Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born May 16, 1977) is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American dialects, she works predominantly in independent films. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melanie Lynskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Melanie Lynskey
  • Popularity: 21.601
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1977-05-16
  • Place of Birth: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
  • Homepage: https://johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/Melanie-Lynskey
  • Also Known As: 멜라니 린스키
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Melanie Lynskey Movies

  • 1994
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    Heavenly Creatures

    Heavenly Creatures

    7 1994 HD

    Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through...

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  • 2006
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    Flags of Our Fathers

    Flags of Our Fathers

    6.859 2006 HD

    There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the...

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  • 1996
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    The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

    6.9 1996 HD

    Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the...

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  • 2000
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    But I'm a Cheerleader

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    7 2000 HD

    Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy...

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  • 2009
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    Up in the Air

    Up in the Air

    6.9 2009 HD

    Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten...

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  • 2009
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    The Informant!

    The Informant!

    6.1 2009 HD

    A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s...

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  • 2000
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    Coyote Ugly

    Coyote Ugly

    6.3 2000 HD

    Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations...

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  • 1998
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    EverAfter

    EverAfter

    7.4 1998 HD

    Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a...

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  • 2009
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    Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

    6 2009 HD

    An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.

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  • 1999
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    Detroit Rock City

    Detroit Rock City

    6.7 1999 HD

    In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the...

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  • 2003
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    Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass

    7 2003 HD

    The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff...

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  • 2008
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    Show of Hands

    Show of Hands

    6.7 2008 HD

    Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do...

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  • 2003
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    Claustrophobia

    Claustrophobia

    2.7 2003 HD

    A serial killer armed with a crossbow pistol is murdering people from their own rooftops. When three young coworkers at a poorly-attended slumber...

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  • 2006
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    Park

    Park

    4.9 2006 HD

    Park takes place all in one day in a public park in Los Angeles, as 11 disaffected Angelenos find both love and loss in unexpected ways

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  • 2010
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    Helena from the Wedding

    Helena from the Wedding

    4.4 2010 HD

    Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. However, when an unexpected guest...

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  • 2002
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    Abandon

    Abandon

    4.8 2002 HD

    A psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis and earn a...

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  • 2008
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    A Quiet Little Marriage

    A Quiet Little Marriage

    4.5 2008 HD

    A Quiet Little Marriage is the love story of Dax and Olive, who manage to find harmony even as they juggle family, romance and intimacy, but that all...

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  • 2013
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    A Kiwi Legend

    A Kiwi Legend

    1 2013 HD

    Change is afoot in New Zealand as creative forces take on the ultimate Kiwi icon. But all is not well in paradise, and the nation is divided. Whilst...

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  • 2012
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    Hello I Must Be Going

    Hello I Must Be Going

    6 2012 HD

    Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone...

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  • 2011
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    Touchback

    Touchback

    6.3 2011 HD

    A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living...

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  • 2011
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    Win Win

    Win Win

    6.84 2011 HD

    When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson...

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  • 2012
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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    7.8 2012 HD

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam...

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  • 2001
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    Snakeskin

    Snakeskin

    5.4 2001 HD

    A hitchhiker takes two kids on the ride of their dreams, but they soon learn that their newfound hero is just as capable of delivering nightmares.

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  • 2012
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    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

    6.566 2012 HD

    As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high...

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  • 2006
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    Say Uncle

    Say Uncle

    5.5 2006 HD

    A young gay artist, desperate to replace the relationship he had with his recently relocated godson, is targeted by a neighborhood mom as a potential...

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  • 2012
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    Putzel

    Putzel

    1 2012 HD

    For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....

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  • 2012
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    Eye of the Hurricane

    Eye of the Hurricane

    7.3 2012 HD

    An Everglades community struggles to put their lives back together in the wake of a hurricane.

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  • 2004
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    The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder

    The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder

    4 2004 HD

    Romantic dark comedy sees phobia-riddled Zoe Cadwaulder overcoming her fears and discovering true love.

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  • 2014
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    They Came Together

    They Came Together

    5.6 2014 HD

    A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.

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  • 2014
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    The Big Ask

    The Big Ask

    5.3 2014 HD

    The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do...

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  • 2014
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    We'll Never Have Paris

    We'll Never Have Paris

    4.9 2014 HD

    Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to...

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  • 2014
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    Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

    5.135 2014 HD

    After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.

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  • 2014
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    Goodbye to All That

    Goodbye to All That

    4.9 2014 HD

    Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search...

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  • 2014
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    Chu and Blossom

    Chu and Blossom

    4 2014 HD

    A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.

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  • 2015
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    Digging for Fire

    Digging for Fire

    5.1 2015 HD

    Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and...

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  • 2016
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    The Intervention

    The Intervention

    5.8 2016 HD

    A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on...

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  • 2016
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    The Great & The Small

    The Great & The Small

    6.273 2016 HD

    Twenty-six year old Scott is living on the streets and trying to find his way back into society while on probation for petty crimes. He attempts to...

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  • 2009
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    Away We Go

    Away We Go

    6.6 2009 HD

    Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide...

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  • 2024
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    Griffin in Summer

    Griffin in Summer

    1 2024 HD

    14-year-old aspiring playwright Griffin becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.

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  • 1970
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    Pike River

    Pike River

    1 1970 HD

    Based on the Pike River tragedy of 2010, this drama captures the profound impact of one of the worst mining disasters in New Zealand's history.

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  • 2016
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    Rainbow Time

    Rainbow Time

    5.7 2016 HD

    Todd grew up under the strange shadow of his older mentally challenged brother Shonzi. As kids, Shonzi forced Todd to make action movies. As adults...

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  • 2016
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    Folk Hero & Funny Guy

    Folk Hero & Funny Guy

    5.536 2016 HD

    Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker respectively, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their "mojo"...

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  • 2017
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    Little Boxes

    Little Boxes

    6.1 2017 HD

    It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more...

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  • 2007
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    Itty Bitty Titty Committee

    Itty Bitty Titty Committee

    5.5 2007 HD

    High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty...

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  • 2002
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    Sweet Home Alabama

    Sweet Home Alabama

    6.405 2002 HD

    New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many...

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  • 2017
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    1 Mile To You

    1 Mile To You

    6.5 2017 HD

    After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety....

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  • 2017
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    I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

    I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

    6.555 2017 HD

    When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon...

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  • 2017
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    The Changeover

    The Changeover

    5.7 2017 HD

    Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New...

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  • 2017
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    XX

    XX

    4.978 2017 HD

    This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.

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  • 2017
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    And Then I Go

    And Then I Go

    6.3 2017 HD

    In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their...

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  • 2018
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    Sadie

    Sadie

    6.8 2018 HD

    While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when her mother takes an interest in the...

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  • 2002
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    Shooters

    Shooters

    5.6 2002 HD

    Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to...

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  • 1999
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    The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

    5 1999 HD

    Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate...

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  • 2001
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    Foreign Correspondents

    Foreign Correspondents

    1 2001 HD

    Equal parts romance, fable, ghost story, character study, and cinematic puzzle, Foreign Correspondents ties two seemingly unrelated stories together...

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  • 2015
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    Behind Over the Garden Wall

    Behind Over the Garden Wall

    1 2015 HD

    A special look at the making of Patrick McHale's award winning miniseries Over the Garden Wall.

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  • 2021
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    Don't Look Up

    Don't Look Up

    7.087 2021 HD

    Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

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  • 2021
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    Lady of the Manor

    Lady of the Manor

    5.84 2021 HD

    Past and present collide when aimless slacker Hannah gets hired to portray Lady Wadsworth -- a Southern belle from the 1800s -- for tours at...

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  • 2006
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    Psych

    Psych

    7.9 2006 HD

    Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad)....

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  • 2007
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    Drive

    Drive

    6.258 2007 HD

    Drive is an American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the...

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  • 2021
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    Yellowjackets

    Yellowjackets

    7.484 2021 HD

    This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls...

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  • 2003
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    Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men

    7.465 2003 HD

    A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

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  • 2017
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    Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

    Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

    6.395 2017 HD

    A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising adventures.

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  • 2017
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    Young Sheldon

    Young Sheldon

    8.1 2017 HD

    The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

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  • 2004
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    The L Word

    The L Word

    7.614 2004 HD

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

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  • 2008
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    Comanche Moon

    Comanche Moon

    7 2008 HD

    Comanche Moon is a television miniseries that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. It aired on CBS beginning Sunday, January 13, and...

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  • 2002
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    Rose Red

    Rose Red

    6.8 2002 HD

    Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly...

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  • 2024
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    The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    8.2 2024 HD

    The powerful real-life story of Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau...

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  • 2005
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    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    8.288 2005 HD

    Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships....

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  • 2017
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    Girlboss

    Girlboss

    6.6 2017 HD

    Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an...

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  • 2015
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    Togetherness

    Togetherness

    6.8 2015 HD

    Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.

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  • 2013
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    Mom

    Mom

    7.344 2013 HD

    Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world...

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  • 2021
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    Yellowjackets

    Yellowjackets

    7.484 2021 HD

    This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls...

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  • 2016
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    Our Ex-Wife

    Our Ex-Wife

    6 2016 HD

    Jack is a man who has finally found real happiness with his new wife-to-be Sara, but his ex-wife and mother of his children Hillary seems determined...

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  • 2015
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    The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

    5.413 2015 HD

    Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and...

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  • 2002
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    Rose Red

    Rose Red

    6.8 2002 HD

    Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly...

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  • 2014
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    Celebrity Name Game

    Celebrity Name Game

    6 2014 HD

    Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game Identity Crisis (created by...

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  • 2014
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    5.435 2014 HD

    Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of...

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  • 2022
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    Candy

    Candy

    7.3 2022 HD

    Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right — but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions...

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  • 2018
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    Castle Rock

    Castle Rock

    7.2 2018 HD

    Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.

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  • 2017
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    Sunshine

    Sunshine

    8 2017 HD

    This drama mini-series follows a group of friends from the South Sudanese community living in Sunshine, a suburb in the outskirts of Melbourne,...

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  • 2022
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    The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

    6.4 2022 HD

    Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

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  • 2014
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    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    4.3 2014 HD

    PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.9 2009 HD

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

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  • 2002
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    The Shield

    The Shield

    8.093 2002 HD

    The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to...

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  • 2018
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    Summer Camp Island

    Summer Camp Island

    7.5 2018 HD

    Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are...

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  • 2008
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    The Life & Times of Tim

    The Life & Times of Tim

    7.595 2008 HD

    The Life & Times of Tim is an HBO comedy animated television series, which premiered on September 28, 2008. The series was created by Steve...

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  • 2020
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    Mrs. America

    Mrs. America

    7.4 2020 HD

    The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly,...

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  • 2016
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    Easy

    Easy

    6.1 2016 HD

    This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First...

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  • 2004
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    House

    House

    8.59 2004 HD

    Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional...

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.8 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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    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    6.2 2019 HD

    Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are...

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  • 2005
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    American Dad!

    American Dad!

    7 2005 HD

    The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his...

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  • 2023
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    The Last of Us

    The Last of Us

    8.594 2023 HD

    Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an...

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  • 2016
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    Future-Worm!

    Future-Worm!

    5 2016 HD

    The show follows Danny Douglas and his friend Future-Worm as they go on adventures and travel through time.

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  • 2000
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    Big Brother

    Big Brother

    5 2000 HD

    American version of the reality game show which follows a group of HouseGuests living together 24 hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated...

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  • 2014
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    Over the Garden Wall

    Over the Garden Wall

    8.6 2014 HD

    Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a...

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  • 1988
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    This Morning

    This Morning

    5.7 1988 HD

    This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and...

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