Joe Pantoliano
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999).
After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 15.213 |
| Birthday | 1951-09-12 |
| Place of Birth | Hoboken, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano, Joey Pants, 喬·潘托利亞諾, |
2000
Memento
8.18/15025
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the f...
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Memento
1999
The Matrix
8.221/25977
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful co...
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The Matrix
2021
The Santa Stakeout
6.2/20
Tanya is a police detective who is reluctantly partnered with fellow detective Ryan to solve a recent string of heists taking place during high-profil...
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The Santa Stakeout
1993
Three of Hearts
4.7/38
A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.
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Three of Hearts
1993
The Fugitive
7.466/4296
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear...
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The Fugitive
2000
Ready to Rumble
5.3/158
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
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Ready to Rumble
1994
Baby's Day Out
6.4/1336
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the soci...
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Baby's Day Out
1983
Eddie and the Cruisers
6.6/91
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the mis...
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Eddie and the Cruisers
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
4.4/491
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in tro...
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2006
Wedding Daze
5.54/364
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously pro...
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Wedding Daze
1998
U.S. Marshals
6.516/1616
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes....
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U.S. Marshals
1990
Short Time
6.4/52
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns...
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Short Time
2003
Bad Boys II
6.648/5525
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They tra...
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Bad Boys II
1988
Midnight Run
7.192/1107
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....
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Midnight Run
2003
Daredevil
5.268/5104
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
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Daredevil
1995
Bad Boys
6.819/6441
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a...
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Bad Boys
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
6.2/7501
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must ma...
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
1996
Bound
7.2/952
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster...
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Bound
1985
The Goonies
7.5/5747
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends...
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The Goonies
2006
Unknown
6.2/425
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
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Unknown
1999
Olive, The Other Reindeer
6.8/52
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North...
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Olive, The Other Reindeer
1991
One Special Victory
0/0
A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He i...
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One Special Victory
2010
Deadly Impact
4.8/41
Deadly Impact follows hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong (Flanery) whose life was shattered when he became the helpless target of a mastermind murderer....
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Deadly Impact
1995
The Immortals
5.7/29
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed ch...
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The Immortals
1980
The Idolmaker
5.4/19
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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The Idolmaker
2009
Falling Up
5.5/63
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where h...
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Falling Up
2006
Deceit
4.2/6
A man returns to his hometown after his father's death and soon enters into an affair with the wife of his old best friend.
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Deceit
1990
Downtown
5.7/40
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get...
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Downtown
2004
Perfect Opposites
5.6/24
The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
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Perfect Opposites
1986
Running Scared
6.1/204
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in t...
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Running Scared
1997
Top of the World
5.412/17
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They wi...
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Top of the World
1987
La Bamba
7.244/716
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his g...
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La Bamba
1999
Black and White
4.7/66
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high schoo...
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Black and White
2006
The Amateurs
5.6/94
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams...
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The Amateurs
2006
...So Goes the Nation
6.8/8
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
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...So Goes the Nation
1997
Pitch
6.3/20
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film i...
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Pitch
2004
Second Best
5.5/1
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly succes...
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Second Best
2006
Canvas
6.5/16
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
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Canvas
2010
The Legend of Secret Pass
5.8/32
A Native American teenager named Manu spends the summer with his grandfather high in the desert mountains. As a terrifying doom approaches, Manu must...
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The Legend of Secret Pass
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
The Easter Egg Adventure
5.5/2
The idyllic Egg Town is the location for the The Easter Egg Adventure, which sees the beautiful location under threat from some dastardly thieves. Mak...
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The Easter Egg Adventure
1988
The In Crowd
6/11
A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television...
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The In Crowd
1992
Through the Eyes of a Killer
5.4/11
A woman has a brief affair with the contractor who is renovating her apartment and he refuses to accept the end of the relationship.
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Through the Eyes of a Killer
2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
4/2
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received...
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
1990
The Last of the Finest
5.9/35
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of the...
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The Last of the Finest
1987
The Squeeze
5/23
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful...
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The Squeeze
1982
Monsignor
4.4/16
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market t...
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Monsignor
1998
Hoods
6.6/4
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.
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Hoods
1994
Robot in the Family
1.7/7
A manic search for a valuable relic pits a father, son and trouble-prone robot against a nasty villain.
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Robot in the Family
1994
The Flight of the Dove
5.5/4
An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in love and fighting the spy ring out to kill them.
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The Flight of the Dove
1993
Calendar Girl
5.2/61
Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.
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Calendar Girl
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
4.9/10
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. Th...
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Teresa's Tattoo
1999
New Blood
5.2/10
Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal wh...
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New Blood
1989
Nightbreaker
7.1/6
Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, ex...
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Nightbreaker
1999
Taxman
3/3
After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing...
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Taxman
1991
Zandalee
4.3/85
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative an...
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Zandalee
1987
Empire of the Sun
7.5/1929
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured w...
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Empire of the Sun
1994
Dangerous Heart
5/1
A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in ca...
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Dangerous Heart
2009
The Job
4.5/14
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
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The Job
1984
Mister Roberts
6.8/2
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyra...
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Mister Roberts
1983
The Final Terror
5.1/79
A group of friends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf...
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The Final Terror
2014
The Identical
5.1/52
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other,...
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The Identical
2005
The Check Up
0/0
A short film made by Volkswagon
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The Check Up
1999
The Life Before This
4.333/3
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
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The Life Before This
1993
Me and the Kid
4.7/3
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
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Me and the Kid
1987
Destination: America
0/0
A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father's mu...
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Destination: America
1995
The Last Word
2.5/2
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past.
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The Last Word
1995
Congo
5.557/892
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone bers...
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Congo
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
4.5/3
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "T...
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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
2003
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
0/0
A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Daredevil'.
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2005
Racing Stripes
5.9/614
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely...
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Racing Stripes
2000
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
6/1
A behind the scenes documentary about the making of "Olive, The Other Reindeer".
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The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
7.397/2692
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2016
The Perfect Match
5.5/198
Charlie is a charming playboy who doesn't believe in serious relationships. His best friends bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he'...
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The Perfect Match
1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
5.5/2
Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in...
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
6.7/13
“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took place on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The concert f...
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12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
1983
Risky Business
6.6/1303
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home...
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Risky Business
2014
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
0/0
Retrospective interview with Joe Pantoliano included with the 2014 Blu-ray by Arrow Video.
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Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
2000
Silver Man
3.5/4
A street performer fights a pathological man for his girlfriend's love.
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Silver Man
2010
New York Street Games
0/0
Documentary describing various street games played by children in New York.
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New York Street Games
1992
Used People
5.5/30
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice ye...
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Used People
Home Delivery
0/0
A plus-size supermodel invites her family over to experience the birth of her first child.
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Home Delivery
2017
Just Getting Started
4.9/239
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a for...
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Just Getting Started
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
5.195/637
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for c...
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
1987
Scenes From the Goldmine
5.2/4
A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.
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Scenes From the Goldmine
1986
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
0/0
Live action and animation composite test for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The short clip resulted in Richard Williams being hired as the film's animation...
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Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1996
Natural Enemy
4.533/15
A businessman (Donald Sutherland) has a hotshot young new partner (William McNamara). What he doesn't realize is that his new partner is the son of hi...
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Natural Enemy
2018
Happy Anniversary
5.7/192
A quirky couple spends their three-year dating anniversary looking back at their relationship and contemplating whether they should break up.
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Happy Anniversary
1988
Rock 'N Roll Mum
4.5/2
Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one...
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Rock 'N Roll Mum
2017
Random Tropical Paradise
4.4/15
At the onset of RANDOM TROPICAL PARADISE, Harry Fluder’s life was working out exactly as planned: great job, loyal friends, and the perfect fiancée –...
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Random Tropical Paradise
1985
The Mean Season
6.2/98
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As t...
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The Mean Season
1990
El Diablo
5.583/30
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowbo...
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El Diablo
2019
The Brawler
4.5/12
The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.
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The Brawler
2018
Lake Placid: Legacy
5.099/146
A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they reach the center of the lake, they discover an aband...
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Lake Placid: Legacy
1997
Tinseltown
4/3
In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
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Tinseltown
2009
No Kidding, Me Too!
0/0
Joe Pantoliano makes his documentary directorial debut with NO KIDDING! ME 2!! as part of his fight against the stigma and shame of mental/brain "dis-...
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No Kidding, Me Too!
2012
Loosies
5.8/113
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman whom he had a one night affair with, she informs h...
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Loosies
2001
A Better Way to Die
5.677/31
Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death...
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A Better Way to Die
2020
Bad Boys for Life
7.1/8330
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami pol...
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Bad Boys for Life
2001
Cats & Dogs
5.4/1637
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs...
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Cats & Dogs
2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes
6.712/52
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce ab...
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019
From the Vine
5.6/13
A downtrodden man experiences an ethical crisis and travels back to his hometown in rural Italy to recalibrate his moral compass. There he finds new p...
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From the Vine
2008
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
5.5/2
Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break fro...
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The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
1999
Making 'The Matrix'
7.216/37
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in...
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Making 'The Matrix'
1978
More Than Friends
0/0
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.
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More Than Friends
2021
Hide and Seek
4.571/42
Noah is seeking to reconnect with his outcast brother after the death of their father. He hopes to make amends and share the family's fortune, but ins...
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Hide and Seek
1987
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
6.3/6
Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun
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The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
2006
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
3.926/68
A slovenly cable repairman becomes a big-city health inspector and is tasked with uncovering the source of a food poisoning epidemic.
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Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
0/0
Pilot episode for the TV series introduces the lawyers and employees of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, a Los Angeles law firm, in dealing with...
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L.A. Law: Pilot
2010
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
8/4
A retrospective documentary of the cult classic movie The Goonies. Including interviews with the cast, exploration of the film's locations and unique...
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Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
1990
Backstreet Dreams
5/6
Caught in the web of inner city violence, extortion and drugs, Dean Costello is a small-time gangster with big-time dreams for himself and his autisti...
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Backstreet Dreams
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
5.944/161
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird...
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Amazon Women on the Moon
A Journey to Sundance
0/0
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A Journey to Sundance
2024
Bad Boys: Legacy
0/0
Take an epic lookback at 30 years of making the Bad Boys franchise with a 22-minute retrospective. Go behind the scenes of the all-new movie with an e...
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