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Tilda Swinton

1960-11-05 (64 years old) in London, England, UK

Tilda Swinton (born Katherine Matilda Swinton; November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009). For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and filmmaker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.

Movies

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The End
80 %|Dec 6, 2024
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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The Room Next Door
72.74 %|Oct 7, 2024
Drama, Comedy
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The Killer
66 %|Oct 25, 2023
Crime, Thriller
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All Kinds of Love
0 %|Jun 20, 2023
Drama
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Cannes Uncut
58 %|Jun 12, 2023
Documentary
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Durmiente
0 %|Nov 10, 2022
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Goliath: Playing with Reality
0 %|Nov 1, 2021
Animation
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Hail, Caesar!
59 %|Feb 5, 2016
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Trainwreck
58 %|Jul 17, 2015
Comedy, Romance
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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
60 %|Apr 22, 2014
Documentary
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
80.46 %|Feb 26, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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Only Lovers Left Alive
72 %|Dec 12, 2013
Drama, Romance
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The Zero Theorem
61 %|Sep 20, 2013
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Snowpiercer
69.06 %|Aug 1, 2013
Action, Science Fiction, Drama
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Death for a Unicorn
40 %|Aug 1, 2013
Fantasy
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David Bowie: Five Years
75 %|May 25, 2013
Documentary, Music
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Love Flesh
65 %|Feb 6, 2013
Documentary
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Radioman
57 %|Dec 7, 2012
Documentary
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Moonrise Kingdom
76.89 %|May 16, 2012
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Cinema Is Everywhere
90 %|Oct 22, 2011
Documentary
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
75.43 %|Sep 28, 2011
Drama, Thriller
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
64 %|Dec 2, 2010
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Climate of Change
0 %|May 12, 2010
Documentary
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I Am Love
68 %|Mar 19, 2010
Drama, Romance
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The Invisible Frame
68.89 %|Nov 12, 2009
Documentary
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The Limits of Control
60 %|May 1, 2009
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
75.91 %|Dec 25, 2008
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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Burn After Reading
67 %|Sep 5, 2008
Comedy, Drama
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
66.24 %|May 15, 2008
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Julia
67 %|Mar 12, 2008
Drama
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Michael Clayton
67.78 %|Sep 28, 2007
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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The Man from London
72 %|May 23, 2007
Mystery, Crime, Drama
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Stephanie Daley
58 %|Apr 20, 2007
Drama
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Here’s Looking at You, Boy
58 %|Feb 16, 2007
Documentary
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Strange Culture
47 %|Feb 9, 2007
Documentary
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Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
0 %|Jan 24, 2006
Drama, Comedy, Family, Documentary
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
71 %|Dec 7, 2005
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Thumbsucker
61.37 %|Sep 16, 2005
Comedy, Drama
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Broken Flowers
69.06 %|Jul 31, 2005
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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Constantine
70.95 %|Feb 8, 2005
Fantasy, Action, Horror
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The Statement
56.39 %|Dec 12, 2003
Drama, Thriller
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Young Adam
58.36 %|Sep 26, 2003
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
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Adaptation.
74 %|Dec 6, 2002
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Teknolust
43 %|Jan 10, 2002
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
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Vanilla Sky
68.13 %|Dec 14, 2001
Science Fiction, Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
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The Deep End
61.1 %|Jan 21, 2001
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
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The Dilapidated Dwelling
40 %|Oct 6, 2000
Documentary
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Possible Worlds
63 %|Sep 4, 2000
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The Beach
65 %|Feb 3, 2000
Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
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The Protagonists
51 %|Sep 10, 1999
Crime, Drama, Thriller, History
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The War Zone
69 %|Jun 11, 1999
Drama
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Conceiving Ada
45 %|Feb 19, 1999
Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
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Female Perversions
51 %|Apr 25, 1997
Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Glitterbug
63 %|Mar 5, 1994
Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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Blue
69 %|Aug 19, 1993
Drama
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Wittgenstein
63 %|Mar 26, 1993
Drama, History, Comedy
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Orlando
69 %|Dec 11, 1992
Drama, Fantasy
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Edward II
62 %|Oct 18, 1991
History, Romance, Drama
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The Party: Nature Morte
0 %|Sep 6, 1991
Drama
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The Garden
55.93 %|Sep 6, 1990
Drama
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War Requiem
66 %|Jan 6, 1989
War, Drama
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Cycling the Frame
69 %|Aug 30, 1988
Documentary, TV Movie
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Degrees of Blindness
0 %|Jan 1, 1988
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Aria
56 %|Sep 15, 1987
Music
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Friendship's Death
67 %|Aug 17, 1987
Science Fiction, Drama
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Egomania: Island Without Hope
52 %|May 20, 1987
Drama
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Caravaggio
62 %|Aug 29, 1986
Drama, History, Romance
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The Sluggard
0 %|Jan 1, 1986
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
75 %|Oct 18, 2024
Documentary
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Chroma
0 %|Jul 21, 2024
Drama
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Orbital: Glastonbury 2024
0 %|Jun 29, 2024
Music
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The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
0 %|Jun 13, 2024
Documentary
actor
Transparent
80 %|Jun 12, 2024
Documentary
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Memoria
60 %|Sep 30, 2021
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
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Uncut Gems
71.53999999999999 %|Aug 30, 2019
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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The Souvenir
60 %|May 17, 2019
Romance, Drama
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Suspiria
69.19 %|Oct 26, 2018
Horror, Mystery, Drama
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Isle of Dogs
78.53 %|Mar 23, 2018
Adventure, Comedy, Animation
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Okja
74 %|Jun 28, 2017
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
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War Machine
56 %|May 26, 2017
Comedy, Drama, War
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Letters from Baghdad
69.09 %|Apr 21, 2017
Documentary
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async - first light
60 %|Apr 1, 2017
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A Bigger Splash
62 %|Nov 26, 2015
Drama, Thriller, Romance
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Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
65 %|Sep 22, 2015
Documentary, Comedy
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
77.56 %|Feb 5, 2015
Documentary, Music
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Dreams Rewired
48 %|Feb 1, 2015
Documentary
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The Gospel According to St Derek
0 %|Oct 20, 2014
Documentary
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Antarctica: On the Edge
64 %|Oct 19, 2014
Documentary
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When Björk Met Attenborough
77.5 %|Jul 26, 2013
Documentary
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Song 1
10 %|Mar 22, 2012
actor
Behind Jim Jarmusch
0 %|Sep 1, 2010
Documentary
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Derek
57 %|Feb 19, 2008
Documentary
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Sleepwalkers
67 %|Jan 16, 2007
Documentary
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Deep Water
72 %|Dec 15, 2006
Documentary, Adventure, Drama, Action
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The Somme
57 %|Nov 14, 2005
Drama, Documentary
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Your Cheatin' Heart
60 %|Oct 11, 1990
Music, Comedy, Drama
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Volcano Saga
0 %|Jan 1, 1989
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The Ballad of a Small Player
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama
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Problemista
67 %|Mar 1, 2024
Comedy
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Asteroid City
64.82000000000001 %|Jun 8, 2023
Comedy, Drama
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The Eternal Daughter
60 %|Dec 2, 2022
Drama, Mystery
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
80.83 %|Nov 9, 2022
Animation, Fantasy, Drama
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
69 %|Aug 24, 2022
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
actor
Sleep Song
0 %|Jan 1, 2022
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
55 %|Dec 10, 2021
Documentary
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The French Dispatch
70.42 %|Oct 21, 2021
Drama, Comedy
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The Souvenir: Part II
64 %|Oct 11, 2021
Drama
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The Human Voice
68 %|Sep 3, 2020
Drama
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Last and First Men
64.35 %|Feb 25, 2020
Drama, Science Fiction
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The Dead Don't Die
54.370000000000005 %|May 15, 2019
Comedy, Horror
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Avengers: Endgame
82.47999999999999 %|Apr 24, 2019
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
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Letters from Generation Rx
55 %|Jul 18, 2017
Documentary
actor
Tania Libre
0 %|Feb 14, 2017
Documentary
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Doctor Strange
74 %|Oct 25, 2016
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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One Water
0 %|Apr 5, 2013
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Ashes
53.150000000000006 %|May 19, 2012
Documentary
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14 Actors Acting
70 %|Dec 8, 2010
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Moments on the Set of I Am Love
0 %|Jan 1, 2009
Documentary
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Cannes: All Access
37 %|Oct 27, 2007
Documentary
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Faceless
0 %|Mar 20, 2007
Documentary, Science Fiction
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Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
0 %|Oct 10, 2002
Documentary
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Death of a World Star
100 %|Jun 1, 1994
Comedy
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
0 %|Jan 31, 1994
Documentary
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The Open Universe
0 %|Oct 16, 1993
Adventure, Documentary, TV Movie
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Man to Man
0 %|Aug 26, 1992
Drama, TV Movie
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait
0 %|Jan 25, 1991
Documentary
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Play Me Something
50 %|Feb 18, 1989
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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A Call to Arms
0 %|Jan 1, 1989
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The Last of England
60 %|Aug 23, 1987
Drama
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Depuis le Jour
0 %|May 27, 1987
Music, Romance
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Caprice
64 %|Jan 1, 1986
Fantasy

Series

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Fantasmas
68 %|Jun 7, 2024
Comedy
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Fantasmas
68 %|Jun 7, 2024
Comedy
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What If...?
81 %|Aug 11, 2021
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Marvel Studios Legends
73.89999999999999 %|Jan 8, 2021
Documentary, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Boys
84.65 %|Jul 25, 2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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What We Do in the Shadows
80 %|Mar 27, 2019
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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Women, War & Peace
100 %|Oct 11, 2011
Documentary
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Getting On
70 %|Jul 8, 2009
Drama, Comedy
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Galapagos
75 %|Sep 29, 2006
Documentary
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Made in Hollywood
40 %|Sep 30, 2005
Talk
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
68.46000000000001 %|Nov 9, 1992
Animation
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Your Cheatin' Heart
60 %|Oct 11, 1990
Comedy, Drama
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Zastrozzi: A Romance
0 %|Apr 13, 1986
Drama