Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.

  • Title: Mercedes Ruehl
  • Popularity: 11.269
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-02-28
  • Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USA
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Mercedes Ruehl Movies

  • 1991
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    The Fisher King

    The Fisher King

    7.3 1991 HD

    Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save...

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  • 2011
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    Doctors of the Dark Side

    Doctors of the Dark Side

    6.5 2011 HD

    Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The...

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  • 1988
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    Big

    Big

    7.175 1988 HD

    When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body...

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  • 1988
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    Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

    5.9 1988 HD

    Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an...

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  • 2006
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    A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

    A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

    5.6 2006 HD

    The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.

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  • 1999
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    The Minus Man

    The Minus Man

    5.4 1999 HD

    When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is...

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  • 1991
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    Another You

    Another You

    5.4 1991 HD

    George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is...

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  • 1993
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    Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

    6.462 1993 HD

    After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is...

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  • 1993
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    Lost in Yonkers

    Lost in Yonkers

    6.4 1993 HD

    In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

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  • 2000
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    More Dogs Than Bones

    More Dogs Than Bones

    4.2 2000 HD

    A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.

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  • 1987
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    84 Charing Cross Road

    84 Charing Cross Road

    7.1 1987 HD

    When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail...

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  • 1990
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    Crazy People

    Crazy People

    5.8 1990 HD

    A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the...

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  • 1997
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    Roseanna's Grave

    Roseanna's Grave

    6.5 1997 HD

    Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery...

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  • 1989
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    Slaves of New York

    Slaves of New York

    5.7 1989 HD

    Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and...

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  • 2004
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    Bad Apple

    Bad Apple

    3.8 2004 HD

    Black Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister resulting in a deadly game between the criminals and cops.

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  • 2004
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    Zeyda and the Hitman

    Zeyda and the Hitman

    3 2004 HD

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  • 1999
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    Out of the Cold

    Out of the Cold

    1 1999 HD

    An American entertainer and an Estonian woman are torn apart by hate and prejudice.

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  • 2000
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    All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

    All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

    4.1 2000 HD

    A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.

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  • 2023
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    The Nana Project

    The Nana Project

    4.5 2023 HD

    Follows Helen "Nana" Lewis, a feisty chess master, and her grandsons, as they embark on a road trip to support her rise to state championships.

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  • 2001
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    The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

    2.5 2001 HD

    Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.

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  • 2002
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    Guilt by Association

    Guilt by Association

    5.4 2002 HD

    Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug...

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  • 1994
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    On Hope

    On Hope

    1 1994 HD

    On Hope is a 1994 short film directed by JoBeth Williams, with Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl, Ray Baker, and Veronica Cartwright. The film was...

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  • 2000
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    The Lost Child

    The Lost Child

    6 2000 HD

    Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of...

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  • 2020
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    Disclosure

    Disclosure

    7.9 2020 HD

    An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

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  • 2014
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    Chu and Blossom

    Chu and Blossom

    4 2014 HD

    A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.

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  • 1987
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    The Secret of My Success

    The Secret of My Success

    6.455 1987 HD

    Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and...

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  • 1984
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    Mom's On Strike

    Mom's On Strike

    1 1984 HD

    An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special, about an overworked housewife, who, as the title suggests, goes on strike, in order to...

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  • 2009
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    Loving Leah

    Loving Leah

    7 2009 HD

    A handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual time...after they get married. Leah Lever is married to an...

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  • 2005
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    Mom at Sixteen

    Mom at Sixteen

    6.2 2005 HD

    Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.

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  • 1985
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    Twisted

    Twisted

    5.2 1985 HD

    One evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they...

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  • 2013
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    Doubt

    Doubt

    1 2013 HD

    Centers on Vincent, a former cop who's now a cunning but charming low-rent lawyer who uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while...

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  • 1998
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    Gia

    Gia

    7.1 1998 HD

    Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

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  • 2000
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    What's Cooking?

    What's Cooking?

    5.7 2000 HD

    Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.

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  • 1989
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    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    7.43 1989 HD

    A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker...

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  • 1995
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    Indictment: The McMartin Trial

    Indictment: The McMartin Trial

    7 1995 HD

    The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An...

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  • 1979
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    The Warriors

    The Warriors

    7.7 1979 HD

    Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader...

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  • 1970
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    People Not Places

    People Not Places

    1 1970 HD

    An elderly widow living in Atlantic City meets an erratic homeless man who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find...

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  • 1987
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    Leader of the Band

    Leader of the Band

    3 1987 HD

    Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its...

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  • 1997
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    North Shore Fish

    North Shore Fish

    1 1997 HD

    Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Flo (Mercedes Ruehl), the "batter" person on the...

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  • 2002
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    Spooky House

    Spooky House

    6 2002 HD

    A magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden...

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  • 2015
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    Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    6.6 2015 HD

    Bouncing between Europe and the United States as often as she would between lovers, Peggy Guggenheim’s life was as swirling as the design of...

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  • 1986
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    Heartburn

    Heartburn

    6 1986 HD

    Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her...

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  • 2010
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    Goldstar, Ohio

    Goldstar, Ohio

    1 2010 HD

    Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio.

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  • 2019
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    Hustlers

    Hustlers

    6.474 2019 HD

    A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

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  • 2016
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    Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

    Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

    1 2016 HD

    A two-hour documentary special Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors which gives viewers an intimate look at his life from his childhood in the suburbs...

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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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  • 1987
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    Radio Days

    Radio Days

    7.055 1987 HD

    The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve...

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  • 1976
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    Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

    Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

    6.8 1976 HD

    After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues...

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  • 1981
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    Four Friends

    Four Friends

    6.864 1981 HD

    A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.

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  • 2013
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    Star Spangled Banners

    Star Spangled Banners

    4.9 2013 HD

    Ten years following the breakup of the family band, The Banner Project, siblings Desiree, Johnny, and Mitchel Banner, are faced with the decision to...

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  • 1984
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    Kate & Allie

    Kate & Allie

    5.8 1984 HD

    Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 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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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 2004
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    Entourage

    Entourage

    7.34 2004 HD

    Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.101 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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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 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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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 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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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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

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  • 1972
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    ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

    6.385 1972 HD

    Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or...

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  • 2002
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    Widows

    Widows

    1 2002 HD

    The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of...

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  • 2011
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    2 Broke Girls

    2 Broke Girls

    7.2 2011 HD

    Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg,...

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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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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.37 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.931 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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  • 2013
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    Monday Mornings

    Monday Mornings

    7.3 2013 HD

    Monday Mornings was an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4 to April 8, 2013 and aired Mondays after Dallas. It...

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  • 2015
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    Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces

    7 2015 HD

    Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various...

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  • 2018
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    New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam

    8.4 2018 HD

    The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and...

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  • 2003
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    NCIS

    NCIS

    7.619 2003 HD

    From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected...

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  • 2016
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    Bull

    Bull

    7 2016 HD

    Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

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  • 2006
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    Psych

    Psych

    7.871 2006 HD

    Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad)....

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  • 2014
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    The Mysteries of Laura

    The Mysteries of Laura

    7.1 2014 HD

    Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin...

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  • 2016
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    Bull

    Bull

    7 2016 HD

    Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

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  • 2023
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    Accused

    Accused

    7.7 2023 HD

    In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one...

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