Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC Studios, James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date, including Slither (2006), Super (2010), and The Suicide Squad (2021).
Rooker's other notable roles include Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Bailey in Mississippi Burning (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Edward Kennesaw in Deceiver (1997), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Detective Jake Riley in Replicant (2001), and Buddy in F9 (2021).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.806 |
| Birthday | 1955-04-06 |
| Place of Birth | Jasper, Alabama, USA |
| Also Known As | 마이클 루커, مایکل روکر, |
2022
Corrective Measures
5.05/110
Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where te...
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Corrective Measures
2003
The Box
4.5/9
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her...
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The Box
1990
Days of Thunder
6.35/1677
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hots...
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Days of Thunder
1988
Mississippi Burning
7.679/1910
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where...
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Mississippi Burning
1991
JFK
7.602/2397
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
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JFK
1989
Music Box
7.145/176
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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Music Box
1995
Mallrats
6.76/1369
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others...
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Mallrats
2001
Replicant
5.832/518
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
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Replicant
1993
The Dark Half
5.964/466
Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gr...
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The Dark Half
1986
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
6.744/773
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
2009
Super Capers
3.6/15
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only f...
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Super Capers
2009
Penance
3.6/39
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin
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Penance
1998
The Replacement Killers
6.3/566
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights,...
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The Replacement Killers
2000
The 6th Day
6/2242
A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man...
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The 6th Day
1993
Tombstone
7.582/2429
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...
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Tombstone
2008
Jumper
6.157/6193
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers oth...
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Jumper
2009
Freeway Killer
4.6/25
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sex...
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Freeway Killer
1989
Sea of Love
6.616/682
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with hi...
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Sea of Love
1997
Rosewood
6.521/117
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
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Rosewood
2006
Slither
6.54/1698
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
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Slither
1999
The Bone Collector
6.799/3841
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and...
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The Bone Collector
1987
Light of Day
5.569/58
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.
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Light of Day
1989
L.A. Takedown
5.476/62
The tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the...
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L.A. Takedown
1993
Cliffhanger
6.514/2614
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to r...
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Cliffhanger
2009
The Marine 2
5.949/226
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
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The Marine 2
2000
Here on Earth
5.822/191
Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner w...
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Here on Earth
1988
Eight Men Out
6.881/270
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...
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Eight Men Out
2007
Whisper
6.324/309
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Whisper
1997
Deceiver
6/137
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textil...
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Deceiver
2010
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
7.011/175
When a ruthless brothel madame murders Jonah Hex's current quarry, the disfigured bounty hunter plans to make her pay.
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DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
2002
Undisputed
6.51/812
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...
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Undisputed
1998
Renegade Force
5.688/16
An FBI Agent and a female cop join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis M...
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Renegade Force
2010
Super
6.539/1722
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions,...
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Super
2021
Clerk
6.2/24
A look at Kevin Smith's life and career from his childhood in New Jersey, to the day they cemented his footprints at the world famous TCL Chinese Thea...
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Clerk
1998
Brown's Requiem
4.667/15
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detectiv...
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Brown's Requiem
2021
The Suicide Squad
7.5/9526
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X...
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The Suicide Squad
1998
Shadow Builder
4.778/45
A demon is summoned to take the soul of a young boy who has the potential to become a saint. By doing this he will open a doorway to hell and destroy...
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Shadow Builder
2023
The Out-Laws
5.982/799
A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he b...
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The Out-Laws
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7.922/8209
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mi...
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2006
Lenexa, 1 Mile
4.5/4
The film tells the story of five childhood friends during their last summer together in Lenexa before going to college. Their bond is tested when a di...
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Lenexa, 1 Mile
1996
Back to Back
5.523/22
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by...
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Back to Back
2010
Matadors
6/2
Two wealthy families in Chicago find themselves in an on-going struggle of pride and power.
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Matadors
2004
Skeleton Man
3.3/35
A co-ed group of Special Forces agents search the wilderness for a predator type creature that has been on a killing spree.
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Skeleton Man
2012
Rogue River
4.8/86
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitalit...
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Rogue River
1992
Afterburn
4.438/8
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in t...
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Afterburn
2012
Hypothermia
3.895/57
Two families' idyllic ice-fishing vacation turns deadly when they awaken a creature beneath the frozen lake, forcing them to rely on each other if the...
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Hypothermia
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
7.904/29581
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Rona...
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Guardians of the Galaxy
1997
Keys to Tulsa
4.85/30
Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now...
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Keys to Tulsa
2010
Louis
3.5/2
A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet.
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Louis
2003
Saving Jessica Lynch
4.6/10
Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.
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Saving Jessica Lynch
1997
Song of Hiawatha
7/3
This adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of a mighty Ojibwe leader as he falls in love and strives for peace.
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Song of Hiawatha
2013
Brother's Keeper
5.1/13
Identical twins Andy and Pete Goodwynn have been side-by-side since the womb. But that’s about to change… As their high school graduation nears, Pete...
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Brother's Keeper
1994
The Hard Truth
3.727/11
A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city coun...
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The Hard Truth
1988
Retreads
6/2
A biker reunion is hassled by IRA men.
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Retreads
2000
Table One
4/4
Four friends (Stephen Baldwin, Michael Rooker, Luis Guzman and David Herman) who are misfits in the New York City social scene have trouble meeting av...
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Table One
1999
Wicked Ways
5.429/14
A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
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Wicked Ways
2003
On Thin Ice
5.182/11
Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons trying to gather all the money she has to pay for her car, bills, and her son's medication, all of which she c...
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On Thin Ice
1996
The Trigger Effect
5.858/120
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environmen...
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The Trigger Effect
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
6.817/644
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on t...
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Road Rage
0/0
The film in the vein of Dexter and the great avenger films of the '70s will center on a serial killer who only kills those who deserve to die-presenti...
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Road Rage
1994
Suspicious
5/3
A woman drives down an eerie highway at night in search of hospitality and come across some suspicious townsfolk and a little more than she bargained...
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Suspicious
2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
7.096/2338
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
7.5/10
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and followi...
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2016
The Belko Experiment
6.179/1656
A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.
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The Belko Experiment
The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
0/0
A knight of the underworld has three days to find his adversary and his answer.
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The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.608/22832
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2008
Humanzee!
4.9/7
Half human, half chimpanzee. 100% abomination.
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Humanzee!
2010
Blood Done Sign My Name
5.6/13
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The p...
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Blood Done Sign My Name
2011
Cell 213
5.1/75
Cocky young attorney Michael Gray finds himself framed for murder when an inmate he is defending violently kills himself during their interview at Sou...
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Cell 213
2010
Atlantis Down
2.7/7
2025 - The Shuttle Program has been privatized and the shuttle Atlantis relegated to glorified taxi between space stations. Its crew is on a routine m...
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Atlantis Down
2011
Mysteria
3.9/20
A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the ce...
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Mysteria
2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
7.2/41
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up hilarious Walking Dead-inspired satire in this special featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim...
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The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2005
Chasing Ghosts
5.625/28
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie par...
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Chasing Ghosts
2019
Bolden
4.2/17
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
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Bolden
2004
The Eliminator
4.571/7
Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley, enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk m...
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The Eliminator
2012
Pennhurst
3.1/17
A local television show embarks to capture the paranormal activity at Pennhurst, an abandoned psychiatric hospital well known to ghost hunters across...
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Pennhurst
2020
Fantasy Island
5.759/2622
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
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Fantasy Island
2020
Love and Monsters
7.269/4421
Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his...
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Love and Monsters
2019
Brightburn
6.145/3438
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
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Brightburn
2021
F9
7/7666
Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
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F9
2017
Life After Flash
5.7/22
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up ag...
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Life After Flash
1987
Rent-a-Cop
4.784/44
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joi...
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Rent-a-Cop
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
7.132/38
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.
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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2002
The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
6/2
The consequences of time travel are the thematic framework for this compilation of episodes from the revamped Outer Limits anthology series, produced...
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The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
4.75/56
Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal.
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Meet Wally Sparks
2020
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
7/5
An in-depth, two-part documentary by FOX Sports on the making of the 1990 film "Days of Thunder" a few months after its 30th anniversary. The behind-t...
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The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2000
Newsbreak
5.5/2
A reporter risks his life to get to the bottom of a stack of lies, corruption and murder surrounding the opening of a local power plant.
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Newsbreak
1995
Johnny and Clyde
4.5/4
When a young boy dogsits Clyde, a criminal canine trying to go straight, he ends up facing down the school bully, catching a criminal, and learning va...
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Johnny and Clyde
2014
The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half
2/1
Documentary covering the making of The Dark Half.
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The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half
1988
Above the Law
6.128/787
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his jo...
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Above the Law
2005
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
2/1
The outrageous insider's look at the creation of a cult classic.
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Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
2008
This Man's Life
2/1
A magical tale about a man traveling home to claim his estranged father's inheritance when he encounters a peculiar stranger that seems to know everyt...
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This Man's Life
2010
The Making of The Walking Dead
7.868/171
The Making of the TV Series The Walking Dead.
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The Making of The Walking Dead
2021
Vivo
7.253/760
A music-loving kinkajou named Vivo embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
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Vivo
2021
Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR
2/1
A look at the history of renegade drivers in NASCAR and the outlaw spirit ingrained in the sport.
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Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR
2022
White Elephant
5.859/170
An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob.
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White Elephant
2005
Portrait: The Making of Henry
7.25/4
Making of documentary from the Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer released on the movie's 30th anniversary.
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Portrait: The Making of Henry
1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
7.165/82
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her ti...
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Bastard Out of Carolina
2014
The Driving Dead
2/1
In a post apocalyptic Illinois, tough men survive against zombies utilizing an ingeniously put- together vehicle to move, explore, defend and fight. P...
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The Driving Dead
2014
Elwood
2.333/3
Elwood is a parallel world in which animal genetics have evolved equally to humans.
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Elwood
2020
The Dark Tower
2/1
Young Roland Deschain investigates a treacherous plot in the town of Mejis, far from his hometown of Gilead. Here he finds love and learns of his true...
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The Dark Tower
Pig Village
0/0
Set in a volatile borderland of crime and survival, bare-knuckle boxer Hammer finds himself trapped in a deadly web of crime and corruption after botc...
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Pig Village
2006
Repo! The Genetic Opera
3.5/2
A teenage girl raised in a world of addiction to drugs, cosmetic surgery and artificial organ transplant and upgrades.
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Repo! The Genetic Opera
2025
Superman
7.339/4652
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
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Superman
1989
The Edge
4.667/3
A three-part anthology suspense program in which men and women face life's ultimate danger zone. Each episode is introduced by a mysterious figure kno...
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The Edge
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
8/1
A Documentary covering the making of the 1993 Western 'Tombstone' featuring cast and crew
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The Making of 'Tombstone'
Izzi
0/0
After years of separation, Jenny returns home to discover that her twin sister Izzi has been possessed by a malevolent force and has disappeared into...
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