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Sam Neill

1947-09-14 (77 years old) in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. He has also had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin, Captain Vasily Borodin in The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror, and Alisdair Stewart in The Piano. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.

Movies

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T. REX
70 %|Jun 21, 2024
Documentary
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Bring Him to Me
58 %|Nov 2, 2023
Crime, Action, Thriller
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Scarygirl
70 %|Oct 5, 2023
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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The Portable Door
65 %|Mar 23, 2023
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
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Assassin Club
60 %|Feb 24, 2023
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Thor: Love and Thunder
64.4 %|Jul 6, 2022
Fantasy, Action, Comedy
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Voice Activated
70 %|Jun 15, 2022
Drama, Comedy
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Jurassic World Dominion
67 %|Jun 1, 2022
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
71 %|Mar 25, 2021
Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
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Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
65 %|Feb 4, 2021
Animation, Comedy, Family
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Rams
64 %|Oct 15, 2020
Drama, Comedy
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Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
65 %|Sep 27, 2020
Documentary
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Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
60 %|Jan 4, 2020
Documentary
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The Show Must Go On
30 %|Oct 8, 2019
Documentary
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Ride Like a Girl
73 %|Sep 26, 2019
Drama
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Blackbird
67.94 %|Sep 6, 2019
Drama
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Palm Beach
53 %|Aug 8, 2019
Comedy, Drama
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Peter Rabbit
67 %|Feb 7, 2018
Animation, Adventure, Family
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Sweet Country
66 %|Jan 25, 2018
Western, Crime, Thriller, Drama
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The Commuter
64 %|Jan 11, 2018
Action, Thriller, Mystery
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Thor: Ragnarok
75.9 %|Oct 2, 2017
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Tommy's Honour
68 %|Jul 7, 2017
Drama, Romance
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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
38 %|Mar 9, 2017
Documentary
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New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
77 %|Jul 19, 2016
Documentary
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
76.61 %|Mar 31, 2016
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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The Daughter
64 %|Oct 9, 2015
Drama
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MindGamers
44 %|Oct 4, 2015
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Backtrack
58 %|Jul 25, 2015
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
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Why Anzac with Sam Neill
0 %|Apr 21, 2015
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United Passions
33.21 %|Jun 19, 2014
Drama
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A Long Way Down
62.36 %|Mar 20, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
56 %|Dec 5, 2013
Fantasy, Adventure, Family
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Escape Plan
67 %|Oct 9, 2013
Action, Thriller
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The Ordained
0 %|Jun 1, 2013
TV Movie, Crime, Drama
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The Vow
72.47 %|Feb 5, 2012
Drama, Romance
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Alcatraz
0 %|Jan 16, 2012
Action, Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The Hunter
66 %|Oct 6, 2011
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
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The Dragon Pearl
48 %|Mar 11, 2011
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Return to Jurassic Park
65.85 %|Feb 5, 2011
Documentary, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Ice
56 %|Jan 2, 2011
Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
68 %|Jul 10, 2010
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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The Making of Daybreakers
70 %|May 11, 2010
Documentary
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Daybreakers
63 %|Jan 6, 2010
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Under the Mountain
45 %|Dec 10, 2009
Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
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Iron Road
63 %|Jun 24, 2009
Drama
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In Her Skin
60 %|Mar 13, 2009
Drama, Thriller
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The Man in the Hat
0 %|Jan 1, 2009
Documentary
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Dean Spanley
75 %|Dec 12, 2008
Comedy, Drama
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Skin
64 %|Sep 7, 2008
Drama
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The Pixar Story
75 %|Aug 28, 2007
Documentary
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Angel
55 %|Feb 17, 2007
Romance, Drama
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Irresistible
54.96000000000001 %|Apr 18, 2006
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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The Making of 'Event Horizon'
74.44 %|Apr 18, 2006
Documentary
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Working with a Master: John Carpenter
60 %|Mar 28, 2006
Documentary
actor
Voyage of the Nautilus
55 %|Feb 25, 2006
Documentary
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Yes
58 %|Aug 5, 2005
Drama, Romance
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Little Fish
58 %|Jul 19, 2005
Drama, Crime
actor
Split Enz: Spellbound
0 %|Jul 8, 1993
Music, Documentary
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Question of Faith
0 %|Oct 6, 1988
Drama, TV Movie
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The Country Girls
0 %|Apr 1, 1984
Drama
actor
Mystery Ride
0 %|Invalid Date
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The Guinea Pig Club
100 %|Invalid Date
Drama
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Gallipoli
70 %|Mar 18, 2005
Documentary, War
actor
Colin McCahon: I Am
0 %|Sep 18, 2004
Documentary
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Wimbledon
62 %|Sep 13, 2004
Comedy, Romance
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Jessica
70 %|Jul 18, 2004
TV Movie, Drama
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Stiff
72 %|Jun 19, 2004
Crime, Comedy, TV Movie
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Perfect Strangers
42 %|Oct 9, 2003
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Dirty Deeds
57 %|Jul 18, 2002
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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Framed
52 %|Feb 13, 2002
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'
0 %|Dec 11, 2001
Documentary
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The Zookeeper
64.67 %|Nov 22, 2001
Drama, War
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SuperCroc
60 %|Oct 25, 2001
Documentary
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Jurassic Park III
61 %|Jul 18, 2001
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Submerged
45.709999999999994 %|May 20, 2001
Drama, TV Movie
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The Magic Pudding
54 %|Dec 14, 2000
Animation, Music, Family
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The Dish
67 %|Oct 19, 2000
Comedy, Drama, History
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Inside The Living Daylights
80 %|Oct 17, 2000
Documentary
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My Mother Frank
40 %|Aug 16, 2000
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
76 %|Feb 13, 2000
Drama, Romance
actor
Numero Bruno
0 %|Jan 1, 2000
Documentary
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Bicentennial Man
72.58 %|Dec 17, 1999
Science Fiction, Drama
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The Revengers' Comedies
58 %|Jun 9, 1998
Comedy, Crime, Romance
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The Horse Whisperer
69 %|Feb 1, 1998
Adventure, Drama, Romance
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Forgotten Silver
72.23 %|Oct 3, 1997
Comedy, TV Movie
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Event Horizon
65 %|Aug 15, 1997
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror
61 %|Jul 18, 1997
Fantasy, Horror
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The Rainbow Warrior
53 %|Mar 28, 1997
TV Movie, Drama
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Children of the Revolution
56 %|Dec 26, 1996
Comedy, Drama
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Victory
51 %|Dec 13, 1996
Drama, Romance
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Restoration
60 %|Dec 29, 1995
Drama, Romance
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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
71 %|Apr 23, 1995
Documentary
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In the Mouth of Madness
72 %|Feb 3, 1995
Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
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The Jungle Book
59.36 %|Dec 23, 1994
Family, Adventure, Drama
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Country Life
63 %|Oct 27, 1994
Drama, Romance
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
0 %|May 22, 1994
Documentary, TV Movie
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Sirens
56 %|Mar 4, 1994
Comedy, Drama
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Jurassic Park
80 %|Jun 11, 1993
Adventure, Science Fiction
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The Piano
74 %|May 18, 1993
Drama, Romance
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Family Pictures
70 %|Mar 20, 1993
Drama, TV Movie
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Hostage
32 %|May 10, 1992
Thriller, Action, Drama
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
59.04 %|Feb 28, 1992
Science Fiction, Comedy, Romance
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One Against the Wind
70 %|Dec 1, 1991
History, Drama, TV Movie
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Until the End of the World
68 %|Sep 12, 1991
Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Fever
36 %|May 11, 1991
Thriller, Drama
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Death in Brunswick
60 %|Apr 24, 1991
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Shadow of China
70 %|May 12, 1990
Drama
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The Hunt for Red October
73.8 %|Mar 2, 1990
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Cowboys of Culture
0 %|Jan 1, 1990
Documentary, TV Movie
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The french revolution: Years of rage
75 %|May 10, 1989
Drama, War, History, Thriller
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The french revolution: Years of hope
80 %|May 10, 1989
History, Drama, War, Thriller
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Dead Calm
65.6 %|Apr 7, 1989
Thriller, Horror
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Evil Angels
66.97 %|Nov 3, 1988
Drama
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The Good Wife
48 %|May 14, 1987
Drama, Romance
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For Love Alone
31 %|May 22, 1986
Romance, Drama
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Strong Medicine
70 %|Jan 1, 1986
Drama, TV Movie
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Plenty
57 %|Sep 20, 1985
Drama, Romance
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Robbery Under Arms
64 %|Mar 28, 1985
Western, History
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The Blood of Others
50 %|Aug 25, 1984
TV Movie, Romance, Drama, War, History
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Enigma
56 %|Oct 15, 1982
Drama, Thriller
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Attack Force Z
62 %|Jun 1, 1982
War, Action
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Ivanhoe
62 %|Feb 23, 1982
History, Adventure, TV Movie
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From a Far Country
39 %|Sep 15, 1981
Drama, History
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Possession
73 %|May 27, 1981
Horror
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The Final Conflict
58 %|Mar 20, 1981
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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The Journalist
40 %|Nov 15, 1979
Comedy
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Just Out Of Reach
0 %|Oct 1, 1979
Drama
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My Brilliant Career
61 %|Aug 17, 1979
Drama, Romance
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Surf Sail
0 %|Sep 4, 1978
Documentary
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Sleeping Dogs
57 %|Oct 6, 1977
Action, Thriller, Drama
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Architect Athfield
0 %|Jan 1, 1977
Documentary
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Four Shorts on Architecture
0 %|Oct 10, 1975
Documentary
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Ashes
0 %|Mar 17, 1975
Drama, Documentary, TV Movie
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Landfall
0 %|Jan 1, 1975
Drama, TV Movie
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Hunt's Duffer
70 %|Jan 1, 1973
Drama, TV Movie
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The Water Cycle
0 %|Sep 9, 1972
Documentary
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The City of No
70 %|Jan 1, 1971
Drama, TV Movie

Series

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The Assembly
0 %|Aug 20, 2024
Documentary, Talk
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Apples Never Fall
63.17999999999999 %|Mar 14, 2024
Drama, Mystery
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The Twelve
80 %|Jun 21, 2022
Crime, Drama
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The Twelve
80 %|Jun 21, 2022
Crime, Drama
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Invasion
71.84 %|Oct 21, 2021
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
50 %|Sep 16, 2021
Documentary, Crime, News, Reality
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The Real Hunt for Red October
55 %|Jun 13, 2021
Documentary
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Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
10 %|May 31, 2021
Documentary, Comedy
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The Movies That Made Us
72 %|Nov 29, 2019
Documentary
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Flack
70 %|Feb 21, 2019
Drama, Comedy
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The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
70 %|Aug 27, 2018
Documentary
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Anika Moa Unleashed
30 %|Mar 28, 2018
Comedy, Talk
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Get Krack!n
61.25 %|Aug 30, 2017
Comedy
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House of Bond
40 %|Apr 24, 2017
Drama
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Tutankhamun
65 %|Oct 16, 2016
Drama
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New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
92 %|Jul 19, 2016
Documentary
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And Then There Were None
76 %|Dec 26, 2015
Mystery, Drama
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The Dovekeepers
55.910000000000004 %|Mar 31, 2015
Drama
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House of Hancock
67 %|Feb 8, 2015
Drama
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Old School
81 %|May 23, 2014
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Rick and Morty
86.92 %|Dec 2, 2013
Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
70 %|Sep 18, 2013
Comedy, Documentary
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Peaky Blinders
85.37 %|Sep 12, 2013
Drama, Crime
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Peaky Blinders
85.37 %|Sep 12, 2013
Drama, Crime
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Harry
65 %|May 8, 2013
Crime, Drama
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Alcatraz
63.56 %|Jan 16, 2012
Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
76 %|Sep 3, 2011
Documentary
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Ice
100 %|Jan 2, 2011
Drama
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Happy Town
59 %|Apr 28, 2010
Mystery
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Iron Road
87 %|Aug 9, 2009
Drama
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Crusoe
67 %|Oct 17, 2008
Drama, Action & Adventure
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The Tudors
78 %|Apr 1, 2007
Drama,
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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Two Twisted
60 %|Aug 14, 2006
Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Merlin's Apprentice
48 %|Apr 14, 2006
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Triangle
62 %|Dec 5, 2005
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Triangle
62 %|Dec 5, 2005
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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To the Ends of the Earth
61 %|Jul 6, 2005
Drama
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Jessica
56 %|Jul 18, 2004
Drama
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Doctor Zhivago
66 %|Nov 24, 2002
Drama
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Richard & Judy
31 %|Nov 26, 2001
Talk
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Space
76 %|Jul 22, 2001
Documentary
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Rove
80 %|Sep 22, 1999
Comedy
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The Games
70 %|Aug 17, 1998
Comedy
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Merlin
68 %|Apr 26, 1998
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family
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In Cold Blood
60 %|Nov 24, 1996
Drama
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Australian Story
48 %|May 29, 1996
Documentary, News
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The Simpsons
80.16999999999999 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Amerika
54 %|Feb 15, 1987
Drama
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Strong Medicine
0 %|Apr 26, 1986
Drama
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Kane & Abel
75.78999999999999 %|Nov 17, 1985
Drama
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
71 %|Sep 5, 1983
Crime, Drama
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Lucinda Brayford
0 %|Jun 15, 1980
Drama
actor
The Governor
0 %|Oct 6, 1977
War & Politics
poster
The Sullivans
48 %|Nov 15, 1976
Drama, Soap
poster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
86.67 %|Dec 24, 1951
Drama
actor
UNTAMED
0 %|Invalid Date
Mystery, Drama