Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama, he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti debuted on Broadway, portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year, he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999).
Giamatti's breakout film role was in Private Parts (1997), followed by roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Man on the Moon (1999). He won acclaim for his leading roles in American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), Win Win (2011), and Private Life (2018). He has also acted in Planet of the Apes (2001), The Illusionist (2006), Fred Claus (2007), The Ides of March (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Love & Mercy (2014), and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Joe Gould in Cinderella Man (2005) and Best Actor for playing a disgruntled teacher in The Holdovers (2023).
On television, Giamatti played the role in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), earning him acclaim and several awards, including a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe. He starred as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. in the Showtime television series Billions (2016–2023). He earned Emmy nominations for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011) and Harold Levinson in the ITV series Downton Abbey (2013). In the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror episode Eulogy (2025), he played a grieving lover.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.6644 |
| Birthday | 1967-06-06 |
| Place of Birth | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As | Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti, |
1998
Saving Private Ryan
8.233/17753
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2001
Planet of the Apes
5.78/4543
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2005
Cinderella Man
7.583/2481
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Cinderella Man
2006
The Illusionist
7.301/5468
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The Illusionist
1999
Man on the Moon
7.217/2042
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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2011
The Ides of March
6.677/2795
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1997
Deconstructing Harry
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2003
American Splendor
7.144/561
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
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2007
Shoot 'Em Up
6.508/2182
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2007
Fred Claus
5.854/939
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes over...
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2009
Cold Souls
5.984/188
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2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
5.899/228
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2002
Big Fat Liar
5.891/907
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Big Fat Liar
2007
The Nanny Diaries
6.393/1263
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2005
Robots
6.504/5057
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2000
Big Momma's House
5.818/2526
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2003
Paycheck
6.227/2114
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2000
1961
0/0
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The Negotiator
7.113/2480
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1997
Private Parts
6.486/397
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2004
Sideways
7.1/1963
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2006
Lady in the Water
5.561/1541
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Lady in the Water
2006
The Ant Bully
5.803/1503
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2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
6.55/120
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
2003
The Pentagon Papers
5.8/38
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2008
Pretty Bird
4.9/22
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2009
The Last Station
6.378/246
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2007
Trumbo
6.7/34
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The Hawk Is Dying
4.864/22
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1998
Safe Men
5.509/58
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Safe Men
2011
The Hangover Part II
6.511/11523
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Ironclad
6.155/828
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Storytelling
6.545/213
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Duplicity
5.895/897
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Too Big to Fail
6.943/274
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2010
Barney's Version
6.959/500
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2012
Cosmopolis
5.659/1378
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Past Midnight
5.1/49
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2000
Duets
5.749/164
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The Catcher Was a Spy
6.184/328
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2012
Rock of Ages
6.195/1385
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2011
Win Win
6.825/570
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2013
John Dies at the End
6.259/745
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2013
12 Years a Slave
7.927/12204
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2013
Turbo
6.281/3782
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2013
Love, Marilyn
6.541/73
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2013
Saving Mr. Banks
7.335/3563
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2013
The Congress
6.395/598
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2013
All Is Bright
5.379/140
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2013
Parkland
6.243/399
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Parkland
2007
Too Loud a Solitude
4.7/3
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Too Loud a Solitude
2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head
6.833/51
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The Amazing Screw-On Head
1998
Winchell
6.3/18
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Winchell
2015
Madame Bovary
5.695/423
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Madame Bovary
2014
River of Fundament
6.053/19
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River of Fundament
2002
Thunderpants
3.4/92
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becom...
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Thunderpants
2015
Love & Mercy
7.062/783
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Love & Mercy
2012
Citizens of Cosmopolis
6.1/5
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Citizens of Cosmopolis
2018
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
8/1
An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage...
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Sex, Lies and Butterflies
1998
The Truman Show
8.158/20815
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audie...
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The Truman Show
2015
Straight Outta Compton
7.769/4291
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in Am...
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Straight Outta Compton
2005
The Fan and the Flower
6.441/17
A narrator tells us the story of a ceiling fan, ensconced in the spare room of a house occupied by an old woman. The fan is lonely, and its life takes...
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The Fan and the Flower
1990
She'll Take Romance
4.667/3
A TV reporter leads a search for the most romantic man in Seattle and finds one for herself.
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She'll Take Romance
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
7.667/9
Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.
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1992
Singles
6.399/447
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.
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Singles
2022
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
7/2
Go deep into the woods to explore the lives of a unique avian family. Woodpeckers come in 239 species and live on every continent except Antarctica an...
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Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
2016
Ratchet & Clank
5.771/687
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save...
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Ratchet & Clank
2015
San Andreas
6.251/9192
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estra...
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San Andreas
2014
Hoke
5.5/2
Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s.
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Hoke
2015
Giant Sloth
0/0
In this existential animated short, Museum curator Gordon Boonewell's world is falling apart and his mind may be following.
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Giant Sloth
1998
Tourist Trap
6.6/5
George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, t...
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Tourist Trap
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
6.562/2958
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...
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My Best Friend's Wedding
1999
Cradle Will Rock
6.49/101
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
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Cradle Will Rock
2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
7.06/294
When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of soci...
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2013
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
0/0
A documentary that explores the making of The Hangover Trilogy. It includes Zach's unlikely audition as "Alan," the truth behind Ed Helms missing toot...
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2016
The Phenom
5.404/73
A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.
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The Phenom
2016
Morgan
5.825/1647
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment...
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Morgan
1995
Sabrina
6.216/712
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but...
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Sabrina
2015
The Little Prince
7.62/3028
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency...
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The Little Prince
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6.56/14714
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
1997
Arresting Gena
5.5/2
A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).
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Arresting Gena
2018
Private Life
6.879/427
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of...
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Private Life
2013
Romeo & Juliet
6.71/590
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation t...
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Romeo & Juliet
2003
Confidence
6.268/491
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting...
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Confidence
2012
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
6/1
Ducks are true originals. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters. Ducks have a talent fo...
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PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
7.455/748
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on th...
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
1997
Donnie Brasco
7.534/4975
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Donnie Brasco
2018
I Think We're Alone Now
5.766/465
After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for him...
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I Think We're Alone Now
2021
Jungle Cruise
7.272/6300
Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for a...
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Jungle Cruise
1995
Mighty Aphrodite
6.729/757
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother i...
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Mighty Aphrodite
2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
0/0
You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that...
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
6.267/1206
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its...
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Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
A Mouthful of Air
6.47/84
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A Mouthful of Air
1998
Doctor Dolittle
5.73/3378
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...
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Doctor Dolittle
2023
The Holdovers
7.644/2656
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with no...
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The Holdovers
2019
Wax Paul Now
0/0
Three New Yorkers will stop at nothing to get Paul Giamatti his own wax statue at Madame Tussauds.
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Wax Paul Now
2021
Season of the Osprey
0/0
From somewhere along the east coast of South America, an osprey has just flown 4000 miles to a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River,...
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Season of the Osprey
2027
A Sprinkle of History
0/0
Sam Born, an ambitious immigrant confectioner, unknowingly finds himself in the crosshairs of a ruthless turf war over the candy business in mid-centu...
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A Sprinkle of History
2026
The Debut
0/0
When Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor wil...
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The Debut
2015
Goldfish
0/0
A young man making a documentary stumbles into a place of magic he never imagined truly existed.
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Goldfish
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0/0
A biopic about the late paranormal DJ Art Bell. Plot TBA.
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1997
A Further Gesture
4.846/13
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York...
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A Further Gesture
1996
Before and After
5.913/218
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
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Before and After
2025
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
0/0
Join the gang as they settle in for a holiday adventure loosely based on the seasonal classic, “T’was the Night Before Christmas”.
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Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2.5/2
Stars of the beloved period drama Downton Abbey reunite at London's Savoy Hotel to share memories and behind-the-scenes tales, plus a sneak peek at th...
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2014
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
7.4/4
A documentary on the making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
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1996
Breathing Room
8/1
She's Kathy, a comix cartoonist; he's David, teaching English to new immigrants. It's New York City, with 29 shopping days left until Christmas, and t...
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Breathing Room
2026
A Statement
0/0
At a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effe...
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Boutique
0/0
American tourist Calvin journeys to the eerie English seaside town that inspired the work of his favorite reclusive author but instead gets entangled...
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Boutique
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
6.781/98
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...
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