William Atherton

William Atherton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.

  • Title: William Atherton
  • Popularity: 17.258
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-07-30
  • Place of Birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
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  • Also Known As: William Atherton Knight
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William Atherton Movies

  • 1988
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    Die Hard

    Die Hard

    7.794 1988 HD

    NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices...

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  • 2003
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    The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    7.6 2003 HD

    Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and...

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  • 1984
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    Ghostbusters

    Ghostbusters

    7.489 1984 HD

    After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters"...

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  • 1990
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    Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    6.955 1990 HD

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy...

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  • 1974
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    The Sugarland Express

    The Sugarland Express

    6.6 1974 HD

    Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back....

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  • 1975
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    The Day of the Locust

    The Day of the Locust

    6.3 1975 HD

    Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with...

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  • 2005
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    Into the Sun

    Into the Sun

    4.524 2005 HD

    After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven...

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  • 1991
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    Oscar

    Oscar

    6.3 1991 HD

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite...

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  • 2000
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    The Crow: Salvation

    The Crow: Salvation

    5.545 2000 HD

    Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

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  • 1996
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    Bio-Dome

    Bio-Dome

    4.5 1996 HD

    Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends are actively involved in saving the environment, but...

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  • 1997
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    Mad City

    Mad City

    6.236 1997 HD

    A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

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  • 1993
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    The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

    6.594 1993 HD

    A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

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  • 2005
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    Headspace

    Headspace

    5.4 2005 HD

    25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows...

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  • 1986
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    No Mercy

    No Mercy

    5.815 1986 HD

    An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

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  • 1985
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    Real Genius

    Real Genius

    6.7 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Frank & Jesse

    Frank & Jesse

    5.2 1994 HD

    At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance...

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  • 2005
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    Gone But Not Forgotten

    Gone But Not Forgotten

    4.9 2005 HD

    An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye...

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  • 2007
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    Kush

    Kush

    2.9 2007 HD

    A young drug dealer Dusty, is torn between the money and getting out. When his partner Christian, is caught up in a kidnapping and murder scheme.

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  • 2007
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    The Girl Next Door

    The Girl Next Door

    6.65 2007 HD

    In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's...

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  • 2001
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    Race to Space

    Race to Space

    5.9 2001 HD

    In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.

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  • 1977
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    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    6.3 1977 HD

    A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively more violent sexual...

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  • 1990
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    Buried Alive

    Buried Alive

    6.7 1990 HD

    A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous...

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  • 2010
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    The Kane Files: Life of Trial

    The Kane Files: Life of Trial

    5.1 2010 HD

    Scott Kane (Drew Fuller), a man with a checkered past is trying to live a clean life. When his son Owen falls ill, Kane finds his only option is to...

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  • 1975
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    The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

    6.281 1975 HD

    Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of...

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  • 1990
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    Grim Prairie Tales

    Grim Prairie Tales

    5.833 1990 HD

    Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition,...

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  • 2008
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    Aces 'N' Eights

    Aces 'N' Eights

    6.4 2008 HD

    Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves...

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  • 2014
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    Jinn

    Jinn

    4.1 2014 HD

    From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of...

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  • 1998
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    Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

    Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

    3.4 1998 HD

    A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that it has been faked by an international news giant...

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  • 2008
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    Ghouls

    Ghouls

    3.3 2008 HD

    Stefan invites his daughter, Jennifer, to travel to Romania for the funeral of his mother. His mystic girlfriend Liz travels with them to the cursed...

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  • 1999
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    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

    6.736 1999 HD

    An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door....

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  • 1982
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    Tomorrow's Child

    Tomorrow's Child

    1 1982 HD

    The wife of a research geneticist agrees to the experimental procedure of a 'test-tube baby' by having her fetus brought to full term in a glass jar...

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  • 2024
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    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    6.546 2024 HD

    When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world...

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  • 2012
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    Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

    Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

    5.5 2012 HD

    Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

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  • 2012
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    Jersey Shore Shark Attack

    Jersey Shore Shark Attack

    4.8 2012 HD

    Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just...

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  • 1994
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    Saints and Sinners

    Saints and Sinners

    4.3 1994 HD

    After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is valuable asset in his plans of becoming local crime lord....

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  • 1992
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    Chrome Soldiers

    Chrome Soldiers

    4.7 1992 HD

    Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.

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  • 2001
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    Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

    10 2001 HD

    A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay,...

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  • 2020
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    Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    6.8 2020 HD

    The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

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  • 1988
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    Intrigue

    Intrigue

    5.7 1988 HD

    A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.

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  • 1972
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    The New Centurions

    The New Centurions

    6.7 1972 HD

    An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he...

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  • 1992
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    Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

    Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

    8.3 1992 HD

    Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts investigating the case himself, supported by a junior...

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  • 1995
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    Broken Trust

    Broken Trust

    5.2 1995 HD

    A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members of the bench, many of whom are his friends.

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  • 2000
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    Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses

    6.347 2000 HD

    Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa...

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  • 1995
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    A Night to Die For

    A Night to Die For

    1 1995 HD

    TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Ditka,...

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  • 1997
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    Executive Power

    Executive Power

    6.5 1997 HD

    While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during...

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  • 1970
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    Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story

    Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story

    1 1970 HD

    A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.

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  • 1970
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    Where Did the Adults Go?

    Where Did the Adults Go?

    1 1970 HD

    Every year, on the anniversary of their parents’ death, Cynthia, Bryce, and Miles gather at the family summer home to reminisce and have brunch...

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  • 1981
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    The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

    1 1981 HD

    Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man. As an...

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  • 2004
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    Who's Your Daddy?

    Who's Your Daddy?

    4.9 2004 HD

    An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of...

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  • 1976
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    Independence

    Independence

    1 1976 HD

    John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through...

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  • 2008
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    Black Crescent Moon

    Black Crescent Moon

    3.9 2008 HD

    A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.

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  • 2007
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    Towards Darkness

    Towards Darkness

    5.4 2007 HD

    About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as...

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  • 2016
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    Ghostheads

    Ghostheads

    5.924 2016 HD

    A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the world meeting extreme Ghostbusters fans. Every...

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  • 2017
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    Clinical

    Clinical

    5.3 2017 HD

    A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own...

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  • 1996
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    Raven Hawk

    Raven Hawk

    4 1996 HD

    A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.

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  • 1997
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    Hoodlum

    Hoodlum

    6.4 1997 HD

    In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam...

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  • 1987
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    The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

    The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

    8 1987 HD

    Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a...

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  • 1973
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    Class of '44

    Class of '44

    5.9 1973 HD

    During the last years of World War II, Hermie, Oscy, and Benjie are coming of age. They went their separate ways when they graduated from high school...

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  • 1986
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    A Fight for Jenny

    A Fight for Jenny

    7 1986 HD

    When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.

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  • 1983
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    Malibu

    Malibu

    3 1983 HD

    A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people...

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  • 1995
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    Virus

    Virus

    4.6 1995 HD

    Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas?...

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  • 1999
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    The Stranger

    The Stranger

    2 1999 HD

    A young woman's dreams become real-life nightmares after a mysterious stranger comes into her life.

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  • 2005
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    Headspace

    Headspace

    5.4 2005 HD

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  • 1996
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    Nash Bridges

    Nash Bridges

    6.6 1996 HD

    Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 2005
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    Numb3rs

    Numb3rs

    7.044 2005 HD

    Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his...

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

    7.9 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 2002
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    Monk

    Monk

    7.9 2002 HD

    Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most...

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  • 1985
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1985 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1989
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    Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    8 1989 HD

    Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in...

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  • 2007
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    Life

    Life

    7.7 2007 HD

    Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease...

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  • 1997
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    The Practice

    The Practice

    7.704 1997 HD

    A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its...

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.1 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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  • 2004
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    Lost

    Lost

    7.9 2004 HD

    Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

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  • 1997
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    Stargate SG-1

    Stargate SG-1

    8.3 1997 HD

    The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien...

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  • 2001
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    Night Visions

    Night Visions

    7.2 2001 HD

    Horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes of the supernatural or simply the dark side of human...

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  • 1978
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    Centennial

    Centennial

    7.7 1978 HD

    The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning...

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  • 2004
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    Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

    7.9 2004 HD

    Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and...

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  • 1990
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    Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

    Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

    6 1990 HD

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  • 2001
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    Justice League

    Justice League

    8.1 2001 HD

    The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian...

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  • 2009
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    Castle

    Castle

    8 2009 HD

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New...

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.7 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

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  • 2008
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    Childrens Hospital

    Childrens Hospital

    7.2 2008 HD

    A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy....

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.9 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1998
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    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    6.623 1998 HD

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun off from the The Crow film series starring Mark...

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  • 2020
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    Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

    5.5 2020 HD

    Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in hilarious yet heartfelt conversations.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1992
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    HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

    4.9 1992 HD

    HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in 1992 with a documentary on A League of...

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.1 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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