Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in Elvis (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell became the studio's top star of the 1970s.
Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981), its sequel Escape from L.A.(1996), the horror film The Thing (1982), and the kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
Russell starred in various other films, including Used Cars (1980), The Best of Times (1986), Overboard (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Executive Decision (1996), Breakdown (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001), Miracle (2004), Sky High (2005), Death Proof (2007), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise as Mr. Nobody (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...?(2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.2409 |
| Birthday | 1951-03-17 |
| Place of Birth | Springfield, Massachusetts, USA |
| Also Known As | Kurt Vogel Russell, |
2006
Poseidon
5.899/2388
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their liv...
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Poseidon
1982
The Thing
8.1/8181
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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The Thing
1981
Escape from New York
7.047/3618
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US pre...
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Escape from New York
1994
Stargate
7.035/3935
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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Stargate
1997
Breakdown
6.937/1143
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico de...
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Breakdown
1996
Escape from L.A.
5.866/1658
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
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Escape from L.A.
1996
Executive Decision
6.352/1063
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another...
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Executive Decision
2001
Vanilla Sky
6.83/4801
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribl...
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Vanilla Sky
2007
Death Proof
6.838/5770
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman...
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Death Proof
1988
Tequila Sunrise
6.07/597
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, whil...
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Tequila Sunrise
1991
Backdraft
6.662/1612
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are...
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Backdraft
1987
Overboard
6.8/1009
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after J...
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Overboard
2007
Cutlass
6.714/35
When Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car...
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Cutlass
1981
The Fox and the Hound
7.2/3571
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is...
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The Fox and the Hound
1971
The Barefoot Executive
5.552/48
In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network....
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The Barefoot Executive
2002
Dark Blue
6.242/392
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his...
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Dark Blue
1986
The Best of Times
5.67/135
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
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The Best of Times
2005
Sky High
6.267/2524
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balan...
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Sky High
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
6.278/72
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dex...
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
7.21/3469
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the so...
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Big Trouble in Little China
1985
The Mean Season
6.202/119
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As t...
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The Mean Season
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
6.188/77
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged...
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The Strongest Man in the World
1993
Tombstone
7.583/2524
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...
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Tombstone
1963
It Happened at the World's Fair
5.792/53
Mike Edwards and Danny Burke fly a cropduster, but due to Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitc...
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It Happened at the World's Fair
2001
3000 Miles to Graceland
5.881/724
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all th...
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3000 Miles to Graceland
1998
Soldier
6.403/986
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he...
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Soldier
2005
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
7.053/448
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrifice...
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Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
1989
Tango & Cash
6.511/2196
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income t...
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Tango & Cash
1983
Silkwood
6.945/364
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a leth...
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Silkwood
1979
Elvis
6.837/141
This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
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Elvis
1966
Follow Me, Boys!
6.682/33
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general sto...
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Follow Me, Boys!
1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
6/166
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dex...
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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1980
Used Cars
6.435/302
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the...
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Used Cars
2004
Miracle
7.122/693
When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. After assembli...
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Miracle
1992
Captain Ron
5.595/330
When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve th...
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Captain Ron
1968
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
6.88/25
Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stoma...
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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1991
Voices That Care
7/4
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
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Voices That Care
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
6.058/26
The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.
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The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1992
Unlawful Entry
6.257/364
When Michael and Karen Carr’s home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with duty officer Pete Davis. But the disturbed cop develops an intens...
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Unlawful Entry
1973
Superdad
4.75/20
A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.
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Superdad
1984
Swing Shift
5.579/89
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft p...
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Swing Shift
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
5.5/8
Chronicles the work of cult director John Carpenter through interviews with him and his associates, with emphases on the earlier work.
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John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
1967
Mosby's Marauders
6.9/8
Willie, a young Confederate soldier, joins forces with the bold and boisterous Lt. John Singleton Mosby and his notorious band of Civil War raiders. B...
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Mosby's Marauders
1975
The Deadly Tower
6.733/30
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mothe...
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The Deadly Tower
2011
Touchback
6.574/121
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 hi...
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Touchback
1998
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
7.448/29
An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who...
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The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1964
Guns of Diablo
5.214/21
14-year-old Kurt Russell plays Jamie, an orphaned boy heading westward with a wagon train. Charles Bronson is a wagon scout Linc Murdock, who runs int...
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Guns of Diablo
1998
Lost In Space Forever
6.792/12
Host John Larroquette takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the 1965-1968 sci-fi comedy series. The disc's rare footage include Guy Williams's scr...
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Lost In Space Forever
1973
Charley and the Angel
5.706/17
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be...
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Charley and the Angel
1989
Winter People
5.597/36
Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by...
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Winter People
2013
The Art of the Steal
6.166/626
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in...
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The Art of the Steal
1976
The Quest: The Longest Drive
5.625/8
To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market.
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The Quest: The Longest Drive
2026
The Rivals of Amziah King
7.217/23
Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing t...
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The Rivals of Amziah King
1975
Search for the Gods
5.5/4
A valuable medallion believed to prove that aliens from outer space visited Earth in prehistoric times is sought.
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Search for the Gods
1980
Amber Waves
8.5/2
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but b...
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Amber Waves
1969
Guns in the Heather
5.375/4
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass t...
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Guns in the Heather
1976
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
5/2
During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Chey...
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The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
2014
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
7.405/100
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric...
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The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2015
Bone Tomahawk
6.889/2611
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison....
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Bone Tomahawk
2007
Grindhouse
7.003/1926
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...
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Grindhouse
2015
Furious 7
7.214/11446
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
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Furious 7
2020
A Love Letter To Making Movies
0/0
Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and the filmmakers showcase the artistry that went into creating this story of an endur...
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A Love Letter To Making Movies
1970
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
7.375/8
A live-action short, using many avant-garde film techniques, that looks at American car culture in the late 1960s. The main section deals with the man...
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Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1971
Fools' Parade
6.638/29
When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his...
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Fools' Parade
2002
Interstate 60
7.388/818
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Interstate 60
1977
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
6.3/5
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6.389/18
Join visionary director James Gunn and superstars such as Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña as they recount how “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” was conceiv...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2016
Deepwater Horizon
6.904/5011
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Deepwater Horizon
2015
The Hateful Eight
7.757/15539
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
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The Hateful Eight
2025
Smurfs
5.723/283
When Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him....
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Smurfs
1976
The Quest
8.5/2
Eight years ago, Cheyenne Indians attacked the Baudine Family wagon and captured Morgan, whom they renamed Two Persons. Now Two Persons, raised in the...
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The Quest
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.609/23322
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
The Fate of the Furious
6.85/10945
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never...
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The Fate of the Furious
1994
Forrest Gump
8.463/30303
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what any...
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Forrest Gump
2018
The Christmas Chronicles
7.156/2424
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
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The Christmas Chronicles
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.42/15146
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a co...
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Crypto
5.371/209
A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.
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Crypto
2020
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
6.502/1186
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to b...
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
4.4/41
Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip rag stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and...
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
6.545/11
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just...
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America | A Tribute to Heroes
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
8/1
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR is a brand new compilation of...
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
1982
The Making of 'The Thing'
7.3/3
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The Making of 'The Thing'
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
6.713/61
Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in...
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2021
F9
6.987/7822
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
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F9
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
7.828/32
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as prod...
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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2019
QT8: The First Eight
7.233/191
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...
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QT8: The First Eight
2020
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
7.25/8
Explore the rich history of the Walt Disney Archives as legendary producer and host Don Hahn tours rarely seen areas of the department’s vast collecti...
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Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
5/2
Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become die...
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
1970
Disneyland Showtime
0/0
Performers visit Disneyland for the opening of The Haunted Mansion. When Donny Osmond gets lost, everyone goes searching, which gives the opportunity...
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Disneyland Showtime
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
0/0
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...
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2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
8/1
Chronicles Michael, an acclaimed actor blacklisted by Hollywood for most of his career, exploring his life and struggles within the industry's system.
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Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
1979
Bringing A Legend To Life
0/0
Promotional film taking a look at the making of John Carpenter's Elvis.
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Bringing A Legend To Life
1976
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
8/2
This installment looks at the dogs who have starred in Disney films, past and present. The program ends with a preview of the upcoming theatrical film...
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Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
2003
Return to 'Escape from New York'
8/1
Retrospective documentary on the making of John Carpenter's science fiction cult classic "Escape from New York."
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Return to 'Escape from New York'
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
6.667/3
A Documentary covering the making of the 1993 Western 'Tombstone' featuring cast and crew
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The Making of 'Tombstone'
2026
The Thing Expanded
8.5/4
The ultimate companion to John Carpenter’s "The Thing", digging deep into the proverbial iceberg to enhance your viewing experience with new insights,...
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The Thing Expanded
2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
7.333/3
Along with his legendary cartoons, Walt Disney produced a marvelous array of live-action classics that came about through the use of his singular styl...
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The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2026
Marty, Life Is Short
7.887/31
Martin Short looks back on a life fueled by joy in this documentary with classic clips, fresh interviews and star-studded, never-before-seen home movi...
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Marty, Life Is Short
2021
Val
7.2/236
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film...
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