Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker. For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

  • Popularity : 15.759
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1971-03-07
  • Place of Birth : Belleville, Illinois, USA
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Peter Sarsgaard Movies

  • 2005
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    Jarhead

    Jarhead

    6.7 2005 HD

    Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his...

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  • 1999
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    Boys Don't Cry

    Boys Don't Cry

    7.4 1999 HD

    A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

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  • 2004
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    Garden State

    Garden State

    7.085 2004 HD

    Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision...

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  • 2023
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    Pet Shop Days

    Pet Shop Days

    1 2023 HD

    In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself...

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  • 2008
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    The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

    The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

    4.05 2008 HD

    Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores...

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  • 2004
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    Kinsey

    Kinsey

    6.6 2004 HD

    Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific...

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  • 2009
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    Orphan

    Orphan

    6.998 2009 HD

    After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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  • 2007
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    Rendition

    Rendition

    6.435 2007 HD

    When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught...

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  • 2002
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    The Salton Sea

    The Salton Sea

    6.6 2002 HD

    After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he...

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  • 2009
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    An Education

    An Education

    6.9 2009 HD

    Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When...

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  • 2008
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    Elegy

    Elegy

    6.3 2008 HD

    Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela...

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  • 2002
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    K-19: The Widowmaker

    K-19: The Widowmaker

    6.5 2002 HD

    When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

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  • 2001
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    The Center of the World

    The Center of the World

    4.901 2001 HD

    A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap...

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  • 1998
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    The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    6.6 1998 HD

    Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical...

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  • 2005
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    Flightplan

    Flightplan

    6.5 2005 HD

    Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did...

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  • 2002
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    Empire

    Empire

    6 2002 HD

    A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall...

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  • 2005
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    The Skeleton Key

    The Skeleton Key

    6.6 2005 HD

    A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

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  • 2003
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    Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass

    7 2003 HD

    The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff...

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  • 2007
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    Year of the Dog

    Year of the Dog

    5.402 2007 HD

    A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

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  • 2005
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    The Dying Gaul

    The Dying Gaul

    6.1 2005 HD

    A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.

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  • 2009
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    In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist

    6.073 2009 HD

    Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet)...

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  • 1999
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    Desert Blue

    Desert Blue

    5.6 1999 HD

    An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an...

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  • 2010
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    Knight and Day

    Knight and Day

    6.2 2010 HD

    A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem....

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  • 2011
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    Green Lantern

    Green Lantern

    5.171 2011 HD

    For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears...

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  • 2002
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    Unconditional Love

    Unconditional Love

    6 2002 HD

    After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the...

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  • 1970
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    The Damning of a Country Merchant

    The Damning of a Country Merchant

    1 1970 HD

    The life of the patriarch of a rural merchant family in 1910 Indiana is suddenly disrupted by a charismatic industrialist who has engaged in a secret...

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  • 2009
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    Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

    Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

    1 2009 HD

    Featurette on the 2009 horror film Orphan.

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  • 2013
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    Very Good Girls

    Very Good Girls

    5.8 2013 HD

    Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street...

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  • 2012
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    Robot & Frank

    Robot & Frank

    6.917 2012 HD

    Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian....

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  • 2013
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    Lovelace

    Lovelace

    6.019 2013 HD

    Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

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  • 2014
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    Night Moves

    Night Moves

    5.843 2014 HD

    The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric...

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  • 2025
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    The Bride!

    The Bride!

    1 2025 HD

    In the 1930s, a lonely Frankenstein travels to Chicago to seek the aid of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate...

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  • 2013
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    Blue Jasmine

    Blue Jasmine

    7 2013 HD

    After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister...

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  • 1999
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    Freak City

    Freak City

    5 1999 HD

    After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in...

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  • 2023
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    Memory

    Memory

    7.2 2023 HD

    Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her...

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  • 2015
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    Pawn Sacrifice

    Pawn Sacrifice

    6.752 2015 HD

    American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

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  • 2003
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    Death of a Dynasty

    Death of a Dynasty

    6.3 2003 HD

    A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of...

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  • 2000
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    Housebound

    Housebound

    4.8 2000 HD

    A woman with a tragic past rents her bungalow to a man who loves cooking, but according to her distorted mind he uses his knives more than he should.

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  • 2015
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    Experimenter

    Experimenter

    6.5 2015 HD

    Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re...

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  • 2015
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    Black Mass

    Black Mass

    6.5 2015 HD

    The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an...

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  • 2015
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    Ladygrey

    Ladygrey

    4.8 2015 HD

    Estelle fights to maintain her sense of self while sleeping with Angus for money.

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  • 1995
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    Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

    7.3 1995 HD

    A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

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  • 2024
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    Coup!

    Coup!

    6.7 2024 HD

    A mysterious grifter appears on an isolated seaside estate claiming to be a wealthy family's new chef. When a plague descends on the island, the...

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  • 2014
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    Valley Uprising

    Valley Uprising

    7.7 2014 HD

    In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the...

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  • 2022
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    Vengeance in the Making

    Vengeance in the Making

    7 2022 HD

    A documentary featured on the Blu-Ray of the 2022 film The Batman, featuring interviews with cast and crew.

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  • 2016
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    Jackie

    Jackie

    6.5 2016 HD

    An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

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  • 2016
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    The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    6.45 2016 HD

    Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy,...

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  • 2000
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    The Cell

    The Cell

    6.3 2000 HD

    A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

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  • 1998
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    Another Day in Paradise

    Another Day in Paradise

    6.257 1998 HD

    In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence,...

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  • 2007
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    High Falls

    High Falls

    1 2007 HD

    During a weekend at a country home, a man and his pregnant wife tell their secrets to their best friend, jeopardizing their relationship.

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  • 2024
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    September 5

    September 5

    5.7 2024 HD

    During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American broadcasting team is thrust from covering sports to reporting a dramatic hostage situation involving...

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  • 2017
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    Loving Pablo

    Loving Pablo

    6.3 2017 HD

    The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous...

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  • 2010
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    Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

    Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

    3.8 2010 HD

    A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

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  • 2017
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    7 2017 HD

    In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

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  • 2019
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    Mr. Jones

    Mr. Jones

    6.8 2019 HD

    In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the...

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  • 2016
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    Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

    6.7 2016 HD

    A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

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  • 2018
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    The Lie

    The Lie

    6.3 2018 HD

    A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the...

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  • 2019
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    The Sound of Silence

    The Sound of Silence

    5.7 2019 HD

    A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem...

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  • 2020
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    Human Capital

    Human Capital

    5.7 2020 HD

    Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets involved in a tragic accident that will change...

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  • 2022
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    The Survivor

    The Survivor

    6.9 2022 HD

    Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use...

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  • 2022
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    The Batman

    The Batman

    7.665 2022 HD

    In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as...

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  • 1997
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    Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

    6 1997 HD

    An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

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  • 2020
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    Best Summer Ever

    Best Summer Ever

    7 2020 HD

    A high school football player is shocked to discover that the new girl in school is the same girl he fell in love with at a summer dance camp.

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  • 2021
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    The Lost Daughter

    The Lost Daughter

    6.5 2021 HD

    A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

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  • 2021
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    The Guilty

    The Guilty

    6.4 2021 HD

    A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

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  • 2024
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    Presumed Innocent

    Presumed Innocent

    8 2024 HD

    A horrific murder upends the Chicago prosecuting attorney's office when one of its own is suspected of the crime, leaving the accused fighting to...

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  • 2013
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    Lovelace

    Lovelace

    6.019 2013 HD

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  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Coup!

    Coup!

    6.7 2024 HD

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  • 2020
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    Best Summer Ever

    Best Summer Ever

    7 2020 HD

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  • 1981
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    This Week

    This Week

    9 1981 HD

    ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program, currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos.

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.122 1993 HD

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The...

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  • 1997
    imgS1 E15

    Cracker

    Cracker

    6.6 1997 HD

    Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles...

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  • 2009
    imgS1 E146

    The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

    The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

    7.039 2009 HD

    The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as...

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  • 2011
    imgS4 E6

    The Killing

    The Killing

    7.9 2011 HD

    The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series...

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  • 1975
    imgS50 E9

    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.936 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 2015
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    The Slap

    The Slap

    6.1 2015 HD

    Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry...

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  • 2014
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    5.479 2014 HD

    Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of...

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  • 2016
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    America Divided

    America Divided

    5.2 2016 HD

    In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, America Divided, this docu-series features narratives around inequality in education, housing,...

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  • 2017
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    Wormwood

    Wormwood

    6.4 2017 HD

    In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

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  • 2018
    imgS1 E10

    The Looming Tower

    The Looming Tower

    7.3 2018 HD

    While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2007
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    Indie Sex

    Indie Sex

    5.2 2007 HD

    Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.8 2014 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

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  • 1975
    imgS50 E9

    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.936 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 1975
    imgS50 E9

    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.936 1975 HD

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

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  • 2020
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    Interrogation

    Interrogation

    6.8 2020 HD

    Based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode...

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  • 2024
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    Presumed Innocent

    Presumed Innocent

    8.094 2024 HD

    A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting...

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  • 2015
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.563 2015 HD

    Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an...

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  • 2020
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    Homemade

    Homemade

    5.8 2020 HD

    Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short...

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  • 2021
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    Dopesick

    Dopesick

    8.017 2021 HD

    The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid...

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  • 2010
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    Conan

    Conan

    7.036 2010 HD

    A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 1996 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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