John Boorman

John Boorman

John Boorman (born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker who is a long time resident of Ireland and is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General and The Tailor of Panama. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boorman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: John Boorman
  • Popularity: 5.584
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1933-01-18
  • Place of Birth: Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: 존 부어맨
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John Boorman Movies

  • 1974
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    Zardoz

    Zardoz

    6 1974 HD

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

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  • 2009
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    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    6.3 2009 HD

    The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot...

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  • 2016
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    Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    6.4 2016 HD

    A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with...

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  • 2012
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    Me and Me Dad

    Me and Me Dad

    1 2012 HD

    An intimate portrait about the iconic filmmaker John Boorman directed by his daughter Katrine. The story is told through the relationship of father...

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  • 2012
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    Dreamers

    Dreamers

    6 2012 HD

    Dreamers is a film directed by Noelle Deschamps in 2012. Creation was always imagined as a mysterious process. Following these filmmakers, brings to...

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  • 2006
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    A Sense of Carol Reed

    A Sense of Carol Reed

    1 2006 HD

    The film director, Carol Reed, is the subject of this documentary short. The illegitimate son of the famous stage actor, 'Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree'...

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  • 1967
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    The Rock

    The Rock

    7.1 1967 HD

    A promotional two-part short for John Boorman's "Point Blank" shot on and around Alcatraz. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and former inmate Joe Giles...

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  • 2022
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    The Sean Connery Paradox

    The Sean Connery Paradox

    6.6 2022 HD

    Having become a world star thanks to James Bond, Sean Connery, who died in 2020, has never stopped trying to shed the image of a sexy and slightly...

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  • 2024
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    A Look Through His Lens

    A Look Through His Lens

    1 2024 HD

    Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and...

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  • 2019
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    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    6.5 2019 HD

    Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953...

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  • 1990
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    The Return of the Green Man

    The Return of the Green Man

    1 1990 HD

    Since ancient times, the Green Man has been one of the most mysterious and menacing of mythical characters. He also has a familiar...

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  • 1991
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    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    6 1991 HD

    Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains...

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  • 1987
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    Hope and Glory

    Hope and Glory

    6.8 1987 HD

    A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

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  • 1978
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    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    1 1978 HD

    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

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  • 1999
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    The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

    The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

    7.7 1999 HD

    A documentary chronicling the making of Kubrick's final film, 'Eyes Wide Shut', and his legacy.

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  • 2006
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    Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

    6.8 2006 HD

    What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status...

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  • 2015
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    Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

    Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

    1 2015 HD

    Discussion about Carol Reed's 1947 film "Odd Man Out."

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  • 1995
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    Ennio Morricone

    Ennio Morricone

    6 1995 HD

    From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's...

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  • 2017
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    John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

    John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2006
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    The Making of Ryan's Daughter

    The Making of Ryan's Daughter

    1 2006 HD

    Feature-lenght documentary, divided in three episodes (Storm rising, Storm chaser and Eye of the storm), describing the making of Ryan's Daughter as...

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  • 1998
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    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    1 1998 HD

    John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they...

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  • 2010
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    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    1 2010 HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

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  • 2013
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    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    1 2013 HD

    This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie, Excalibur. Self-described as the toughest film he ever...

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  • 2001
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    The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

    6.029 2001 HD

    A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

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  • 2001
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    The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

    6.029 2001 HD

    A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

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  • 2001
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    The Tailor of Panama

    The Tailor of Panama

    6.029 2001 HD

    A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a...

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  • 1995
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    Beyond Rangoon

    Beyond Rangoon

    6.6 1995 HD

    Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left...

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  • 1995
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    Beyond Rangoon

    Beyond Rangoon

    6.6 1995 HD

    Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left...

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  • 2006
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    The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

    5.8 2006 HD

    After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

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  • 2006
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    The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

    5.8 2006 HD

    After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

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  • 2006
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    The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

    5.8 2006 HD

    After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

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  • 1972
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    Deliverance

    Deliverance

    7.3 1972 HD

    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting...

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  • 1972
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    Deliverance

    Deliverance

    7.3 1972 HD

    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting...

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  • 1974
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    Zardoz

    Zardoz

    6 1974 HD

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

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  • 1981
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    Excalibur

    Excalibur

    6.9 1981 HD

    A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his...

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  • 1981
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    Excalibur

    Excalibur

    6.9 1981 HD

    A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his...

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  • 1981
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    Excalibur

    Excalibur

    6.9 1981 HD

    A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his...

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  • 1985
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    The Emerald Forest

    The Emerald Forest

    6.6 1985 HD

    For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest....

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  • 1985
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    The Emerald Forest

    The Emerald Forest

    6.6 1985 HD

    For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest....

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  • 1977
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    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    4.5 1977 HD

    Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and...

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  • 1977
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    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    4.5 1977 HD

    Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and...

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  • 1968
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    Hell in the Pacific

    Hell in the Pacific

    6.9 1968 HD

    During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in...

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  • 1987
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    Hope and Glory

    Hope and Glory

    6.8 1987 HD

    A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

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  • 1987
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    Hope and Glory

    Hope and Glory

    6.8 1987 HD

    A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

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  • 1967
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    Point Blank

    Point Blank

    7 1967 HD

    After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money...

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  • 2004
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    In My Country

    In My Country

    6.2 2004 HD

    An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

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  • 2004
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    In My Country

    In My Country

    6.2 2004 HD

    An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

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  • 1998
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    The General

    The General

    6.7 1998 HD

    The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted...

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  • 1998
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    The General

    The General

    6.7 1998 HD

    The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted...

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  • 1995
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    Lumière & Company

    Lumière & Company

    6.2 1995 HD

    40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

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  • 1990
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    Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

    6 1990 HD

    A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

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  • 1965
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    Catch Us If You Can

    Catch Us If You Can

    5.2 1965 HD

    Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for...

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  • 1970
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    Leo the Last

    Leo the Last

    5.4 1970 HD

    Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the...

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  • 1982
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    Angel

    Angel

    5.6 1982 HD

    Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the...

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  • 1984
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    Dream One

    Dream One

    3.8 1984 HD

    Based on Winsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.

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  • 2015
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    Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

    6 2015 HD

    In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle...

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  • 2015
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    Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

    6 2015 HD

    In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle...

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  • 1990
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    Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

    6 1990 HD

    A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

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  • 1998
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    The General

    The General

    6.7 1998 HD

    The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted...

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  • 2015
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    Queen & Country

    Queen & Country

    6 2015 HD

    In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle...

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  • 1974
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    Zardoz

    Zardoz

    6 1974 HD

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

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  • 1974
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    Zardoz

    Zardoz

    6 1974 HD

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

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  • 1997
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    Angela Mooney Dies Again

    Angela Mooney Dies Again

    1 1997 HD

    Americans want to take over the Irish creamery Angela Mooney's husband built up. Everybody in town is delighted, with the exception of Mrs Mooney,...

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  • 1970
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    Leo the Last

    Leo the Last

    5.4 1970 HD

    Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the...

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  • 1995
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    Two Nudes Bathing

    Two Nudes Bathing

    2 1995 HD

    Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short...

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  • 1980
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    The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

    5.6 1980 HD

    John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking...

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  • 1991
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    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    6 1991 HD

    Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains...

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  • 1991
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    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    I Dreamt I Woke Up

    6 1991 HD

    Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains...

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  • 1995
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    Two Nudes Bathing

    Two Nudes Bathing

    2 1995 HD

    Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short...

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  • 2019
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    The Professor and the Madman

    The Professor and the Madman

    7.1 2019 HD

    Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over...

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  • 1990
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    Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

    6 1990 HD

    A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

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  • 1995
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    Two Nudes Bathing

    Two Nudes Bathing

    2 1995 HD

    Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short...

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  • 1998
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    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    1 1998 HD

    John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they...

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  • 1963
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    Six Days to Saturday

    Six Days to Saturday

    1 1963 HD

    The story of one week in the lives of a professional football team - Swindon Town F.C.

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  • 1998
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    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

    1 1998 HD

    John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they...

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  • 1970
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    The Honey Wars

    The Honey Wars

    1 1970 HD

    Follows Hope, a young girl with a secret ability to see the invisible threads that connect the magical world to our own. Recently uprooted by the...

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  • 1970
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    The Honey Wars

    The Honey Wars

    1 1970 HD

    Follows Hope, a young girl with a secret ability to see the invisible threads that connect the magical world to our own. Recently uprooted by the...

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  • 1970
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    The Honey Wars

    The Honey Wars

    1 1970 HD

    Follows Hope, a young girl with a secret ability to see the invisible threads that connect the magical world to our own. Recently uprooted by the...

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  • 2004
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    Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

    7 2004 HD

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  • 1974
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    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1970
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    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1970 HD

    A series of dramas inspired by famous paintings.

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  • 1970
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    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1970 HD

    A series of dramas inspired by famous paintings.

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