Chris Sarandon

Chris Sarandon

Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).

  • Title: Chris Sarandon
  • Popularity: 10.137
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-07-24
  • Place of Birth: Beckley, West Virginia, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.chrissarandon.com
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Chris Sarandon Movies

  • 1975
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    Dog Day Afternoon

    Dog Day Afternoon

    7.842 1975 HD

    Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly...

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  • 2017
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    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    7.2 2017 HD

    How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

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  • 1987
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    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    4 1987 HD

    An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

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  • 1988
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    Child's Play

    Child's Play

    6.7 1988 HD

    An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

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  • 1987
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    The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride

    7.7 1987 HD

    In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness...

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  • 1991
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    The Resurrected

    The Resurrected

    6.164 1991 HD

    Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

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  • 1985
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    Fright Night

    Fright Night

    7 1985 HD

    Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor;...

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  • 1983
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    The Osterman Weekend

    The Osterman Weekend

    5.6 1983 HD

    The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a...

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  • 1996
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    Bordello of Blood

    Bordello of Blood

    5.905 1996 HD

    Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by...

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  • 1995
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    Just Cause

    Just Cause

    6.2 1995 HD

    A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the...

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  • 1993
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    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    7.8 1993 HD

    Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus...

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  • 2008
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    My Sassy Girl

    My Sassy Girl

    6.7 2008 HD

    A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

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  • 1984
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    Protocol

    Protocol

    5.5 1984 HD

    A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

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  • 1979
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    Cuba

    Cuba

    5.5 1979 HD

    A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also...

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  • 2004
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    The Dead Will Tell

    The Dead Will Tell

    4.7 2004 HD

    Emily Parker is haunted by visions of a woman from the past soon after receiving an antique engagement ring from her fiancé.

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  • 1980
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    5.7 1980 HD

    Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles...

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  • 1977
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    The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

    6.1 1977 HD

    As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a...

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  • 1989
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    Slaves of New York

    Slaves of New York

    5.7 1989 HD

    Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and...

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  • 2005
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    Loggerheads

    Loggerheads

    6 2005 HD

    A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a...

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  • 2012
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    Safe

    Safe

    6.483 2012 HD

    After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads,...

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  • 2003
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    Race Against Time

    Race Against Time

    4.7 2003 HD

    When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the...

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  • 1994
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    Dark Tide

    Dark Tide

    3.9 1994 HD

    Andi joins her husband Tim on a tropical island to help him with the capturing of poisonous sea snakes for their venom. Her flagrant sensuality...

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  • 1999
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    Let the Devil Wear Black

    Let the Devil Wear Black

    4.3 1999 HD

    A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.

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  • 2011
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    Fright Night

    Fright Night

    6.2 2011 HD

    A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and...

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  • 1976
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    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    5.3 1976 HD

    An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But...

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  • 1996
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    Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

    Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

    10 1996 HD

    A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are...

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  • 1989
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    Collision Course

    Collision Course

    4.1 1989 HD

    A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

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  • 1995
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    No Greater Love

    No Greater Love

    4.9 1995 HD

    When her parents and fiancé are lost in the Titanic disaster, young Edwina Winfield shoulders the responsibility of raising her three younger...

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  • 1987
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    Mayflower Madam

    Mayflower Madam

    3.8 1987 HD

    Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an...

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  • 1981
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    Broken Promise

    Broken Promise

    6 1981 HD

    A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger...

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  • 1992
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    Lincoln and the War Within

    Lincoln and the War Within

    1 1992 HD

    First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He had to bridge the gap between the victorious North...

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  • 2000
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    Reaper

    Reaper

    4.5 2000 HD

    Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. A young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in...

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  • 1997
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    Road Ends

    Road Ends

    4.6 1997 HD

    Real estate agent Maceda (Chris Sarandon) once testified against drug trafficker Orosco (Miguel Najera). Now Orosco is out of prison, and Maceda has...

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  • 1974
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    Thursday's Game

    Thursday's Game

    5.2 1974 HD

    Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they...

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  • 1979
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    You Can't Go Home Again

    You Can't Go Home Again

    1 1979 HD

    An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world...

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  • 1995
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    Temptress

    Temptress

    3.9 1995 HD

    Karin brings a statue home from her travels to Asia and it soon begins to have a strange effect on her. She has an insatiable sexual appetite and...

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  • 1989
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    Forced March

    Forced March

    6 1989 HD

    Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was...

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  • 1996
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    Terminal Justice

    Terminal Justice

    5.1 1996 HD

    In 2008 cybersex can only be surpassed by one thing: Cloned women, especially created for their clients. This puts Pamela Travis, a famous and much...

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  • 2020
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    Disclosure

    Disclosure

    7.943 2020 HD

    An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

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  • 2008
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    6.4 2008 HD

    The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.

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  • 1994
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    David's Mother

    David's Mother

    8.5 1994 HD

    Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been...

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  • 1996
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    The Vampyre Wars

    The Vampyre Wars

    1 1996 HD

    1996 horror movie starring Chris Sarandon and Robert Englund

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  • 2013
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    Curse of Chucky

    Curse of Chucky

    5.892 2013 HD

    After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key...

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  • 1990
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    Whispers

    Whispers

    3.8 1990 HD

    A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of...

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  • 1996
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    Edie & Pen

    Edie & Pen

    5.8 1996 HD

    In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband...

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  • 2015
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    I Smile Back

    I Smile Back

    6.23 2015 HD

    Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with...

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  • 2015
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    Frank the Bastard

    Frank the Bastard

    3 2015 HD

    A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she...

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  • 1990
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    Shangri-La Plaza

    Shangri-La Plaza

    1 1990 HD

    "Shangri-La Plaza" is a musical-comedy pilot made for CBS-TV in 1990. The all-sung “Shangri-La Plaza” was directed by Nick Castle and...

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  • 2014
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    Big Stone Gap

    Big Stone Gap

    5.9 2014 HD

    A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

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  • 1988
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    Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

    Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

    1 1988 HD

    The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki and her family immigrate to West Virginia and...

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  • 2007
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    The Chosen One

    The Chosen One

    6 2007 HD

    ...he's lost his job, totaled his car, and been attacked by a bear. Just when it seems like life can't get any worse, the leader of an eccentric...

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  • 1985
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    This Child of Mine

    This Child of Mine

    1 1985 HD

    Fact-based story about an unwed teen (Nancy McKeon) who fought a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.

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  • 1985
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    This Child Is Mine

    This Child Is Mine

    5 1985 HD

    An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.

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  • 2016
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    You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

    You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

    6.8 2016 HD

    An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare...

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  • 1995
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    When the Dark Man Calls

    When the Dark Man Calls

    1 1995 HD

    A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is...

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  • 1992
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    A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    4 1992 HD

    A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.

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  • 1980
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    The Day Christ Died

    The Day Christ Died

    5.8 1980 HD

    A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.

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  • 1998
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    Little Men

    Little Men

    4 1998 HD

    In this adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, two street kids from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run...

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  • 2006
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    The Light in the Piazza (Live from Lincoln Center)

    The Light in the Piazza (Live from Lincoln Center)

    10 2006 HD

    In the summer of 1953, Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring Italy with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing,...

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  • 1990
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    The Stranger Within

    The Stranger Within

    5.6 1990 HD

    A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.

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  • 2001
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    As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

    As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

    7.3 2001 HD

    A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast...

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  • 1989
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    Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

    Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

    5.7 1989 HD

    Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.

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  • 1974
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    The Satan Murders

    The Satan Murders

    1 1974 HD

    Assured that it's a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil...

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  • 2006
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    The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    7.8 2006 HD

    A documentary chronicling the making of the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon."

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  • 1997
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    American Perfekt

    American Perfekt

    6.1 1997 HD

    Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be...

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  • 1986
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    Liberty

    Liberty

    1 1986 HD

    Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

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  • 2020
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    A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

    A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

    6.3 2020 HD

    The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason...

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  • 2010
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    Multiple Sarcasms

    Multiple Sarcasms

    6.1 2010 HD

    Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter,...

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  • 2001
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    Perfume

    Perfume

    4.8 2001 HD

    A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York...

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  • 2004
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    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

    1 2004 HD

    Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

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  • 1988
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    Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

    Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

    7.3 1988 HD

    A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

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  • 2001
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    Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

    6 2001 HD

    A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film...

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  • 2024
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    Doc of Chucky

    Doc of Chucky

    1 2024 HD

    The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine...

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  • 2024
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    Death Wish

    Death Wish

    1 2024 HD

    After losing his grandfather and job to COVID-19, an enraged deliveryman decides to do the only logical thing: hunt down and kill every plague...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Perversions of Science

    Perversions of Science

    5.714 1997 HD

    Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in 1997. It is a spin-off of...

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  • 1999
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    Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad

    6.5 1999 HD

    Stark Raving Mad is an American sitcom that aired from on NBC from 1999 to 2000. The series stars Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris.

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  • 1999
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    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

    7.486 1999 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy...

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  • 2003
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    Cold Case

    Cold Case

    7.8 2003 HD

    The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly...

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  • 1998
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    Charmed

    Charmed

    8.196 1998 HD

    Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.9 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1997
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    The Practice

    The Practice

    7.7 1997 HD

    A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its...

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  • 1994
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    Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

    7.2 1994 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

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  • 1992
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    Love & War

    Love & War

    6.429 1992 HD

    A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.

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  • 2013
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    Orange Is the New Black

    Orange Is the New Black

    7.67 2013 HD

    A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of...

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  • 2002
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    The Court

    The Court

    10 2002 HD

    The Court is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 26 until April 9, 2002.

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  • 2009
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    The Unusuals

    The Unusuals

    7.565 2009 HD

    The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. The pilot and...

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.745 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

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  • 1998
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    The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

    6.8 1998 HD

    The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

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  • 2006
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    Psych

    Psych

    7.869 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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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1993
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    7.9 1993 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome...

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  • 1998
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    Felicity

    Felicity

    6.5 1998 HD

    Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 2020
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    The Holiday Movies That Made Us

    The Holiday Movies That Made Us

    7.3 2020 HD

    Unwrap the real stories behind these iconic Christmas blockbusters, thanks to insider interviews and behind-the-scenes peeks.

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  • 2009
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    The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

    7.6 2009 HD

    Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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