Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981), and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Bad Boys (1983), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito's Way (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and the drama I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed She's So Lovely (1997), and two Volpi Cups for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film Hurlyburly (1998) and the drama 21 Grams (2003).
Penn made his feature film directorial debut with The Indian Runner (1991), followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001); all three were critically well received. Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11 (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
In addition to his film work, Penn has engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 41.186 |
Birthday | 1960-08-17 |
Place of Birth | Santa Monica, California, USA |
Also Known As | Шон Пенн, 숀 펜, شون بن, ショーン・ペン, ฌอน เพนน์, 西恩·潘, Sean Justin Penn, Σον Τζάστιν Πεν, Σον Πεν, |
2005
The Interpreter
6.31/1381
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...
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The Interpreter
2003
Mystic River
7.741/6398
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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Mystic River
2003
21 Grams
7.334/3020
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...
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21 Grams
1995
Dead Man Walking
7.327/1298
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
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Dead Man Walking
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
6.485/272
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the ban...
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2001
Dogtown and Z-Boys
7.1/137
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern...
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Dogtown and Z-Boys
1990
State of Grace
6.951/316
Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Iri...
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State of Grace
2006
All the King's Men
5.761/289
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946...
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All the King's Men
1988
Colors
6.529/437
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor...
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Colors
2008
Milk
7.249/2126
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti...
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Milk
1989
Casualties of War
7.148/847
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Casualties of War
1997
U Turn
6.639/700
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in...
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U Turn
1997
The Game
7.568/6311
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y...
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The Game
1981
Taps
6.773/255
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Taps
2001
I Am Sam
7.569/2208
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own....
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I Am Sam
2000
Before Night Falls
6.625/260
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vili...
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Before Night Falls
1989
We're No Angels
6.162/479
Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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We're No Angels
1993
Carlito's Way
7.836/3018
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life...
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Carlito's Way
1998
Hurlyburly
5.57/93
Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.
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Hurlyburly
2008
What Just Happened
5.424/422
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete...
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What Just Happened
2011
The Tree of Life
6.739/2973
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhoo...
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The Tree of Life
1997
Hugo Pool
5.1/47
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
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Hugo Pool
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
7.3/16
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo"...
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
6.472/145
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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The Falcon and the Snowman
1999
Sweet and Lowdown
6.822/478
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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Sweet and Lowdown
2003
It's All About Love
5.5/98
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous i...
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It's All About Love
2009
The People Speak
6.9/10
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
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The People Speak
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
6.809/1175
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
2000
The Weight of Water
5.563/159
A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern doubl...
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The Weight of Water
1983
Bad Boys
6.976/253
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug deal...
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Bad Boys
1986
At Close Range
6.9/248
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a ga...
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At Close Range
2000
The Beaver Trilogy
6.6/22
Our story begins in 1979, with a chance meeting in a Salt Lake City parking lot where filmmaker Trent Harris is approached by an earnest small-town dr...
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The Beaver Trilogy
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
6.957/101
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
1997
She's So Lovely
5.894/109
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his i...
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She's So Lovely
2010
Fair Game
6.5/744
Wife and mother Valerie Plame has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson, writes a...
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Fair Game
1984
Racing with the Moon
6.136/75
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...
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Racing with the Moon
2000
Up at the Villa
5.2/26
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British...
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Up at the Villa
1988
Judgment in Berlin
5.4/13
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
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Judgment in Berlin
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.8/158
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time....
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
2013
Gangster Squad
6.36/3925
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, th...
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Gangster Squad
2011
This Must Be the Place
6.999/1170
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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This Must Be the Place
1997
Loved
4.1/16
After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wro...
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Loved
1986
Shanghai Surprise
4.4/79
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for h...
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Shanghai Surprise
1984
Crackers
4.5/26
Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to...
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Crackers
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
6/3
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...
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The Killing of Randy Webster
2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
7.184/7381
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1983
Summerspell
8/2
Family celebrations and tensions, Independence Day, Texas 1948
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Summerspell
2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7/3
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of...
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
1992
Cruise Control
2/1
Cruise Control is a 1992 English language short film directed by Matt Palmieri, starring Ed Begley Jr., Sean Penn and Max Perlich. The film was nomina...
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Cruise Control
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
6.8/14
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, this magnificent star-studded tribute salutes the Fab...
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2013
The Human Experiment
6.5/15
A documentary that explores the potential dangers of toxic chemicals in consumer products and the recent spike in unexplained health phenomena.
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The Human Experiment
2015
The Gunman
5.739/922
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering f...
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The Gunman
2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
7/1
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Ton...
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
6.2/10
Twenty years ago, a young American hiker named Chris McCandless, the accomplished son of successful middle class parents, was found dead in an abandon...
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Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
1993
The Last Party
4.2/4
A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or ge...
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The Last Party
2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
7.5/2
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his chequ...
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
1981
The Beaver Kid 2
4.3/3
The Beaver Kid 2 features Sean Penn as "Groovin' Larry" Huff in a dramatic interpretation of the original documentary. It incorporated some scenes fro...
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The Beaver Kid 2
2003
Inside Björk
8.3/3
Following the career of Björk, this documentary looks at her early musical career with local icelandic bands, her acclaimed stint in The Sugarcubes, a...
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Inside Björk
1998
The Thin Red Line
7.4/2881
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...
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The Thin Red Line
2016
The Angry Birds Movie
6.219/3529
An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the...
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The Angry Birds Movie
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
4.286/77
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is n...
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
2017
Sound of Sun
7.5/2
The discovery of self-awareness in a twisting venture between dreams and reality. (The first piece of the director's Transformational Trilogy)
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Sound of Sun
2003
Bukowski: Born Into This
6.944/45
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of t...
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Bukowski: Born Into This
2019
The Professor and the Madman
7.148/1126
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 1...
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The Professor and the Madman
2007
Brando
6.8/12
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
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Brando
2012
Americans
4/6
"Americans" is a short 'public service' film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stere...
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Americans
1999
Being John Malkovich
7.412/4206
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who...
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Being John Malkovich
2003
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
4.2/6
Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."
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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
1990
Cool Blue
4.3/10
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration. When Christiane dumps him and dis...
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Cool Blue
1981
Hellinger's Law
7.5/1
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrat...
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Hellinger's Law
2008
Witch Hunt
6.952/21
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Vote...
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Witch Hunt
2017
Mad Hannans
0/0
A documentary about brothers, musicians and bandmates Jerry and Sean Hannan, chronicling their rise, fall, and ultimate reconciliation. It is a true s...
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Mad Hannans
2000
A Constant Forge
6.5/11
One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmma...
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A Constant Forge
2009
Deflating the Elephant
0/0
Sean Penn teams with author George Lakoff in this thought-provoking examination of how language frames the nature of political discourse in America. H...
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Deflating the Elephant
2015
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
7.4/11
A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground fil...
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Beaver Trilogy Part IV
1999
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5.7/3
This documentary is featured on the Collector's Edition, High School Reunion Edition, and Awesome Special Edition DVDs for 'Fast Times at Ridgemont Hi...
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Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1993
Madonna: The Name of the Game
0/0
Go where only Madonna has gone before. From interviews with brother Martin Ciccone and exes Sean Penn and Warren Beatty to a tour of her hometown haun...
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Madonna: The Name of the Game
2021
Flag Day
5.809/144
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
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Flag Day
1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
7.1/24
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive f...
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
2020
Citizen Penn
0/1
After a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010 aid workers from around the world went to help, including actor and filmmaker Sean Penn.
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Citizen Penn
2020
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
5.6/14
A virtual table read of the classic 1982 hit Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The all-star cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Dane Cook, Morgan Freeman, Jim...
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
2020
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
7.6/8
With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility....
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Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2024
Asphalt City
5.6/38
A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is...
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Asphalt City
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
0/0
The Who were honored at the 2008 ceremony from the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA instead of the usual Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center. The concert cons...
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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2021
Friends: The Reunion
7.875/1152
The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrolla...
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Friends: The Reunion
2024
Daddio
0/0
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK engages in a conversation with the taxi driver about the important relationships in their lives.
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Daddio
2021
Val
7/149
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 a...
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Val
2021
Licorice Pizza
6.982/2131
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando V...
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Licorice Pizza
2023
Superpower
5.333/15
Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, and featuring several intervi...
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Superpower
2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
5/2
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the influe...
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2010
I'm Still Here
6.014/359
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as...
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I'm Still Here
2012
Haiti Untold
0/0
Documentary from Isabelle DePelteau and Dan Shannon
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Haiti Untold
2015
Sweet Micky for President
6.8/4
Music and politics collide when international music star, Pras Michel of the Fugees, returns to his homeland of Haiti following the devastating earthq...
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Sweet Micky for President
2004
21 Grams: In Fragments
0/0
A documentary on the making of 21 Grams (2003).
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21 Grams: In Fragments
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
6.2/13
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
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Searching for Debra Winger
War Through the Eyes of Animals
0/0
Anthology film about the war in Ukraine, with animals as the main heroes. Recognized Ukrainian and foreign directors will tell insightful stories base...
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War Through the Eyes of Animals
2023
Gonzo Girl
1/1
A young college graduate toiling as an intern has dreams of making it big in publishing, and the chance comes when they accept an offer to become the...
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Gonzo Girl
2025
BC Project
0/0
Plot under wraps. Known to feature a contemporary setting and said to be the directors most commercial project yet. Rumored to adapt Thomas Pynchon's...
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