Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian stage, film and television actress, singer and dancer, best known for playing Polly Vandersma in the feature film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, as well as supporting character Sarah Hamoudi (Cunningham) in the television series Little Mosque on the Prairie. She's a graduate in Theatre and Art History from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In her career, she's won 2 Genie Awards (film), 2 Gemini Awards (television), and 2 Dora Awards (theater), along with multiple nominations.

  • Popularity : 9.258
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1956-01-01
  • Place of Birth : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sheila McCarthy Movies

  • 1990
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    Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    7 1990 HD

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy...

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  • 1990
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    Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights

    6.2 1990 HD

    A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

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  • 2001
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    I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

    1 2001 HD

    A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and...

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  • 2006
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    Cow Belles

    Cow Belles

    5.5 2006 HD

    In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business by their exasperated father. When company...

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  • 2002
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    The Rats

    The Rats

    5.5 2002 HD

    A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.

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  • 1991
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    Stepping Out

    Stepping Out

    5.8 1991 HD

    A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.

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  • 2021
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    Stroke of Fate

    Stroke of Fate

    1 2021 HD

    In a hospital waiting room, family wounds are exposed as a mother and son wait for news of their loved one's prognosis.

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  • 2002
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    Lathe of Heaven

    Lathe of Heaven

    5.817 2002 HD

    In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first but soon decides to use him for...

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  • 1991
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    Paradise

    Paradise

    6.2 1991 HD

    A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

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  • 2004
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    Geraldine's Fortune

    Geraldine's Fortune

    1 2004 HD

    A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.

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  • 1989
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    George's Island

    George's Island

    6.5 1989 HD

    After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island, George is placed in a foster home. George...

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  • 2012
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    Antiviral

    Antiviral

    5.9 2012 HD

    Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected...

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  • 1992
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    A Private Matter

    A Private Matter

    4.8 1992 HD

    The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s,...

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  • 1997
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    Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

    Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

    5.4 1997 HD

    Thirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a vintage clothing shop, Jesse sees a doll that looks...

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  • 2001
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    Haven

    Haven

    6.9 2001 HD

    Based on the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to...

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  • 1994
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    The Biggest Little Ticket

    The Biggest Little Ticket

    1 1994 HD

    This one-hour children's television special is the story of a young girl who slips into an enchanted world of trolls and dragons and finds herself on...

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  • 1987
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    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    5.8 1987 HD

    Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle...

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  • 1970
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    Love Is the Monster

    Love Is the Monster

    1 1970 HD

    A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight...

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  • 2000
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    Custody of the Heart

    Custody of the Heart

    4.2 2000 HD

    Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As...

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  • 1989
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    Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics

    Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics

    2.5 1989 HD

    An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she is leaving with her lover. He then sets off in...

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  • 1990
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    White Room

    White Room

    5.3 1990 HD

    Norm, an aimless writer, witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty, as he did nothing to prevent it. At Madelaine’s...

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  • 1995
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    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    4.8 1995 HD

    Sara lives in a small town where everybody knows everybody and her life is an open book. Left with the care of her family home, she has trouble...

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  • 1993
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    The Lotus Eaters

    The Lotus Eaters

    7 1993 HD

    Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light...

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  • 1991
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    The Soulmates in the Gift of Light

    The Soulmates in the Gift of Light

    5 1991 HD

    Wicked Angris McBragg sets out to ruin Christmas by undermining the forces of good. Santa Claus abandons his workshop and Comet, his head reindeer,...

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  • 2014
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    Algonquin

    Algonquin

    7 2014 HD

    A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.

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  • 1970
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    The Well

    The Well

    1 1970 HD

    In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight for the precious resources needed to survive, a young woman’s loyalties are...

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  • 2021
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    The Middle Man

    The Middle Man

    6.1 2021 HD

    Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle...

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  • 2022
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    Christmas in Rockwell

    Christmas in Rockwell

    5 2022 HD

    A famous Hollywood actress returns to her hometown where she is enlisted to participate in a Christmas play which threatens her small peaceful...

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  • 2019
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    An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order

    An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order

    1 2019 HD

    Directed dy Chris Agoston, Clara Altimas, Nabil Badine, Neil Huber

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  • 1970
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    The Voices of Our Mother

    The Voices of Our Mother

    1 1970 HD

    When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.

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  • 1999
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    You Know My Name

    You Know My Name

    4.5 1999 HD

    In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of...

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  • 1970
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    Dancing on the Elephant

    Dancing on the Elephant

    1 1970 HD

    Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life...

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  • 1995
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    The Possession of Michael D.

    The Possession of Michael D.

    5.3 1995 HD

    When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a...

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  • 1986
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    The Marriage Bed

    The Marriage Bed

    7 1986 HD

    Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at...

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  • 1970
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    Surfacing

    Surfacing

    1 1970 HD

    After years of battling severe depression, a young man learns to love himself and accept love from others after becoming caught in his therapist's...

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  • 2014
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    A Fighting Man

    A Fighting Man

    5.6 2014 HD

    Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.

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  • 2016
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    Brace for Impact

    Brace for Impact

    5.4 2016 HD

    When disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane she was supposed to be on, Sofia breaks protocol and...

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  • 2004
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    Being Julia

    Being Julia

    6.458 2004 HD

    Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her...

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  • 2024
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    All the Lost Ones

    All the Lost Ones

    8 2024 HD

    A near-future civil war is sparked by government-imposed measures due to climate change.

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  • 2022
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    Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

    Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

    7.399 2022 HD

    Zed and Addison are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that’s become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike. Zed is...

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  • 2018
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    Still/Born

    Still/Born

    5.8 2018 HD

    Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to...

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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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  • 2017
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    Cardinals

    Cardinals

    5.6 2017 HD

    When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on...

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  • 2014
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    Dear Viola

    Dear Viola

    6.5 2014 HD

    Katie, a shy newspaper accountant submits a reply to a "Dear Viola" letter to the editor that she works for, anonymously. She has a real knack for...

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  • 2004
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    Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

    Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

    5.7 2004 HD

    When the always dramatic Lola and her family move form the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban...

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  • 1990
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    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    5.2 1990 HD

    When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

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  • 1986
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    Really Weird Tales

    Really Weird Tales

    6 1986 HD

    The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

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  • 2004
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    Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

    Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

    5 2004 HD

    This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable...

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  • 2019
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    Isabelle

    Isabelle

    5.2 2019 HD

    A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that...

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  • 1994
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    Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

    Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

    5.7 1994 HD

    About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in...

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  • 2004
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    The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

    6.536 2004 HD

    After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice...

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  • 2016
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    Ice Girls

    Ice Girls

    6.5 2016 HD

    A figure skater is injured during a competition. A coach that hired her then helps her rehab her injury so that she may live her dream.

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  • 2017
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    Considering Love and Other Magic

    Considering Love and Other Magic

    6.5 2017 HD

    In desperate need of extra high school credits, Jessie agrees to tutor young Tommy Faber, but when the timid 14-year-old insists he hasn't left...

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  • 2002
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    Duct Tape Forever

    Duct Tape Forever

    6.7 2002 HD

    When an evil land baron's limo falls into a sinkhole outside Possum Lodge, lodge leader Red Green is ordered to pay the baron $10,000 or lose his...

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  • 1992
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    Beethoven Lives Upstairs

    Beethoven Lives Upstairs

    6.8 1992 HD

    When his mother rents their vacant room to a peculiar composer, Christoph can't believe his bad luck. But as the abrasive boarder, Ludwig Van...

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  • 2007
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    The Stone Angel

    The Stone Angel

    5.4 2007 HD

    The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have put her at odds with...

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  • 1996
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    House Arrest

    House Arrest

    5.283 1996 HD

    High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to...

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  • 2009
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    Year of the Carnivore

    Year of the Carnivore

    5.4 2009 HD

    A girl has a crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed so she goes out to get more experience.

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  • 2016
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    Milton's Secret

    Milton's Secret

    5.4 2016 HD

    11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the...

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  • 1986
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    9B

    9B

    1 1986 HD

    The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.

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  • 2001
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    Rare Birds

    Rare Birds

    5.6 2001 HD

    A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.

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  • 2005
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    Bailey's Billion$

    Bailey's Billion$

    5.9 2005 HD

    Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire...

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  • 1990
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    Bright Angel

    Bright Angel

    4.6 1990 HD

    In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets...

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  • 1992
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    Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall

    Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall

    6.3 1992 HD

    Liza's dynamic show made history by breaking the box-office record for Radio City. A true superstar, this all-new extravaganza stars Liza and a host...

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  • 2003
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    Full-Court Miracle

    Full-Court Miracle

    5.7 2003 HD

    Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who...

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  • 2007
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    Breakfast with Scot

    Breakfast with Scot

    6.3 2007 HD

    The lives of Eric, an ex hockey player, and his partner Sam, are thrown into turmoil when they are forced to take in Scot, a flamboyant 11-year-old.

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  • 2019
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    The Christmas Club

    The Christmas Club

    6.3 2019 HD

    Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks to fate and Christmas magic, they also find something...

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  • 1998
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    Dead Husbands

    Dead Husbands

    4.7 1998 HD

    Dr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions. When Carter discovers his own name at the bottom of the...

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  • 2019
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    Christmas 9 to 5

    Christmas 9 to 5

    6.9 2019 HD

    Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. When she goes undercover in a...

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  • 2018
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    Level 16

    Level 16

    6.8 2018 HD

    The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect...

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  • 2020
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    Anything for Jackson

    Anything for Jackson

    6.8 2020 HD

    A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child,...

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  • 2020
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    Happy Place

    Happy Place

    5 2020 HD

    "Welcome to the zoo," Samira is advised as she’s admitted to an in-patient care facility in the wake of a suicide attempt. As she slowly...

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  • 2020
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    The Broken Hearts Gallery

    The Broken Hearts Gallery

    7.2 2020 HD

    Lucy is a young gallery assistant who collects mementos from her relationships. She discovers that she must let go of her past to move forward, and...

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  • 1991
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    Montreal Stories

    Montreal Stories

    5 1991 HD

    Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first...

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  • 2000
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    Virtual Mom

    Virtual Mom

    5 2000 HD

    Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly, it took a little magic....

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  • 2021
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    Like a House on Fire

    Like a House on Fire

    7.2 2021 HD

    Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman...

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  • 2022
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    Women Talking

    Women Talking

    6.9 2022 HD

    A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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  • 1996
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    The Care and Handling of Roses

    The Care and Handling of Roses

    1 1996 HD

    A fondness for old movies brings together two fortysomethings, each happily married to other people.

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  • 1970
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    Russet Season

    Russet Season

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2000
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    Virtual Mom

    Virtual Mom

    5 2000 HD

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  • 2000
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    Virtual Mom

    Virtual Mom

    5 2000 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor

    8.483 2017 HD

    Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit....

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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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  • 2007
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    Little Mosque on the Prairie

    Little Mosque on the Prairie

    6.8 2007 HD

    The series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan (population 14,000).

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  • 2002
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    Puppets Who Kill

    Puppets Who Kill

    6.5 2002 HD

    Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002,...

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  • 1985
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    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    6.9 1985 HD

    A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon...

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  • 2019
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    The Umbrella Academy

    The Umbrella Academy

    8.548 2019 HD

    A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

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  • 1998
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    Emily of New Moon

    Emily of New Moon

    9 1998 HD

    Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States...

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  • 2015
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    Whatever, Linda

    Whatever, Linda

    1 2015 HD

    It's 1978 and Linda Thoroughbred is broke. And divorced. And almost 30. But if life still brings her some misery, she deserves ... Millions. Watch a...

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  • 2020
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    Nurses

    Nurses

    7.3 2020 HD

    Follow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling...

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  • 2013
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    Orphan Black

    Orphan Black

    7.8 2013 HD

    A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

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  • 2013
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    Orphan Black

    Orphan Black

    7.8 2013 HD

    A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

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  • 1999
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    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

    Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

    2 1999 HD

    On her deathbed, Doris Duke, the world's wealthiest woman, recalls her lavish, tumultuous years as a young socialite.

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  • 2018
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    The Detail

    The Detail

    6.8 2018 HD

    Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal...

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  • 1998
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    Bad Dog

    Bad Dog

    6 1998 HD

    Bad Dog is a cartoon series produced by Saban Entertainment and CineGroupe for the Teletoon and Fox Family networks. The cartoon focused on the...

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  • 1986
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    Four on the Floor

    Four on the Floor

    6.5 1986 HD

    Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The...

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  • 2017
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    Star Trek: Discovery

    Star Trek: Discovery

    7.1 2017 HD

    Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly...

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  • 2012
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    Saving Hope

    Saving Hope

    7 2012 HD

    When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state...

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  • 1995
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    A Woman of Independent Means

    A Woman of Independent Means

    10 1995 HD

    Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time...

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  • 2016
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    Private Eyes

    Private Eyes

    7.3 2016 HD

    Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative...

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  • 1998
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    More Tales of the City

    More Tales of the City

    7.4 1998 HD

    Lonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.

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  • 2016
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    Conviction

    Conviction

    6.8 2016 HD

    A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She...

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  • 2010
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    Rookie Blue

    Rookie Blue

    7.637 2010 HD

    Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of...

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  • 2004
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    This Is Wonderland

    This Is Wonderland

    9 2004 HD

    Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the...

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