Robert Elswit

Robert Elswit

Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson from 1996 to 2014, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood. Elswit has also collaborated with directors and screenwriters Tony and Dan Gilroy on all six films that either brother directed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Elswit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Robert Elswit
  • Popularity: 0.7069
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1950-04-22
  • Place of Birth: California, USA
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Robert Elswit Movies

  • 2000
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    That Moment: Magnolia Diary

    That Moment: Magnolia Diary

    7.6 2000 HD

    A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film...

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  • 2006
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    The Informer: Out of the Fog

    The Informer: Out of the Fog

    1 2006 HD

    This is a special feature included on the DVD for "The Informer"--a film John Ford made for RKO and which was released in 1935. Victor McLaglen...

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  • 2017
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    Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

    Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

    1 2017 HD

    Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their...

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  • 2005
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    Syriana

    Syriana

    6.418 2005 HD

    The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American...

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  • 1999
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    Magnolia

    Magnolia

    7.728 1999 HD

    On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy...

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  • 1997
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    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Tomorrow Never Dies

    6.373 1997 HD

    A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil...

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  • 2000
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    Bounce

    Bounce

    5.795 2000 HD

    Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a...

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  • 2007
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    Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

    6.787 2007 HD

    A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty...

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  • 2005
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    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    7.077 2005 HD

    The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

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  • 1991
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    Paris Trout

    Paris Trout

    5.2 1991 HD

    Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets...

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  • 1988
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    Cadillac Dreams

    Cadillac Dreams

    5.7 1988 HD

    Cadillac Dreams is a 1988 American short film directed by Matia Karrell. In the film, a young drug runner's dreams of being a great inventor give way...

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  • 1981
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    The End of August

    The End of August

    1 1981 HD

    In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves...

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  • 1982
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    All Summer in a Day

    All Summer in a Day

    6.8 1982 HD

    Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of...

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  • 1987
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    Amazing Grace and Chuck

    Amazing Grace and Chuck

    5.559 1987 HD

    Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at...

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  • 1987
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    Long Gone

    Long Gone

    5.844 1987 HD

    Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league...

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  • 1987
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    Into the Homeland

    Into the Homeland

    6 1987 HD

    A man's daughter disappears after falling in love with the son of a right wing, white-supremacist terrorist organization.

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  • 1988
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    Return of the Living Dead Part II

    Return of the Living Dead Part II

    6.366 1988 HD

    A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again...

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  • 1990
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    Opposites Attract

    Opposites Attract

    1 1990 HD

    A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.

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  • 1991
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    The Summer My Father Grew Up

    The Summer My Father Grew Up

    1 1991 HD

    A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.

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  • 1992
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    A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    3.6 1992 HD

    A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.

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  • 2003
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    Behind the Red Door

    Behind the Red Door

    5.3 2003 HD

    Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent,...

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  • 1977
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    Fraternity Row

    Fraternity Row

    1 1977 HD

    Zac is an idealistic student who, after arriving at college, decides to pledge the Gamma Nu Pi fraternity. Unhappy with what he sees as the bigotry...

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  • 1978
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    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making

    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making

    1 1978 HD

    The Great Valley in Africa - a crack of more than 6,500 kilometers in the earth's crust - is the result of the continental fracture that began about...

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  • 2008
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    Shine a Light

    Shine a Light

    6.861 2008 HD

    Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Beacon Theatre during their A Bigger...

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  • 1979
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    6.478 1979 HD

    When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take...

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  • 1980
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    The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

    8.394 1980 HD

    The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But...

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  • 1982
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    7.51 1982 HD

    An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the...

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  • 1983
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    Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

    7.903 1983 HD

    Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...

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  • 2001
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    Impostor

    Impostor

    6.122 2001 HD

    A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile...

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  • 1997
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    Boogie Nights

    Boogie Nights

    7.631 1997 HD

    Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his...

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  • 2003
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    Runaway Jury

    Runaway Jury

    6.924 2003 HD

    After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch,...

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  • 1992
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    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    6.885 1992 HD

    A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize...

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  • 2001
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    Heist

    Heist

    6.312 2001 HD

    Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money...

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  • 2010
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    The Town

    The Town

    7.215 2010 HD

    Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the...

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  • 2003
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    Gigli

    Gigli

    4.051 2003 HD

    Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in...

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  • 2002
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    Punch-Drunk Love

    Punch-Drunk Love

    7.111 2002 HD

    A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

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  • 1997
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    Hard Eight

    Hard Eight

    6.851 1997 HD

    A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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  • 1999
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    8MM

    8MM

    6.461 1999 HD

    A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the...

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  • 2007
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    There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood

    8.078 2007 HD

    Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man...

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  • 2008
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    Shine a Light

    Shine a Light

    6.861 2008 HD

    Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Beacon Theatre during their A Bigger...

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  • 2006
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    American Dreamz

    American Dreamz

    5 2006 HD

    The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to...

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  • 1994
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    The River Wild

    The River Wild

    6.442 1994 HD

    Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's...

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  • 1985
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    The Sure Thing

    The Sure Thing

    6.5 1985 HD

    Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At...

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  • 2011
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    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    7.107 2011 HD

    Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch...

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  • 1982
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    Waltz Across Texas

    Waltz Across Texas

    1 1982 HD

    A wildcatter and a geologist prospect for oil and love in West Texas.

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  • 2014
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    Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

    6.5 2014 HD

    In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

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  • 2012
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    The Bourne Legacy

    The Bourne Legacy

    6.239 2012 HD

    New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

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  • 1986
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    The Children of Times Square

    The Children of Times Square

    6 1986 HD

    An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug...

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  • 1986
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    Trick or Treat

    Trick or Treat

    6.1 1986 HD

    Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in...

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  • 2014
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    Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler

    7.707 2014 HD

    When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the...

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  • 1990
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    A Killing in a Small Town

    A Killing in a Small Town

    4.818 1990 HD

    The gory ax-murder of one suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney:...

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  • 2015
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    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    7.219 2015 HD

    Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization...

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  • 1987
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    A Different Affair

    A Different Affair

    1 1987 HD

    A single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.

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  • 1990
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    Bad Influence

    Bad Influence

    5.953 1990 HD

    Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then...

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  • 1991
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    Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    3.2 1991 HD

    Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second -...

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  • 2016
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    Gold

    Gold

    6.62 2016 HD

    Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally...

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  • 1998
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    Richard Lester!

    Richard Lester!

    4 1998 HD

    A tribute to Richard Lester, Philadelphia-born filmmaker who moved to England to direct the modern classics "A Hard Day's Night," "Petulia," and...

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  • 2008
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    The Burning Plain

    The Burning Plain

    6.572 2008 HD

    A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the...

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  • 2025
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    Ella McCay

    Ella McCay

    4.778 2025 HD

    An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the...

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  • 2009
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    Duplicity

    Duplicity

    5.914 2009 HD

    Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and...

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  • 2010
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    Salt

    Salt

    6.4 2010 HD

    As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a...

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  • 1996
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    The Pallbearer

    The Pallbearer

    4.931 1996 HD

    Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never...

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  • 1985
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    Desert Hearts

    Desert Hearts

    7 1985 HD

    While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named...

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  • 2024
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    Bob Marley: One Love

    Bob Marley: One Love

    6.634 2024 HD

    Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

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  • 1984
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    Tiger Town

    Tiger Town

    6.6 1984 HD

    Facing his final season with the Detroit Tigers baseball team, veteran outfielder Billy Young sees his dream of playing in the World Series slipping...

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  • 2017
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    Suburbicon

    Suburbicon

    5.884 2017 HD

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly...

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  • 2009
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    The Men Who Stare at Goats

    The Men Who Stare at Goats

    5.969 2009 HD

    A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New...

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  • 1989
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    Margaret Bourke-White

    Margaret Bourke-White

    1 1989 HD

    A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.

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  • 2017
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    Roman J. Israel, Esq.

    Roman J. Israel, Esq.

    6.346 2017 HD

    Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's...

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  • 2018
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    Write When You Get Work

    Write When You Get Work

    3.9 2018 HD

    Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her...

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  • 1989
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    How I Got Into College

    How I Got Into College

    5.9 1989 HD

    High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a...

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  • 2018
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    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    6.315 2018 HD

    Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

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  • 2019
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    Velvet Buzzsaw

    Velvet Buzzsaw

    5.373 2019 HD

    Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are...

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  • 2020
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    The King of Staten Island

    The King of Staten Island

    7.007 2020 HD

    Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved...

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  • 1993
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    A Dangerous Woman

    A Dangerous Woman

    5.5 1993 HD

    Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a...

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  • 1985
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    Moving Violations

    Moving Violations

    5.3 1985 HD

    A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.

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  • 1989
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    Heart of Dixie

    Heart of Dixie

    5.5 1989 HD

    In the 1950s, three young sorority women re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.

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  • 1970
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    Faster, Cheaper, Better

    Faster, Cheaper, Better

    1 1970 HD

    Spans 20 years in multiple locales with a myriad of characters in interwoven stories that follow a union foreman, a young entrepreneur, an indoor...

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  • 2008
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    Redbelt

    Redbelt

    6.5 2008 HD

    Martial artist Mike Terry lives by a strict code of no competitions, for he feels that such contests weaken fighters. After saving a famous action...

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  • 1996
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    Boys

    Boys

    5.281 1996 HD

    Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid...

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  • 1992
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    Waterland

    Waterland

    6.3 1992 HD

    The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life...

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  • 1983
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    Summerspell

    Summerspell

    8 1983 HD

    Family celebrations and tensions, Independence Day, Texas 1948

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  • 2021
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    King Richard

    King Richard

    7.611 2021 HD

    The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players...

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  • 1970
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    Animals

    Animals

    1 1970 HD

    When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money...

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  • 1970
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    Untitled The Punisher Special

    Untitled The Punisher Special

    1 1970 HD

    A special presentation set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Disney+. Plot TBA

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  • 2015
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    The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    6.577 2015 HD

    Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the...

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  • 2015
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    6.184 2015 HD

    Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    6.961 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7.981 1970 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    8 1970 HD

    A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    9 1970 HD

    The members of the NYPD Intelligence Division live double lives as they work undercover most of the time, trying to catch the most dangerous...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    5 1970 HD

    Human Target is an American action drama television series broadcast by ABC in the United States. It is based on the comic book character of the same...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    5 1970 HD

    Dream Street is an American drama series that aired on NBC from April 13, 1989 to June 7, 1989. The series was filmed on location in Hoboken, New...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    5.5 1970 HD

    CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    10 1970 HD

    Short-lived live-action anthology series based on stories from children's books.

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    1 1970 HD

    Follow Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann across three decades from the immediate aftermath of World War II through the political...

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