Al Franken
Alan Stuart Franken is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a staff writer and performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2486 |
| Birthday | 1951-05-21 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
7.049/72
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an i...
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
5.296/27
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
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Stuart Saves His Family
2008
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
4.6/8
The humorous, provocative and moving examination of the Culture Wars and faith in America. Featuring interviews from all sides of the issues, the film...
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Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2011
Hot Coffee
7.2/66
Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to pro...
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Hot Coffee
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
6/2
The life and career of conservative icon Barry Goldwater is recounted from his days as an Arizona businessman to his five-term Senate career and his i...
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2005
Left of the Dial
7.4/5
A documentary look at the troubled first year of liberal talk radio start up Air America and its slate of hosts, including Al Franken, Rachel Maddow,...
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Left of the Dial
1985
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
0/0
Spoof comedy.
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Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1976
Tunnel Vision
4.778/18
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you na...
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Tunnel Vision
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
6.9/97
Family frenemies, Gracie and Pedro, must put their differences aside, embarking on a thrilling quest packed with perilous escapades in order to reunit...
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Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
1997
The Definite Maybe
4.5/2
When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment, he fears the worst. But his best friend, Ziggy, shows...
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The Definite Maybe
2006
Al Franken: God Spoke
6.9/8
Join filmmaking duo Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob as their cameras follow Franken to book signings, campaign rallies and the launch of Air America Radio...
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Al Franken: God Spoke
2005
Earth to America
7.667/3
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.
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Earth to America
2001
Harvard Man
4.7/50
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketb...
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Harvard Man
1983
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
8/1
Released in 1984 featuring Al Franken and Tom Davis writers and performers on the original Saturday Night Live perform live in front of a small colleg...
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Franken and Davis at Stockton State
2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
6.58/181
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just...
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
6.605/380
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety....
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When a Man Loves a Woman
1986
One More Saturday Night
4.2/5
The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get dates for a Saturday night.
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One More Saturday Night
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
7.833/6
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
2004
Wellstone!
0/0
Paul Wellstone was the charismatic Minnesota progressive who used grassroots organizing to get elected and give ordinary people a stake in government....
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Wellstone!
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
8/3
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
2017
The Words That Built America
6.033/15
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...
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The Words That Built America
2008
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
0/0
Feature length documentary about Howard Dean and the Democratic primary.
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Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2017
Long Strange Trip
8.118/17
The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadve...
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Long Strange Trip
2002
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
5.545/11
Chevy Chase bitterly takes in his roast.
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The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
1983
Trading Places
7.228/3637
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Trading Places
2004
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
7/3
Twenty million people live within a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center and its three nuclear reactors. This film takes a cautionary look...
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Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
1981
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
8.5/2
Recorded October 30th and 31st, 1980, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Dead Ahead showcases the recently reformed Grateful Dead lineup in ac...
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Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
7.2/5
Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in several iconic big-screen comedies, but behind his over...
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
6.895/19
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
2018
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
0/0
Acclaimed journalist Paul Moreira investigates how Russia manipulates public opinion, undermines democratic governments and attempts to alter world ev...
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Inside the Russian Info War Machine
1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
7.6/5
Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produc...
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
6.481/1722
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow s...
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The Manchurian Candidate
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
7.842/19
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2017
Hot Grease
0/0
Set in Houston, Texas, the energy capital of the world, HOT GREASE is the surprising story of how kitchen grease is opening a new green energy frontie...
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Hot Grease
2025
Downey Wrote That
0/0
Exploring the sketches, contributions and influence of Jim Downey, one of the most impactful comedy writers in the history of "Saturday Night Live."
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Downey Wrote That
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
8/1
Following the departure of the show's original cast and creator after five seasons, SNL in the '80s is a look back at a decade of turbulent, often unc...
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
0/0
A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and crew as well as hosts. Features memorable sketches a...
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2026
Lorne
8/2
An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the man who built the inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations. The...
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