Joan Plowright — Actor (21)
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Mr. Wrong (1996)
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Nick Castle actor: Ellen DeGeneres / Bill Pullman …
other title: Un marito quasi perfetto / Mr. Wrong - Der Traummann wird zum Alptraum …
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
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Stalin (1992)
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Ivan Passer actor: Robert Duvall / Julia Ormond …
other title: Staline
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
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Joshua Brand actor: William Baldwin / John Leguizamo …
other title: Brennende Liebe / Un amor con mucho fuego …
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting
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Avalon (1990)
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Barry Levinson actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl / Aidan Quinn …
other title: Avalon - Drømmen om Amerika / Avalon - drømmen om Amerika …
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
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Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
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Richard Loncraine actor: Sting / Denholm Elliott …
other title: Le due facce del male / Pierre qui brûle …
A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.
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Britannia Hospital (1982)
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Lindsay Anderson actor: Graham Crowden / Leonard Rossiter …
other title: Hospital Britannia
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
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The Entertainer (1960)
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Tony Richardson actor: Laurence Olivier / Brenda De Banzie …
other title: Gli sfasati / Der Komödiant …
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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Dennis the Menace (1993)
Dennis the Menace
Nick Castle actor: Walter Matthau / Mason Gamble …
other title: Dennis la minaccia / Jern-Henrik …
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
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Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Tea with Mussolini
Franco Zeffirelli actor: Maggie Smith / Judi Dench …
other title: Un tè con Mussolini / Chá com Mussolini …
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends — including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie — keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.
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The Scarlet Letter (1995)
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Roland Joffé actor: Demi Moore / Gary Oldman …
other title: La lettera scarlatta / Det flammende bogstav …
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
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I Love You to Death (1990)
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Lawrence Kasdan actor: Kevin Kline / Tracey Ullman …
other title: Ti amerò... fino ad ammazzarti / Ich liebe dich zu Tode …
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.
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Bringing Down the House (2003)
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Adam Shankman actor: Steve Martin / Queen Latifah …
other title: Un ciclone in casa / A Mulher da Casa …
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
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Dinosaur (2000)
Dinosaur
Ralph Zondag / Eric Leighton actor: D. B. Sweeney / Alfre Woodard …
other title: Dinosauri / Dinosaurerne …
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
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Last Action Hero (1993)
Last Action Hero
★ 7.2 5 ratings
John McTiernan actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger / Austin O'Brien …
other title: Last Action Hero - L'ultimo grande eroe / Den Sidste Actionhelt …
Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater. After being given a magic ticket by theater manager Nick, Danny is sucked into the screen and bonds with Slater. When evil fictional villain Benedict gets his hands on the ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Jack must follow and stop him.
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Equus (1977)
Equus
Sidney Lumet actor: Richard Burton / Peter Firth …
other title: Equus - Blinde Pferde / Equus – Blinde Pferde
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.