Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Robert Elmer Balaban, Born: August 16, 1945, Chicago, Illinois, U.S (Height: 5' 5" [1.65 m]). is an American actor, author, comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest mockumentary comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006), as well as his roles in the films Midnight Cowboy (1969), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), 2010 (1984), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Capote (2005). Balaban has also directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films. He is also an author of children's novels. Balaban began his career in the 1960s, appearing in small roles in films and television shows. He made his breakthrough role in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, playing a young hustler who befriends an aging rodeo cowboy. In the 1970s, Balaban appeared in a number of popular films, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), and 2010 (1984). He also continued to work in television, appearing in recurring roles on the shows Lou Grant and Designing Women. In the 1990s, Balaban began a long and fruitful collaboration with filmmaker Christopher Guest. He appeared in all of Guest's mockumentary comedies, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Balaban's performances in these films were widely praised, and he earned a reputation as one of the most reliable comedic actors in Hollywood. In addition to his work in film and television, Balaban has also directed three feature films: The Last Shot (1999), Bernie (2011), and A Little Help (2010). He is also a successful author of children's novels, and he has won several awards for his writing. Balaban is a respected and versatile actor who has enjoyed a long and successful career in the entertainment industry. He is known for his sharp wit, his impeccable comedic timing, and his ability to create memorable characters. He is a true Renaissance man, and he is sure to continue to entertain audiences for many years to come. Balaban has been nominated for numerous awards throughout his career. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, for his work on the television shows Lou Grant and Designing Women. He has also been nominated for two Tony Awards, for his performances in the Broadway plays The Norman Conquests and The Plough and the Stars. Balaban is a recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Balaban is married to Lynn Grossman, and they have two children together. He is a resident of New York City.

  • Titolo: Bob Balaban
  • Populareco: 8.891
  • Konata pro: Acting
  • Naskiĝtago: 1945-08-16
  • Naskiĝloko: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Hejmpaĝo:
  • Ankaŭ Konata Kiel: Robert Elmer Balaban, Robert Balaban
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Bob Balaban Filmoj

  • 2023
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    80 for Brady

    80 for Brady

    6.378 2023 HD

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  • 2001
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    Ghost World

    Ghost World

    7.08 2001 HD

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  • 1977
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    7.358 1977 HD

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  • 1999
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    Jakob the Liar

    Jakob the Liar

    6.7 1999 HD

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  • 1969
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    Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy

    7.523 1969 HD

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  • 1997
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    Gespräch mit dem Biest

    Gespräch mit dem Biest

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Deconstructing Harry

    Deconstructing Harry

    7.266 1997 HD

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  • 2007
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    No Reservations

    No Reservations

    6.661 2007 HD

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  • 1984
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    2010

    2010

    6.7 1984 HD

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  • 1989
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    Dead Bang

    Dead Bang

    6.3 1989 HD

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  • 2001
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    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

    6.846 2001 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Late Shift

    The Late Shift

    6.3 1996 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Majestic

    The Majestic

    6.752 2001 HD

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  • 1991
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    Little Man Tate

    Little Man Tate

    6.6 1991 HD

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  • 1980
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    Altered States

    Altered States

    6.7 1980 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Mexican

    The Mexican

    5.928 2001 HD

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  • 1981
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    Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    7.111 1981 HD

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  • 1993
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    For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

    6.214 1993 HD

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  • 2019
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    Carl Laemmle

    Carl Laemmle

    4.8 2019 HD

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.5 2009 HD

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  • 2006
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    Lady in the Water

    Lady in the Water

    5.6 2006 HD

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  • 2004
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    Scene Stealers

    Scene Stealers

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2000
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    Best in Show

    Best in Show

    6.879 2000 HD

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  • 2007
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    Dedication

    Dedication

    6.3 2007 HD

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  • 2008
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    Recount

    Recount

    6.8 2008 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Windmill Movie

    The Windmill Movie

    7 2009 HD

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  • 1975
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    Report to the Commissioner

    Report to the Commissioner

    6.8 1975 HD

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  • 2006
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    For Your Consideration

    For Your Consideration

    5.8 2006 HD

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  • 2010
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    Howl

    Howl

    6.534 2010 HD

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  • 1996
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    Waiting for Guffman

    Waiting for Guffman

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1988
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    Funny

    Funny

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1987
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    End of the Line

    End of the Line

    5.5 1987 HD

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  • 1981
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    Absence of Malice

    Absence of Malice

    6.593 1981 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Strawberry Statement

    The Strawberry Statement

    6.3 1970 HD

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  • 2012
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    Girl Most Likely

    Girl Most Likely

    5.6 2012 HD

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  • 1997
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    Clockwatchers

    Clockwatchers

    6.1 1997 HD

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  • 2023
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    Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

    6.481 2023 HD

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  • 1992
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    Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

    1 1992 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    8.046 2014 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Monster Hunter

    The Monster Hunter

    5.2 1999 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Monuments Men

    The Monuments Men

    6.058 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    An L.A. Minute

    An L.A. Minute

    2 2018 HD

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  • 1969
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    Me, Natalie

    Me, Natalie

    5.6 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    Making It

    Making It

    4.5 1971 HD

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  • 2013
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    Fading Gigolo

    Fading Gigolo

    5.837 2013 HD

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  • 2022
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    How Dare You Want More: The Short Film

    How Dare You Want More: The Short Film

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2012
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    Moonrise Kingdom

    Moonrise Kingdom

    7.689 2012 HD

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  • 1978
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    Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

    6.6 1978 HD

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  • 2015
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    À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom

    À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom

    6.5 2015 HD

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  • 1984
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    Nothing Lasts Forever

    Nothing Lasts Forever

    6.4 1984 HD

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  • 1994
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    City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

    City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

    5.252 1994 HD

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  • 1998
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    Giving Up the Ghost

    Giving Up the Ghost

    6 1998 HD

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  • 1999
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    Swing Vote

    Swing Vote

    5.7 1999 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Mighty Wind

    A Mighty Wind

    6.761 2003 HD

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  • 2005
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    Trust the Man

    Trust the Man

    5.2 2005 HD

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  • 2011
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    Un monstre à Paris

    Un monstre à Paris

    6.9 2011 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Definite Maybe

    The Definite Maybe

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2023
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    Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

    Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

    5.7 2023 HD

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  • 2012
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    Thin Ice

    Thin Ice

    6.6 2012 HD

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  • 1999
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    Three to Tango

    Three to Tango

    5.7 1999 HD

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  • 1994
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    Greedy

    Greedy

    6.2 1994 HD

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  • 2016
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    Mascots

    Mascots

    5.438 2016 HD

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  • 1974
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    Bank Shot

    Bank Shot

    5.4 1974 HD

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  • 1971
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    Marriage: Year One

    Marriage: Year One

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1999
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    Cradle Will Rock

    Cradle Will Rock

    6.5 1999 HD

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  • 1996
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    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    6.6 1996 HD

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  • 2016
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    Eva Hesse

    Eva Hesse

    6.5 2016 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Five Stages of Grief

    The Five Stages of Grief

    7 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

    7.854 2018 HD

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  • 1970
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    Catch-22

    Catch-22

    6.679 1970 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Face of Fear

    The Face of Fear

    7.1 1990 HD

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  • 2016
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    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

    4.534 2016 HD

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  • 1999
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    George Romero's Golden Tales 2

    George Romero's Golden Tales 2

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1981
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    Prince of the City

    Prince of the City

    6.987 1981 HD

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  • 2016
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    Mike Nichols: An American Master

    Mike Nichols: An American Master

    6.3 2016 HD

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  • 1992
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    Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

    6.513 1992 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    6.9 2001 HD

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  • 2017
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    Spielberg

    Spielberg

    7.577 2017 HD

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  • 2015
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    Everything Is Copy

    Everything Is Copy

    7.3 2015 HD

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  • 2005
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    Capote

    Capote

    7 2005 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Tuxedo

    The Tuxedo

    5.719 2002 HD

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  • 1993
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    Amos & Andrew

    Amos & Andrew

    5.417 1993 HD

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  • 2006
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    Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

    Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2001
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    Plan B

    Plan B

    4.7 2001 HD

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  • 2016
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    Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

    6.7 2016 HD

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  • 2015
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    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    7.285 2015 HD

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  • 2004
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    Marie and Bruce

    Marie and Bruce

    3.9 2004 HD

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  • 2012
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    Do You Like to Read?

    Do You Like to Read?

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 2021
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    The French Dispatch

    The French Dispatch

    7.041 2021 HD

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  • 2007
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    License to Wed

    License to Wed

    5.685 2007 HD

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  • 2010
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    F--K

    F--K

    5.8 2010 HD

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  • 2000
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    Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger

    Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1990
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    Alice

    Alice

    6.429 1990 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Making of 'Gosford Park'

    The Making of 'Gosford Park'

    5 2002 HD

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  • 2013
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    Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    6.4 2013 HD

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  • 2021
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    How Moving

    How Moving

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2007
    imgFilmoj

    Prince of the City: The Real Story

    Prince of the City: The Real Story

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2001
    imgFilmoj

    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

    6.846 2001 HD

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  • 1993
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    My Boyfriend's Back

    My Boyfriend's Back

    5.7 1993 HD

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  • 1989
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    Parents

    Parents

    5.9 1989 HD

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  • 2006
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    Bernard and Doris

    Bernard and Doris

    6 2006 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Last Good Time

    The Last Good Time

    6 1994 HD

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  • 2009
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    Georgia O'Keeffe

    Georgia O'Keeffe

    5.3 2009 HD

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  • 1997
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    Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

    6 1997 HD

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  • 2024
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    Brooklyn, Minnesota

    Brooklyn, Minnesota

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Exonerated

    The Exonerated

    8 2006 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

    7 1983 HD

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  • 1987
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    Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

    Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

    6.3 1987 HD

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  • 2014
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    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Wedding Toast

    The Wedding Toast

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Wedding Toast

    The Wedding Toast

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Last Good Time

    The Last Good Time

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Last Good Time

    The Last Good Time

    6 1994 HD

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  • 2006
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    Bernard and Doris

    Bernard and Doris

    6 2006 HD

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  • 1999
    imgFilmoj

    George Romero's Golden Tales 2

    George Romero's Golden Tales 2

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2018
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    Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    6.8 2018 HD

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  • 1990
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    Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

    6.8 1990 HD

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  • 2001
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    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

    6.846 2001 HD

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  • 1970
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    George Romero's Golden Tales 3

    George Romero's Golden Tales 3

    4 1970 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Exonerated

    The Exonerated

    8 2006 HD

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  • 1985
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    Stephen King's Golden Tales

    Stephen King's Golden Tales

    5.056 1985 HD

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  • 1999
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    Now and Again

    Now and Again

    6.8 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    The West Wing

    The West Wing

    8.3 1999 HD

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  • 1994
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    Friends

    Friends

    8.4 1994 HD

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1995
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    Legend

    Legend

    6 1995 HD

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  • 1989
    imgS36 E10

    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

    8 1989 HD

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  • 1969
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    Room 222

    Room 222

    5.7 1969 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

    6.5 1968 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hank

    Hank

    3.5 1965 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Chair

    The Chair

    6.6 2021 HD

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  • 2005
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    Hopeless Pictures

    Hopeless Pictures

    8 2005 HD

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  • 1972
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    Maude

    Maude

    6.7 1972 HD

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  • 1985
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    Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

    7.454 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

    8.278 1989 HD

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  • 2014
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    Broad City

    Broad City

    7.193 2014 HD

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  • 2012
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    Girls

    Girls

    6.3 2012 HD

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  • 2014
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    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    7.893 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    Condor

    Condor

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2015
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    Show Me a Hero

    Show Me a Hero

    7 2015 HD

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  • 2020
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    Space Force

    Space Force

    6.5 2020 HD

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  • 2004
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    Tom Goes to the Mayor

    Tom Goes to the Mayor

    7 2004 HD

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  • 2010
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    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    4.7 2010 HD

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

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  • 2008
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    Web Therapy

    Web Therapy

    7.467 2008 HD

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  • 2011
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    Web Therapy

    Web Therapy

    7 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    Summer Camp Island

    Summer Camp Island

    7.242 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

    James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

    6.8 2018 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Politician

    The Politician

    7.02 2019 HD

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  • 2013
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    Alpha House

    Alpha House

    7.144 2013 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

    7.6 2009 HD

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  • 2017
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    6.4 2017 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    8.011 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    5.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.454 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    6 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    5.8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.191 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.144 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    4.978 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7.2 1970 HD

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