Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor, director, musician and singer. He was known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2006. He was the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.3417 |
| Birthday | 1934-03-26 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Alan Wolf Arkin, אלן וולף ארקין , |
1990
Edward Scissorhands
7.72/14021
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Edward Scissorhands
1982
The Last Unicorn
7.276/617
A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous...
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The Last Unicorn
2006
Little Miss Sunshine
7.691/8049
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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Little Miss Sunshine
1997
Gattaca
7.569/7132
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member...
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Gattaca
1991
The Rocketeer
6.486/1082
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost...
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The Rocketeer
1999
Jakob the Liar
6.674/416
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German...
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Jakob the Liar
1970
Catch-22
6.672/367
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
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Catch-22
1993
So I Married an Axe Murderer
6.1/494
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers o...
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So I Married an Axe Murderer
1994
Doomsday Gun
5.647/17
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When...
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Doomsday Gun
2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
5.9/235
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
1996
Mother Night
6.627/64
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...
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Mother Night
1967
Wait Until Dark
7.3/614
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with her...
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Wait Until Dark
2007
Rendition
6.421/763
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught u...
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Rendition
1997
Four Days in September
7.5/142
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, h...
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Four Days in September
1974
Freebie and the Bean
6.083/72
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
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Freebie and the Bean
1968
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
7.5/51
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert...
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1990
Havana
5.784/167
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wif...
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Havana
1968
Inspector Clouseau
5/102
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the g...
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Inspector Clouseau
2001
America's Sweethearts
5.723/911
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's l...
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America's Sweethearts
1994
North
5.045/280
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a...
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North
2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
6.699/103
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing gu...
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2008
Get Smart
6.218/3999
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief h...
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Get Smart
1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
6.5/138
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov,...
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1987
Escape from Sobibor
7.169/216
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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Escape from Sobibor
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
6.961/1068
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and...
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1993
Indian Summer
6.273/75
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good t...
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Indian Summer
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
7.325/1648
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
2006
Firewall
5.848/1059
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a...
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Firewall
1971
Little Murders
6.7/76
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-...
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Little Murders
2008
Sunshine Cleaning
6.598/866
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuiti...
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Sunshine Cleaning
2004
Eros
5.7/150
A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive...
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Eros
2009
City Island
6.939/409
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arriv...
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City Island
2003
The Pentagon Papers
5.8/38
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to pre...
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The Pentagon Papers
2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
5.6/1195
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve!...
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
1977
Fire Sale
5.222/9
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though...
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Fire Sale
2004
Noel
5.84/328
With Christmas Eve just around the corner in bustling New York, five lonely and sad strangers find their lives inadvertently intersected.
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Noel
2008
Marley & Me
7.173/4870
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...
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Marley & Me
1972
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
5.682/11
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon....
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Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
6.232/114
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud....
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1998
Slums of Beverly Hills
6.308/260
In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
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Slums of Beverly Hills
1967
Woman Times Seven
6.3/59
Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a ne...
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Woman Times Seven
2013
Grudge Match
6.104/1398
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
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Grudge Match
1990
Coupe de Ville
6.478/46
Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, i...
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Coupe de Ville
2006
Raising Flagg
5/6
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
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Raising Flagg
2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
6.25/110
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happi...
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2011
The Change-Up
6.16/3045
Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a p...
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The Change-Up
2012
Argo
7.285/9174
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter...
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Argo
1985
The Fourth Wise Man
6.958/24
Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family...
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The Fourth Wise Man
1979
The In-Laws
6.6/140
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...
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The In-Laws
2012
Thin Ice
6.5/184
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the...
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Thin Ice
1983
The Return of Captain Invincible
6.2/39
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Austral...
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The Return of Captain Invincible
1975
Hearts of the West
5.636/22
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...
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Hearts of the West
2001
Varian's War
6.4/7
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
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Varian's War
1980
Simon
6.333/24
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living b...
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Simon
1972
Deadhead Miles
6.2/10
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...
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Deadhead Miles
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
5.167/6
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, be...
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1985
Bad Medicine
5.085/41
Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then...
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Bad Medicine
1995
Steal Big Steal Little
4.5/23
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but...
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Steal Big Steal Little
1986
Big Trouble
5.393/42
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...
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Big Trouble
2012
Stand Up Guys
6.03/1034
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in cri...
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Stand Up Guys
1981
Full Moon High
4.4/38
After a trip to Romania, popular high school quarterback Tony Walker becomes a werewolf, and struggles to come to terms with his hirsute situation.
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Full Moon High
2000
Magicians
5.8/10
A con-man and a wannabe professional magician team up with a waitress and an old professional on their way to Vegas.
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Magicians
2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
5.756/1572
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on...
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
6.3/11
Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when...
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
4/3
When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes o...
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1984
A Matter of Principle
0/0
A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.
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A Matter of Principle
2014
Million Dollar Arm
6.725/683
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher fro...
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Million Dollar Arm
1968
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
0/0
On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the...
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1963
That's Me
8/1
That's Me is a 1963 American short comedy film directed by Walker Stuart. It's written by and stars Alan Arkin and Andrew Duncan. The film was nominat...
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That's Me
1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
6/1
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied as...
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The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1972
The Trouble With People
0/0
The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then wi...
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The Trouble With People
1969
The Monitors
4.5/6
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
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The Monitors
1996
Heck's Way Home
5.5/4
After getting lost the day his family travels 2,000 miles in preparation for a move to Australia, this clever, loyal, 'map reading' dog begins an amaz...
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Heck's Way Home
2011
The Muppets
6.667/1737
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother,...
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The Muppets
1981
Improper Channels
8.5/2
A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child...
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Improper Channels
1993
Cooperstown
4.5/4
A retired baseball player reflects on the mistakes and problems of the past 35 years when he is overlooked for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fam...
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Cooperstown
2015
Love the Coopers
6.003/874
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events...
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Love the Coopers
1979
The Magician of Lublin
4.667/6
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at the...
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The Magician of Lublin
2006
Crossroads
5.7/6
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
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Crossroads
2022
"Sr."
6.9/65
A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who...
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"Sr."
1969
Popi
6.3/21
Abraham, a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys, is becoming very worried about them living in their rundown neighborhood when one day he notices...
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Popi
2016
Naples '44
5.667/9
A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettab...
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Naples '44
2017
Going in Style
6.693/3101
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very b...
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Going in Style
1995
The Jerky Boys
4.4/35
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in...
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The Jerky Boys
1978
The Other Side of Hell
7.7/6
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's...
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The Other Side of Hell
2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
0/0
Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011, the...
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Starring Sigmund Freud
1966
The Last Mohican
8/1
A pretzel seller is trapped by a sociology student.
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The Last Mohican
2014
In Security
5/18
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
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In Security
1985
Joshua Then and Now
5.364/11
Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to...
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Joshua Then and Now
2019
Dumbo
6.584/4573
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his frien...
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Dumbo
1985
The Emperor's New Clothes
4.75/4
Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
1988
Necessary Parties
6.7/6
Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop ow...
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Necessary Parties
2020
Spenser Confidential
6.504/2566
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two...
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Spenser Confidential
1993
Taking the Heat
5/7
When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but...
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Taking the Heat
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.259/4165
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
1990
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
8/33
Behind the scenes of Edward Scissorhands
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The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1986
A Deadly Business
6/2
The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Hav...
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A Deadly Business
2015
Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
0/0
Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin discusses his life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.
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Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2000
Blood Money
10/1
A family run business is being forced to become a front for the mob. Ronnie (Brian Bloom) stands up against the Cancino family to save his family's li...
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Blood Money
2008
Wisdom
6/2
Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a...
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