Art Evans

Art Evans

Arthur James “Art” Evans is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades. His acting career, spanning over 30 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in The Amen Corner, which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was Claudine in 1974. His first credited role was in Chico and the Man as Bubba in the episode Too Many Crooks, which aired in 1976. He is probably best known for his role as Leslie Barnes in the action 1990s films Die Hard 2: Die Harder, in which he plays an air traffic control tower employee. Evans has also appeared in Fright Night and Fright Night II, as well as many appearances in a variety of television shows such as MAS*H and Hill Street Blues. In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-American drama A Soldier's Story as the memorable brown-nosing character Wilkie. His talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie Leadbelly. Also starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's Go Home.

  • Title: Art Evans
  • Popularity: 8.977
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-03-27
  • Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Art J. Evans
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Art Evans Movies

  • 1983
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    Christine

    Christine

    6.864 1983 HD

    Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to...

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  • 1990
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    Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    6.957 1990 HD

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy...

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  • 1997
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    Metro

    Metro

    5.69 1997 HD

    Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put...

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  • 1987
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    White of the Eye

    White of the Eye

    5.8 1987 HD

    In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban...

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  • 1984
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    A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

    6.8 1984 HD

    In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain...

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  • 1998
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    Always Outnumbered

    Always Outnumbered

    6.4 1998 HD

    An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his...

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  • 1990
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    Downtown

    Downtown

    5.641 1990 HD

    Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get...

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  • 1993
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    CB4

    CB4

    6 1993 HD

    A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these...

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  • 1986
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    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    6.4 1986 HD

    Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related...

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  • 1986
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    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.6 1986 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    iSteve

    iSteve

    5 2013 HD

    A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.

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  • 1999
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    After All

    After All

    1 1999 HD

    An ambitious news reporter refuses to let anything come between her and her dream of being an anchorwoman until a former lover she thought was out of...

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  • 1993
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    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

    4.7 1993 HD

    Travis has just buried his father, when Kelly, an attractive hitchhiker walks into his life. At the same time, another attractive blonde, Jolene,...

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  • 1995
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    Bushwhacked

    Bushwhacked

    5.256 1995 HD

    A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader...

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  • 1979
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    The In-Laws

    The In-Laws

    6.625 1979 HD

    In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...

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  • 2010
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    House Under Siege

    House Under Siege

    3.5 2010 HD

    Two young boys and a girl commit a diamond robbery on Halloween. During escape the girl is fatally shot. One of the boys knows a doctor (Jeremy...

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  • 1985
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    Handsome Harry's

    Handsome Harry's

    1 1985 HD

    American TV-Comedy

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  • 1978
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    Youngblood

    Youngblood

    4.2 1978 HD

    An angry Vietnam veteran leads a Los Angeles street gang in a war on drug dealers.

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  • 1988
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    School Daze

    School Daze

    5.9 1988 HD

    Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

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  • 2013
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    Alien Rising

    Alien Rising

    4.556 2013 HD

    When a seemingly abandoned alien spacecraft is discovered orbiting Neptune, a top secret expedition is sent to investigate. In the derelict hulk they...

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  • 1985
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    Fright Night

    Fright Night

    7 1985 HD

    Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor;...

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  • 1975
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    The Orphan and the Dude

    The Orphan and the Dude

    1 1975 HD

    Two oddballs, one a black man called "The Dude" and one white, called "The Orphan" share a Culver City, California apartment.

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  • 1976
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    Leadbelly

    Leadbelly

    6.2 1976 HD

    The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of...

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  • 1977
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    Minstrel Man

    Minstrel Man

    1 1977 HD

    Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to...

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  • 1977
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    Big Time

    Big Time

    4 1977 HD

    A small time con-artist gets between the FBI and a suitcase filled with money.

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  • 1979
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    Some Kind of Miracle

    Some Kind of Miracle

    1 1979 HD

    The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the...

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  • 1979
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    The Cracker Factory

    The Cracker Factory

    9.5 1979 HD

    Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a...

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  • 1979
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    The In-Laws

    The In-Laws

    6.625 1979 HD

    In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...

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  • 1979
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    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

    6.4 1979 HD

    Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy...

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  • 1980
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    First Family

    First Family

    3 1980 HD

    When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.

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  • 1982
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    Wrong Is Right

    Wrong Is Right

    5.5 1982 HD

    Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in...

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  • 1982
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    Class Reunion

    Class Reunion

    5 1982 HD

    Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a...

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  • 1985
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    Tuff Turf

    Tuff Turf

    5.9 1985 HD

    The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

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  • 1985
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    Into the Night

    Into the Night

    6.511 1985 HD

    Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

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  • 1985
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    Seduced

    Seduced

    2.5 1985 HD

    Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district...

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  • 1986
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    Long Time Gone

    Long Time Gone

    1 1986 HD

    A "world-class screw-up" private eye finds his world and his attention changed when he is reunited with his estranged 11-year old son.

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  • 1986
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    Ruthless People

    Ruthless People

    6.6 1986 HD

    A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

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  • 1989
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    The Mighty Quinn

    The Mighty Quinn

    6.2 1989 HD

    Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found...

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  • 1990
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    Mom

    Mom

    5.5 1990 HD

    During a time when the city of Los Angeles is terrorized by animal attack style murders, a kindly elderly lady provides a nomad with room and board....

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  • 1992
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    The Finishing Touch

    The Finishing Touch

    2.5 1992 HD

    Sam Stone is a cop with personal as well as professional problems. Stone investigates a series of killings in the night club scene. His ex-wife, also...

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  • 1992
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    Trespass

    Trespass

    6.289 1992 HD

    Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they...

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  • 1995
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    Tales from the Hood

    Tales from the Hood

    6.3 1995 HD

    A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

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  • 1996
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    The Great White Hype

    The Great White Hype

    5.211 1996 HD

    When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the...

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  • 2000
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    The Cheapest Movie Ever Made

    The Cheapest Movie Ever Made

    1 2000 HD

    2000 action comedy

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  • 2001
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    Rhapsody

    Rhapsody

    1.5 2001 HD

    The life of a beautiful rising female recording star is placed in jeopardy when she witnesses the drive-by shooting of a rival rap-star in Las Vegas....

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  • 2001
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    Boys Klub

    Boys Klub

    5.6 2001 HD

    Sent to San Francisco to spend the summer with his aunt, teenager Mario Vandetti makes fast friends with a group of neighborhood kids and encouraged...

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  • 2002
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    Interstate 60

    Interstate 60

    7.388 2002 HD

    An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.

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  • 2003
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    The Watermelon Heist

    The Watermelon Heist

    1 2003 HD

    To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the...

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  • 2004
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    Gas

    Gas

    8 2004 HD

    Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family...

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  • 2004
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    Never Die Alone

    Never Die Alone

    5.4 2004 HD

    A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

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  • 2007
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    Young Cesar

    Young Cesar

    10 2007 HD

    When Ali Dean went to prison, left behind two sons. Tariq trains to become a boxer, but his brother, Cesar, ends up on the streets dealing drugs. And...

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  • 2008
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    Shades of Ray

    Shades of Ray

    6.9 2008 HD

    American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward...

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  • 2010
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    Machete Joe

    Machete Joe

    1.5 2010 HD

    A group of out-of-work actors decide to take their careers into their own hands by shooting a low-budget horror film, about an urban myth. With only...

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  • 2010
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    Church: The Movie

    Church: The Movie

    1 2010 HD

    When a reformed bad boy returns to The Church on the Hill as its Youth Leader, he has his hands full with boisterous kids, a congregation that's...

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  • 2010
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    Anderson's Cross

    Anderson's Cross

    4.3 2010 HD

    Nick Anderson, Kevin Daniels, and Tracey Green do everything together. They are the best of friends, and yet they couldn't be more different....

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  • 1973
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    Sisters

    Sisters

    6.7 1973 HD

    Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking,...

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  • 1980
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    Skag

    Skag

    1 1980 HD

    Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his...

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  • 1980
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    The Boy Who Drank Too Much

    The Boy Who Drank Too Much

    2 1980 HD

    A high school athlete is well on the road to becoming an alcoholic like his ex-hockey pro father until his teammate and best friend commits himself...

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  • 1974
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    Death Wish

    Death Wish

    6.9 1974 HD

    After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be...

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  • 1979
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    3.7 1979 HD

    Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...

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  • 1979
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    The Main Event

    The Main Event

    5.2 1979 HD

    A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an...

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  • 2016
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    You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

    You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

    6.8 2016 HD

    An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare...

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  • 2003
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    Super Spy: The Final Exit

    Super Spy: The Final Exit

    1 2003 HD

    In this urban comedy, an aspiring young filmmaker named Sherlock heads off to Hollywood in hopes of making a blockbuster action movie and becoming...

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  • 1984
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    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.2 1984 HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

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  • 2008
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    Jada

    Jada

    1 2008 HD

    Jada is the faith based story of a woman whose life becomes chaotic when her husband is killed in a questionable car accident. Her once-comfortable...

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  • 1984
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    The Seduction of Gina

    The Seduction of Gina

    4.5 1984 HD

    Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she...

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  • 1977
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    Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane

    6.5 1977 HD

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

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  • 1974
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    Claudine

    Claudine

    7 1974 HD

    Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one...

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  • 1982
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    Between Two Brothers

    Between Two Brothers

    1 1982 HD

    Bob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less polished brother, Russ, who runs the family business...

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  • 1992
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    Mad About You

    Mad About You

    6.7 1992 HD

    Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

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  • 2007
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    Lincoln Heights

    Lincoln Heights

    8.653 2007 HD

    Eddie Sutton is a dedicated police officer, his wife Jenn, a devoted nurse, but their most important job is as parents to their three teenage...

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.905 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 2002
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    Monk

    Monk

    7.948 2002 HD

    Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most...

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  • 1989
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    Doogie Howser, M.D.

    Doogie Howser, M.D.

    6.61 1989 HD

    Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a...

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  • 1999
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    L.A. Heat

    L.A. Heat

    7.3 1999 HD

    Meet Chase McDonald and August Brooks. Two guys who will do anything to keep L.A. safe . . . even if it means blowing half of it up. An explosive...

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  • 1974
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    Chico and the Man

    Chico and the Man

    5.8 1974 HD

    Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed...

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 1978
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    King

    King

    6.556 1978 HD

    The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in...

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  • 1993
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    Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

    6.977 1993 HD

    Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1989
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    Family Matters

    Family Matters

    6.7 1989 HD

    A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor,...

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  • 1993
    imgS11 E10

    The X-Files

    The X-Files

    8.378 1993 HD

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....

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  • 2011
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    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    7.273 2011 HD

    A married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.

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  • 2022
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    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    6.8 2022 HD

    Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity and heart. The...

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  • 1982
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    9 to 5

    9 to 5

    6.8 1982 HD

    The sitcom takes us into the further adventures of the characters from the movie of the same name.

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  • 1991
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    Roc

    Roc

    7.8 1991 HD

    Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore...

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.25 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1987
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    A Different World

    A Different World

    7 1987 HD

    A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a...

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  • 1982
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    World War III

    World War III

    6.1 1982 HD

    When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force...

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  • 1990
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    Dream On

    Dream On

    6.929 1990 HD

    The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from...

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  • 1997
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    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    7.2 1997 HD

    Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each...

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  • 2007
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    The Sarah Silverman Program.

    The Sarah Silverman Program.

    6.311 2007 HD

    Sarah Silverman plays a character named Sarah Silverman, whose absurd daily life unfolds in scripted scenes and songs. With her sister and her gay...

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