Efren Ramirez

Efren Ramirez

Efren Antonio Ramirez (born October 2, 1973) is an American actor. He is most known as Pedro in the feature film Napoleon Dynamite. Initially, his career consisted of guest star appearances on television, as he appeared in diverse roles on E.R., American Dad, Judging Amy, The District, MAD TV, and Scrubs. However, it was his memorable portrayal of Pedro in the feature film Napoleon Dynamite that dramatically launched what has become a hugely prolific acting career with an unusually diverse series of performances In the years since that film was released, Efren Ramirez has appeared in scores of films and television shows including leading roles in the HBO film Walkout, with Edward James Olmos; Employee of the Month, opposite Dane Cook and Dax Shepard; and Crank and its sequel Crank: High Voltage, opposite Jason Statham (playing his own twin brother in the sequel). He has also appeared in other movies including Gamer with Gerard Butler; When in Rome with Kristen Bell; Crossing the Heart, opposite Kris Kristofferson; House of My Father, opposite Will Ferrell; HBO's Eastbound and Down with Danny McBride; and Perpetual Grace Ltd. He appeared in FOX's The Grinder with Rob Lowe and voiced for the animated series Bordentown with Hank Azaria and Alex Bernstein, Hulu's Deadbeat with Tyler Labine, and the film Middleschool: The Worst Years of My Life, based on the James Patterson best seller. When he isn't filming, he is spinning records as a guest D.J. in clubs all across the country. He has published his first book, Direct Your Own Life . 

  • Title: Efren Ramirez
  • Popularity: 0.9363
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1973-10-02
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Efren Antonio Ramirez
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Efren Ramirez Movies

  • 2006
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    Crank

    Crank

    6.651 2006 HD

    Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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  • 2007
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    Moola

    Moola

    3.8 2007 HD

    Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired by actual events.

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  • 2009
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    The Pool Boys

    The Pool Boys

    5.8 2009 HD

    A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.

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  • 2004
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    Napoleon Dynamite

    Napoleon Dynamite

    6.78 2004 HD

    A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

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  • 2006
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    Employee of the Month

    Employee of the Month

    5.605 2006 HD

    When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.

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  • 2006
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    All You've Got

    All You've Got

    6.2 2006 HD

    Three friends' love for volleyball is tested to the limit when their school burns to the ground and they are forced to join a rival school in order to win the national championship.

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  • 2009
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    Crank: High Voltage

    Crank: High Voltage

    6.076 2009 HD

    Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

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  • 2006
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    Potheads: The Movie

    Potheads: The Movie

    1 2006 HD

    Living in small town America there isn't a whole lot to do outside of kicking back and smoking some weed with your friends. But, for Anthony, Sheppard and his three best friends, small town life is about to take a back seat to an adventure that will change their lives forever.

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  • 2012
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    Casa de Mi Padre

    Casa de Mi Padre

    5.352 2012 HD

    Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

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  • 1998
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    Race

    Race

    8 1998 HD

    An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.

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  • 2022
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    Lightyear

    Lightyear

    6.882 2022 HD

    Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

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  • 2012
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    Coffees

    Coffees

    3.8 2012 HD

    Love will make you do irrational acts of kindness.

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  • 2008
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    Saravia

    Saravia

    1 2008 HD

    A spiritual journey into the life of painter, writer and composer Mauricio Saravia.

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  • 2014
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    School Dance

    School Dance

    7.4 2014 HD

    High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to overcome his battle-ax of a mother, survive Anastacia’s gangsta brother, and pass the crew’s initiation—in this fresh, sexy, and outrageously funny comedy.

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  • 2023
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    Due Justice

    Due Justice

    5.947 2023 HD

    An attorney with a military past hunts down the gang who killed his wife and took his daughter.

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  • 2022
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    Satanic Hispanics

    Satanic Hispanics

    5.886 2022 HD

    When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor. He’s known as The Traveler, and when they take him to the station for questioning, he tells them those lands are full of magic and talks about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth, about portals to other worlds, mythical creatures, demons and the undead. Stories about Latin American legends.

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  • 2004
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    Just Hustle

    Just Hustle

    1 2004 HD

    A young private detective is set up to take the fall for a college gambling ring that has paid a football player to throw the National Championship.

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  • 2010
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    When in Rome

    When in Rome

    5.93 2010 HD

    Disillusioned with romance, Beth, an ambitious New Yorker, travels to Rome for her sister's wedding, where she plucks magic coins from a special fountain of love. The coins attract unwanted attention from an assortment of odd yet ardent suitors: a sausage merchant, a street magician, an artist, and a male model. But when the best man from the wedding, persistent reporter Nick, throws his hat in the ring, Beth wonders if his love is the real thing.

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  • 2012
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    Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 2

    Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 2

    4.5 2012 HD

    Watch out! Don Cheadle is back as Captain Planet and he's still turning everyone into trees.

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  • 2012
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    Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 3

    Don Cheadle is Captain Planet - Part 3

    5 2012 HD

    Captain Planet drops in on a very concerned Environmental Protection Organization, and he and Ma-Ti have a heart to heart.

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  • 2009
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    Ratko: The Dictator's Son

    Ratko: The Dictator's Son

    3.5 2009 HD

    Ratko tells the tale of the likable scion of an evil foreign despot as he navigates his unique way at an American university.

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  • 2015
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    Endgame

    Endgame

    5.8 2015 HD

    Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life, finds himself in the spotlight, as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring his broken family together.

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  • 2016
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    Super Sex

    Super Sex

    5.8 2016 HD

    It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!

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  • 2014
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    Lennon or McCartney

    Lennon or McCartney

    5.2 2014 HD

    550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?

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  • 1995
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    Jury Duty

    Jury Duty

    4.35 1995 HD

    When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself.

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  • 2006
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    Walkout

    Walkout

    5.321 2006 HD

    Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.

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  • 2017
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    Mad Families

    Mad Families

    4.8 2017 HD

    Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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  • 2000
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    Rave

    Rave

    3 2000 HD

    The lives of six Los Angeles teens pursuing the hottest rave in the city intertwine in unexpected ways over the course of a single day in this drama directed and co-written by Ron Krauss.

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  • 1994
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    Tammy and the T-Rex

    Tammy and the T-Rex

    5.057 1994 HD

    An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.

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  • 2016
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    Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

    Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

    6.947 2016 HD

    A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.

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  • 2017
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    Trafficked

    Trafficked

    6.616 2017 HD

    In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.

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  • 2011
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    Captain Planet with Don Cheadle

    Captain Planet with Don Cheadle

    5.818 2011 HD

    Don Cheadle is obviously the best person to play Captain Planet in the movie version of the popular cartoon, hopefully they make his character a nicer guy.

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  • 2009
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    Gamer

    Gamer

    5.7 2009 HD

    Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

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  • 1996
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    Kazaam

    Kazaam

    4.141 1996 HD

    When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.

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  • 2017
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    Varsity Punks

    Varsity Punks

    5.8 2017 HD

    When star high school quarterback AJ Montoya breaks his hand his only hope is to team up with his longtime rivals, the cross country team--a group of nerds and misfits with potential for high school glory.

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  • 2001
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    Delivering Milo

    Delivering Milo

    5.4 2001 HD

    A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.

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  • 1970
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    Willy Goes Way Back!

    Willy Goes Way Back!

    1 1970 HD

    When a suspicious doctor recruits wide-eyed Willy to be the test subject in a mysterious experiment, there are two things Willy doesn't know: this man is not a doctor, and Willy is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.

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  • 2021
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    More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

    More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

    7.091 2021 HD

    The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of his much-too-brief time here on earth. Tracing his journey from being bed bound as a boy to the bright lights and discrimination in Hollywood. Deep inside that sweet, generous, multi-talented performer seethed an army of demons, that even alcohol and drugs couldn't mask.

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  • 1999
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    King Cobra

    King Cobra

    4.682 1999 HD

    30 feet of pure terror is the result of an experimental drug used in a biochemical lab and this mutated nightmare is pure evil! Half-African cobra and half-diamondback, he's 30 feet long with a giant appetite for terror.

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  • 2008
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    Pants on Fire

    Pants on Fire

    1 2008 HD

    A struggling actor's tall tales of fame and fortune are suddenly challenged when his hometown buddies make a surprise trip to Hollywood.

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  • 2024
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    Seven Cemeteries

    Seven Cemeteries

    4.974 2024 HD

    A recent parolee gets a Mexican witch to resurrect his old posse so that they can help him save a woman's ranch from a ruthless drug lord.

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  • 2006
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    Gettin' Some Jail Time

    Gettin' Some Jail Time

    2 2006 HD

    A film about four friends of different ethnicities, beginning to take things for granted. Three of them end up in jail while one of the guys is throwing a party. While in prison, the three buddies realize what they are missing out on and make an effort to redeem themselves and get out.

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  • 1970
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    Monsters of God

    Monsters of God

    5 1970 HD

    Set in Texas in 1867, during the Comanche Wars, the project follows two powerful ex-cavalry men, a war-hungry Colonel, and his seemingly by-the-book executive officer.

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  • 2001
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    Missing Pieces

    Missing Pieces

    5.6 2001 HD

    Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.

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  • 2025
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    The End is at Hand

    The End is at Hand

    1 2025 HD

    After hours at a mobile repair shop, a routine fix takes a strange turn.

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  • 2025
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    Fly Me to Earth

    Fly Me to Earth

    1 2025 HD

    Two best friends move to the moon, only to discover that living on the moon sucks, and now they have to find a way home.

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  • 1970
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    Motives

    Motives

    1 1970 HD

    Relentless detective Izzy Morgan is pulled into a dark and intricate case that exposes the hidden violence beneath wealth and privilege. As Izzy and her partner, Detective Mark Navarro, dig deeper into a disturbing murder tied to the city’s elite youth, they uncover a sinister underbelly that challenges their moral limits. Two years later, an eerily similar crime shocks the city—this time involving the son of Chief of Police Greg Lamar. As the investigation twists and intensifies, Izzy is forced to confront her own compulsions and the personal cost of her pursuit of justice.

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  • 2000
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    Boston Public

    Boston Public

    7.594 2000 HD

    Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

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  • 2004
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    Best Week Ever

    Best Week Ever

    5.6 2004 HD

    Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip. The show's tagline is, "It's everything you love, everything you missed, and all the stuff you need to see again."

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  • 2005
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    American Dad!

    American Dad!

    6.998 2005 HD

    The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

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  • 1997
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    EP Daily

    EP Daily

    1 1997 HD

    EP Daily is a daily news television show that covers movies, TV shows, comic books, collectibles and gadgets. Created and executive produced by host Victor Lucas, and his Vancouver, British Columbia production company Greedy Productions Ltd, EP Daily has been a staple on airwaves since its debut in September 1997.

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  • 1999
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    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

    7.5 1999 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

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  • 2000
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    Even Stevens

    Even Stevens

    7.012 2000 HD

    The Stevens are a middle-class family living in Sacramento, CA. Husband and father Steve is a successful attorney. Wife and mother Eileen is a state Senator. Their oldest child Donnie ia a high-school sports legend. Ren, an 8th-grader, is just about the perfect daughter. She makes the best grades, she's popular, she does volunteer work and other extracurricular tasks by the score. Her brother Louis, in the 7th grade, is her opposite. He likes to sleep late, he's messy, his grades are not good, he's frequently in detention and he seems to take nothing seriously. But he is serious about finding something of his own that he can do to put himself on a par with the rest of his overachieving family. Though he and Ren occasionally soften their attitudes toward each other, at any given moment the're likely to be fighting like mongoose and cobra.

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  • 2002
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    George Lopez

    George Lopez

    7.49 2002 HD

    George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.

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  • 2007
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    El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

    El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

    7.78 2007 HD

    The daily adventures of a 12 year old Mexican superhero dealing with bizarre enemies, as well as his own superhero father and villain grandfather.

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.6 1951 HD

    Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

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  • 1996
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    Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

    8.5 1996 HD

    Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between September 1996 and March 1997. The series is based on the motion picture film, Dangerous Minds. Annie Potts stars in the lead role originated by Michelle Pfeiffer.

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  • 2008
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    I Love the New Millennium

    I Love the New Millennium

    1 2008 HD

    I Love the New Millennium, the latest entry into the I Love the... series, is a nostalgia show focusing on the 2000s and premiered on VH1 Monday, June 23, 2008. Each night, from Monday to Thursday, two of the eight episodes premiered, corresponding to the years from 2000 to 2007. As the series aired in 2008, it did not include episodes for the years 2008 or 2009. Episodes for those years never came to fruition, as the series has since been abandoned.

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  • 2012
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    Napoleon Dynamite

    Napoleon Dynamite

    5.654 2012 HD

    Napoleon Dynamite is an American animated sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name. The series was created by Jared and Jerusha Hess and developed by the Hesses and Mike Scully. The series follows the adventures of Napoleon Dynamite in the small town of Preston, Idaho. The Hesses came up with the idea for the series after filming Napoleon Dynamite. It originally ran on Fox from January 15, 2012, to March 4, 2012, before being cancelled.

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  • 2016
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    Bordertown

    Bordertown

    5.347 2016 HD

    The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.

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  • 2014
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    Constantine

    Constantine

    7.75 2014 HD

    A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

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  • 2016
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    Ice

    Ice

    6.4 2016 HD

    A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.

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  • 2009
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    Eastbound & Down

    Eastbound & Down

    7.4 2009 HD

    Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.

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  • 2003
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    America's Next Top Model

    America's Next Top Model

    5.3 2003 HD

    Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.

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  • 2014
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    TripTank

    TripTank

    5.206 2014 HD

    TripTank is Comedy Central’s newest animated experience, executive produced by ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico. The weekly, eight-episode half-hour series, showcases a wide range of fast-paced, hard-hitting animated comedy shorts presented in an anthology style, weaving together stand-alone and recurring narrative pieces.

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  • 2021
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    Made for Love

    Made for Love

    6.7 2021 HD

    Thirty-something Hazel Green tries to escape a suffocating marriage — until she realizes her tech billionaire husband has implanted a revolutionary tracking device, the Made for Love, in her brain.

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  • 2019
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    Perpetual Grace LTD

    Perpetual Grace LTD

    7.4 2019 HD

    James, a disgraced firefighter turned grifter, seizes a chance, illicit opportunity to reverse his life’s worsening course as he attempts to prey upon Pastor Byron Brown, who turns out to be far more dangerous than he appears.

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  • 2020
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    FBI: Most Wanted

    FBI: Most Wanted

    7.646 2020 HD

    The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.824 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

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  • 1996
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    Relativity

    Relativity

    4.2 1996 HD

    Relativity follows a twenty-something couple and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings in Los Angeles.

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  • 2015
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    The Grinder

    The Grinder

    6.7 2015 HD

    Television lawyer Dean Sanderson moves back to his small home town after his hit series, "The Grinder," is canceled thinking his time on TV qualifies him to run his family's law firm.

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  • 2001
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    Scrubs

    Scrubs

    7.885 2001 HD

    In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

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