1776 1972  G, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Roy Poole, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ray Middleton, Blythe Danner, Donald Madden, John Cullum, William Hansen, Haward Caine, Virginia Vestoff, Emory Bass, Ralston Hill
Almost the entire cast of the popular Broadway musical is featured in this film about conflicts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Alice 1990  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, Alec Baldwin, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, William Hurt, Cybill Shepherd, Bernadette Peters, Gwen Verdon, Keye Luke
Alice (Mia Farrow) is an upscale Manhattan housewife who has been married for 16 years to Doug (William Hurt). She has lived a life with few problems, until events take a turn when she starts fantasizing about a stranger (Joe Mantegna) and considers an affair with him. Her Oriental herbalist, Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), gives Alice herbs that, among other things, make her invisible and cause men to fall for her. Alice plunges into her make-believe "Wonderland" but ultimately comes to terms with reality.
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Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Brian Drillinger, Stacey Glick, Jason Alexander, Richard Bright, David Margulies, Steven Hill
Another screen version of a Neil Simon hit play about a Jewish boy growing up in suburban New York City.
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A Call to Remember 1997 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Bender
Cast: Blythe Danner, Joe Mantegna, David Lascher, Kevin Zegers, Rita Zohar, Joe Spano, Blu Mankuma, Ingrid Kavelaars, Kevin McNulty, Christian Tessier
Both Paula (Blythe Danner) and David Tobias (Joe Mantegna) lost previous spouses in Nazi concentration camps. Now, it is the late 1960s, and they are married and raising two sons. But Paula's smothering love is ruining relationships. She must come to terms with her death camp experiences if her present-day family can move on to make its own choices.
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Forces of Nature 1999  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner, Ronny Cox, Bert Remsen, Michael Fairman, Richard Schiff, Meredith Scott Lynn
Ben (Ben Affleck) has boarded his plane and is strapped into his own seat next to Sarah (Sandra Bullock). This flight is supposed to take him to his wedding, but the plane crashes on take-off. Ben then joins forces with Sarah on a crazy trip that involves not only cars but also a train, a bus, and–wouldn't you know it–a motel room. By film's end, the audience has no clue of what these two are doing together, and, probably, it does not matter.
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Futureworld 1976  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner, John P. Ryan, Stuart Margolin, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Antonio, Angela Greene, Bert Conroy, Allen Ludden, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Dana Lee, John Fujioka
This sequel to "Westworld" is every bit as gripping as its predecessor. Dr. Duffy (Arthur Hill) has been in charge of robots replacing his theme park Westworld with Futureworld. Investigative reporter Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) teams up with Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) to investigate the park, and they discover that Duffy is plotting to take over the world by inviting world leaders to visit and then replacing them with robot clones.
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The Great Santini 1979 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Ace
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky, Julie Anne Haddock, Brian Andrews, Stan Shaw, David Keith, Paul Mantee, Paul Gleason, Theresa Merritt, Michael Strong
A United States Marine Corps fighter pilot excels in the air and in his macho world; however, his family often suffers through his strict disciplinary actions through which he hopes to raise "good little Marines." Although all seem to love each other, that message does not appear to flow between father and children.
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Hearts of the West 1975 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Richard B. Shull, Herb Edelman, Alex Rocco, Frank Cady, Matt Clark
Jeff Bridges aspires to be a writer of Western lore and takes a correspondence course; the course turns out to be a fraud. Through a series of twists and turns, he ends up with stolen cash and, as an escape route, becomes a cowboy on a movie set.
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Homage 1996 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ross Kagan Marks
Cast: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley, Sheryl Lee, Bruce Davison, Danny Nucci, Bob Goen, Raymond Mesa, Arlene Belkin
Shown in flashback, this is the story of how the murderer and the victim arrived at the pivotal moment of death. Archie (Frank Whaley) who has a Ph.D. in math works for the summer on a New Mexico ranch where he meets Katherine (Blythe Danner) and her actress daughter, Lucy (Sheryl Lee). Archie becomes obsessed with Lucy and the terror begins.
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Howl's Moving Castle 2004  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Lauren Bacall, Jean Malone, Daijiro Harada, Crispin Freeman, Mark Silverman, Liliana Mumy
In this animated, English version of the story, after 18-year-old Sophie (voice of Emily Mortimer) is cursed by the Witch of the Waste (voice of Lauren Bacall) who turns her into an ugly old woman, Sophie (now, the voice of Jean Simmons) goes to a magician's castle where she meets Howl (Christian Bale) who sees beyond her ugliness and falls in love with her. The film received and Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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Husbands and Wives 1992 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Ron Rifkin, Blythe Danner, Cristi Conaway
This is another brilliant Woody Allen comedy/drama about four individuals whose marriages are undergoing stress; they become interested in each others' mates.
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The Invisible Circus 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Brooks
Cast: Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston, Cameron Diaz, Blythe Danner, Patrick Bergin, Camilla Belle, Isabelle Pasco, Moritz Bleibtreu, Ricky Koole, Nicola Obermann
The year is 1976, but Phoebe (Jordana Brewster) is still haunted by her sister Faith's (Cameron Diaz) suicide when she decides to trace Faith's last days in Europe and ends up in bed with Faith's lover (Christopher Eccleston). Like her sister seven years earlier, Phoebe enters the world of underground terrorists.
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 The Last Kiss 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Comedy
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Cast: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Michael Weston, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Marley Shelton, Lauren Lee Smith, Cindy Sampson, Eric Christian Olsen, Ellen David, Larry Day
In this remake of Gabriele Muccino's 2001 film, 30-year-old Michael (Zach Braff) walks out on his pregnant girlfriend Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) after he meets young Kim (Rachel Bilson). Meanwhile, Michael's friends Chris (Casey Affleck) and Kenny (Eric Christian Olsen) are also afraid of making commitments and growing up. Add to this Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna (Tom Wilkinson and Blythe Danner) who have been married 30 years and are experiencing their own relationship problems. Will any of them grow up and make decisions that will improve their lives?
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The Last of the Belles 1974 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Blythe Danner, Susan Sarandon, David Huffman, Ernest Thompson, Richard Hatch, James Naughton, Leslie Williams, Albert Stratton, Alex Sheafe, Sasha von Scherler, Brooke Adams
Set in the early 1920s, this made-for-TV film is a semi-biographical account of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Richard Chamberlain) and wife-to-be Zelda (Blythe Danner) when he was in the army and stationed in Alabama. It also presents a dramatization of one of his short stories, "The Last of the Belles," about a soldier who meets a Southern girl.
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 The Love Letter 1999 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Chan
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Gloria Stuart, Geraldine McEwan, Tom Selleck, Julianne Nicholson, Tom Everett Scott, Erik Jensen, Margaret Ann Brady
A bookstore owner and divorced mother, Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw), searches for the author of an anonymous love letter that seems to touch the lives of all who read it and mistakenly believe it was written for them.
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 Mad City 1997 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Robert Prosky, Blythe Danner, William Atherton, Ted Levine, Tammy Lauren, Raymond J. Barry
A museum security guard, Sam Baily, has lost his job and, out of frustration, takes museum visitors hostage. Reporter Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman) just happens to be on the scene and seizes the moment to advance his own career.
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Man, Woman and Child 1983 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Martin Sheen, Blythe Danner, Craig T. Nelson, David Hemmings, Nathalie Nell, Maureen Anderman, Jacques Francois, Sebastian Dungan, Arlene McIntyre, Missy Francis, Billy Jayne, Ruth Silveira, Randy Lowell, Lisa Figueroa, Frank Koppala
Based on an Erich Segal novel, this film revolves around English professor Bob Beckwith's (Martin Sheen) discovery that he is the father of newly orphaned Jean-Claude (Sebastian Dungan). Years before, Bob had an affair with Nicole (Nathalie Nell) in France, and unbeknownst to him she became pregnant and had a baby. Now, Nicole has died. Bob's wife Sheila (Blythe Danner) suggests that they bring Jean-Claude home for a visit, and that visit causes a variety of effects on Bob, Sheila, and their daughters Jessica and Paula (Arlene McIntyre and Missy Francis).
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Meet the Fockers 2004 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Bradley & Spencer Pickren, Alanna Ubach, Ray Santiago, Tim Blake Nelson, Shelley Berman, Kali Rocha, Dorie Barton, Jack Plotnick
This sequel to "Meet the Parents" takes place in Florida where hippie parents Bernie and Rozalin Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) of the groom-to-be Greg (Ben Stiller) are set to meet the uptight parents Jack and Dina Byrnes (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner) of the bride-to-be Pam (Teri Polo). Misunderstandings abound as the very different families meet face-to-face in this fun flick.
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Meet the Parents 2000 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams, Thomas McCarthy, Phyllis George, James Rebhorn, Owen Wilson, Kali Rocha, Bernie Sheredy, Peter Bartlett, Judah Friedlander, John Elsen
When Greg (Ben Stiller) meets his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) at her sister Debbie's (Nicole DeHuff) wedding at Oyster Bay, he intends to use the occasion for asking her father (Robert De Niro) for Pam's hand in marriage. But, from the moment of Greg's arrival, he plunges into an ever-deepening pool of social disasters as he tries to fit into the family's world. This is one very funny movie. Followed by a sequel, "Meet the Fockers."
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge 1990 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe Danner, Simon Callow, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard, Margaret Welsh, Austin Pendleton, Saundra McClain, Diane Kagan
This film is a good character study consisting of vignettes in the lives of Walter (Paul Newman) and India (Joanne Woodward) Bridges. It is the story of predictable personalities of a staunchly conservative husband and his repressed wife. Woodward was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Hope Davis, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Brian Kerwin, Laurel Holloman, Michael Vartan, Christopher Duva
At a Thanksgiving family reunion, four siblings–Leigh (Laurel Holloman), Mia (Julianne Moore), Jake (Michael Vartan), and Warren (Noah Wyle)–gather at their parents' (Blythe Danner and Roy Scheider) home where they face up to their problems and reevaluate their conflicts.
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No Looking Back 1998 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Lauren Holly, Jon Bon Jovi, Blythe Danner, Connie Britton, Jennifer Esposito, Kathleen Doyle, Nick Sandow, Kaili Vernoff, Stuart Rudin
Waitress Claudia (Lauren Holly) lives happily with her boyfriend Michael (Jon Bon Jovi) UNTIL ex-flame Charlie returns after a three-year hiatus.
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 The Prince of Tides 1991  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Barbra Streisand
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbe, Melinda Dillon, Jason Gould, George Carlin, Brad Sullivan, Bob Hannah, Maggie Collier, Lindsay Wray, Brandlyn Whitaker, Milton Clark Jr., Bonnie Johnson
While going through a mid-life crisis, a Southern, unemployed football coach Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), goes to New York where his sister Savannah (Melinda Dillon) has tried to commit suicide. Savannah's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), wants Tom to reveal memories about his childhood and their domineering mother Lila (Kate Nelligan). At first, Tom is reluctant but then learns that the answer for all of them is telling the truth about their past lives. The film received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Nolte), and Supporting Actress (Nelligan).
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The Proposition 1998 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Loggia, Josef Sommer, Blythe Danner, Bronia Wheeler, Ken Cheeseman, Jim Chiros, Dee Nelson, Pamela Hart, Wendy Feign, Thomas Downey, Dossy Peabody
Set in 1935 on Boston's Beacon Hill, this is the story of Eleanor and Arthur Barret (Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt)–a childless couple so desperate for a baby that they arrange for a law student (Neil Patrick Harris) to impregnate Eleanor. The student is murdered, and Eleanor begins to fall in love with a visiting Catholic priest, Father Michel McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh), who turns out to be the son of Arthur's lost brother.
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Sidekicks 1974 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Hal Williams, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Denver Pyle, John Beck
Quince (Larry Hagman) and Jason (Louis Gossett Jr.) are inept con men out West in the Civil War era. They are bounty hunters also working a scam in which Quince continuously sells Jason as a slave. OK fun, but the TV pilot didn't generate a series.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2008 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Rachel Nichols, Tom Wisdom, Rachel Ticotin, Leonardo Nam, Michael Rady, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Blythe Danner, Jesse Williams, Lucy Hale, Maria Konstadarou, Ernie Lively
Carmen (America Ferrera), Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), Lena (Alexis Bledel), and Bridget (Blake Lively) have just finished their first year in college, and now they reunite for the ceremony of those magical traveling pants that they will pass among themselves during the summer. Dilemmas are a big part of their lives and include Bridget's estrangement from her grandmother (Blythe Danner) and depression over her mother's suicide and Lena dealing with her ex-boyfriend's (Michael Rady) marriage. Meanwhile, Carmen is having trouble dealing with her mother's (Rachel Ticotin) pregnancy and the family moving. Finally, Tibby and her boyfriend Brian (Leonardo Nam) are taking a new look at their relationship. But, through all of life's problems, the sisterhood bond remains intact.
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 Sylvia 2003 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Jeffs
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Blythe Danner, Michael Gambon, Amira Caser, Andrew Havill, Lucy Davenport, Liddy Holloway, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Julian Firth
Poets Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig) and Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow) endured a volatile marriage, which ended with Sylvia's suicide in 1963. This film attempts to shed light on the events leading to Sylvia's tragic end.
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Three Days of Rain 2005 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: 3 Days of Rain
Director: Michael Meredith
Cast: Peter Falk, Michael Santoro, Don Meredith, Joey Bilow, Merle Kennedy, Erick Avari, Lyle Lovett, Penelope Allen, Bruce Bohne, Blythe Danner, Robert Carradine, Heather Kafka, Bill Stockton
Loosely based on six short stories by 19th-century Russian author Anton Chekhov, this film changes the locale to Cleveland, Ohio, and interweaves a number of tales involving ordinary residents. Among the characters are an alcoholic father (Peter Falk) who manipulates his son (Bill Stockton), a cab driver (football great Don Meredith who in real-life is the director's father), and a disabled janitor (Joey Bilow) being forced out of his job. All have their unique sets of problems and now must endure a three day rain storm.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar 1995  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Jason London, Chris Penn, Melinda Dillon, RuPaul
After a drag beauty contest in New York City, two winners and a loser set off for the Los Angeles competition. They and their 1967 Cadillac become stranded in a small Midwestern town during their cross-country sojourn. 3 User Reviews
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| | One of the Girls 09/19/2009 | | Shows Just how much of an actor he was, and a real man!!!!!!!!! |
| | Anonymous 09/15/2009 | | One of the funniest movies I have ever seen! |
| | another excellent movie | dreamin 09/15/2009 | | prepare yourself to laugh because this is one funny movie excellent!!! |
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Too Far to Go 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Kathryn Walker, Ken Kercheval, Josef Sommer, Glenn Close, Reed Birney, Doran Clark, Lori Loughlin, Adam Storke
Based on John Updike's tales, this adaptation was originally made for TV and features Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner as Richard and Joan Maple whose marriage is disintegrating on a downward spiral. This film marks Glenn Close's film debut.
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We Were the Mulvaneys 2002 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard, Tom Guiry, Jacob Pitts, Mark Famiglietti, Shawn Roberts, Colin Ferguson, Leigh Enns, John O'Callaghan, Jon Ted Wynne, Wayne Kicklas
In this made-for-TV film, Michael (Beau Bridges) and Corinne (Blythe Danner) Mulvaney enjoy what they consider an idyllic lifestyle with their four children–until daughter Marianne (Tammy Blanchard) is raped at her prom. Suddenly, the individual lives of family members are shattered, and each deals with the tragedy in unique ways.
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The X-Files: Fight the Future 1998 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Bowman
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Blythe Danner, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Terry O'Quinn, Glenne Headly
FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) head for Dallas, Texas, where they investigate an explosion in a high-rise building. This leads to uncovering the secret behind a black ooze that uses humans as hosts. Are they treading on a high-level government cover-up?
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| 1. 1776 (1972)
2. Alice (1990)
3. Another Woman (1988)
4. Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
5. A Call to Remember (1997)
6. Forces of Nature (1999)
7. Futureworld (1976)
8. The Great Santini (1979)
aka: The Ace
9. Hearts of the West (1975)
10. Homage (1996)
11. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
12. Husbands and Wives (1992)
13. The Invisible Circus (2001)
14. The Last Kiss (2006)
15. The Last of the Belles (1974)
aka: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
16. The Love Letter (1999)
17. Lovin' Molly (1974)
18. Mad City (1997)
19. Man, Woman and Child (1983)
20. Meet the Fockers (2004)
21. Meet the Parents (2000)
22. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
23. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
24. No Looking Back (1998)
25. The Prince of Tides (1991)
26. The Proposition (1998)
27. Sidekicks (1974)
28. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
29. Sylvia (2003)
30. Three Days of Rain (2005)
aka: 3 Days of Rain
31. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
32. Too Far to Go (1979)
33. We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
34. The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
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