
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021.
Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980).
After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021).
Foster made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 38.388 |
Birthday | 1962-11-19 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Jody Foster, Alicia Christian Foster, Jodi Foster, 乔迪·福斯特, جودی فاستر, |

1976

Taxi Driver
8.136/12438
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for...
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1991

The Silence of the Lambs
8.345/16563
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatri...
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The Silence of the Lambs

2006

Inside Man
7.397/5853
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiation...
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Inside Man

1993

Sommersby
6.4/388
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...
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Sommersby

1999

Anna and the King
6.8/776
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches...
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Anna and the King

1997

Contact
7.427/4539
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and...
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Contact

1994

Nell
6.6/510
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
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Nell

2004

A Very Long Engagement
7.33/1219
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way....
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A Very Long Engagement

2002

Panic Room
6.784/5010
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her...
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Panic Room

2008

Nim's Island
5.9/1131
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
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Nim's Island

2007

The Brave One
6.6/975
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
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The Brave One

1988

The Accused
7.035/614
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney...
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The Accused

1984

The Blood of Others
5/11
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...
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The Blood of Others

1991

Little Man Tate
6.575/306
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the...
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Little Man Tate

1984

The Hotel New Hampshire
5.625/120
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events chang...
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The Hotel New Hampshire

1976

Bugsy Malone
6.6/288
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge...
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Bugsy Malone

1980

Foxes
5.9/91
A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
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Foxes

1980

Carny
6.4/37
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional tr...
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Carny

1988

Stealing Home
6.3/52
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his form...
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Stealing Home

2005

Flightplan
6.457/2650
Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did s...
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Flightplan

1994

Maverick
6.88/1613
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game b...
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Maverick

1990

Catchfire
5.4/93
A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to ge...
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Catchfire

2013

Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
0/0
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster (star of the film "Contact," which was based on the novel by Carl Sagan and filmed at the VLA),...
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Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array

1972

Napoleon and Samantha
6.1/30
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse...
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Napoleon and Samantha

1987

Siesta
5.1/38
American Claire wakes up blood-soaked and bruised at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state, she has flashbacks from the...
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Siesta

1977

Candleshoe
6.9/112
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal...
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Candleshoe

1995

Cinefile: Reel Women
0/0
Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A progra...
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Cinefile: Reel Women

1974

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
6.961/467
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself a...
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1976

Freaky Friday
6.1/266
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life....
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Freaky Friday

2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
7/105
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

1973

One Little Indian
6.3/21
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.
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One Little Indian

1998

Everest: The Death Zone
6.5/6
Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the ve...
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Everest: The Death Zone

2002

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
6.6/156
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them...
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2013

Elysium
6.5/8930
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live o...
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Elysium

2011

The Beaver
6.38/863
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his...
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The Beaver

1976

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
7.003/321
Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's...
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

1987

Five Corners
5.8/55
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who pr...
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Five Corners

2011

Carnage
7.2/2940
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish...
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Carnage

2023

NYAD
7.1/467
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean...
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NYAD

1985

Mesmerized
5/17
An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.
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Mesmerized

1977

Beach House
6.6/62
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men wit...
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Beach House

1974

Smile Jenny, You're Dead
6.1/6
David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series....
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
7.5/71
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

1976

Echoes of a Summer
5.6/7
A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.
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Echoes of a Summer

1983

Svengali
4.7/6
An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger....
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Svengali

1998

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
0/0
The American Film Institute commemorates the first century of American films with this awesome made-for-TV special highlighting the greatest 100 Ameri...
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

2007

Girl 27
6.4/14
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other u...
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Girl 27

1999

Making 'Taxi Driver'
6.9/27
A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.
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Making 'Taxi Driver'

1993

It Was a Wonderful Life
0/0
Documentary - They're clean, educated, articulate and rarely receive public assistance. But following a divorce, job loss or a long illness, a growing...
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It Was a Wonderful Life

1977

Stop Calling Me Baby!
4/4
A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first...
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Stop Calling Me Baby!

2023

Jodie Foster, une histoire française
0/0
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1972

Kansas City Bomber
5.9/16
Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.
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Kansas City Bomber

1991

Shadows and Fog
6.7/368
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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Shadows and Fog

1973

Tom Sawyer
6.3/55
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and wit...
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Tom Sawyer


Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
0/0
Anthony Hopkins has confirmed that his wife is working on a documentary about his life.
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

2018

Becoming Iconic
4.8/4
Baker's journey in completing Nicolas Cage's "Inconceivable" and exclusive interviews with top directors recounting their experiences with their first...
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Becoming Iconic

1989

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
0/0
When a poor Fisherman discovers a magic flounder in the sea, he goes home to tell his wife. But, as his wife's greed for the better life comes to the...
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Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

1998

Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
0/0
Explores the plans for the construction of the monumental dam on China's Yangtze River, the structure that when completed in 2009 will become the Thre...
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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

2007

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
6.6/7
10th Anniversary of the 100 greatest films as chosen by the American Film Institute.
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

2001

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
7.3/10
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopki...
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

1994

All About Bette
7/4
Biography of Bette Davis hosted by Jodie Foster.
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All About Bette

1988

Movies Are My Life
6/3
The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching...
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Movies Are My Life

1970

Menace on the Mountain
4/2
A period piece about the McIver family trying to protect there home from Civil War deserters. Actor Jodie Foster, then approximately 8, plays Suellen...
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Menace on the Mountain

2024

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
0/0
Since 1987, the Disney Legends Awards program has honored individuals for the significant impact they've had on the Disney legacy. See the 2024 honore...
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024

Hinckley
9/1
In March 1981, inspired by a dangerous obsession with the film Taxi Driver and actress Jodie Foster, a man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate Pr...
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Hinckley

2018

Hotel Artemis
6/1557
Los Angeles, June 21st, 2028. While the streets are being torn apart by riots, the Nurse, who runs a clandestine hospital for criminals in the penthou...
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Hotel Artemis

2009

Motherhood
5.1/125
In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off...
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Motherhood

2007

100 Films and a Funeral
7.3/7
This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
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100 Films and a Funeral

2003

Abby Singer
4.5/2
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sunda...
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Abby Singer

2018

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
7.3/37
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a...
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2005

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
6/1
Documentary about the making of "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). Presented as three short documentaries on the collector's edition DVD (MGM, January...
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Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

2002

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
6.5/2
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts o...
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

1978

Grease Day USA
8/6
The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances.
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Grease Day USA

1982

O'Hara's Wife
0/0
Workaholic attorney Bob O'Hara is devastated when his wife dies suddenly. However, she returns to haunt him in order to persuade him to slow down, wat...
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O'Hara's Wife

2019

Love, Antosha
7.3/52
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photog...
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Love, Antosha

1978

Mickey's 50
0/0
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...
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Mickey's 50

2021

The Mauritanian
7.422/1115
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a...
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The Mauritanian

2004

Shooting 'Panic Room'
6/3
Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout...
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Shooting 'Panic Room'

1991

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
6.7/7
This brief throwback piece focused on interview snippets from Hopkins, Demme, Glenn, Foster, FBI agent John Douglas and another unnamed FBI agent.
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

1982

Hollywood’s Children
0/0
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Hollywood’s Children

2005

The True Story of Hannibal
6.714/7
Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian expedition to c...
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The True Story of Hannibal

2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6.5/4
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind th...
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2010

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
7.1/7
With interviews from cast and crew, including stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and director Jonathan Demme, this feature-length documentary tells...
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Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

2021

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
7.5/18
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fou...
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Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

1994

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

2006

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
6.5/2
Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters


Vie privée
0/0
A psychiatrist mounts her own investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
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Vie privée

1972

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
10/1
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2014

Early Directors on Directing
0/0
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy...
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2014

Scorsese's Women
0/0
Five amazing actresses who have starred in Martin Scorsese's films come together in imaginary cinematic scenarios. Each leading lady has her own myste...
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