Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes (/heɪnz/; born January 2, 1961; Los Angeles) is an American filmmaker. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Superstar became a cult classic. Haynes's feature directorial debut, Poison (1991), a provocative exploration of AIDS-era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a figure of a new transgressive cinema. Poison won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema. Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film, Safe (1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops multiple chemical sensitivity. Safe was later voted the best film of the 1990s by The Village Voice Film Poll. His next feature, Velvet Goldmine (1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Haynes gained acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with Far from Heaven (2002) earning his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He continued to direct critically lauded films such as I'm Not There (2007), Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017) and Dark Waters (2019). He directed his first feature-length documentary, The Velvet Underground (2021). Haynes directed and co-wrote the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011) for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

  • Popularity : 3.772
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1961-01-02
  • Place of Birth : Los Angeles, California, USA
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Todd Haynes Movies

  • 2022
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    Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

    Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

    8 2022 HD

    An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were...

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  • 2006
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    Notes on the Death of Kodachrome

    Notes on the Death of Kodachrome

    1 2006 HD

    Jennifer Montgomery tracks down three old friends (Joe Westmoreland, Lisa Cholodenko, and Todd Haynes) who borrowed and never returned pieces of her...

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  • 2006
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    Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

    Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

    1 2006 HD

    In his film "Far From Heaven", Todd Haynes refers very respectfully to Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows". Fassbinder was also strongly...

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  • 2016
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    Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

    Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

    6 2016 HD

    Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the...

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  • 2019
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    At the Video Store

    At the Video Store

    10 2019 HD

    Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for...

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  • 1989
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    He Was Once

    He Was Once

    7 1989 HD

    This bizarre parody of the animated religious children’s show Davey and Goliath uses actors but looks like Claymation because of the stop...

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  • 1987
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    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    7.1 1987 HD

    The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

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  • 2006
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    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

    5.7 2006 HD

    A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback...

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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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  • 1985
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    Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

    Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

    1 1985 HD

    The violent love between poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.

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  • 1995
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    At Sundance

    At Sundance

    5.5 1995 HD

    A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg...

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  • 1992
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    Swoon

    Swoon

    5.804 1992 HD

    Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into...

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  • 2006
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    Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir

    Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir

    1 2006 HD

    Filmmaker Todd Haynes talks about Max Ophuls' 1952 film Le Plaisir.

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  • 2019
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    Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero

    Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero

    7.6 2019 HD

    This piece examines real-life Rob Bilott’s sacrifices to take down a powerful corporation and how a single individual can impact an entire...

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  • 1989
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    Natural History

    Natural History

    1 1989 HD

    The parents of an adult infant named "Child", played by Todd Haynes, attempt to expel him from their home, by casting magical spell seen in a...

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  • 1987
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    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    7.1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    7.1 1987 HD

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  • 1998
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    Velvet Goldmine

    Velvet Goldmine

    6.9 1998 HD

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  • 2007
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    I'm Not There

    I'm Not There

    6.5 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    I'm Not There

    I'm Not There

    6.5 2007 HD

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  • 2002
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    Far from Heaven

    Far from Heaven

    7 2002 HD

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  • 1995
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    Safe

    Safe

    7 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Safe

    Safe

    7 1995 HD

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  • 2008
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    Wendy and Lucy

    Wendy and Lucy

    6.859 2008 HD

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  • 1991
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    Poison

    Poison

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Poison

    Poison

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 2023
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    May December

    May December

    6.642 2023 HD

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  • 1993
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    Dottie Gets Spanked

    Dottie Gets Spanked

    6.3 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    Dottie Gets Spanked

    Dottie Gets Spanked

    6.3 1993 HD

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  • 1994
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    Totally F***ed Up

    Totally F***ed Up

    6.7 1994 HD

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  • 2015
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    Carol

    Carol

    7.5 2015 HD

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  • 2013
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    Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

    7.2 2013 HD

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  • 1989
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    He Was Once

    He Was Once

    7 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    He Was Once

    He Was Once

    7 1989 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Suicide

    The Suicide

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Suicide

    The Suicide

    6 1978 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    6.8 2021 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Suicide

    The Suicide

    6 1978 HD

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  • 2013
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    Buoy

    Buoy

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2014
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    Night Moves

    Night Moves

    5.843 2014 HD

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  • 2006
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    Quinceañera

    Quinceañera

    6.4 2006 HD

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  • 2011
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    Meek's Cutoff

    Meek's Cutoff

    6.5 2011 HD

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  • 2021
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    Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

    Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

    5 2021 HD

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  • 2023
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    Image Book

    Image Book

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1998
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    Velvet Goldmine

    Velvet Goldmine

    6.9 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Velvet Goldmine

    Velvet Goldmine

    6.9 1998 HD

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  • 1987
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    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    7.1 1987 HD

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  • 2016
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    Certain Women

    Certain Women

    6 2016 HD

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  • 2017
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    Wonderstruck

    Wonderstruck

    6.045 2017 HD

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  • 1985
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    Tommy's

    Tommy's

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2002
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    Madame Satã

    Madame Satã

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 1991
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    Goo

    Goo

    4.8 1991 HD

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  • 1989
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    La Divina

    La Divina

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    La Divina

    La Divina

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2014
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    Still Alice

    Still Alice

    7.5 2014 HD

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  • 1985
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    Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

    Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2023
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    Earthlings

    Earthlings

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1988
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    Cause and Effect

    Cause and Effect

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1990
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    Anemone Me

    Anemone Me

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1997
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    Office Killer

    Office Killer

    5.2 1997 HD

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  • 1991
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    Poison

    Poison

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    6.8 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    6.8 2021 HD

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  • 2019
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    Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    7.543 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Earthquake Bird

    Earthquake Bird

    5.894 2019 HD

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  • 1987
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    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    7.1 1987 HD

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  • 2006
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    Old Joy

    Old Joy

    6.4 2006 HD

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  • 1986
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    Days Are Numbered

    Days Are Numbered

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2002
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    Far from Heaven

    Far from Heaven

    7 2002 HD

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  • 2023
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    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    1 2023 HD

    THR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic, showcasing the collective brilliance of the...

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  • 1998
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    SexTV

    SexTV

    2 1998 HD

    SexTV is a Canadian documentary television series which explores many issues about human sexuality. The show premiered in 1998 and spun off a...

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  • 2017
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    7.025 1970 HD

    Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a...

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    7.025 1970 HD

    Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a...

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    7.025 1970 HD

    Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a...

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    7.1 1970 HD

    After a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, Amy tries to get her life back together.

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    7.025 1970 HD

    Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a...

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  • 1970
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    Marcians

    Marcians

    1 1970 HD

    When a wealthy financier reads a novel based on his own life and is dissatisfied by his and his wife’s portrayal, he asks a secretary to...

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