Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Our Country's Good in 1991, A Moon for the Misbegotten in 2000, and The Glass Menagerie in 2014. Her most recent Broadway performance was in The Lifespan of a Fact in 2018. She is also known for her work on television with breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in The West Wing and President Allison Taylor in 24 the latter of which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Transparent in 2015 and earned two Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale in 2019 and the HBO drama series Succession in 2020. Her film appearances include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), The Beaver (2011), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).

  • Popularity : 6.942
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1956-11-21
  • Place of Birth : Paris, Tennessee, USA
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Cherry Jones Movies

  • 2004
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    Ocean's Twelve

    Ocean's Twelve

    6.6 2004 HD

    Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam...

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  • 2000
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    Erin Brockovich

    Erin Brockovich

    7.435 2000 HD

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work...

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  • 1998
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    The Horse Whisperer

    The Horse Whisperer

    6.9 1998 HD

    The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

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  • 1987
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    Light of Day

    Light of Day

    5.4 1987 HD

    Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

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  • 2000
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    The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm

    6.5 2000 HD

    In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing...

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  • 2002
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    Signs

    Signs

    6.701 2002 HD

    A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

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  • 1992
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    Housesitter

    Housesitter

    6.119 1992 HD

    After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a...

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  • 2021
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    Becoming Helen Keller

    Becoming Helen Keller

    8 2021 HD

    The life and legacy of Helen Keller, including how she used her celebrity to advocate for human rights and social justice for women, the poor and...

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  • 2004
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    The Village

    The Village

    6.5 2004 HD

    When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will...

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  • 2009
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    Amelia

    Amelia

    5.638 2009 HD

    A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a...

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  • 2002
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    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    6.1 2002 HD

    A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

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  • 2009
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    Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    6.6 2009 HD

    The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for...

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  • 2001
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    What Makes a Family

    What Makes a Family

    6.5 2001 HD

    Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to...

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  • 1997
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    Julian Po

    Julian Po

    6.7 1997 HD

    Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out...

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  • 1998
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    Out of the Past

    Out of the Past

    0.8 1998 HD

    In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities in...

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  • 1999
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    Murder in a Small Town

    Murder in a Small Town

    5.2 1999 HD

    A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised...

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  • 2013
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    Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

    Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

    7.5 2013 HD

    Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains in the spotlight at eighty-seven years old. Join the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner both on and off...

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  • 2005
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    Swimmers

    Swimmers

    7.3 2005 HD

    After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.

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  • 2014
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    Days and Nights

    Days and Nights

    4.7 2014 HD

    Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton...

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  • 2014
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    Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

    Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

    7 2014 HD

    Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain...

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  • 2000
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    Cora Unashamed

    Cora Unashamed

    6.5 2000 HD

    From the short story by Langston Hughes.

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  • 2017
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    Broadway: The Next Generation

    Broadway: The Next Generation

    10 2017 HD

    A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

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  • 2016
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    I Saw the Light

    I Saw the Light

    6.271 2016 HD

    Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow...

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  • 2011
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    New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve

    5.9 2011 HD

    The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

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  • 1999
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    Cradle Will Rock

    Cradle Will Rock

    6.5 1999 HD

    A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

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  • 2015
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    Knight of Cups

    Knight of Cups

    5.7 2015 HD

    Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace...

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  • 2017
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    The Party

    The Party

    6.3 2017 HD

    Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that...

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  • 1999
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    The Lady in Question

    The Lady in Question

    4 1999 HD

    In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone...

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  • 2008
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    24: Redemption

    24: Redemption

    5 2008 HD

    Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for...

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  • 2018
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    Boy Erased

    Boy Erased

    7 2018 HD

    Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay...

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  • 2019
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    A Rainy Day in New York

    A Rainy Day in New York

    6.504 2019 HD

    Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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  • 2019
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    Motherless Brooklyn

    Motherless Brooklyn

    6.7 2019 HD

    New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed...

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  • 2019
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    Wine Country

    Wine Country

    5.5 2019 HD

    A group of friends head to the land of oaky Chardonnays and big, bold Cabernet Sauvignons for one member of the squad’s 50th birthday party.

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  • 2011
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    The Beaver

    The Beaver

    6.4 2011 HD

    Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With...

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  • 2019
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    Our Friend

    Our Friend

    7.2 2019 HD

    After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help...

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  • 2019
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    Transparent: Musicale Finale

    Transparent: Musicale Finale

    6.4 2019 HD

    When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition,...

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  • 2021
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    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    6.5 2021 HD

    From the 1960's to the 1980's, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to to build an empire based on...

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  • 2002
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    Miss America

    Miss America

    1 2002 HD

    Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the...

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  • 2003
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    Making 'Signs'

    Making 'Signs'

    5.5 2003 HD

    Nearly every possible aspect of fimmaking used to produce the motion picture Signs (2002) is closely examined here. This serves as a good companion...

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  • 2005
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    Deconstructing 'The Village'

    Deconstructing 'The Village'

    4.7 2005 HD

    In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the...

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  • 2020
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    Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

    Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

    1 2020 HD

    Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock...

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  • 1987
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    The Big Town

    The Big Town

    5.4 1987 HD

    It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional...

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  • 2022
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    The Sky Is Everywhere

    The Sky Is Everywhere

    5.7 2022 HD

    Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's...

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  • 2021
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    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    1 2021 HD

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who...

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  • 2001
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    24

    24

    7.8 2001 HD

    Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a...

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  • 2014
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    Transparent

    Transparent

    6.4 2014 HD

    An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

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  • 2004
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    Clubhouse

    Clubhouse

    3.5 2004 HD

    For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he applies for and lands his dream job as a batboy for...

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  • 2022
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    Five Days at Memorial

    Five Days at Memorial

    7.671 2022 HD

    Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans...

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  • 2023
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    Extrapolations

    Extrapolations

    6.1 2023 HD

    Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.

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  • 2012
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    Awake

    Awake

    7.006 2012 HD

    Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son...

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  • 1999
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    The West Wing

    The West Wing

    8.3 1999 HD

    The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional...

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  • 2016
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    11.22.63

    11.22.63

    7.776 2016 HD

    An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

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  • 2011
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.3 2011 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

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  • 1993
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    Frasier

    Frasier

    7.7 1993 HD

    After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father...

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  • 2001
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    24

    24

    7.8 2001 HD

    Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a...

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  • 1988
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    American Experience

    American Experience

    7.5 1988 HD

    TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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  • 2017
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    The Handmaid's Tale

    The Handmaid's Tale

    8.184 2017 HD

    Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret...

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  • 2011
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    Portlandia

    Portlandia

    7 2011 HD

    Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.

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  • 2019
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    Chimerica

    Chimerica

    5.8 2019 HD

    Photojournalist Lee Berger, famous for capturing the image of Tank Man in Tiananmen Square in 1989, sets out on a dangerous journey to find him.

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  • 2018
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    Succession

    Succession

    8.258 2018 HD

    Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment...

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  • 2023
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    Velma

    Velma

    3.4 2023 HD

    Jinkies! This raucous reimagining of the Scooby-Doo franchise unravels the mysterious origins of Mystery, Inc. – as seen through the eyes of...

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  • 2020
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    Defending Jacob

    Defending Jacob

    8.32 2020 HD

    A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

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  • 2023
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    Poker Face

    Poker Face

    7.731 2023 HD

    This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her...

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