Jay Roach

Jay Roach

Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers film series, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, and Bombshell. Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political television drama films Recount, Game Change, and All the Way. He produced the films under his Everyman Pictures banner. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards from six nominations for his work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Jay Roach
  • Popularity: 1.4918
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1957-06-14
  • Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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  • Also Known As: Matthew Jay Roach
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Jay Roach Movies

  • 2008
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    Monty Python Conquers America

    Monty Python Conquers America

    6.5 2008 HD

    This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,

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  • 2005
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    Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

    Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

    1 2005 HD

    An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

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  • 1999
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    Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

    Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

    1 1999 HD

    A look at the production of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me", the 1999 hit comedy sequel, starring Mike Myers and directed by Jay Roach.

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  • 2006
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    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    6.8 2006 HD

    Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

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  • 2000
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    Meet the Parents

    Meet the Parents

    6.7 2000 HD

    Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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  • 2004
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    Meet the Fockers

    Meet the Fockers

    6.255 2004 HD

    Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

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  • 2004
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    Meet the Fockers

    Meet the Fockers

    6.255 2004 HD

    Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

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  • 2002
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    Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Austin Powers in Goldmember

    6 2002 HD

    The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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  • 1999
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    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    6.3 1999 HD

    When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.

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  • 1997
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    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    6.591 1997 HD

    As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

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  • 2012
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    The Dictator

    The Dictator

    6.2 2012 HD

    The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

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  • 2008
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    Charlie Bartlett

    Charlie Bartlett

    6.7 2008 HD

    Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.

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  • 2008
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    Recount

    Recount

    6.8 2008 HD

    In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

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  • 1999
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    Mystery, Alaska

    Mystery, Alaska

    6.3 1999 HD

    In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.

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  • 2010
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    Little Fockers

    Little Fockers

    5.655 2010 HD

    It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house.

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  • 2010
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    Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks

    5.7 2010 HD

    Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.

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  • 2012
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    Game Change

    Game Change

    6.9 2012 HD

    During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.

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  • 2012
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    The Campaign

    The Campaign

    5.834 2012 HD

    Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

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  • 2012
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    The Campaign

    The Campaign

    5.834 2012 HD

    Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

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  • 2008
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    Smother

    Smother

    4.9 2008 HD

    After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from his mom, who has decided to move in with the young couple.

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  • 1991
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    Zoo Radio

    Zoo Radio

    3.7 1991 HD

    Under the terms of their father's will, rival radio station managers Burt and John Powell must compete with each other for their inheritance. Burt's KLST and John's KWIN have six months to build their ratings, with the winner getting the whole sixty million dollars. The KLST weirdos party on as the KWIN suits hatch schemes.

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  • 2015
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    Trumbo

    Trumbo

    7.2 2015 HD

    The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

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  • 2005
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    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    6.7 2005 HD

    Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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  • 2015
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    Trumbo

    Trumbo

    7.2 2015 HD

    The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

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  • 1994
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    Blown Away

    Blown Away

    6.2 1994 HD

    Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.

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  • 1994
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    Blown Away

    Blown Away

    6.2 1994 HD

    Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.

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  • 2009
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    Brüno

    Brüno

    5.6 2009 HD

    Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.

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  • 2000
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    Meet the Parents

    Meet the Parents

    6.7 2000 HD

    Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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  • 2004
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    50 First Dates

    50 First Dates

    6.869 2004 HD

    Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

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  • 2016
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    All the Way

    All the Way

    6.7 2016 HD

    Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

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  • 1993
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    Lifepod

    Lifepod

    5.1 1993 HD

    Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them

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  • 2005
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    Earth to America

    Earth to America

    8 2005 HD

    Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.

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  • 2015
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    Sisters

    Sisters

    6 2015 HD

    Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

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  • 2016
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    All the Way

    All the Way

    6.7 2016 HD

    Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

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  • 1986
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    Odyssey

    Odyssey

    1 1986 HD

    The film is a visual poem shot in the Anza-Borrego Desert. The work portrays the odyssey of a woman/goddess/mankind from birth into innocence, through growth into pride and sin, to death, and then a transcendental reunion to the One.

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  • 1997
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    Sound of Peace

    Sound of Peace

    1 1997 HD

    "Sound of Peace" is a cinematic meditation. Utilizing the deep resonance of the didgeridoo played by Nawang Khechong, a former Buddhist Monk the film gently, yet powerfully, transforms the viewer's sense of possibility for inner and world peace. A synthesis of viscerally experienced waves of sound and engaging images creates a calm and transcendent experience.

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  • 2025
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    The Roses

    The Roses

    6.7 2025 HD

    Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

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  • 2025
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    The Roses

    The Roses

    6.7 2025 HD

    Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

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  • 1990
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    Tales of the Unknown

    Tales of the Unknown

    1 1990 HD

    Somewhere, just beyond your doorstep, lies the unforeseen, the unexpected, the unexplainable... A shadowy world where curiosity and intrigue tempt you to enter, but don't always let you return. We invite you to cross over the threshold, if you dare, into the altered world of "Tales Of The Unknownm," for an unimaginable experience you'll never forget!

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  • 2019
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    Bombshell

    Bombshell

    6.8 2019 HD

    Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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  • 2010
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    Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks

    5.7 2010 HD

    Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.

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  • 2017
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    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    6.2 2017 HD

    The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

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  • 2019
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    Bombshell

    Bombshell

    6.8 2019 HD

    Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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  • 2016
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    Grimsby

    Grimsby

    5.954 2016 HD

    Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

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  • 2008
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    Recount

    Recount

    6.8 2008 HD

    In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

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  • 2020
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    Coastal Elites

    Coastal Elites

    5.8 2020 HD

    A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.

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  • 2020
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    Coastal Elites

    Coastal Elites

    5.8 2020 HD

    A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.

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  • 2012
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    Game Change

    Game Change

    6.9 2012 HD

    During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.

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  • 2026
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    Focker-In-Law

    Focker-In-Law

    1 2026 HD

    The fourth installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

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  • 1970
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    Oceans

    Oceans

    1 1970 HD

    Rumored to follow a couple as they teach their children how to steal from the rich during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.

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  • 1999
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    Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

    Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

    1 1999 HD

    A look at the production of "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me", the 1999 hit comedy sequel, starring Mike Myers and directed by Jay Roach.

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  • 1995
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    MADtv

    MADtv

    7 1995 HD

    MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.

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  • 2018
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    Barry

    Barry

    7.9 2018 HD

    A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    5 1970 HD

    Space Rangers is an American futuristic science fiction drama. The short lived series aired on CBS in 1993. The show was created by Pen Densham and Trilogy Entertainment Group.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    9.5 1970 HD

    American Candidate is a political reality television show. The program aired for one season on Showtime in 2004, and was hosted by Montel Williams. It was created by documentary filmmaker R. J. Cutler, and produced by film director Jay Roach.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    5 1970 HD

    Space Rangers is an American futuristic science fiction drama. The short lived series aired on CBS in 1993. The show was created by Pen Densham and Trilogy Entertainment Group.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    7 1970 HD

    Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    6.7 1970 HD

    Peggy Newman, a woman with a checkered past, makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator following the death of her beloved mother, who she lived with in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    7 1970 HD

    Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.

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  • 1970
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    Barry

    Barry

    6.7 1970 HD

    Peggy Newman, a woman with a checkered past, makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator following the death of her beloved mother, who she lived with in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.

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