Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent film Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums and was the singer of a blues rock band.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 41.364 |
| Birthday | 1955-08-04 |
| Place of Birth | Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA |
| Also Known As | Reginald Perry , Билли Боб Торнтон, Μπίλι Μπομπ Θόρτον, 빌리 밥 손튼, |
1998
Armageddon
6.839/7926
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate...
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Armageddon
2001
Monster's Ball
6.766/978
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
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Monster's Ball
2003
Bad Santa
6.543/2133
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tra...
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Bad Santa
2002
The Badge
5.854/41
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although h...
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The Badge
1997
U Turn
6.634/730
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Cau...
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U Turn
1998
A Simple Plan
7.2/916
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 milli...
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A Simple Plan
2001
Bandits
6.3/981
After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new...
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Bandits
2004
The Alamo
5.8/329
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at th...
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The Alamo
1997
The Apostle
6.3/142
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
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The Apostle
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
7.527/1566
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but hi...
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The Man Who Wasn't There
1993
Indecent Proposal
6.377/1433
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
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Indecent Proposal
2003
Levity
6.2/101
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at h...
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Levity
2002
Waking Up in Reno
5/92
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair...
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Waking Up in Reno
1991
One False Move
6.583/180
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arrivi...
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One False Move
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
6.228/334
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unli...
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The Astronaut Farmer
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
5.936/1488
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Intolerable Cruelty
1993
Tombstone
7.597/2127
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...
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Tombstone
2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell
5/17
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He...
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South of Heaven, West of Hell
2005
The Ice Harvest
5.9/300
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have diff...
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The Ice Harvest
1998
Primary Colors
6.285/310
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to...
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Primary Colors
1999
Pushing Tin
5.872/393
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
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Pushing Tin
2001
Daddy and Them
5.5/34
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far f...
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Daddy and Them
1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
4.4/28
Riding around on their motorbikes, a gang of tough women bikers are the only thing that stands between a crowd of zombies, which have been accidentall...
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Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
2008
Eagle Eye
6.474/2836
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening t...
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Eagle Eye
1996
Sling Blade
7.532/777
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover....
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Sling Blade
2007
Mr. Woodcock
5.065/439
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a m...
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Mr. Woodcock
1994
On Deadly Ground
5.147/466
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...
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On Deadly Ground
2004
Chrystal
5.875/20
Many years after a devastating accident that took the life of his only son and permanently injured his wife, Joe finally comes home and tries to redee...
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Chrystal
2006
School for Scoundrels
5.5/352
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's...
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School for Scoundrels
2005
Bad News Bears
5.9/257
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arra...
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Bad News Bears
1993
Bound by Honor
8.136/1345
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It...
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Bound by Honor
1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
6.7/28
25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes...
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
2004
Friday Night Lights
6.9/559
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriou...
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Friday Night Lights
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
7.4/12
Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis C...
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
2010
Faster
6.3/1915
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
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Faster
1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
4.3/6
In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house a...
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A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
2011
The Smell of Success
5.5/21
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to...
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The Smell of Success
2019
Untouchable
6.4/82
The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened...
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Untouchable
2011
Dislecksia: The Movie
0/0
Dislecksia: The Movie, dyslexic director Harvey Hubbell V and crew explore Hubbell's own experiences about growing up as a dyslexic while also looking...
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Dislecksia: The Movie
2008
The Informers
4.8/225
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly...
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The Informers
1998
Homegrown
5.6/54
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know...
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Homegrown
2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
6.5/13
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinar...
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2023
Devil's Peak
5.6/39
In North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the m...
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Devil's Peak
1996
Don't Look Back
5.1/7
Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, a...
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Don't Look Back
1993
Grey Knight
5.2/7
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies...
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Grey Knight
2012
The Baytown Outlaws
5.959/302
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
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The Baytown Outlaws
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
0/0
Life in space. Beam-ins. Intergalactic war. What about getting a driver's license or doing the laundry? This one-hour special features dozens of space...
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
Trouble Bound
5.6/10
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing t...
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Trouble Bound
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
5.9/56
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences tha...
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Jayne Mansfield's Car
2011
Nashville Rises
8/1
Nashville Rises is the first documentary film about the city of Nashville, Tennessee's response to the 2010 Tennessee floods. It premiered at the 42nd...
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Nashville Rises
2010
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
6.3/10
Starting with the image of a tour bus warming its engine in the stillness of an empty lot, this haunting, personal portrait of music legend Levon Helm...
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Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
1996
The Winner
4.4/13
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
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The Winner
2018
Temple of Art
0/0
A documentary that explores what it means to be an artist and why it's important to pursue your passion- even in the face of failure.
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Temple of Art
2013
Parkland
6.2/362
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This f...
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Parkland
2018
London Fields
5.087/263
Clairvoyant femme fatale, Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with t...
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London Fields
2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
6.3/3
Why is it that Billy Bob Thornton, Dave Matthews, Peter Buck, Derek Trucks, Phish, Widespread Panic, and Blues Traveler are all huge fans of Colonel B...
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Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
0/0
Fellow actors and musicians, film critics, and his Kentucky relatives tell the story of noted character actor Harry Dean Stanton. Kris Kristofferson,...
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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
7.3/6
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
5.36/292
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly b...
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Into the Grizzly Maze
2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
0/0
A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt
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What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2015
Entourage
6.235/998
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold....
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Entourage
2022
Immediate Family
6/2
If you listen to 1970s pop music, you’ve undoubtedly heard these guys play, but do you know their names? This documentary highlights five talented men...
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Immediate Family
2014
Cut Bank
5.7/321
25-year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But hi...
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Cut Bank
2014
The Judge
7.3/4076
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of mur...
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The Judge
1994
Floundering
4.9/18
A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.
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Floundering
2016
The First Boys of Spring
0/0
For parts of five decades, the immortals of America's National Pastime trained on baseball diamonds and "boiled out the alcoholic microbes" of winter...
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The First Boys of Spring
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
6.1/15
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconv...
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The Stars Fell on Henrietta
2003
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
10/1
This documentary follows singer-songwriter Warren Zevon through his struggle with the cancer that would later kill him in 2003. Despite his debilitati...
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(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
6.3/962
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her co...
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2025
The Electric State
0/0
In a retro-futuristic past, orphaned teenager Michelle traverses the American West with an eccentric drifter and a sweet but mysterious robot in searc...
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The Electric State
1989
Going Overboard
2.352/135
A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
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Going Overboard
2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
5.843/491
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
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Our Brand Is Crisis
2003
Love Actually
7.111/6770
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships c...
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Love Actually
2000
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
7.7/12
CatDog are on a quest to find their parents.
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CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
6.2/35
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture;...
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21 Years: Richard Linklater
2016
Bad Santa 2
5.413/791
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Ev...
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Bad Santa 2
1995
Out There
4.7/15
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he...
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Out There
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
6.6/64
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring...
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
6.333/3
Arista's greatest recording artists of the last 25 years gather for this May 15th concert in honor of the record label's 25th anniversary. The highly...
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Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1995
Dead Man
7.304/1560
William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a jou...
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Dead Man
2002
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
0/0
Making of "The Man Who Wasn't There".
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Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
2011
Puss in Boots
6.568/4063
Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough an...
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Puss in Boots
1986
Hunter's Blood
5.524/21
Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoo...
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Hunter's Blood
2013
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
8/1
Athletes and fans explore the impact of sports on the lives of Americans.
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Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2009
Ramble At The Ryman
0/0
2008 Concert by Levon Helm at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
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Ramble At The Ryman
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
4.01/48
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and l...
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1988
South of Reno
4.8/5
In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifti...
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South of Reno
2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
8/2
Join narrator, Billy Bob Thornton, in taking a revealing look back at the life and legacy of the eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback.
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NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2019
A Million Little Pieces
6.3/94
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
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A Million Little Pieces
2015
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
5.4/19
You thought the boys would actually sober up? Not until after they change the world.
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Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
7.4/32
The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.
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ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.1/26
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2022
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
0/0
The Ventures are the biggest instrumental band in the world. This project was begun almost 10 years ago by Tacoma legends the Peterson brothers - Just...
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Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2/1
Documentary film on the #1 instrumental rock group in the world, The Ventures. The story of their rise to fame in the 1960s right up to now, as they c...
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The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
7/1
A 14-part documentary that explores the life and career of Billy Bob Thornton, chronicling his journey that led him to work on Sling Blade. The piece...
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Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
0/0
A tribute to the life and music of John Prine featuring family and friends sharing memories and songs while raising money for several charitable organ...
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Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
0/0
St. Louis Cardinals Championship Season.
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2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2000
The Last Real Cowboys
7/2
Around the classic 1800's Western campfire, Slope and Tar tangle about what's been, what will be, and who may or may not survive the first New Age cha...
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The Last Real Cowboys
1991
The Dark Backward
5.4/34
A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how gre...
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The Dark Backward
2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
5/2
It took his whole life to live and three full years to film Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man. Filmed in four countries with more than 80 interviews from...
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Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2022
The Gray Man
7/3651
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head...
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The Gray Man
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
Hollywood.Con
4/6
Every hot production company in Los Angeles is in a race to make the next big Mayan movie: hurry quick, sell out your company, and do whatever it take...
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Hollywood.Con
1991
For the Boys
6.2/75
On a USO tour during World War II, entertainer Eddie Sparks needs a partner to round out his act. Soon after hiring performer Dixie Leonard, Eddie dec...
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For the Boys
2024
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story
0/0
Bubbles and his band, The Shitrockers, embark on a European rock tour and earn a spot opening for Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters. However, afte...
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