
Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023) was an American actor, director, musician and singer. He was known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2006. He was the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.261 |
Birthday | 1934-03-26 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Alan Wolf Arkin, 艾伦·阿金, Алан Аркин, 알란 아킨, אלן וולף ארקין , آلن آرکین, |

1990

Edward Scissorhands
7.7/13035
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Edward Scissorhands

1982

The Last Unicorn
7.156/507
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull...
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The Last Unicorn

2006

Little Miss Sunshine
7.7/7205
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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Little Miss Sunshine

1997

Gattaca
7.6/6428
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member...
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Gattaca

1991

The Rocketeer
6.5/952
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost...
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The Rocketeer

1999

Jakob the Liar
6.7/369
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German...
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Jakob the Liar

1970

Catch-22
6.679/307
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...
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Catch-22

1993

So I Married an Axe Murderer
6.082/428
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers o...
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So I Married an Axe Murderer

1994

Doomsday Gun
5.6/14
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When...
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Doomsday Gun

2009

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
5.9/210
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

1996

Mother Night
6.727/51
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...
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Mother Night

1967

Wait Until Dark
7.4/539
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with her...
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Wait Until Dark

2007

Rendition
6.421/674
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught u...
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Rendition

1997

Four Days in September
7.5/117
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, h...
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Four Days in September

1974

Freebie and the Bean
6.1/63
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
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Freebie and the Bean

1968

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
7.6/43
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert...
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1990

Havana
5.8/150
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wif...
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Havana

1968

Inspector Clouseau
5/80
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the g...
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Inspector Clouseau

2001

America's Sweethearts
5.7/835
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's l...
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America's Sweethearts

1994

North
4.988/255
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a...
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North

2003

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
7/88
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing gu...
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2008

Get Smart
6.197/3608
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief h...
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Get Smart

1966

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
6.4/110
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov,...
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1987

Escape from Sobibor
7.3/190
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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Escape from Sobibor

1997

Grosse Pointe Blank
6.9/929
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his...
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Grosse Pointe Blank

1993

Indian Summer
6.3/66
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good t...
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Indian Summer

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross
7.3/1408
When an office full of real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to...
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Glengarry Glen Ross

2006

Firewall
5.824/953
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a...
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Firewall

1971

Little Murders
6.7/52
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-...
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Little Murders

2008

Sunshine Cleaning
6.592/769
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuiti...
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Sunshine Cleaning

2004

Eros
5.7/122
A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive...
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Eros

2009

City Island
6.9/370
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arriv...
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City Island

2003

The Pentagon Papers
5.8/35
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to pre...
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The Pentagon Papers

2006

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
5.538/1088
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve!...
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

1977

Fire Sale
4.5/6
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though...
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Fire Sale

2004

Noel
5.8/299
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospita...
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Noel

2008

Marley & Me
7.194/4591
A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...
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Marley & Me

1972

Last of the Red Hot Lovers
5.8/8
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon....
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Last of the Red Hot Lovers

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
6.2/100
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud....
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1998

Slums of Beverly Hills
6.302/230
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
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Slums of Beverly Hills

1967

Woman Times Seven
6.3/49
Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a ne...
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Woman Times Seven

2013

Grudge Match
6.1/1292
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
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Grudge Match

1990

Coupe de Ville
6.523/44
Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, i...
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Coupe de Ville

2006

Raising Flagg
4.2/5
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
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Raising Flagg

2001

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
6.3/91
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of...
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2011

The Change-Up
6.154/2777
Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a p...
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The Change-Up

2012

Argo
7.278/8341
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter...
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Argo

1985

The Fourth Wise Man
6.9/21
Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family...
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The Fourth Wise Man

1979

The In-Laws
6.6/119
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...
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The In-Laws

2012

Thin Ice
6.57/165
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the...
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Thin Ice

1983

The Return of Captain Invincible
5.8/31
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Austral...
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The Return of Captain Invincible

1975

Hearts of the West
5.412/17
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...
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Hearts of the West

2001

Varian's War
6.1/5
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
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Varian's War

1980

Simon
6.2/23
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living b...
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Simon

1972

Deadhead Miles
5.4/7
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...
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Deadhead Miles

1981

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
5.5/4
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, be...
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

1985

Bad Medicine
5.1/36
Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then...
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Bad Medicine

1995

Steal Big Steal Little
4.3/20
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but...
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Steal Big Steal Little

2004

Equilibrium
6.2/3
New York, 1955. A stressed executive has recurring erotic dreams with a woman he cannot identify.
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Equilibrium

1986

Big Trouble
5.3/40
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...
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Big Trouble

2012

Stand Up Guys
6.006/945
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in cri...
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Stand Up Guys

1981

Full Moon High
4.4/33
High-school quarterback Tony Walker is bitten by a werewolf and transforms into a growling beast that hungrily chases down beautiful girls.
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Full Moon High

2000

Magicians
5.4/6
A con-man and a wannabe professional magician team up with a waitress and an old professional on their way to Vegas.
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Magicians

2013

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
5.7/1430
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on...
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

1975

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
5.9/9
Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when...
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

1974

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1/1
When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes o...
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

1984

A Matter of Principle
0/0
A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.
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A Matter of Principle

2014

Million Dollar Arm
6.7/618
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher fro...
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Million Dollar Arm

1968

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
0/0
On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the...
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1963

That's Me
0/0
That's Me is a 1963 American short comedy film directed by Walker Stuart. It's written by and stars Alan Arkin and Andrew Duncan. The film was nominat...
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That's Me

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
6/1
Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied as...
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The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1972

The Trouble With People
0/0
The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then wi...
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The Trouble With People

1969

The Monitors
3.8/5
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
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The Monitors

1996

Heck's Way Home
5.5/2
After getting lost the day his family travels 2,000 miles in preparation for a move to Australia, this clever, loyal, 'map reading' dog begins an amaz...
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Heck's Way Home

2011

The Muppets
6.7/1583
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Wal...
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The Muppets

1981

Improper Channels
10/1
A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child...
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Improper Channels

1993

Cooperstown
3.5/2
A retired baseball player reflects on the mistakes and problems of the past 35 years when he is overlooked for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fam...
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Cooperstown

2015

Love the Coopers
6/808
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events...
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Love the Coopers

1979

The Magician of Lublin
4.5/4
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at the...
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The Magician of Lublin

2006

Crossroads
7/3
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
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Crossroads

2022

"Sr."
6.9/57
A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who...
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"Sr."

1969

Popi
6.1/17
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he no...
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Popi

2016

Naples '44
5.7/9
A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettab...
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Naples '44

2017

Going in Style
6.705/2808
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very b...
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Going in Style

1995

The Jerky Boys
4.3/31
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in...
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The Jerky Boys

1978

The Other Side of Hell
7.5/4
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's...
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The Other Side of Hell

2012

Starring Sigmund Freud
0/0
Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011, the...
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Starring Sigmund Freud

1966

The Last Mohican
0/0
A pretzel seller is trapped by a sociology student.
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The Last Mohican

2014

In Security
5/15
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
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In Security

1985

Joshua Then and Now
5.2/8
Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to...
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Joshua Then and Now

2019

Dumbo
6.6/4340
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his frien...
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Dumbo

1985

The Emperor's New Clothes
4/2
Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.
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The Emperor's New Clothes

1988

Necessary Parties
7/3
Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop ow...
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Necessary Parties

2020

Spenser Confidential
6.528/2322
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two...
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Spenser Confidential

1993

Taking the Heat
4.8/4
When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but...
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Taking the Heat

2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.3/3676
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...
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Minions: The Rise of Gru

1990

The Making of Edward Scissorhands
7.9/32
Behind the scenes of Edward Scissorhands
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The Making of Edward Scissorhands

1986

A Deadly Business
5/1
The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Hav...
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A Deadly Business

2015

Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
0/0
Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin discusses his life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.
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Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2000

Blood Money
0/0
A family run business is being forced to become a front for the mob. Ronnie (Brian Bloom) stands up against the Cancino family to save his family's li...
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Blood Money

2008

Wisdom
6/2
Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a...
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