Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus

Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again for directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), which are his highest-grossing films to date. In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the drama The Help (2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014, called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag.

  • Title: Chris Columbus
  • Popularity: 10.315
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1958-09-10
  • Place of Birth: Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Also Known As: Christopher Joseph Columbus
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Chris Columbus Movies

  • 2004
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    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    7.6 2004 HD

    A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.

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  • 2022
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    Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    7.312 2022 HD

    An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey...

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  • 2012
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    Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

    Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

    6.5 2012 HD

    Made-for-television documentary about Daniel Radcliffe and his role as Harry Potter.

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  • 2006
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    No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

    No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

    8.1 2006 HD

    Feature length documentary about Jonathan Larson and "Rent"'s journey from Broadway to the screen. Featuring director Chris Columbus, the entire...

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  • 2023
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    David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

    David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

    7.4 2023 HD

    As Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in the Harry Potter films, David Holmes' work has been seen worldwide by millions of people. Tragically an on-set...

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  • 2020
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    Showbiz Kids

    Showbiz Kids

    6.9 2020 HD

    A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a...

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  • 2024
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    Music by John Williams

    Music by John Williams

    8.4 2024 HD

    His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro...

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  • 1992
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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    6.7 1992 HD

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite...

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  • 2014
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    From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    6.5 2014 HD

    Chris Walas and Howie Mandel, the voice of Gizmo, describe the laborious development of Gizmo and the Gremlins and the painstaking work required to...

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  • 2014
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    Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

    Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

    6.5 2014 HD

    This new retrospective features new interviews with director Joe Dante, star Zach Galligan, writer Chris Columbus, executive producers Steven...

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  • 2007
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    Fog City Mavericks

    Fog City Mavericks

    8.5 2007 HD

    Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home...

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  • 2024
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    Child Star

    Child Star

    6.1 2024 HD

    Explore the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most famous former child stars. Through...

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  • 2006
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    Night at the Museum

    Night at the Museum

    6.583 2006 HD

    Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army...

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  • 2002
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    7.72 2002 HD

    Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger...

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  • 2001
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    7.914 2001 HD

    Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful...

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  • 1990
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    Home Alone

    Home Alone

    7.4 1990 HD

    Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation....

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  • 1993
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    Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    7.2 1993 HD

    Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his...

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  • 2005
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    Rent

    Rent

    6.8 2005 HD

    This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film...

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  • 2005
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    Rent

    Rent

    6.8 2005 HD

    This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film...

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  • 1991
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    Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely

    6 1991 HD

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns...

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  • 1991
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    Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely

    6 1991 HD

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns...

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  • 1999
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    Bicentennial Man

    Bicentennial Man

    7.253 1999 HD

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the...

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  • 1995
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    5.7 1995 HD

    When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much...

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  • 1995
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    5.7 1995 HD

    When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much...

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  • 1995
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    5.7 1995 HD

    When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much...

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  • 1985
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    Young Sherlock Holmes

    Young Sherlock Holmes

    6.8 1985 HD

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his...

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  • 1996
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    Jingle All the Way

    Jingle All the Way

    6.037 1996 HD

    Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate...

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  • 2010
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    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    6.2 2010 HD

    Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must...

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  • 1985
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    The Goonies

    The Goonies

    7.515 1985 HD

    A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends...

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  • 2005
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    Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

    5.787 2005 HD

    During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become...

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  • 1998
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    Stepmom

    Stepmom

    7.1 1998 HD

    Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome...

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  • 2004
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    Christmas with the Kranks

    Christmas with the Kranks

    6.1 2004 HD

    When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip...

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  • 1987
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    Adventures in Babysitting

    Adventures in Babysitting

    6.862 1987 HD

    When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a...

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  • 1988
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    Heartbreak Hotel

    Heartbreak Hotel

    5.2 1988 HD

    When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to...

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  • 1984
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    Reckless

    Reckless

    5.8 1984 HD

    Rebellious footballer Johnny falls for cheerleader Tracy. They come from opposite backgrounds: Tracy has a comfortable, well-off family, whereas...

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  • 1984
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    Gremlins

    Gremlins

    7.118 1984 HD

    When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a...

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  • 2009
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    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

    6.142 2009 HD

    Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the...

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  • 2011
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    The Help

    The Help

    8.2 2011 HD

    Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson...

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  • 2009
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    I Love You, Beth Cooper

    I Love You, Beth Cooper

    6 2009 HD

    A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating...

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  • 2009
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    I Love You, Beth Cooper

    I Love You, Beth Cooper

    6 2009 HD

    A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating...

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  • 2021
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    Cusp

    Cusp

    5.5 2021 HD

    In a Texas military town, three teenage girls confront the dark corners of adolescence at the end of a fever dream summer.

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  • 2015
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    Pixels

    Pixels

    5.737 2015 HD

    Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

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  • 2013
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    Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

    Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

    6.035 2013 HD

    In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to...

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  • 2012
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    Applebaum

    Applebaum

    1 2012 HD

    Based on Ayelet Waldman’s Mommy Track Mysteries series of books, Applebaum centers on Juliet Applebaum (Rachelle Lefevre), a former public...

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  • 2012
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    Applebaum

    Applebaum

    1 2012 HD

    Based on Ayelet Waldman’s Mommy Track Mysteries series of books, Applebaum centers on Juliet Applebaum (Rachelle Lefevre), a former public...

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  • 2015
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    Pixels

    Pixels

    5.737 2015 HD

    Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

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  • 2004
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    Christmas with the Kranks

    Christmas with the Kranks

    6.1 2004 HD

    When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip...

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  • 2002
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    7.72 2002 HD

    Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger...

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  • 2001
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    7.914 2001 HD

    Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful...

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  • 2024
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    Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    1 2024 HD

    A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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  • 2011
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    French Exchange

    French Exchange

    6.5 2011 HD

    15-year-old Jack is on a French Exchange trip with his school. But his mum won't stop ringing to check-up on him. On his last night, his host falls...

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  • 2022
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    The Exiles

    The Exiles

    8 2022 HD

    Brash and opinionated, Christine Choy is a documentarian, cinematographer, professor, and quintessential New Yorker whose films and teaching have...

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  • 2022
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    Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

    Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

    6.5 2022 HD

    Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun...

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  • 2024
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    Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    7.18 2024 HD

    In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't...

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  • 2009
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    The Cove

    The Cove

    7.9 2009 HD

    The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the...

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  • 1989
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    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    6.8 1989 HD

    A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret...

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  • 2016
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    Tallulah

    Tallulah

    6.7 2016 HD

    Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she...

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  • 2007
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    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    5.61 2007 HD

    The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all...

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  • 2017
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    Patti Cake$

    Patti Cake$

    6.587 2017 HD

    Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and...

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  • 2010
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    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    6.2 2010 HD

    Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must...

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  • 2001
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    Monkeybone

    Monkeybone

    5.114 2001 HD

    After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out...

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  • 2016
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.967 2016 HD

    In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and...

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  • 1980
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    I Think I'm Going to Like it Here

    I Think I'm Going to Like it Here

    1 1980 HD

    Chris Columbus's NYU student film follows a naïve freshman from the Midwest as he becomes acclimated to his first year at NYU. Preserved by the...

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  • 1998
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    Stepmom

    Stepmom

    7.1 1998 HD

    Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome...

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  • 1970
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    The Thursday Murder Club

    The Thursday Murder Club

    1 1970 HD

    Four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and, led by a former spy, form the Thursday Murder Club to solve cold cases for fun....

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  • 2014
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    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

    6.2 2014 HD

    When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking...

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  • 1988
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    Heartbreak Hotel

    Heartbreak Hotel

    5.2 1988 HD

    When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to...

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  • 1992
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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    6.7 1992 HD

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite...

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  • 2017
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    I Kill Giants

    I Kill Giants

    6.2 2017 HD

    Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her...

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  • 2018
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    The Christmas Chronicles

    The Christmas Chronicles

    7.147 2018 HD

    Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

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  • 1999
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    Bicentennial Man

    Bicentennial Man

    7.253 1999 HD

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the...

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  • 1990
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    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    6.5 1990 HD

    Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo....

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  • 2020
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    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    6.5 2020 HD

    Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are...

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  • 2020
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    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    6.5 2020 HD

    Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are...

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  • 2020
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    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

    6.5 2020 HD

    Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are...

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  • 2019
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    The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse

    7.5 2019 HD

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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  • 2004
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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    8.018 2004 HD

    Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting...

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  • 2016
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    The Young Messiah

    The Young Messiah

    6.5 2016 HD

    Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it...

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  • 2014
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    Little Accidents

    Little Accidents

    5.4 2014 HD

    In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people...

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  • 2016
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    It Had to Be You

    It Had to Be You

    5.6 2016 HD

    Sonia is a jingle writer who's always dreamt of a big and exciting life. Surprised by a sudden proposal and subsequent ultimatum from her easy-going...

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  • 2015
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    Mediterranea

    Mediterranea

    6.74 2015 HD

    Ayiva recently left his home in Burkina Faso in search of a way to provide for his sister and his daughter. He takes advantage of his position in an...

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  • 2017
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    Menashe

    Menashe

    6.3 2017 HD

    Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

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  • 2020
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    Scoob!

    Scoob!

    7.057 2020 HD

    In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined...

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  • 2023
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    Chupa

    Chupa

    6.4 2023 HD

    While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a...

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  • 2020
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    Yes, God, Yes

    Yes, God, Yes

    6.3 2020 HD

    Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would...

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  • 1970
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    The Thursday Murder Club

    The Thursday Murder Club

    1 1970 HD

    Four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and, led by a former spy, form the Thursday Murder Club to solve cold cases for fun....

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  • 2023
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    100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

    7.667 2023 HD

    Tracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the unparalleled global impact of Warner Bros. on art, commerce,...

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  • 2019
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    The Movies That Made Us

    The Movies That Made Us

    7.2 2019 HD

    These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

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  • 2020
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    Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

    5.5 2020 HD

    Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in hilarious yet heartfelt conversations.

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  • 1970
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    Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

    6.5 1970 HD

    Galaxy High is an American science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6,...

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  • 1970
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    Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

    6.5 1970 HD

    Galaxy High is an American science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6,...

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