Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor. In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in her first film, Ordinary People, in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Timothy Hutton. The following year she completed her education as an actress at the American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard School, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. In 1981, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime. In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interest, Deborah Gelly. In 1989, she played Mickey Rourke's girlfriend in Johnny Handsome, directed by Walter Hill, and the same year she appeared as a rebellious lesbian in Volker Schlöndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale.

  • Popularity : 11.212
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1961-07-18
  • Place of Birth : Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Elizabeth McGovern Movies

  • 1984
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    Once Upon a Time in America

    8.418 1984 HD

    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the...

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  • 1989
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    Johnny Handsome

    Johnny Handsome

    6.3 1989 HD

    A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone...

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  • 1990
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    A Shock to the System

    A Shock to the System

    6.4 1990 HD

    Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife...

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  • 1990
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    The Handmaid's Tale

    The Handmaid's Tale

    6.145 1990 HD

    In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

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  • 2010
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    Kick-Ass

    Kick-Ass

    7.124 2010 HD

    Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers,...

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  • 2000
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    The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

    6.183 2000 HD

    In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her...

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  • 1981
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    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    7 1981 HD

    A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other...

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  • 2002
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    Buffalo Soldiers

    Buffalo Soldiers

    6.248 2002 HD

    A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.

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  • 1993
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    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    6.8 1993 HD

    Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a...

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  • 1988
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    She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

    5.9 1988 HD

    Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their...

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  • 1997
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    The Wings of the Dove

    The Wings of the Dove

    6.6 1997 HD

    Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's...

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  • 1980
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    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    7.5 1980 HD

    Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the...

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  • 1987
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    The Bedroom Window

    The Bedroom Window

    6.3 1987 HD

    Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that...

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  • 1984
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    Racing with the Moon

    Racing with the Moon

    6.1 1984 HD

    In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II....

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  • 2001
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    Hawkins

    Hawkins

    1 2001 HD

    Hawkins was an original film for BBC Television about a man who lives a double life, as a Nietzschean Philosophy Lecturer and as a Detective who is...

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  • 2010
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    Clash of the Titans

    Clash of the Titans

    5.909 2010 HD

    Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus...

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  • 1983
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    Lovesick

    Lovesick

    5.5 1983 HD

    Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.

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  • 1994
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    The Favor

    The Favor

    4.8 1994 HD

    On the eve of her high school reunion, bored housewife Kathy convinces her single best friend Emily to seduce an old flame Tom, so she can get all...

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  • 1995
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    Wings of Courage

    Wings of Courage

    6.9 1995 HD

    In 1930 South America, a small group of French pilots struggle to prove they can offer a reliable airmail service over the Andes. When one of the...

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  • 2011
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    Angels Crest

    Angels Crest

    5.8 2011 HD

    The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the...

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  • 1986
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    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.6 1986 HD

    In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the...

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  • 2012
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    Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

    Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

    5.7 2012 HD

    England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances...

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  • 1996
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    The Summer of Ben Tyler

    The Summer of Ben Tyler

    5.7 1996 HD

    Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying...

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  • 2004
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    Remembering Ragtime

    Remembering Ragtime

    1 2004 HD

    Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

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  • 1997
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    Clover

    Clover

    4.5 1997 HD

    Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten dies. So Sara has to take care of Gaten's daughter,...

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  • 2016
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    The Queen At 90

    The Queen At 90

    1 2016 HD

    "Downton Abbey" star Elizabeth McGovern narrates an intimate look at the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II as we celebrate Her Majesty's 90th...

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  • 2007
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    Daphne

    Daphne

    6 2007 HD

    Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband...

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  • 1990
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    Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

    Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

    4.5 1990 HD

    This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.

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  • 2000
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    Manila

    Manila

    5 2000 HD

    Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from...

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  • 1996
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    Broken Glass

    Broken Glass

    1 1996 HD

    Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play set in Brooklyn 1938, focusing on the marriage of Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg against the backdrop of...

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  • 1993
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    The Changeling

    The Changeling

    1 1993 HD

    Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes that she has met her one true love. To marry the man...

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  • 1995
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    Broken Trust

    Broken Trust

    5.2 1995 HD

    A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members of the bench, many of whom are his friends.

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  • 2015
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    Swung

    Swung

    5.6 2015 HD

    David’s life is on the slide: he’s broke, in the middle of a divorce and ‘can’t get it up’. His girlfriend, Alice, is...

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  • 1993
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    Me and Veronica

    Me and Veronica

    1 1993 HD

    Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.

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  • 2015
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    Unexpected

    Unexpected

    5.7 2015 HD

    An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely...

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  • 1998
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    The Man with Rain in His Shoes

    The Man with Rain in His Shoes

    5 1998 HD

    Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love...

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  • 2015
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    Woman in Gold

    Woman in Gold

    7.3 2015 HD

    Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis...

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  • 2024
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    And Mrs

    And Mrs

    5.2 2024 HD

    When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiance drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway - vowing to overcome public opinion, the law of...

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  • 2016
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    Showing Roots

    Showing Roots

    6.5 2016 HD

    Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.

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  • 1998
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    The Misadventures of Margaret

    The Misadventures of Margaret

    5.2 1998 HD

    A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a...

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  • 2001
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    The Flamingo Rising

    The Flamingo Rising

    5.2 2001 HD

    When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and...

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  • 2007
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    A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

    5.7 2007 HD

    Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of...

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  • 2025
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    Downton Abbey 3

    Downton Abbey 3

    1 2025 HD

    Plot details under wraps.

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  • 2006
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    The Truth

    The Truth

    1 2006 HD

    An outrageous murder-mystery for the 'Me Generation'. Seven young strangers go to a spiritual retreat for a journey of personal growth, taking in...

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  • 2018
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    The Commuter

    The Commuter

    6.363 2018 HD

    A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those...

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  • 1990
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    Tune in Tomorrow...

    Tune in Tomorrow...

    5.3 1990 HD

    Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt...

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  • 1992
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    Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

    1 1992 HD

    A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young...

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  • 1984
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    6 1984 HD

    Snow White must flee from her evil stepmother. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarves. Will the wicked queen be able to get rid of her rival?

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  • 2008
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    Inconceivable

    Inconceivable

    7.3 2008 HD

    A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr....

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  • 2019
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    The Chaperone

    The Chaperone

    6.2 2019 HD

    In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.

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  • 2018
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    The Wife

    The Wife

    7.062 2018 HD

    A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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  • 2012
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    Screen Goddesses

    Screen Goddesses

    1 2012 HD

    With the beginnings of Hollywood, the star system was born with an archetypal bad girl - the vampish Theda Bara - and the good girl - the blazingly...

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  • 2019
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    Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

    7.146 2019 HD

    The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England...

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  • 2019
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    JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes

    JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes

    1 2019 HD

    An inside glimpse at the fairy tale wedding of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette in 1996, including never-before-seen footage from the private...

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  • 2003
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    Thursday the 12th

    Thursday the 12th

    1 2003 HD

    In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their...

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  • 2022
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    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    7.2 2022 HD

    The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile,...

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  • 2011
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    Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

    Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

    1 2011 HD

    This film examines recently discovered letters written by socialite Wallis Simpson that reveal her secret love, and chart her fear as she found...

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  • 2010
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    Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

    Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Chaperone

    The Chaperone

    6.2 2019 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.2 1999 HD

    A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It...

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  • 1989
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    Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    8 1989 HD

    Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in...

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  • 2006
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    Three Moons Over Milford

    Three Moons Over Milford

    1 2006 HD

    With a cosmic explosion threatening Earth's existence, the residents of the picturesque small town of Milford have taken their lives to the extreme:...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.9 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 2014
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    Civil War: The Untold Story

    Civil War: The Untold Story

    5 2014 HD

    Recounts how the struggle between North and South, long defined by battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, and Bull Run, was actually dependent on events...

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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.421 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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  • 1979
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    California Fever

    California Fever

    5 1979 HD

    California Fever is an American teen drama series that ran on CBS in 1979. The show featured a group of Los Angeles teenagers living an exotic life...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 2003
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    The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

    The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

    1 2003 HD

    The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley that aired on CBS. The show offers the typical...

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  • 1995
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    If Not for You

    If Not for You

    3 1995 HD

    If Not For You is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 18 until October 9, 1995.

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  • 2008
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    Freezing

    Freezing

    5.5 2008 HD

    Forty-somethings Elizabeth and Matt are a glamorous and successful couple – or at least they would be if either of them could actually get a...

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  • 2010
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    Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

    8.1 2010 HD

    A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an...

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  • 1991
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    Performance

    Performance

    1 1991 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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  • 1991
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    Performance

    Performance

    1 1991 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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  • 2014
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    The Kumars

    The Kumars

    5 2014 HD

    Having suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop that Ashwin now runs. Sanjeev is...

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  • 1991
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    Ashenden

    Ashenden

    6 1991 HD

    Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset...

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  • 2004
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    Big Fat Quiz

    Big Fat Quiz

    7.6 2004 HD

    Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions...

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  • 2007
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2007 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

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  • 2019
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    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    6.2 2019 HD

    Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are...

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  • 2009
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    10 Minute Tales

    10 Minute Tales

    7.5 2009 HD

    The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.9 2009 HD

    Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

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  • 2019
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    War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

    7.265 2019 HD

    When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s...

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  • 2009
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    Modern Family

    Modern Family

    7.9 2009 HD

    The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm,...

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  • 1999
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    Loose Women

    Loose Women

    3.4 1999 HD

    A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.

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  • 1988
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    5.2 1988 HD

    A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...

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  • 2019
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    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    3.8 2019 HD

    The comedian, actress, social media sensation, producer and author of "How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life," Lilly Singh brings her unique...

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.1 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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  • 1991
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    Performance

    Performance

    1 1991 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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  • 1970
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    Anne Rice's The Talamasca

    Anne Rice's The Talamasca

    1 1970 HD

    A secretive society called the Talamasca is responsible for tracking and containing witches, vampires, werewolves and other creatures.

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