Jon Gries
An American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico, and more recently "Lost" as Roger Linus, "Taken" as Casey, and "The Pretender" as Broots. From early roles like Lazlo Hollyfeld in "Real Genius" to the suspicious Greg Hunt in "White Lotus" his career spans across genres, showcasing his talent in both comedic and dramatic roles.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.0027 |
| Birthday | 1957-06-17 |
| Place of Birth | Glendale, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Jonathan Francis Gries, Jon Francis, Johnathan Gries, John Gries, Jonathan Gries, Jonathon Gries, Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries, |
1997
Men in Black
7.229/15165
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and...
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Men in Black
2003
The Rundown
6.449/2237
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's...
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The Rundown
1991
Fever
3.9/8
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do...
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Fever
2006
Stick It
6.793/614
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the la...
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Stick It
2007
The Comebacks
4.8/169
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this lif...
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The Comebacks
2006
Car Babes
5.222/9
A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
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Car Babes
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
6.281/383
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unli...
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The Astronaut Farmer
1986
TerrorVision
5.723/224
After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans...
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TerrorVision
1995
Get Shorty
6.499/1248
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror fil...
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Get Shorty
2004
Napoleon Dynamite
6.796/2249
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with...
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Napoleon Dynamite
2008
Taken
7.411/12372
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let K...
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Taken
2003
Northfork
5.988/85
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town,...
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Northfork
2012
Five Time Champion
6.2/6
While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his natural curiosity leads him to discover some inconven...
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Five Time Champion
1983
Joysticks
4.444/81
A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental health of children.
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Joysticks
2001
The Pretender 2001
7.224/38
Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper explorations in the show's mythology, including a revealing...
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The Pretender 2001
2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
6.76/25
Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But Miss Parker is hot on Jarod's trail and about to make d...
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The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
1987
The Monster Squad
6.72/664
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search...
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The Monster Squad
2009
Elsewhere
5.786/96
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investiga...
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Elsewhere
2007
Frank
4.4/15
A young urban family spends summers on an idyllic island. When an abandoned, mangy mutt wanders onto the property, the dad alerts Animal Control - but...
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Frank
1985
Real Genius
6.678/523
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they d...
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Real Genius
1979
More American Graffiti
5.2/112
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
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More American Graffiti
2003
The Big Empty
6.08/83
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cow...
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The Big Empty
1986
Running Scared
6.097/257
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in t...
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Running Scared
2007
American Pastime
6.5/9
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their eve...
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American Pastime
1988
Fright Night Part 2
6.4/464
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But w...
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Fright Night Part 2
1990
The Grifters
6.508/496
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own a...
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The Grifters
2008
Around June
2.5/2
A love story set in the shadow of the shipyards of San Francisco. A young woman living with her much adored uncle Henry and domineering, abusive fathe...
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Around June
2012
Taken 2
6.371/7260
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
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Taken 2
2008
South of Heaven
4/8
A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters, while the brother goes on a killing and kidnapping spree...
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South of Heaven
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
6.8/5
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...
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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
1979
Swap Meet
3.5/4
The plot: Roy is jealous of Sigi, who attracts Nancy's attention, and has two clumsy guys demolish Sigi's father's T-Burn classic. For the repair of t...
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Swap Meet
2011
Natural Selection
6.118/34
When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he's been secretly don...
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Natural Selection
2012
Unicorn City
5.6/32
Voss entices local gamers to create a utopia to impress a potential employer, but paradise is disrupted when his nemesis lays claim to the city and Vo...
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Unicorn City
1997
The Maze
7.5/2
People are trapped in a solitary building of infinite corridors and rooms where there appears to be no exit yet perhaps it is all part of an experimen...
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The Maze
1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
7/2
The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents are forced to act on their own to find her. They mu...
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Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
2008
Bar Starz
3.25/4
Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal, and his friend Douglas has come along for the ri...
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Bar Starz
2016
Operation Chromite
5.814/231
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
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Operation Chromite
1983
September Gun
5.5/8
Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group o...
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September Gun
2012
Deep in the Heart
5.1/18
An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "T...
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Deep in the Heart
2001
Jackpot
6.667/6
Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and child and hits the road with his manager in a desperate...
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Jackpot
2014
Bad Turn Worse
5.401/86
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-e...
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Bad Turn Worse
2013
A True Story
6.071/7
Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality...
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A True Story
2014
Locker 13
5.654/13
The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the ropes,...
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Locker 13
2014
Faults
6.647/263
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the wor...
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Faults
2014
Eternity: The Movie
2.2/9
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ...
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Eternity: The Movie
2005
Waterborne
5.824/17
Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram, and Gulu. She does not approve of Vikram's Caucas...
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Waterborne
1997
Casualties
6.75/10
A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the...
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Casualties
2014
The Last Survivors
6.1/230
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-o...
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The Last Survivors
2005
Last Best Chance
6/5
Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before...
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Last Best Chance
1999
Twin Falls Idaho
6.908/49
Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Franci...
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Twin Falls Idaho
1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
3.5/4
Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon discovers that his store is just a shabby shack in Tombst...
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Four Eyes and Six-Guns
2023
Only the Good Survive
0/0
After a heist gone wrong and results in the deaths of all three of her friends, Brea finds herself in the custody of the small town sheriff, who may b...
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Only the Good Survive
2014
Taken 3
6.265/6278
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a sa...
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Taken 3
1979
Sunnyside
7/3
Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
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Sunnyside
1989
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
4.667/6
A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding t...
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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
2015
Americons
6/16
A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.
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Americons
2015
Pass the Light
6.25/18
Pass The Light follows a 17 year old H.S student name Steve Bellafiore who runs for Congress because he is disturbed by the message of hatred and into...
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Pass the Light
2013
Skinwalker Ranch
5.327/133
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to live...
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Skinwalker Ranch
1977
The Chicken Chronicles
3.5/6
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
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The Chicken Chronicles
2024
Bits
2/1
A young woman in small town Montana catches the attention of a serial killer on the hunt. When his pursuit ends abruptly, the young woman is overcome...
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Bits
2015
Endgame
5.8/9
Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville sch...
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Endgame
2007
September Dawn
5.324/51
A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling o...
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September Dawn
2017
The Axe Murders of Villisca
4.72/93
Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of America’s most grisly unsolved mass murders. After their...
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The Axe Murders of Villisca
The Knife Thrower
0/0
A man must overcome his demons in order to save his brother who has been falsely convicted of a crime in a foreign land and sentenced to death.
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The Knife Thrower
1987
Number One with a Bullet
4.583/12
A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own...
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Number One with a Bullet
2016
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
6.8/16
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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You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
1990
Rainbow Drive
5/9
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
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Rainbow Drive
2013
Noobz
5.765/51
Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of thei...
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Noobz
1983
High School U.S.A.
5.528/36
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie betw...
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High School U.S.A.
2017
All About the Money
5.4/39
Two "down on their luck" buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. Only after landing in the third world country do they realize that they...
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All About the Money
2016
Falsely Accused
6.2/5
When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer to prove her innocence. Along the way she encounters un...
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Falsely Accused
1989
Kill Me Again
6.154/140
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hir...
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Kill Me Again
1967
Will Penny
6.667/120
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....
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Will Penny
1976
Helter Skelter
6.87/69
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
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Helter Skelter
1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
5.523/52
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.
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Ed and His Dead Mother
2016
Durant's Never Closes
8/2
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.
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Durant's Never Closes
2018
Glass Jaw
5.964/14
Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and loses everything. After his release, he experienc...
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Glass Jaw
2003
The Snow Walker
7.004/132
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a loc...
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The Snow Walker
2019
3 Days with Dad
4.893/14
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy fa...
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3 Days with Dad
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
4.333/15
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame...
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Confessions of an Action Star
1984
High School U.S.A.
4.2/4
Principal of Excelsior High School deals with a rivalry between student groups and his own interest in the new counselor.
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High School U.S.A.
2007
Fathom
0/0
A lone beachcomber, searching for treasure on a deserted beach, finds more than he bargained for.
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Fathom
2006
The Sasquatch Gang
5.889/54
Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footprints in the woods. A local cop, reporter, and a r...
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The Sasquatch Gang
2013
Byron's Theme
0/0
Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps with his girlfriend's twin sister. He gets stranded...
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Byron's Theme
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
4.5/3
For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of He...
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Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2010
Good Intentions
5/14
Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to...
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Good Intentions
2020
Wish Upon a Unicorn
6.9/41
Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming singer, Long Johnson forces his older sister, Lily...
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Wish Upon a Unicorn
2010
Crazy on the Outside
5.3/151
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars aft...
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Crazy on the Outside
2026
Carolina Caroline
6.728/68
A young woman, desperate to leave her small town, runs away with a charming con man, embarking on a crime and passion-filled journey through the South...
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Carolina Caroline
2024
Solvent
4.769/13
While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunn...
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Solvent
2011
The Smell of Success
5.6/27
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to...
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The Smell of Success
2002
The Beatnicks
6.25/4
The Beat Nicks are musician Nick Nero and poet Nick Beat, a pair of self-styled truth-seekers who'd better find a gig or they'll be out on the street....
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The Beatnicks
2008
So Long Jimmy
0/0
As corporate contractors have taken over the hitman industry, one Mom and Pop Company is left in Los Angeles. Their struggle to stay afloat in the mod...
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So Long Jimmy
2025
Tuesday's Flu
10/1
Drowning in debt to a ruthless bookie and blackmailed by his ex-wife, a recovering gambler sees one last chance to break free—but pulling it off means...
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Tuesday's Flu
Bicentennial Curious
0/0
The making of history in the making.
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