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Lin Shaye

1943-10-12 (81 years old) in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including "Bye Bye Birdie" and "On The Town". After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.

Movies

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Frank and Penelope
73 %|Jun 3, 2022
Thriller, Horror, Crime
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Pines
80 %|Feb 4, 2022
Horror, Thriller
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Big Ass Spider!
56 %|Oct 17, 2013
Science Fiction
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Insidious: Chapter 2
66.76 %|Sep 12, 2013
Horror, Thriller
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Crazy Kind of Love
56 %|May 31, 2013
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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FDR: American Badass!
50.650000000000006 %|Sep 24, 2012
Comedy
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3 Days of Normal
48 %|Jun 2, 2012
Comedy, Family, Romance
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Insidious
69.47 %|Mar 31, 2011
Horror, Thriller
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Take Me Home
65 %|Mar 2, 2011
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Sedona
56 %|Feb 19, 2011
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Farewell Mr. Kringle
65 %|Dec 4, 2010
Romance, TV Movie
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Next Stop Murder
58 %|Sep 19, 2010
Thriller
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2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
40 %|Jul 20, 2010
Comedy, Horror
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Killer by Nature
37 %|Jan 1, 2010
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Doggie Heaven
52 %|Nov 24, 2008
Comedy
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Chasing Robert
20 %|Jul 17, 2007
Comedy
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The Election
70 %|Jul 12, 2007
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Surf School
27 %|Sep 1, 2006
Comedy
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Surf School
27 %|Sep 1, 2006
Comedy
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Snakes on a Plane
54 %|Aug 17, 2006
Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, Thriller
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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
48 %|Jun 27, 2006
Comedy, Horror
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Hoboken Hollow
37 %|Jan 4, 2006
Horror
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2001 Maniacs
54 %|May 12, 2005
Comedy, Horror
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Hate Crime
59.400000000000006 %|Jan 14, 2005
Drama, Thriller
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Who's Your Daddy?
49 %|Jan 7, 2004
Comedy
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Dead End
64 %|Dec 12, 2003
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
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Contagion
40 %|May 15, 2002
Drama, Science Fiction
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Say It Isn't So
47 %|Mar 10, 2001
Comedy, Romance
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Detroit Rock City
67.36 %|Aug 13, 1999
Comedy, Music
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There's Something About Mary
66 %|Jul 15, 1998
Romance, Comedy
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Trading Favors
44 %|Jun 4, 1997
Crime, Drama
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Last Man Standing
63 %|Sep 20, 1996
Crime, Action
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Kingpin
64.92 %|Jul 4, 1996
Comedy
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New Nightmare
64 %|Oct 13, 1994
Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
44 %|May 13, 1994
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
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Amityville: A New Generation
41 %|Sep 29, 1993
Horror, Thriller, Drama
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Three of Hearts
46 %|Apr 30, 1993
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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The Temp
46 %|Feb 12, 1993
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
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Critters 2
62.21 %|Apr 29, 1988
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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The Hidden
68.7 %|Oct 30, 1987
Science Fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
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Critters
64.66 %|Apr 11, 1986
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
73 %|Oct 31, 1984
Horror
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The Old World
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama
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Carrier
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror, Thriller
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Insidious: The Red Door
66.07000000000001 %|Jul 5, 2023
Horror, Thriller
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Remote
0 %|Oct 1, 2022
Horror
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We Are Gathered Here Today
60 %|Aug 16, 2022
Drama
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Living with Chucky
67 %|Aug 13, 2022
Documentary, Horror
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Buster's Mal Heart
62 %|May 28, 2017
Mystery, Drama
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Grow House
68 %|Apr 20, 2017
Comedy
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Director's Cut
62 %|Jul 19, 2016
Horror, Comedy, Thriller
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Jack Goes Home
52 %|Mar 14, 2016
Drama, Thriller, Horror
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Tales of Halloween
57.35 %|Oct 16, 2015
Horror, Thriller
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Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
50 %|Oct 1, 2015
Action, Comedy, Horror
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Insidious: Chapter 3
62.77 %|May 28, 2015
Horror, Thriller
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Grace
49 %|Oct 28, 2014
Thriller, Horror
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Ouija
51 %|Oct 24, 2014
Horror
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Lost Time
32 %|Sep 19, 2014
Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
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The Signal
60.08 %|Mar 15, 2014
Thriller, Science Fiction
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All American Christmas Carol
45 %|Nov 5, 2013
Comedy, Fantasy
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Noobz
61 %|Jan 25, 2013
Comedy, Adventure
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Life's an Itch
23 %|Dec 1, 2012
Comedy, Romance
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Rosewood Lane
48 %|Oct 15, 2011
Horror, Thriller
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Chillerama
57 %|Oct 14, 2011
Comedy, Horror
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
59 %|Sep 2, 2011
Comedy
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I Was a Teenage Werebear
63 %|Sep 1, 2011
Horror, Comedy
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Pickin' and Grinnin'
0 %|Apr 17, 2010
Comedy
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The Penthouse
36 %|Mar 2, 2010
Comedy
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Homo Erectus
39 %|Jul 10, 2007
Comedy
actor
Down the P.C.H.
25 %|Sep 1, 2006
Drama
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Bachelor Party Vegas
49 %|Apr 25, 2006
Comedy
actor
Unbeatable Harold
30 %|Jan 1, 2006
Comedy, Romance
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Drop Dead Sexy
49 %|Mar 12, 2005
Comedy, Crime
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The Almost Guys
67 %|Mar 3, 2004
Comedy
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Boat Trip
53 %|Oct 1, 2002
Comedy
actor
A Letter from My Father
0 %|Oct 18, 2001
Drama
actor
Without Charlie
0 %|Jan 1, 2001
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
57 %|Oct 14, 1994
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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Roadside Prophets
57 %|Mar 27, 1992
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Brewster's Millions
65.93 %|May 22, 1985
Comedy
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Summer Fantasy
50 %|May 25, 1984
Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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A Cry for Love
0 %|Oct 20, 1980
TV Movie, Drama, Romance
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The Seeding of Sarah Burns
60 %|Apr 7, 1979
Drama, TV Movie
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The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
60 %|Jan 30, 1979
Drama, TV Movie
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Goin' South
58 %|Oct 6, 1978
Comedy, Western
actor
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror
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Scared to Death
0 %|Aug 11, 2024
Horror, Comedy
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
67 %|Aug 16, 2021
Thriller, Crime
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The Call
55 %|Oct 23, 2020
Horror, Thriller
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The Horror Crowd
60 %|Aug 29, 2020
Documentary
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Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
62 %|Aug 11, 2020
Comedy, Science Fiction
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The Voices
52 %|Jul 3, 2020
Horror, Thriller
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Dreamkatcher
52 %|Jun 24, 2020
Horror, Thriller
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Darkness Falls
55 %|Mar 7, 2020
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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The Grudge
54 %|Dec 31, 2019
Horror, Mystery
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Gothic Harvest
45 %|Oct 15, 2019
Horror
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Ambition
52 %|Sep 20, 2019
Thriller
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Get Gone
45 %|Jul 31, 2019
Horror
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Room for Rent
64 %|May 3, 2019
Thriller, Horror
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The Final Wish
50.24 %|Jan 24, 2019
Horror
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Herbert West: Reanimator
47 %|Dec 15, 2018
Horror
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They Bite!: The Making of Critters
0 %|Nov 27, 2018
Documentary
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Los Angeles Overnight
43 %|Mar 20, 2018
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Insidious: The Last Key
63 %|Jan 3, 2018
Horror, Thriller
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All About the Money
57 %|Jun 2, 2017
Comedy, Action, Adventure
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The Black Room
38 %|Apr 28, 2017
Comedy, Horror
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Mountain Top
71 %|Feb 10, 2017
Drama, Family, Mystery
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Abattoir
44 %|Nov 24, 2016
Horror, Thriller
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Ouija: Origin of Evil
61.28 %|Oct 20, 2016
Horror
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The Midnight Man
58 %|Sep 30, 2016
Horror
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Texas Heart
57 %|May 20, 2016
Drama
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Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
58 %|Jan 7, 2015
Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
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Matchmaker Santa
59 %|Nov 21, 2012
TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Jewtopia
46.849999999999994 %|Apr 26, 2012
Comedy, Romance
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The Three Stooges
58 %|Apr 13, 2012
Comedy
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Waffle Hut
0 %|Jan 1, 2012
Comedy, TV Movie
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Goldberg - P.I.
0 %|Jan 1, 2011
Comedy
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Black Limousine
72 %|Oct 19, 2010
Drama, Thriller
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Small Town Saturday Night
55 %|May 31, 2010
Drama
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
78 %|May 4, 2010
Documentary
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VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
0 %|Jan 1, 2010
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Dark Moon Rising
41 %|Oct 10, 2009
Horror
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Stuntmen
39 %|Aug 18, 2009
Action, Comedy, Thriller
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American Cowslip
54 %|Jul 24, 2009
Comedy
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My Sister's Keeper
74 %|Jun 26, 2009
Drama
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Starz Inside: In the Gutter
45 %|Jul 29, 2008
Documentary
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Chronic Town
60 %|Apr 3, 2008
Drama, Action, Thriller
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Asylum
39 %|Mar 20, 2008
Horror
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Killer Pad
42 %|Feb 5, 2008
Comedy, Horror
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Pledge This!
28.599999999999998 %|Dec 1, 2006
Comedy
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Driftwood
44 %|Oct 20, 2006
Horror, Mystery
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Confessions of an Action Star
43 %|Jan 23, 2005
Action, Comedy
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Born Killers
50 %|Jan 1, 2005
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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The Hillside Strangler
49 %|Nov 12, 2004
Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Cellular
64 %|Sep 6, 2004
Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime
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A Cinderella Story
66 %|Jul 16, 2004
Comedy, Family, Romance
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Stuck on You
53 %|Dec 10, 2003
Comedy
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Barely Legal
60 %|May 15, 2003
Comedy
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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
41.67 %|Apr 14, 2003
Comedy
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Wish You Were Dead
56 %|May 21, 2002
Action, Comedy, Thriller, Romance
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Attention Shoppers
25 %|Sep 21, 2000
Comedy
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Me, Myself & Irene
66 %|Jun 22, 2000
Comedy
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Living Out Loud
58 %|Oct 30, 1998
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Breakfast with Einstein
28 %|May 24, 1998
Comedy, TV Movie
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Project: ALF
57 %|Feb 17, 1996
Comedy, Family, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Nature of the Beast
59.45 %|Oct 23, 1995
Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Horror
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Trial by Fire
58 %|Oct 1, 1995
TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
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Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
60 %|Jan 28, 1995
Drama, Thriller, Crime, TV Movie
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Dumb and Dumber
66 %|Dec 16, 1994
Comedy
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Corrina, Corrina
67 %|Aug 12, 1994
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
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In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
35 %|Jan 23, 1994
Thriller, Crime, TV Movie
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Brain Smasher... A Love Story
51 %|Nov 17, 1993
Action, Comedy, Romance
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
60 %|Feb 4, 1993
Comedy, Crime, Action
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Critters 3
52.980000000000004 %|Dec 11, 1991
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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Pump Up the Volume
71 %|Aug 22, 1990
Music, Drama
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The Running Man
65 %|Nov 13, 1987
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Crime
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Extreme Prejudice
62 %|Apr 24, 1987
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Alone in the Dark
58 %|Nov 12, 1982
Horror, Thriller
actor
Dead of Nowhere 3D
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror
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Before Memory
10 %|Invalid Date
Thriller
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Book of Love
56 %|Aug 3, 1990
Comedy, Romance
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Lucky Stiff
46 %|Nov 1, 1988
Comedy, Horror
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Mistress
35 %|Oct 4, 1987
Drama, TV Movie
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Slam Dance
49 %|Oct 2, 1987
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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My Demon Lover
54 %|Apr 24, 1987
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
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Stillwatch
65 %|Feb 10, 1987
Thriller, Horror, TV Movie
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Why Me?
54 %|Mar 12, 1984
TV Movie
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Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
51 %|Nov 10, 1982
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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The Long Riders
67 %|May 16, 1980
Western, Action
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A Secret Space
0 %|Dec 4, 1977
Drama
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Sex and the Married Woman
10 %|Sep 13, 1977
Drama, TV Movie, Comedy
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Hester Street
62 %|Oct 19, 1975
Drama, Romance

Series

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Behind the Monsters
57 %|Oct 27, 2021
Documentary
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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
68 %|Apr 26, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Dead Talk Live
90 %|Apr 25, 2020
Talk
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Eli Roth's History of Horror
64 %|Oct 14, 2018
Documentary
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EastSiders
64 %|Dec 14, 2012
Drama, Comedy
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My Name Is Earl
76.66 %|Sep 20, 2005
Comedy
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Crossing Jordan
72 %|Sep 24, 2001
Drama
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Becker
72 %|Nov 2, 1998
Comedy
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Perversions of Science
57.14 %|Jun 7, 1997
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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ER
78.14 %|Sep 19, 1994
Drama
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My So-Called Life
76 %|Aug 25, 1994
Drama, Comedy
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Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
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Life Goes On
64 %|Sep 12, 1989
Drama, Family
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The Twilight Zone
77 %|Sep 27, 1985
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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Who's the Boss?
75 %|Sep 20, 1984
Comedy, Family
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Highway to Heaven
74.00999999999999 %|Sep 19, 1984
Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Cagney & Lacey
69 %|Mar 25, 1982
Crime, Drama
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Falcon Crest
56 %|Dec 4, 1981
Soap, Drama
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Eight Is Enough
61 %|Mar 15, 1977
Drama, Comedy