Tyrone Benskin

Tyrone Benskin

Tyrone Benskin has been a significant presence in theatre, film, television and music for over 30 years. As part of the Canadian and International cultural landscape Tyrone has amassed an impressive resume and acclaim for a significant and varied body of work;, from no-nonsense cop to caring and devoted father, from ancient warrior to the characters showing the darkness of human nature. His numerous theatre credits include appearances on many of the celebrated stages across Canada. His over 100 film and television credits include co-starring with Tori Spelling in the TV movie "Mind over Murder", the new Christmas classic "The Christmas Choir", "The Wool Cap" and the civil rights drama "Deacons for Defense" opposite Forrest Whitaker and Mr. Ossie Davis. Mr. Benskin also appeared in the NBC mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse and starred as Karl Lubinsky in the cult science fiction series "Charlie Jade" which aired in Canada, the US and internationally including South Africa, France, England and Japan. Feature films include the blockbuster hit "300", Bob Dylan bio-pic "I'm not There" and acclaimed independent films "Peepers" and "Adam's Wall." For over 5 years, Mr. Benskin served as Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop, Canada's oldest Black theatre company. He served President of the Board of Creations Etc., a youth arts and outreach organization as well as serving on the board several community based non-profit organizations. Mr. Benskin was twice elected to the post of National Vice President of ACTRA, Canada's national film and television actors union. On May 2nd, 2011 Mr. Benskin was elected to the 41st Parliament of Canada as the Member for the diverse riding of Jeanne-Le Ber. Mr. Benskin was subsequently appointed to the post of "Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage" by the Honorable Jack Layton. Mr. Benskin also serves as Deputy Critic for Official Languages and served on the Sub-Committee for International Human Rights. Benskin served as a Member of Canada's House of Commons for four and a half years returning to the big screen in 2016 in Bad Santa 2 and the small screen as recurring character Rev. Wardell Cobb in season 2 of The Art of More opposite Denis Quaid.

  • Title: Tyrone Benskin
  • Popularity: 3.563
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1958-12-29
  • Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
  • Homepage: https://www.reisler.ca/reisler-talent-men-Tyrone-Benskin.html
  • Also Known As: Tyrone Benski, Tyrone DeCosta Benskin, Tyron Benskin, Tyrone Berskin, Tyrone Benskine
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Tyrone Benskin Movies

  • 2023
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    Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid

    6.759 2023 HD

    Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque...

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  • 1983
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    Candy the Stripper

    Candy the Stripper

    1 1983 HD

    The owner of a seedy, run-down strip club in New Orleans tries to save the building from being torn down by having it declared a historical landmark....

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  • 1996
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    Sci-fighters

    Sci-fighters

    4.9 1996 HD

    A renegade police officer tracks a rapist spreading a deadly virus around 2009 Boston.

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  • 2022
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    Moonfall

    Moonfall

    6.3 2022 HD

    A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

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  • 2006
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    Mind Over Murder

    Mind Over Murder

    7 2006 HD

    Holly Winters (Tori Spelling) is an unhappy-in-love, prosecuting attorney. After suffering a serious head injury, she gains the psychic power to read...

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  • 1988
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    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.7 1988 HD

    After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to...

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  • 2008
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    The Christmas Choir

    The Christmas Choir

    5.125 2008 HD

    A chance encounter with a homeless man named Bob inspires a workaholic accountant to start a choir at a homeless shelter, allowing him to find a...

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  • 2024
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    The Fire Inside

    The Fire Inside

    10 2024 HD

    Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become...

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  • 2006
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    Lotto 6/66

    Lotto 6/66

    2 2006 HD

    In LOTTO 6/66, a down on his luck Wretch is offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a million dollars from a government sponsored lottery...

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  • 2004
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    Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal)

    Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal)

    6 2004 HD

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  • 1996
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    Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

    Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

    1 1996 HD

    Earth teenagers Alex 'Flash' Gordon and Dale Arden, and their reluctant friend Dr. Hans Zarkov, journey to the fantastic planet Mongo where they...

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  • 2007
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    300

    300

    7.2 2007 HD

    Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against...

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  • 2022
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    The Christmas Checklist

    The Christmas Checklist

    7.2 2022 HD

    A grieving daughter discovers a red envelope from her mom that contains a final request: for her to complete a Christmas Checklist of twelve...

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  • 1996
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    A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

    A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

    5 1996 HD

    When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

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  • 1998
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    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    3.7 1998 HD

    A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey...

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  • 2023
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    EVERGREEN$

    EVERGREEN$

    7 2023 HD

    21 year-old Rémi leaves his small town in Quebec for the first time to go sell Christmas trees in New York City in order to pay off a debt...

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  • 2008
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    Sunday Afternoon

    Sunday Afternoon

    1 2008 HD

    It is a Sunday afternoon in the universe. When a mysterious musical force causes scorching heat, tornadoes, and raging fires to devastate our planet,...

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  • 1994
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    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    7 1994 HD

    A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

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  • 1998
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    The Long Island Incident

    The Long Island Incident

    6 1998 HD

    On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around...

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  • 1996
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    Marked Man

    Marked Man

    6.286 1996 HD

    A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.

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  • 2004
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    Bears

    Bears

    5.6 2004 HD

    From polar bears in the arctic tundra to black bears in the Northern Rockies, you'll see some of the most spectacular footage ever shot of these...

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  • 2003
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    Deacons for Defense

    Deacons for Defense

    6.1 2003 HD

    Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens...

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  • 1989
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    Criminal Law

    Criminal Law

    5.5 1989 HD

    Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man...

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  • 2002
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    Aftermath

    Aftermath

    4.5 2002 HD

    Special Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But Harper himself is a suspect in several bomb attacks, one...

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  • 2010
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    Peepers

    Peepers

    4.5 2010 HD

    A rag-tag group, led by the eagle-eyed Steve, take to Montreal's chilly rooftops under cover of night. They're on the prowl for the perfect peep...

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  • 1994
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    My Breast

    My Breast

    1 1994 HD

    Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life...

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  • 2023
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    Mémoires Métissées

    Mémoires Métissées

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2024
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    40 Acres

    40 Acres

    1 2024 HD

    In a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil...

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  • 1995
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    Spenser: A Savage Place

    Spenser: A Savage Place

    1 1995 HD

    Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be...

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  • 2008
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    A Woman's Rage

    A Woman's Rage

    3 2008 HD

    Beautiful Allison, 30, has no trouble finding a man. It's keeping them that's the problem...

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  • 2017
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    The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle

    7.1 2017 HD

    A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard,...

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  • 2002
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    Redeemer

    Redeemer

    6.6 2002 HD

    When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named...

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  • 2017
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    Small Crimes

    Small Crimes

    5.35 2017 HD

    A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the...

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  • 2009
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    Final Verdict

    Final Verdict

    4.2 2009 HD

    The successful prosecution of a man accused of murdering his wife catapults a young attorneys career into the position of assistant D.A. for a major...

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  • 2018
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    Manivald

    Manivald

    6.9 2018 HD

    Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing...

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  • 1991
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    The Final Heist

    The Final Heist

    3.3 1991 HD

    David King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes. He hasn't counted, however, on a mysterious gang who...

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  • 2008
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    Adam's Wall

    Adam's Wall

    2 2008 HD

    As another Middle East crisis explodes, Adam, a Jewish teenager and Yasmine a Lebanese girl fall in love in Montreal. But the crisis overseas effects...

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  • 2016
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    Summer Villa

    Summer Villa

    6.3 2016 HD

    Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New...

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  • 2000
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    Island of the Dead

    Island of the Dead

    3.4 2000 HD

    Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.

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  • 2001
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    Tales from the Neverending Story: The Beginning

    Tales from the Neverending Story: The Beginning

    4.3 2001 HD

    The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the...

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  • 2001
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    Tales from the Neverending Story: The Gift

    Tales from the Neverending Story: The Gift

    4.4 2001 HD

    The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the...

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  • 2003
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    Tales from the Neverending Story: Badge of Courage

    Tales from the Neverending Story: Badge of Courage

    4.5 2003 HD

    The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the...

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  • 2003
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    Tales from the Neverending Story: Resurrection

    Tales from the Neverending Story: Resurrection

    5 2003 HD

    The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the...

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  • 1990
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    The Amityville Curse

    The Amityville Curse

    3.9 1990 HD

    After purchasing a property in Amityville, New York, Debbie and her husband invite three of their closest friends to help renovate. Immediately...

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  • 1997
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    Stranger in the House

    Stranger in the House

    7 1997 HD

    A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal.

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  • 2009
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    Dead Like Me: Life After Death

    Dead Like Me: Life After Death

    6.311 2009 HD

    When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break...

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  • 1995
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    Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

    Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

    6.7 1995 HD

    Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with...

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  • 2020
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    Clouds

    Clouds

    8.3 2020 HD

    Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes...

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  • 2001
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    The Killing Yard

    The Killing Yard

    6.3 2001 HD

    Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.

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  • 1995
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    Johnny and Clyde

    Johnny and Clyde

    3 1995 HD

    When a young boy dogsits Clyde, a criminal canine trying to go straight, he ends up facing down the school bully, catching a criminal, and learning...

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  • 2020
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    Pieces of a Woman

    Pieces of a Woman

    7 2020 HD

    When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved...

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  • 2018
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    Birthmarked

    Birthmarked

    5.8 2018 HD

    Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.

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  • 2007
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    Christie's Revenge

    Christie's Revenge

    4.1 2007 HD

    After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.

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  • 1991
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    Scanners II: The New Order

    Scanners II: The New Order

    5.156 1991 HD

    A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John...

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  • 2011
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    Immortals

    Immortals

    6.022 2011 HD

    Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon...

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  • 2013
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    The Legend of Sarila

    The Legend of Sarila

    4.4 2013 HD

    Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

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  • 2021
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    Chaos Walking

    Chaos Walking

    6.6 2021 HD

    Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and...

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  • 2007
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    I'm Not There

    I'm Not There

    6.5 2007 HD

    Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown...

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  • 2011
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    Cyberbully

    Cyberbully

    6.1 2011 HD

    A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.

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  • 2020
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    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    3.5 2020 HD

    On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven...

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  • 1991
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    Deadly Surveillance

    Deadly Surveillance

    3 1991 HD

    A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics...

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  • 2016
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    Bad Santa 2

    Bad Santa 2

    5.4 2016 HD

    Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas...

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  • 2002
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    The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

    7.2 2002 HD

    Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

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  • 1994
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    Due South

    Due South

    7.589 1994 HD

    Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police...

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  • 1992
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    Forever Knight

    Forever Knight

    6.7 1992 HD

    Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto....

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  • 2005
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    Charlie Jade

    Charlie Jade

    7 2005 HD

    Charlie Jade is a science fiction television program filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa. It stars Jeffrey Pierce in the title role, as a...

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  • 1999
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    Big Wolf on Campus

    Big Wolf on Campus

    7.2 1999 HD

    Tommy is bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip a week before the start of his senior year. After becoming a werewolf, he fights against...

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  • 1992
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    Are You Afraid of the Dark?

    Are You Afraid of the Dark?

    8.17 1992 HD

    This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each...

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  • 2021
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    Jupiter's Legacy

    Jupiter's Legacy

    6.98 2021 HD

    As the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become the revered elder guard in the present, their...

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  • 1970
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    Wimzie's House

    Wimzie's House

    9 1970 HD

    Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting...

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  • 1996
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    FX: The Series

    FX: The Series

    6.2 1996 HD

    Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and...

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  • 1998
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    Radio Active

    Radio Active

    8.2 1998 HD

    Radio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer, about group of students at Upper...

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  • 2008
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    Sophie

    Sophie

    5.5 2008 HD

    Sophie is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC from January 9, 2008 to March 23, 2009. It stars Natalie Brown as Sophie Parker, an...

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  • 2023
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    Alert: Missing Persons Unit

    Alert: Missing Persons Unit

    7.4 2023 HD

    When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help...

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  • 1997
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    Riverdale

    Riverdale

    6.8 1997 HD

    CBC’s first prime time soap opera follows the intertwined lives of four families in Toronto’s Riverdale community.

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  • 2017
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    Faits divers

    Faits divers

    9.5 2017 HD

    Chief inspector Constance Forest and her team match wits with petty criminals of all kinds in the fog-shrouded North Shore of Montreal.

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  • 2019
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    Blood & Treasure

    Blood & Treasure

    6.613 2019 HD

    An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.

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  • 1997
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    Earth: Final Conflict

    Earth: Final Conflict

    6.7 1997 HD

    Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister...

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  • 1970
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    Roadside Picnic

    Roadside Picnic

    1 1970 HD

    In the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event, six visitation zones are created on Earth, each containing supernatural properties.

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  • 2020
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    Transplant

    Transplant

    7.7 2020 HD

    Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new...

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  • 1982
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    Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1982 HD

    Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to...

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  • 2019
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    The Boys

    The Boys

    8.5 2019 HD

    A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a...

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  • 2016
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    Real Detective

    Real Detective

    7.9 2016 HD

    With narrative driven exclusively by the detectives themselves, each episode ventures deep into the mind of a homicide detective as they describe in...

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  • 2021
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    Debris

    Debris

    7.042 2021 HD

    Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien...

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