco

    6.237 1998 HD

    Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

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  • 1992
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    In the Soup

    In the Soup

    6.532 1992 HD

    An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

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  • 2001
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    Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

    4.6 2001 HD

    Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught...

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  • 2010
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    The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

    5.6 2010 HD

    When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of...

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  • 1999
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    Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

    Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

    4.4 1999 HD

    A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the...

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  • 1988
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    Split Decisions

    Split Decisions

    5.1 1988 HD

    When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.

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  • 1991
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    Blood and Concrete

    Blood and Concrete

    5.7 1991 HD

    A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new...

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  • 1999
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    Wishful Thinking

    Wishful Thinking

    5 1999 HD

    A story told from three angles. Max meets Elizabeth; they live together, but when she talks of marriage, he balks. He becomes extremely jealous,...

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  • 2010
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    A Night for Dying Tigers

    A Night for Dying Tigers

    5.5 2010 HD

    The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted...

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  • 1998
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    The Spree

    The Spree

    5 1998 HD

    A policeman becomes obsessed with a female cat burglar, who convinces him to join her in crime.

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  • 2000
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    1.5 2000 HD

    Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering friend Tiny. On his...

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  • 1994
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    Dead on Sight

    Dead on Sight

    5.1 1994 HD

    A graduate student discovers her nightmares are actually visions of real-life murders committed by a man known as the Clock Killer. Joined by an...

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  • 1992
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    Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

    Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

    5.3 1992 HD

    A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.

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  • 2007
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    My Name Is Sarah

    My Name Is Sarah

    7.9 2007 HD

    Sarah is depressed and lonely after her best friend dies. She follows a handsome man, Charlie, into a church where he attends AA meetings. Sarah lets...

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  • 2013
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    Cinemanovels

    Cinemanovels

    4.6 2013 HD

    The estranged daughter (Lauren Lee Smith) of a recently deceased filmmaker gains a new understanding of her father when she offers to create a...

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  • 2005
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    Break a Leg

    Break a Leg

    3.1 2005 HD

    A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!

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  • 1992
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    Indecency

    Indecency

    4 1992 HD

    Thriller about three friends who work in an advertising agency, one of whom has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair...

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  • 1990
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    The Madonna and the Dragon

    The Madonna and the Dragon

    6 1990 HD

    Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.

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  • 2003
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    Runaway Jury

    Runaway Jury

    6.929 2003 HD

    After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch,...

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  • 1988
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    The Gamble

    The Gamble

    1.7 1988 HD

    When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers that his father has lost...

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  • 1996
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    The Twilight of the Golds

    The Twilight of the Golds

    5.8 1996 HD

    A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.

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  • 2016
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    Manhattan Night

    Manhattan Night

    5.928 2016 HD

    Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth....

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  • 2015
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    Full Out

    Full Out

    7.3 2015 HD

    Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp...

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  • 2014
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    A Wife's Nightmare

    A Wife's Nightmare

    6.3 2014 HD

    Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to...

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  • 2001
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    Out of Line

    Out of Line

    7 2001 HD

    Henry, a hitman hired to take out a socialite, finds himself falling for Jenny, a parole officer, instead.

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  • 1995
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    Let It Be Me

    Let It Be Me

    5.6 1995 HD

    Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

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  • 1993
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    Night Owl

    Night Owl

    3 1993 HD

    New York: Every night the mysterious "Night Owl" goes on the air with her moody radio show. She seems to have an inexplicable influence on some men;...

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  • 2002
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    They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

    They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

    5.333 2002 HD

    Sloan McBride is an 1980s music star who is trying to hold on to her career. She hires Jenny as her assistant and Jenny seems to be the perfect...

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  • 2000
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    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    5 2000 HD

    In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to...

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  • 2017
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    Before I Fall

    Before I Fall

    6.968 2017 HD

    Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the...

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  • 2013
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    A Fuller Life

    A Fuller Life

    6.6 2013 HD

    Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only...

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  • 1985
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    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    7.1 1985 HD

    An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.

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  • 2000
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    Without Malice

    Without Malice

    4.2 2000 HD

    Paul Venters is a self-centered plastic surgeon who is soon to be married to beautiful Susan, but doesn't get along very well with his...

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  • 2018
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    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

    5.5 2018 HD

    A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.

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  • 2019
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    After

    After

    7.121 2019 HD

    Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college,...

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  • 1990
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    Sons

    Sons

    8 1990 HD

    A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.

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  • 2000
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    Something More

    Something More

    4.7 2000 HD

    When Sam and his friend fall for the same woman, their friendship is put at risk.

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  • 1994
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    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    5.6 1994 HD

    While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a...

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

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  • 2022
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    Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive

    6.53 2022 HD

    A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously...

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  • 1980
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    My Bodyguard

    My Bodyguard

    6.3 1980 HD

    Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his...

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  • 1970
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    Hello Out There

    Hello Out There

    1 1970 HD

    Minnie, a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across New Mexico with her cousin, Rex, a punk rock guitarist fresh out of rehab, is trying to...

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  • 2020
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    Sweet Thing

    Sweet Thing

    6.795 2020 HD

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  • 2016
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    Manhattan Night

    Manhattan Night

    5.928 2016 HD

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  • 1994
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    Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

    8.488 1994 HD

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2009
    imgS8 E22

    Castle

    Castle

    8 2009 HD

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New...

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  • 2004
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    Best Week Ever

    Best Week Ever

    6.3 2004 HD

    Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in...

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.358 1996 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.421 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 1996
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    E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

    8.041 1996 HD

    E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known...

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  • 2004
    imgS6 E8

    The L Word

    The L Word

    7.62 2004 HD

    A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.2 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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  • 2009
    imgS3 E13

    Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

    7.905 2009 HD

    The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is...

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  • 1992
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    2000 Malibu Road

    2000 Malibu Road

    6.5 1992 HD

    2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian...

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  • 1999
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    Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

    7.5 1999 HD

    Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each...

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.749 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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  • 1970
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    The L Word: New York

    The L Word: New York

    1 1970 HD

    A reboot of the groundbreaking original series set in New York City.

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  • 2011
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    The Chicago Code

    The Chicago Code

    7.5 2011 HD

    The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the...

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  • 2005
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    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    6.763 2005 HD

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third...

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  • 2013
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    Motive

    Motive

    6.4 2013 HD

    A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the...

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  • 2015
    imgS1 E10

    Proof

    Proof

    6.5 2015 HD

    A brilliant surgeon searches for proof of life after death.

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  • 2021
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    The Book of Boba Fett

    The Book of Boba Fett

    7.589 2021 HD

    Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to...

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  • 2017
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    Taken

    Taken

    6.517 2017 HD

    The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to...

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  • 1993
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    Frasier

    Frasier

    7.7 1993 HD

    After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father...

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  • 1997
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    The Hunger

    The Hunger

    5.7 1997 HD

    The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the...

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  • 2021
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    Law & Order: Organized Crime

    Law & Order: Organized Crime

    7.911 2021 HD

    The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.

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  • 1997
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    Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

    9 1997 HD

    Father Ray, a card-playing, cocktail-sipping, blues-loving priest, ministers to his parishioners at St. Thomas, a large urban church in an inner-city...

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.966 2009 HD

    Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

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  • 2014
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    The Night Shift

    The Night Shift

    7.6 2014 HD

    The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed,...

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  • 2019
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    The L Word: Generation Q

    The L Word: Generation Q

    7.7 2019 HD

    In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new...

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.828 2014 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

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  • 2019
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    Swamp Thing

    Swamp Thing

    7.446 2019 HD

    CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp...

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  • 2014
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    4 2014 HD

    Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for...

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  • 1987
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    Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

    1 1987 HD

    An Austrian magazine-TV show.

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

    7.7 1970 HD

    In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new...

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