Michael Riley

Michael Riley

Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. He's a graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

  • Title: Michael Riley
  • Popularity: 0.8752
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1962-02-04
  • Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Riley Movies

  • 2004
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    Cube Zero

    Cube Zero

    5.665 2004 HD

    A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.

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  • 1999
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    Dogmatic

    Dogmatic

    1 1999 HD

    This spirited comedy poses the age old question: if dogs are man's best friends, what happens when a man trades places with one, and literally lives "a dog's life"?

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  • 1994
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    The Making of '...And God Spoke'

    The Making of '...And God Spoke'

    5.133 1994 HD

    A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.

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  • 1998
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    Ice

    Ice

    5.1 1998 HD

    After the whole North of the Equator freezes below zero, a group of people in Los Angeles risk their lives while trying to "escape" from the city's hostile conditions, in order to take a ship to a hotter place on Earth.

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  • 2008
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    The Tenth Circle

    The Tenth Circle

    4.722 2008 HD

    A family's well-kept secrets are exposed when the daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape.

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  • 1987
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    No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

    5.9 1987 HD

    A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.

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  • 2005
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    Supervolcano

    Supervolcano

    6.2 2005 HD

    Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.

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  • 2004
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    The Perfect Husband

    The Perfect Husband

    4.1 2004 HD

    A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.

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  • 2003
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    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    7.3 2003 HD

    Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

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  • 1992
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    To Catch a Killer

    To Catch a Killer

    6.72 1992 HD

    "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.

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  • 1996
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    Voice from the Grave

    Voice from the Grave

    5.8 1996 HD

    A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she's possessed by a murdered co-worker's spirit which identifies the killer.

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  • 2002
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    Punch

    Punch

    4.278 2002 HD

    Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly original story of rage and redemption.

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  • 2012
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    My Mother's Secret

    My Mother's Secret

    5.9 2012 HD

    When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.

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  • 2013
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    Willed to Kill

    Willed to Kill

    5.175 2013 HD

    A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.

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  • 2002
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    Black Swan

    Black Swan

    1 2002 HD

    Set against the majestic landscape of Canada’s Bay of Fundy and the highest tides in the world, Black Swan is a dark comedy that weaves the innocent world of childhood, against the adult world of love, betrayal and murder.

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  • 1991
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    Perfectly Normal

    Perfectly Normal

    6.6 1991 HD

    A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

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  • 1995
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    French Kiss

    French Kiss

    6.459 1995 HD

    After her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get her lover back and marry him by traveling to Paris despite her crippling fear of flying. On the way she unwittingly smuggles something of value that has a charming crook chasing her across France as she chases after her future husband.

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  • 1993
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    Lifeline to Victory

    Lifeline to Victory

    1 1993 HD

    Paul Devereaux is a second officer with lots of experience with merchant ships. But this is World War II and the Royal Canadian Navy desperately needs experienced officers. Paul is thus given command of his own ship. However, in early 1940's, Canadian Navy does not have the biggest budget nor the most qualified enlisted men. Paul's ship must escort merchant ship to Europe and back and take part in the longest naval battle in history.

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  • 1997
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    Every 9 Seconds

    Every 9 Seconds

    4.4 1997 HD

    Domestic violence drama, with Gail O'Grady as a distraught young mother, finding herself stalked by her newly paroled ex and armed with a loaded gun, and Ami Pietz as a journalist volunteering at a crisis hotline to do an "inside" story.

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  • 2007
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    Normal

    Normal

    5.355 2007 HD

    A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

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  • 1996
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    Heck's Way Home

    Heck's Way Home

    4 1996 HD

    After getting lost the day his family travels 2,000 miles in preparation for a move to Australia, this clever, loyal, 'map reading' dog begins an amazing cross-country journey to find them.

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  • 1998
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    Heart of the Sun

    Heart of the Sun

    1 1998 HD

    Depression era drama set in Alberta finds a farmer's wife who swears that her inability to have a child is a punishment from God. In fact, it is slowly revealed that her inability to have a child stems from an illicit relationship that she had with a local priest and a subsequent operation forced on her in a cover-up by the church and her family which left her infertile

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  • 2004
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    Saving Emily

    Saving Emily

    5 2004 HD

    After learning that their young daughter, Emily, is suffering from leukemia, Cheryl and Greg have no choice but to seek out Cheryl's violent ex-husband, Kurt, to have him tested as a possible bone marrow donor. Cheryl is particularly disturbed about seeing Kurt again, since her testimony sent him to prison ten years earlier.

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  • 1994
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    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    5.3 1994 HD

    A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

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  • 1997
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    Pale Saints

    Pale Saints

    2 1997 HD

    Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mob. Things soon get out of control.

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  • 2007
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    St. Urbain's Horseman

    St. Urbain's Horseman

    1 2007 HD

    Based on the novel by Mordechai Richler - Winner of the 1971 Governor General's Award - this is the story of Jake, a film director of modest success and a man in disgrace. His alter ego, his cousin Joey - Nazi-hunter, adventurer, hero of the Spanish Civil War - is the avenging horseman of Jake's impotent dreams.

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  • 1996
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    The Prince

    The Prince

    6 1996 HD

    African-American drama about a toymaker

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  • 1993
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    Mustard Bath

    Mustard Bath

    1 1993 HD

    Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on receiving a letter from his mother three months after her death. Prompted by his surroundings to sort through the idealized memories of his childhood, Matthew reaches the horrifying realization that he has returned to a world which he was never a part of. Contemporary Guyanese reality highlights the white colonialist privilege his family had enjoyed.

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  • 1993
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    Because Why

    Because Why

    3.333 1993 HD

    After five years of travelling abroad, Alex arrives back in Montreal. All he has with him are a back-pack and a slip of paper with an ex-girlfriend's address scrawled on it.

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  • 1995
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    Butterbox Babies

    Butterbox Babies

    5.2 1995 HD

    A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

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  • 2004
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    Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny

    Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny

    7.5 2004 HD

    This is the epic story of the Battle of Gettysburg presented by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee and filmed at the massive 140th Gettysburg Battle Reenactment. Additional locations include the White House of the Confederacy, the Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Cashtown Inn. The dramatic story unfolds through both Union and Confederate commanders dispatches, diaries and after-battle reports. The action is nonstop with some of the biggest and most exciting Civil War battle sequences ever filmed. Produced and directed by international award-winning filmmaker Robert Child, with a stirring original soundtrack by composer Nicholas Palmer, Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny is the compelling story of the commanders, decisions and pivotal moments of the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War.

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  • 2002
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    The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

    The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

    6.75 2002 HD

    When 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe is brutally murdered at her home in her small home town, the authorities foolishly jump to conclusions that her 14-year-old brother Michael must be responsible. They completely ignore strong evidence that suggests another suspect is the one. They work hard to force Michael to falsely confess to what he did not do, in order to avoid tougher investigation.

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  • 2002
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    100 Days In The Jungle

    100 Days In The Jungle

    4.8 2002 HD

    100 Days in the Jungle tells the amazing true story of Canadian oil workers who were kidnapped by Colombian rebels and marched through the Ecuadorian jungle for 100 days.

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  • 1997
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    Amistad

    Amistad

    7.018 1997 HD

    In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

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  • 1995
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    The Possession of Michael D.

    The Possession of Michael D.

    4.8 1995 HD

    When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a demon.

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  • 2004
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    Sugar

    Sugar

    4.8 2004 HD

    Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch. At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.

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  • 2021
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    Like a House on Fire

    Like a House on Fire

    7.2 2021 HD

    Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.

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  • 1992
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    Diplomatic Immunity

    Diplomatic Immunity

    5 1992 HD

    A female Canadian diplomat goes on a mission to El Salvador to try smooth relations between their government and the people of a small town who risk the loss of their home.

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  • 2002
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    Ace Lightning

    Ace Lightning

    8.6 2002 HD

    Ace Lightning is a children's television series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been broadcast in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. The show was filmed in Canada, but the program was set in America. It ran for two seasons, and spawned several books, including a yearbook for the year 2003, an activity book and a companion to the series. A computer game based upon the show was released in 2002. Most of the programme was live-action, although the heroes and villains from the video game were created using CGI. The primary focus of the series is the power of friendship, as well as the battle between good and evil. The series is significant in that until its creation, live action and CGI had not been attempted to such a huge and constant degree within a weekly television serial.

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  • 2000
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    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    7.637 2000 HD

    A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

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  • 1994
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    Due South

    Due South

    7.6 1994 HD

    Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.

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  • 2004
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    This Is Wonderland

    This Is Wonderland

    9 2004 HD

    Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.

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  • 2008
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    Flashpoint

    Flashpoint

    7.31 2008 HD

    The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.

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  • 2003
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    Veritas: The Quest

    Veritas: The Quest

    6.5 2003 HD

    Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering.

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  • 2009
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    Being Erica

    Being Erica

    6.683 2009 HD

    Erica Strange has tons of regrets in her young life - so many she's started a list. But when she shares her list with her therapist, he undertakes an unusual course of treatment: she is transported back in time and given the chance to make different decisions at pivotal moments in her life, based on her knowledge of the here and now.

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  • 1998
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    Power Play

    Power Play

    10 1998 HD

    Power Play was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. The series was filmed at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. The show starred Michael Riley as Brett Parker, a former New York City sports agent who became the general manager of a National Hockey League franchise, the Hamilton Steelheads. One of the throughline plots of the series dealt with Parker's ongoing love–hate relationships with the sport, the team and his superior at McArdle Industries, corporate executive Colleen Blessed, played by Kari Matchett. The cast also included Gordon Pinsent as team owner Duff McArdle, Jonathan Crombie, Jennifer Dale and Al Waxman. The show's theme song was a modernized version of the Stompin' Tom Connors classic, "The Hockey Song", performed partly by Connors himself, and then transitioning to the performance of the band Rusty. The show was briefly aired on the US network UPN, starting in 1999, but was pulled after just two episodes. The second episode aired in the US has the distinction of being the lowest-rated episode of any prime-time TV series ever aired by any US network.

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.685 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

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  • 2007
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    Race to Mars

    Race to Mars

    5.5 2007 HD

    Race to Mars is a 2007 Canadian television mini-series about a fictitious mission to Mars that is based on contemporary international research. The first part aired on Discovery Channel Canada and its High Definition channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30. It was produced in association with Galafilm Inc. William Shatner narrates the miniseries. A companion book of the same title, written by Dana Berry, was also published in September 2007. It was offered as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. Mars Rising, a companion 6-episode documentary mini-series, aired from October 7 to October 21, 2007, using sequences shot for Race to Mars.

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  • 1988
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    Chasing Rainbows

    Chasing Rainbows

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

    7.685 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

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  • 2008
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    Murdoch Mysteries

    Murdoch Mysteries

    7.721 2008 HD

    A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

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  • 2020
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    Transplant

    Transplant

    7.486 2020 HD

    Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.

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  • 1992
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    To Catch a Killer

    To Catch a Killer

    7.3 1992 HD

    The true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.

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  • 1998
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    Style & Substance

    Style & Substance

    1 1998 HD

    Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.

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  • 1985
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    The Comedy Factory

    The Comedy Factory

    1 1985 HD

    The Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a live-action, scripted comedy series that ran during the summers of 1985 and 1986 on ABC in the United States and CTV in Canada (who also oversaw production). The show revolved around comedians and actors acting out scenes from television pilots that had been passed on previously by ABC. Further information on the show is scarce and nearly every episode of the show is presumed lost; only the premiere episode, "Honey, It's the Mayor," is known to survive in its entirety (uploaded to YouTube).

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