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    Peter Bogdanovich

    1939-07-30 (85 years old) in Kingston, New York, USA

    Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire before becoming a prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). His credited feature film debut came with Targets (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama The Last Picture Show (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Other films include Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Noises Off (1992), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). As an actor, he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018). He also published numerous books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Willie and Me
    60 %|Feb 9, 2024
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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    The Wild One
    58 %|May 10, 2023
    Documentary
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    John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
    0 %|Mar 23, 2023
    Documentary
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    Fragments of Paradise
    67 %|Aug 31, 2022
    Documentary
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    Dean Martin: King of Cool
    75 %|Nov 14, 2021
    Documentary
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    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
    80 %|Sep 17, 2021
    Documentary
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    Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
    60 %|Jan 19, 2021
    Documentary
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    I Am Burt Reynolds
    68.57000000000001 %|Dec 17, 2020
    Documentary
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    Audrey
    72 %|Nov 30, 2020
    Documentary, History, TV Movie
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    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
    66 %|Aug 18, 2020
    Documentary
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    Morning Has Broken
    0 %|May 9, 2020
    Drama
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    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
    68 %|Apr 21, 2020
    Documentary
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    It Chapter Two
    68.43 %|Sep 4, 2019
    Horror, Drama, Fantasy
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    The Creatress
    64 %|Aug 23, 2019
    Drama
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    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
    66.92 %|Mar 22, 2019
    Documentary
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    Carl Laemmle
    48 %|Jan 15, 2019
    Documentary
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    Reborn
    65 %|Nov 3, 2018
    Horror
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    The Other Side of the Wind
    67 %|Nov 2, 2018
    Drama
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    Tesla Nation
    0 %|Oct 27, 2018
    Documentary
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    The Great Buster: A Celebration
    72 %|Oct 5, 2018
    Documentary, Comedy
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    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
    71.50999999999999 %|Aug 31, 2018
    Documentary
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    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
    69 %|Jun 6, 2018
    Documentary
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    Los Angeles Overnight
    43 %|Mar 20, 2018
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    We Blew It
    56 %|Nov 8, 2017
    Documentary
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    Cult of Terror
    63 %|Oct 14, 2017
    Documentary
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    78/52
    72.74 %|Oct 13, 2017
    Documentary
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    The Fabulous Allan Carr
    62 %|May 19, 2017
    Documentary
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    Hawks on Hawks
    0 %|Jan 10, 2017
    Documentary
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    Six L.A. Love Stories
    50 %|Sep 1, 2016
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Between Us
    53 %|Apr 18, 2016
    Romance, Drama, Comedy
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    The Tell-Tale Heart
    51 %|Apr 5, 2016
    Thriller, Horror
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    Durant's Never Closes
    80 %|Jan 22, 2016
    Drama, Crime
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    Hitchcock/Truffaut
    72.85 %|Sep 4, 2015
    Documentary
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    This Is Orson Welles
    73.33 %|May 21, 2015
    Documentary
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    Pearly Gates
    30 %|Apr 26, 2015
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    While We're Young
    59.92 %|Apr 3, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
    73 %|Sep 30, 2014
    Documentary
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    Cold Turkey
    30 %|Nov 15, 2013
    Drama
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    Are You Here
    51 %|Sep 7, 2013
    Comedy
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    Don't Let Me Go
    75 %|Apr 6, 2013
    Adventure, Drama
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    Casting By
    71 %|Nov 1, 2012
    Documentary
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    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
    78 %|Jun 15, 2012
    Documentary
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    Corman's World
    71.36 %|Dec 16, 2011
    Documentary
    actor
    By Bogdanovich
    0 %|Jun 8, 2011
    actor
    Hollywood Scandals
    0 %|Apr 2, 2011
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
    67 %|Jan 12, 2011
    Documentary
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    Godard Made in USA
    0 %|Dec 11, 2010
    Documentary
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    BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
    0 %|Nov 23, 2010
    Documentary
    actor
    America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
    0 %|Nov 23, 2010
    Documentary
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    Queen of the Lot
    35 %|Nov 19, 2010
    Comedy, Drama
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    Abandoned
    50 %|Aug 24, 2010
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today
    0 %|Feb 23, 2010
    Documentary
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    Heavy Rain
    20 %|Feb 23, 2010
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    Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
    0 %|Feb 10, 2010
    Documentary
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    Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
    0 %|Feb 10, 2010
    Documentary
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    Vittorio D.
    63 %|Sep 17, 2009
    Documentary
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    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
    0 %|Jun 29, 2009
    Documentary
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    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
    63 %|Jan 11, 2009
    Documentary
    actor
    The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
    0 %|Jan 1, 2009
    Documentary
    actor
    Hollywood Gangster
    0 %|Dec 27, 2008
    Documentary
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    Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
    0 %|Oct 14, 2008
    Documentary
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    The Making of 'Rebecca'
    0 %|Oct 14, 2008
    Documentary
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    Humboldt County
    55 %|Sep 26, 2008
    Comedy, Drama
    actor
    The Doorman
    30 %|Jul 18, 2008
    Documentary, Comedy
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    Il falso bugiardo
    0 %|Jul 3, 2008
    Documentary
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    365 Day Project
    0 %|Dec 31, 2007
    Documentary
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    Broken English
    60 %|Nov 22, 2007
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Fifth Patient
    65.45 %|Oct 23, 2007
    Drama, Action, Thriller, Mystery
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    Dedication
    63 %|Aug 24, 2007
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Dukes
    46 %|Apr 23, 2007
    Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
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    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
    0 %|Feb 3, 2007
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Searching for Orson
    55 %|Nov 2, 2006
    Documentary
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    Infamous
    64.73 %|Oct 13, 2006
    Drama, Crime
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    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
    78 %|Oct 3, 2006
    Documentary
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    Wanderlust
    50 %|Jul 12, 2006
    Documentary
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    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
    65 %|Jun 13, 2006
    Documentary
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    Edge of Outside
    58 %|Jun 11, 2006
    Documentary
    actor
    Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
    0 %|Jun 6, 2006
    Documentary
    actor
    The Informer: Out of the Fog
    0 %|Jun 5, 2006
    Documentary
    actor
    Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
    60 %|Mar 15, 2006
    Documentary
    actor
    Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
    0 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
    70 %|Dec 21, 2005
    Documentary
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    The Definition of Insanity
    100 %|Dec 10, 2005
    Drama
    actor
    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
    0 %|Jan 1, 2005
    Documentary
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    Hitchcock and Dial M
    65 %|Oct 31, 2004
    Documentary
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    Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
    70 %|Sep 7, 2004
    Documentary
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    3D: A Brief History
    60 %|Sep 7, 2004
    Documentary
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    Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths
    60 %|Sep 7, 2004
    Documentary
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    Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'
    60 %|Sep 7, 2004
    Documentary
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    Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
    68 %|Sep 4, 2004
    Documentary
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    Cary Grant: A Class Apart
    69 %|Jun 1, 2004
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Scene Stealers
    0 %|Mar 4, 2004
    Drama
    actor
    Hollywood Legenden
    20 %|Jan 1, 2004
    Documentary
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    The Next Picture Show
    0 %|Aug 13, 2003
    Documentary
    actor
    Getting the Moon
    0 %|Aug 12, 2003
    Documentary
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    A Decade Under the Influence
    80 %|Apr 25, 2003
    Documentary
    actor
    New York at the Movies
    100 %|Jul 7, 2002
    History, Documentary, TV Movie
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    Highball
    45 %|Apr 2, 2002
    Comedy, Romance
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    John Ford Goes to War
    57 %|Jan 1, 2002
    Documentary
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    Festival in Cannes
    60 %|Nov 3, 2001
    Comedy
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    The Story of 'Frenzy'
    50 %|Mar 6, 2001
    Documentary
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    On Cukor
    0 %|Nov 22, 2000
    Documentary
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    The Independent
    56 %|Nov 10, 2000
    Comedy
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    Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
    55 %|Nov 5, 2000
    Documentary
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    Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
    0 %|Oct 14, 2000
    Documentary, Drama
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    The Trouble with 'Marnie'
    74 %|May 30, 2000
    Documentary
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    All About 'The Birds'
    71.67 %|May 28, 2000
    Documentary
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    Rated X
    55.45 %|Jan 25, 2000
    Drama
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    A Constant Forge
    65 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary
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    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
    84 %|Oct 13, 1999
    Documentary
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    Coming Soon
    58 %|Jun 8, 1999
    Romance, Comedy
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    Claire Makes It Big
    0 %|Apr 27, 1999
    Comedy
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    The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
    73 %|Apr 25, 1999
    Documentary
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    Lick the Star
    59 %|Oct 1, 1998
    Drama
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    54
    58 %|Aug 28, 1998
    Drama, Music
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    Mr. Jealousy
    58 %|Jun 5, 1998
    Comedy, Romance
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    Bella Mafia
    67.71 %|Nov 16, 1997
    Drama, Crime
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    Who Is Henry Jaglom?
    66 %|Jul 8, 1997
    Documentary
    actor
    Howard Hawks: American Artist
    58 %|Jan 1, 1997
    Documentary
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    Love in Hollywood
    0 %|Dec 8, 1996
    Documentary
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    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
    0 %|Aug 13, 1996
    Documentary
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    The Battle Over Citizen Kane
    73.15 %|Jan 29, 1996
    Documentary, TV Movie
    actor
    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
    0 %|Jul 1, 1994
    Documentary
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    Working with Orson Welles
    55 %|Jan 1, 1993
    Documentary
    actor
    Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
    20 %|Jun 18, 1992
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
    77 %|Oct 28, 1991
    Documentary
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    Hollywood Mavericks
    60 %|Sep 7, 1990
    Documentary
    actor
    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
    0 %|Feb 5, 1990
    TV Movie, Documentary
    actor
    John Wayne Standing Tall
    60 %|Mar 1, 1989
    Documentary
    actor
    Arena - John Cassavetes
    0 %|Feb 24, 1989
    Documentary
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
    60 %|Nov 22, 1988
    Documentary
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    Bacall on Bogart
    60 %|Mar 13, 1988
    Documentary
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    On the tracks of a filmmaker
    0 %|Jan 1, 1988
    Documentary
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    Out of the Blue and Into the Black
    0 %|Jan 30, 1987
    Documentary
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    Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
    0 %|Oct 13, 1985
    Documentary
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    Barry Norman in Celebrity City
    0 %|Sep 14, 1982
    Documentary
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    They All Laughed
    58 %|Nov 20, 1981
    Comedy, Romance
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    Saint Jack
    66 %|Apr 27, 1979
    Drama
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    Opening Night
    75 %|Dec 22, 1977
    Drama
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    Lost, Lost, Lost
    70 %|Sep 14, 1976
    Documentary
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    F for Fake
    74.2 %|Sep 1, 1973
    Documentary
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    Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
    50 %|Jan 1, 1972
    Documentary
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    Notes on the New York Film Festival
    50 %|Dec 31, 1971
    Documentary
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    The Last Picture Show
    76.44999999999999 %|Oct 3, 1971
    Drama
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    Directed by John Ford
    68 %|Sep 6, 1971
    Documentary
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    Lions Love
    59 %|Oct 12, 1969
    Comedy
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    Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
    32 %|Oct 1, 1968
    Adventure, Science Fiction
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    Targets
    70.41 %|Aug 15, 1968
    Crime, Thriller
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    The Trip
    57 %|Aug 23, 1967
    Drama
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    The Wild Angels
    55 %|Jul 20, 1966
    Drama, Action

    Series

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    Talking Sopranos
    0 %|Apr 7, 2020
    Talk
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    Get Shorty
    70.67999999999999 %|Aug 13, 2017
    Crime, Comedy
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    Rizzoli & Isles
    79.34 %|Jul 12, 2010
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Good Wife
    76 %|Sep 22, 2009
    Drama
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    How I Met Your Mother
    81.57 %|Sep 19, 2005
    Comedy
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    Out of Order
    53 %|Jun 1, 2003
    Drama, Comedy
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    75.67 %|Sep 30, 2001
    Drama
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    The Sopranos
    86 %|Jan 10, 1999
    Drama
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    E! True Hollywood Story
    80.41 %|Aug 21, 1996
    Documentary
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    Picture Windows
    0 %|Oct 1, 1995
    Drama
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    Cybill
    58.209999999999994 %|Jan 2, 1995
    Comedy
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    Northern Exposure
    78 %|Jul 12, 1990
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Simpsons
    80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
    Family, Animation, Comedy
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    Dinah!
    65 %|Oct 21, 1974
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    Great Performances
    52 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66.58 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk
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    The Mike Douglas Show
    51 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime