Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield (née Smith, born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom (1998), Head of State (2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women (2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021). From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN's dramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of seven NAACP Image Awards.

  • Popularity : 15.543
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1953-02-15
  • Place of Birth : Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Lynn Whitfield Movies

  • 1987
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    Jaws: The Revenge

    Jaws: The Revenge

    4.062 1987 HD

    After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son,...

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  • 1989
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    The Women of Brewster Place

    The Women of Brewster Place

    6.9 1989 HD

    A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

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  • 1983
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    Doctor Detroit

    Doctor Detroit

    5.1 1983 HD

    A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in...

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  • 2014
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    The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    1 2014 HD

    By Hans Christian Andersen; Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Narrated by Lynn Whitfield Only a mother could love this ugliest of ducklings who is...

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  • 2009
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    The Rebound

    The Rebound

    6.5 2009 HD

    Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married...

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  • 1985
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    Silverado

    Silverado

    7 1985 HD

    Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends...

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  • 2004
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    Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

    Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

    6 2004 HD

    Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison...

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  • 2003
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    The Cheetah Girls

    The Cheetah Girls

    6.045 2003 HD

    A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to...

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  • 1997
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    Gone Fishin'

    Gone Fishin'

    4.815 1997 HD

    Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

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  • 2003
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    Head of State

    Head of State

    5.6 2003 HD

    When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as...

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  • 1994
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    In the Army Now

    In the Army Now

    5.057 1994 HD

    Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make...

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  • 1996
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    A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

    A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

    5.7 1996 HD

    Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets...

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  • 1988
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    The George McKenna Story

    The George McKenna Story

    6.2 1988 HD

    Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore...

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  • 1994
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    Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

    Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

    5.5 1994 HD

    When a couple breaks up after four years together, the man is told that the son he has raised as his own isn't his biological one. He must fight to...

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  • 2011
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    All Things Fall Apart

    All Things Fall Apart

    5.8 2011 HD

    50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his...

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  • 1997
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    Eve's Bayou

    Eve's Bayou

    6.4 1997 HD

    Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the...

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  • 2002
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    A Time for Dancing

    A Time for Dancing

    6.7 2002 HD

    Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.

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  • 1990
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    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    1 1990 HD

    A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written...

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  • 2006
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    Madea's Family Reunion

    Madea's Family Reunion

    6.338 2006 HD

    Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her...

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  • 1986
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    John Henry

    John Henry

    1 1986 HD

    The story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.

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  • 2011
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    Mama, I Want to Sing!

    Mama, I Want to Sing!

    7.3 2011 HD

    Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international...

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  • 1991
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    The Josephine Baker Story

    The Josephine Baker Story

    6.3 1991 HD

    Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a...

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  • 1999
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    Deep in My Heart

    Deep in My Heart

    6 1999 HD

    A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

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  • 2008
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    Kings of the Evening

    Kings of the Evening

    1 2008 HD

    Homer Hobbs, home after two years in jail, discovers that life on the outside can be crueler than the back-breaking injustice of the chain gang...

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  • 2013
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    King's Faith

    King's Faith

    6.6 2013 HD

    When eighteen-year-old Brendan King attempts to leave his turbulent gang life behind him, his past continues to threaten his new-found faith, family,...

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  • 2023
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    The Retirement Plan

    The Retirement Plan

    6.2 2023 HD

    When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to the only person who can...

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  • 1999
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    The Color of Courage

    The Color of Courage

    5.5 1999 HD

    Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman...

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  • 1994
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    State of Emergency

    State of Emergency

    4 1994 HD

    Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an...

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  • 2013
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    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    4 2013 HD

    While seeking answers to a past he cannot remember, a schizophrenic must find the strength to control his mental illness as he tries to build...

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  • 1991
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    A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

    A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

    5.1 1991 HD

    Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease in the prime of his career. The plot centers on...

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  • 2013
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    24 Hour Love

    24 Hour Love

    4.8 2013 HD

    The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven everyday people as they experience laughter, life and...

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  • 2012
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    Somebody's Child

    Somebody's Child

    6.2 2012 HD

    A woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after convincing her son (Michael Jai White) to help a...

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  • 1999
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    Dangerous Evidence

    Dangerous Evidence

    1 1999 HD

    The Lori Jackson Story - A civil rights campaigner, Lori Jackson, champions the the cause of a black marine convicted of rape, as she thinks he is...

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  • 2013
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    The Last Letter

    The Last Letter

    4.1 2013 HD

    Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their new born son lay in the wake.

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  • 1987
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    The Making of Jaws The Revenge

    The Making of Jaws The Revenge

    6 1987 HD

    A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.

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  • 2012
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    The Redemption of a Dog

    The Redemption of a Dog

    5.5 2012 HD

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  • 1987
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    Dead Aim

    Dead Aim

    4.3 1987 HD

    Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious...

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  • 2013
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    And Then There Was You

    And Then There Was You

    6.1 2013 HD

    Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie discovers her husband has led a secret life, she...

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  • 1993
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    Taking the Heat

    Taking the Heat

    4.8 1993 HD

    When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but...

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  • 2013
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    The Dempsey Sisters

    The Dempsey Sisters

    7.2 2013 HD

    Three siblings return to their musical roots, agreeing to let their brother manage their family band.

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  • 1998
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    The Wedding

    The Wedding

    8.3 1998 HD

    Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who...

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  • 2013
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    Act Like You Love Me

    Act Like You Love Me

    5.5 2013 HD

    Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love...

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  • 2022
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    We Need a Little Christmas

    We Need a Little Christmas

    6.5 2022 HD

    Julie is adjusting to being a single mother to a grieving child while facing her first Christmas without her husband when she develops an unexpected...

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  • 1997
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    The Planet of Junior Brown

    The Planet of Junior Brown

    4.5 1997 HD

    Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

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  • 1985
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    The Slugger's Wife

    The Slugger's Wife

    3.75 1985 HD

    Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an...

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  • 2014
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    My Other Mother

    My Other Mother

    8.5 2014 HD

    When gruff and independent Candy meets her angry and stubborn birth mother, can the two open their hearts to each other?

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  • 2024
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    Albany Road

    Albany Road

    1 2024 HD

    On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her...

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  • 2016
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    Prayer Never Fails

    Prayer Never Fails

    3.7 2016 HD

    When a high school basketball coach is fired for praying with one of his players, he follows God's calling and hires an agnostic, gambling lawyer to...

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  • 2012
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    Battlefield America

    Battlefield America

    4.4 2012 HD

    A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.

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  • 1996
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    Sophie and the Moonhanger

    Sophie and the Moonhanger

    7 1996 HD

    A woman pits herself against her husband and his Ku Klux Klan member friends when she learns that they are planning an attack against her black maid...

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  • 1982
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    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    10 1982 HD

    The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning...

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  • 2006
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    The Cheetah Girls 2

    The Cheetah Girls 2

    6.3 2006 HD

    Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to...

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  • 2017
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    Espionage Tonight

    Espionage Tonight

    4 2017 HD

    In a reality TV show created by the U.S. government about spies, audiences go on fake undercover missions, but fact cannot be easily distinguished...

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  • 2018
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    Nappily Ever After

    Nappily Ever After

    7.186 2018 HD

    After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.

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  • 2018
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    Solace

    Solace

    5 2018 HD

    Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a...

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  • 2014
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    30 Days in Atlanta

    30 Days in Atlanta

    1 2014 HD

    Akpos wins a 30-day holiday for two to Atlanta, Georgia. He takes his cousin (Richard), an IT specialist on the all- expense paid trip. Akpos flung...

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  • 1986
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    Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

    Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

    5 1986 HD

    A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.

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  • 2008
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    The Women

    The Women

    5.1 2008 HD

    The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet,...

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  • 2001
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    A Girl Thing

    A Girl Thing

    4.2 2001 HD

    A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to...

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  • 2014
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    Lap Dance

    Lap Dance

    4.4 2014 HD

    An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the...

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  • 2006
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    Confessions

    Confessions

    3 2006 HD

    Confessions of a Call Girl is a revealing story of a women's struggle for balance as she battles a secret addiction while fighting to save her family...

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  • 1998
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    Stepmom

    Stepmom

    7.15 1998 HD

    Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome...

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  • 1992
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    Stompin' at the Savoy

    Stompin' at the Savoy

    1 1992 HD

    As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to survive. By day, they toil at dreary jobs,...

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  • 1999
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    Love Songs

    Love Songs

    8 1999 HD

    Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of...

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  • 1999
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    Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

    Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

    2 1999 HD

    From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine...

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  • 2020
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    Tales from the Hood 3

    Tales from the Hood 3

    5.3 2020 HD

    Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with its horrifying...

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  • 2021
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    Woman in Motion

    Woman in Motion

    6.8 2021 HD

    Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing...

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  • 2021
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    Vacation Friends

    Vacation Friends

    7.09 2021 HD

    When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they...

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  • 2009
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    PoliWood

    PoliWood

    6.5 2009 HD

    An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

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  • 2013
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    And Then There Was You

    And Then There Was You

    6.1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    And Then There Was You

    And Then There Was You

    6.1 2013 HD

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  • 2000
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    Boston Public

    Boston Public

    7.7 2000 HD

    Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

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  • 1992
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    Martin

    Martin

    7.8 1992 HD

    Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best...

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  • 2006
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    Shark

    Shark

    6.8 2006 HD

    Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in...

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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.2 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.468 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 2005
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    The Tyra Banks Show

    The Tyra Banks Show

    4.3 2005 HD

    The Tyra Banks Show, also known as and shortened to Tyra or The Tyra Show, is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks. The last new episode aired...

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  • 2019
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    Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

    5.1 2019 HD

    Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 2002
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    Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

    7.3 2002 HD

    The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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  • 1982
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    Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1982 HD

    Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to...

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  • 1996
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    Saturday Night Special

    Saturday Night Special

    5 1996 HD

    Saturday Night Special is an American comedy-variety show that aired weekly on Saturday nights on Fox.

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  • 1994
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    The Cosby Mysteries

    The Cosby Mysteries

    5.3 1994 HD

    The Cosby Mysteries was an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since The...

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  • 2009
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    FlashForward

    FlashForward

    7 2009 HD

    When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For...

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  • 1983
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    Trauma Center

    Trauma Center

    5 1983 HD

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  • 1988
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    HeartBeat

    HeartBeat

    3 1988 HD

    The professional and private lives of the predominantly female staff of the Women's Medical Arts, a progressive clinic with a mandate to breathe new...

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  • 2014
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    How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

    7.86 2014 HD

    A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They...

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  • 2014
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    Chasing Life

    Chasing Life

    7.5 2014 HD

    April, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new office romance. In an unexpected twist of fate, April...

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  • 2016
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    Greenleaf

    Greenleaf

    7.206 2016 HD

    The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1982
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    Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

    6.2 1982 HD

    Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron...

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  • 1996
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    Promised Land

    Promised Land

    6.6 1996 HD

    Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.

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  • 2013
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    Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

    6.9 2013 HD

    Each pulse-pounding hour-long episode centers around an incredible and dangerous romance. Shocking crime, kidnapping or even murder is only half of...

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  • 1985
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    Tall Tales & Legends

    Tall Tales & Legends

    5.167 1985 HD

    An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.

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  • 2018
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    The Resident

    The Resident

    8.444 2018 HD

    A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both...

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  • 2000
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    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    7.1 2000 HD

    The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.233 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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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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  • 1989
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    Snoops

    Snoops

    5 1989 HD

    Snoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on CBS. The series was created and...

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  • 2024
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    St. Denis Medical

    St. Denis Medical

    7.5 2024 HD

    An eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses navigates caring for patients — and each other — while keeping it all...

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  • 2025
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    Eyes of Wakanda

    Eyes of Wakanda

    1 2025 HD

    Follow the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history in this globe-trotting adventure where they must carry-out dangerous missions to...

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