Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, political activist and retired actress. She first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. This subsequently led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). She has starred in many feature films, including The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), No Such Thing (2001), My Life Without Me (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009). Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her (2006), for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011), premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by her first documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012). She also wrote the miniseries Alias Grace, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. In 2022, Polley wrote and directed the film Women Talking, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Sarah Polley
  • Popularity: 6.686
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1979-01-08
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Homepage: http://ggagency.ca/polley
  • Also Known As: 세라 폴리, 莎拉·波利, Sara Polley
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Sarah Polley Movies

  • 2003
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    My Life Without Me

    My Life Without Me

    6.012 2003 HD

    A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

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  • 2005
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    The Secret Life of Words

    The Secret Life of Words

    6.945 2005 HD

    A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special...

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  • 2004
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    Dawn of the Dead

    Dawn of the Dead

    7.054 2004 HD

    A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

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  • 1997
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    The Sweet Hereafter

    The Sweet Hereafter

    6.9 1997 HD

    A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer...

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  • 2005
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    Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking

    6.223 2005 HD

    Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and...

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  • 1999
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    eXistenZ

    eXistenZ

    6.802 1999 HD

    A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been...

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  • 1994
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    Exotica

    Exotica

    6.6 1994 HD

    In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend,...

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  • 2009
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    Mr. Nobody

    Mr. Nobody

    7.817 2009 HD

    Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

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  • 2004
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    The I Inside

    The I Inside

    5.946 2004 HD

    When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his...

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  • 1999
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    Go

    Go

    6.936 1999 HD

    Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy...

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  • 1985
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    One Magic Christmas

    One Magic Christmas

    5.75 1985 HD

    Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and...

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  • 2001
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    The Weight of Water

    The Weight of Water

    5.533 2001 HD

    A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

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  • 2003
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    The Event

    The Event

    5.9 2003 HD

    Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's...

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  • 2002
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    No Such Thing

    No Such Thing

    5.931 2002 HD

    A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

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  • 1989
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    Babar: The Movie

    Babar: The Movie

    5.81 1989 HD

    Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch...

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  • 1988
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    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    6.953 1988 HD

    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

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  • 1999
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    Guinevere

    Guinevere

    5.9 1999 HD

    A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

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  • 2010
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    Splice

    Splice

    5.879 2010 HD

    Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together...

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  • 2000
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    The Claim

    The Claim

    6 2000 HD

    A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who...

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  • 1998
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    Last Night

    Last Night

    6.587 1998 HD

    Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

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  • 1987
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    Heaven On Earth

    Heaven On Earth

    1 1987 HD

    An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British...

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  • 2010
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    Trigger

    Trigger

    5.1 2010 HD

    Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.

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  • 1998
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    White Lies

    White Lies

    5.4 1998 HD

    How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic...

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  • 1997
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    Joe's So Mean to Josephine

    Joe's So Mean to Josephine

    4.2 1997 HD

    Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms her way into his heart she realises...

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  • 1998
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    Jerry and Tom

    Jerry and Tom

    6.1 1998 HD

    Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business,...

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  • 2007
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    Wrath of Gods

    Wrath of Gods

    5 2007 HD

    When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgard in 2004, they...

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  • 1987
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    Blue Monkey

    Blue Monkey

    5.1 1987 HD

    While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency...

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  • 2004
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    Siblings

    Siblings

    5.4 2004 HD

    Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this...

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  • 2012
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    Stories We Tell

    Stories We Tell

    7.1 2012 HD

    Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends...

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  • 1987
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    Pretty Kill

    Pretty Kill

    1.8 1987 HD

    A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental...

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  • 2000
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    This Might Be Good

    This Might Be Good

    1 2000 HD

    A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors hoping their...

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  • 1989
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    Lantern Hill

    Lantern Hill

    8 1989 HD

    In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is...

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  • 2000
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    Preludes

    Preludes

    1 2000 HD

    Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted of...

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  • 2005
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    Beowulf & Grendel

    Beowulf & Grendel

    5.607 2005 HD

    The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King...

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  • 1999
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    The Life Before This

    The Life Before This

    4.5 1999 HD

    Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.

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  • 1997
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    The Planet of Junior Brown

    The Planet of Junior Brown

    4.5 1997 HD

    Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

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  • 1996
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    Children First!

    Children First!

    1 1996 HD

    A collection of 7 animation short films inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each NFB award-winning film, in their...

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  • 2004
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    Luck

    Luck

    4.8 2004 HD

    Shane Bradley, who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny, tries to win the girl of his dreams. After their relationship falters, Shane begins to...

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  • 1987
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    Hands of a Stranger

    Hands of a Stranger

    5.6 1987 HD

    A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

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  • 1990
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    Road to Avonlea: The Movie

    Road to Avonlea: The Movie

    9 1990 HD

    After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While...

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  • 1986
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    Confidential

    Confidential

    2.8 1986 HD

    The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman who was accused of the axe murder of her father...

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  • 2000
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    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    5.143 2000 HD

    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

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  • 1992
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    Johann's Gift to Christmas

    Johann's Gift to Christmas

    5 1992 HD

    A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by composing a Christmas carol.

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  • 2000
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    Love Come Down

    Love Come Down

    6.4 2000 HD

    Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is...

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  • 2019
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    Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

    Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

    7 2019 HD

    The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they...

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  • 1997
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    The Hanging Garden

    The Hanging Garden

    6.4 1997 HD

    William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family)...

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  • 2008
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    The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

    The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

    10 2008 HD

    This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies...

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  • 2004
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    Sugar

    Sugar

    5 2004 HD

    Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his...

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  • 1987
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    The Big Town

    The Big Town

    5.4 1987 HD

    It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional...

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  • 2014
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    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    6 2014 HD

    Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

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  • 2003
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    Dermott's Quest

    Dermott's Quest

    6 2003 HD

    A man stuck in a rut takes his girlfriend to a medieval festival.

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  • 2007
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    Away from Her

    Away from Her

    6.993 2007 HD

    Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of...

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  • 2011
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    Take This Waltz

    Take This Waltz

    6.341 2011 HD

    Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives...

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  • 2011
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    Take This Waltz

    Take This Waltz

    6.341 2011 HD

    Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives...

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  • 2011
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    Take This Waltz

    Take This Waltz

    6.341 2011 HD

    Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives...

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  • 2012
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    Stories We Tell

    Stories We Tell

    7.1 2012 HD

    Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends...

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  • 2012
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    Stories We Tell

    Stories We Tell

    7.1 2012 HD

    Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends...

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  • 2022
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    Women Talking

    Women Talking

    6.908 2022 HD

    A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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  • 1999
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    The Best Day of My Life

    The Best Day of My Life

    1 1999 HD

    Short drama by Sarah Polley. The film was made for the "On the Fly 4" film festival. The film was shot and edited in one day.

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  • 1999
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    Don't Think Twice

    Don't Think Twice

    1 1999 HD

    A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

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  • 1999
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    Don't Think Twice

    Don't Think Twice

    1 1999 HD

    A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

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  • 1999
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    Don't Think Twice

    Don't Think Twice

    1 1999 HD

    A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.

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  • 2007
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    Away from Her

    Away from Her

    6.993 2007 HD

    Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of...

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  • 2016
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    The Secret Path

    The Secret Path

    5 2016 HD

    The Secret Path is an animated film adaptation of Gord Downie's album and Jeff Lemire's graphic novel. Working with Downie's poetry and music, Lemire...

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  • 1970
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    & Sons

    & Sons

    1 1970 HD

    Andrew is a novelist best known to the world as A.N. Dyer. He wrote his first book when he was 27, and it became an instant classic, selling 45...

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  • 2002
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    I Shout Love

    I Shout Love

    1 2002 HD

    Bobby is about to abandon Tessa, but in a suicidal panic she persuades him to stay one last night and reenact the good old times in front of a video...

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  • 2002
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    I Shout Love

    I Shout Love

    1 2002 HD

    Bobby is about to abandon Tessa, but in a suicidal panic she persuades him to stay one last night and reenact the good old times in front of a video...

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  • 1970
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    The Best Kind of People

    The Best Kind of People

    1 1970 HD

    A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime

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  • 1970
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    The Best Kind of People

    The Best Kind of People

    1 1970 HD

    A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime

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  • 1970
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    The Best Kind of People

    The Best Kind of People

    1 1970 HD

    A community turns against a respected prep school teacher and his family after he is arrested for a sex crime

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  • 2024
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    Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

    Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

    6 2024 HD

    Can a work of art remain relevant 200 years after its creation? Ludwig van Beethoven’s last completed symphony proves it’s possible.

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  • 1999
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    The Best Day of My Life

    The Best Day of My Life

    1 1999 HD

    Short drama by Sarah Polley. The film was made for the "On the Fly 4" film festival. The film was shot and edited in one day.

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  • 2022
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    Women Talking

    Women Talking

    6.908 2022 HD

    A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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  • 1987
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    Friday the 13th: The Series

    Friday the 13th: The Series

    7.27 1987 HD

    Micki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.

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  • 1988
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    Ramona

    Ramona

    5.5 1988 HD

    Ramona is a Canadian children's television series which followed the life of eight-year-old title character Ramona Quimby. It was based on the Ramona...

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  • 2003
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    Slings & Arrows

    Slings & Arrows

    7.4 2003 HD

    This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival,...

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  • 1990
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    Road to Avonlea

    Road to Avonlea

    8.3 1990 HD

    In the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her...

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  • 2008
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    John Adams

    John Adams

    7.658 2008 HD

    Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John...

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  • 1999
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    Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

    10 1999 HD

    The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were held in 1999. The program honors the year's biggest...

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  • 2015
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.6 2015 HD

    Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1970
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7.2 1970 HD

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    1 1970 HD

    Nothing is safe when fearlessly off-the-charts senior citizen Lady and her chain-smoking best friend embark on a rampage of urban vengeance,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    1 1970 HD

    Nothing is safe when fearlessly off-the-charts senior citizen Lady and her chain-smoking best friend embark on a rampage of urban vengeance,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7.2 1970 HD

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7.2 1970 HD

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7.2 1970 HD

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her...

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