Bob Hoskins
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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), and Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4 |
| Birthday | 1942-10-26 |
| Place of Birth | Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Robert William Hoskins, Jr., Боб Хоскинс, |
1985
Brazil
7.679/3161
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautif...
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Brazil
2001
Enemy at the Gates
7.416/3453
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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Enemy at the Gates
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7.523/5456
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her....
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1991
Hook
6.834/5127
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and ki...
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Hook
2006
Hollywoodland
6.092/375
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of li...
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Hollywoodland
1986
Mona Lisa
6.888/223
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class...
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Mona Lisa
2005
Unleashed
6.91/1909
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him wit...
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Unleashed
1991
Shattered
6.086/181
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1984
The Cotton Club
6.5/375
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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The Cotton Club
2006
Paris Je T'aime
6.78/722
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Paris Je T'aime
1996
Michael
5.7/598
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
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Michael
2001
The Lost World
5.9/64
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor...
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The Lost World
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
6.692/206
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review...
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
1995
Nixon
6.906/341
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...
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Nixon
1990
Mermaids
6.7/475
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Mermaids
1995
Balto
7.298/1975
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Balto
1997
Spice World
4.8/444
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Spice World
2004
Beyond the Sea
6.3/160
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1999
A Room for Romeo Brass
6.965/57
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A Room for Romeo Brass
1997
TwentyFourSeven
6.172/32
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2004
Vanity Fair
5.771/326
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2002
Maid in Manhattan
6.1/1827
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Maid in Manhattan
2005
Stay
6.581/1258
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and...
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Stay
1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
7.981/1433
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
1975
Inserts
6.1/39
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2003
The Sleeping Dictionary
6.5/151
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The Sleeping Dictionary
2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
5.572/2085
Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by...
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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
1993
Super Mario Bros.
4.399/1253
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only ho...
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Super Mario Bros.
2009
Pinocchio
6.1/96
The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
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1987
A Prayer for the Dying
5.8/85
Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
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2007
Outlaw
5.3/136
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they...
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Outlaw
2008
Doomsday
5.961/1232
The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarant...
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Doomsday
1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
6.7/24
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1990
Heart Condition
5.489/87
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Heart Condition
2006
The Wind in the Willows
6.2/5
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2000
American Virgin
3.7/11
When your father is a pornographer, what can you do to shock him? If you're Katrina Bartalotti, you announce that you're going to lose your virginity...
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American Virgin
2001
Last Orders
5.949/68
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1980
The Long Good Friday
7.1/323
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia t...
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The Long Good Friday
2007
Sparkle
5.9/14
Liverpool chancer Sam moves to London with his aspiring chanteuse mum and begins an affair with a PR boss. But problems arise when he falls for her es...
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Sparkle
1992
Passed Away
5.4/14
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2010
Made in Dagenham
6.681/282
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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1992
Blue Ice
5.1/25
An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.
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Blue Ice
2003
Den of Lions
5.8/15
A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.
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1996
The Secret Agent
5.485/34
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1999
Felicia's Journey
6.247/95
Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager...
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1999
The White River Kid
5/20
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer who is running from the authorities.
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1986
Sweet Liberty
5.5/34
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as ac...
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2009
A Christmas Carol
6.883/4414
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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1972
Up the Front
4.1/15
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. B...
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Up the Front
1979
Zulu Dawn
6/96
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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Zulu Dawn
1983
The Honorary Consul
5.6/45
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to...
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The Honorary Consul
1998
Cousin Bette
5.714/42
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her...
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Cousin Bette
2007
Go Go Tales
5.6/45
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
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Go Go Tales
2007
Ruby Blue
5.3/6
An elderly man's innocent friendship with an eight year old girl is tarnished by the assumptions of a community when the little girl goes missing.
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Ruby Blue
1999
Captain Jack
5/2
A sea captain with a vessel not deemed sea worthy by the ship inspectors assembles a motley crew to sail along the path of Captain Scoresby, a sea cap...
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Captain Jack
1992
The Inner Circle
5.7/32
Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot tell his bride.
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The Inner Circle
2011
Will
6.6/55
Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his fathe...
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1984
Lassiter
5.1/32
Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
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Lassiter
2002
Where Eskimos Live
6.9/7
Sharkey, part of the sinister world of child trade, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war, dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strang...
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Where Eskimos Live
2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
5.984/7688
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almos...
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Snow White and the Huntsman
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
5/1
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the gro...
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The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
7.4/16
Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venth...
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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
Outside Bet
5.6/4
A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
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Outside Bet
1991
The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
6/18
A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds...
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The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1974
Schmoedipus
0/0
Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and claims to be the illegitimate son she gave away at birth.
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Schmoedipus
2003
The Good Pope
6.3/13
Angelo Roncalli, born in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, is known for his profound spirituality as well as his extraordinary goodness from the young years of...
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The Good Pope
1985
Mussolini and I
5.9/7
A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betr...
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Mussolini and I
1988
The Raggedy Rawney
5.9/7
During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to esca...
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The Raggedy Rawney
1973
The National Health
6.6/8
Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever, it...
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The National Health
2000
Don Quixote
6.067/30
Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a...
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Don Quixote
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
0/0
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1995
The Forgotten Toys
7.958/24
A festive tale about two lost toys searching for a new home.
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The Forgotten Toys
1993
The Big Freeze
6.2/5
A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired gentle-folk on the coldest day of the year in Finland. Every...
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The Big Freeze
2008
The Last Word Monologues
0/0
Three contemplative monologues about killing, written by Hugo Blick.
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The Last Word Monologues
2014
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
4.1/7
A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.
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Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
1996
Rainbow
4.2/4
Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the Rainbow. With the aid of computers and an irrepressible bel...
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Rainbow
2000
Noriega: God's Favorite
5.3/5
The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.
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Noriega: God's Favorite
2006
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
6/3
A documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, pro...
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Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
1999
Parting Shots
6.5/8
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he...
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Parting Shots
1975
Royal Flash
6/25
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair...
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Royal Flash
1979
Brecht and Co
0/0
Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.
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Brecht and Co
1985
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
8/1
Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her scr...
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The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
1981
Othello
6.1/7
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to...
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Othello
2019
An Accidental Studio
6.2/8
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George...
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An Accidental Studio
1985
The Dunera Boys
6/2
At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter how long they had been there. Among those arrested were...
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The Dunera Boys
1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
8.4/8
The incredible evolution of George Lucas' special effects dream factory, including an inside look at "Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace."
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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
2005
Son of the Mask
4.187/1770
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "bo...
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Son of the Mask
1993
The Changeling
0/0
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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The Changeling
1998
Let the Good Times Roll
0/0
A short autobiographical film written by Dexter Fletcher.
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Let the Good Times Roll
1972
The Bankrupt
0/0
Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.
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The Bankrupt
1973
Her Majesty's Pleasure
0/0
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this...
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Her Majesty's Pleasure
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
6.813/48
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...
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1975
Kill Two Birds
0/0
Two female tourists are taken hostage by an ex-con attempting to recover money he once robbed from a bank.
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Kill Two Birds
1976
The Story of Pantomime
0/0
This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the development of the traditional British Christmas pantom...
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The Story of Pantomime
1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
0/0
A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some o...
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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1995
Ding Dong
0/0
Door to Door Make Overs...Madness...Murder!!! Ding Dong is the story of two women in love. They are successful, popular and beautiful. But they have o...
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Ding Dong
1981
An Audience with Dudley Moore
0/0
Outstanding comedian and musician Dudley Moore regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with his hilarious edition of the long-running An Au...
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An Audience with Dudley Moore
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.223/101
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
0/0
The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.
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Bob Hoskins in a coach talking about film 'Rainbow'
0/0
Bob Hoskins in a coach talking about the film Rainbow.
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1981
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
0/0
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1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
6.2/8
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly
8.625/16
Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
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1955
Tight Spot
6.3/29
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the Distri...
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1983
The Beggar's Opera
0/0
A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.
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Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'
0/0
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Neverland
6.5/2
Peter grew up on the streets of London in the late 19th century. Together with other pickpockets, he is ordered by gang leader Jimmy Hook to steal a m...
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2024
Super Mario Bros: The Lasanga Workprint
0/0
An alternate, extended version of 1993's Super Mario Bros. Restored by The Bigger Pictures Film Restoration from a 1992 workprint and released on the...
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