Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Isle of Dogs (2018). Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He also guest-starred on Law & Order, Picket Fences, The Closer, Revenge, Scandal, and Masters of Sex. He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He recently appeared in the HBO television film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), National Geographic's limited series Genius: Aretha (2020), and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country (2020) the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997. Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, and is an active supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2019, Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Courtney B. Vance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Courtney B. Vance
  • Popularity: 8.039
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1960-03-12
  • Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Courtney B. Vance Movies

  • 1991
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    Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

    Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

    5.7 1991 HD

    Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War...

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  • 1990
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    The Hunt for Red October

    The Hunt for Red October

    7.4 1990 HD

    A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The...

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  • 1994
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    Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

    5.2 1994 HD

    A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.

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  • 1987
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    Hamburger Hill

    Hamburger Hill

    6.555 1987 HD

    The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered...

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  • 2002
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    D-Tox

    D-Tox

    5.565 2002 HD

    A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming....

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  • 2000
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    Space Cowboys

    Space Cowboys

    6.385 2000 HD

    Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test...

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  • 1996
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    The Preacher's Wife

    The Preacher's Wife

    5.8 1996 HD

    Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived...

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  • 1995
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    The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

    7.052 1995 HD

    During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....

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  • 1997
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    12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    7.662 1997 HD

    During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result...

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  • 1999
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    Cookie's Fortune

    Cookie's Fortune

    6.4 1999 HD

    Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

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  • 2010
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    Extraordinary Measures

    Extraordinary Measures

    6.3 2010 HD

    Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe...

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  • 1995
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    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

    6.6 1995 HD

    A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

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  • 1995
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    Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

    7 1995 HD

    Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school....

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  • 1993
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    The Adventures of Huck Finn

    The Adventures of Huck Finn

    6.196 1993 HD

    Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his...

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  • 1995
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    Panther

    Panther

    6.2 1995 HD

    Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black...

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  • 2008
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    6.939 2008 HD

    When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her...

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  • 2012
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    Joyful Noise

    Joyful Noise

    6.5 2012 HD

    G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

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  • 2012
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    The Divide

    The Divide

    5.9 2012 HD

    Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away...

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  • 2025
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    Lilo & Stitch

    Lilo & Stitch

    1 2025 HD

    A fugitive alien helps to mend a lonely Hawaiian girl's broken family.

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  • 2003
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    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.9 2003 HD

    When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

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  • 1993
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    Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

    6.2 1993 HD

    Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the...

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  • 1996
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    The Boys Next Door

    The Boys Next Door

    6.6 1996 HD

    Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four...

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  • 2019
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    On Broadway

    On Broadway

    8.7 2019 HD

    An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to...

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  • 1995
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    The Affair

    The Affair

    3.8 1995 HD

    A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of...

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  • 1998
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    Ambushed

    Ambushed

    5.1 1998 HD

    Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for...

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  • 2012
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    Let It Shine

    Let It Shine

    6.938 2012 HD

    A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal,...

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  • 2023
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    Heist 88

    Heist 88

    6.8 2023 HD

    A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.

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  • 1998
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    Blind Faith

    Blind Faith

    6.227 1998 HD

    In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie...

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  • 1992
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    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    1 1992 HD

    This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen...

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  • 1992
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    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    1 1992 HD

    This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen...

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  • 1993
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    Percy & Thunder

    Percy & Thunder

    1 1993 HD

    A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

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  • 1998
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    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    3.7 1998 HD

    A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey...

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  • 1994
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    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

    7 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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  • 2002
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    Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

    Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

    1 2002 HD

    Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl...

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  • 1998
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    Naked City: A Killer Christmas

    Naked City: A Killer Christmas

    3 1998 HD

    An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..

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  • 2018
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    The Groveland Four

    The Groveland Four

    9 2018 HD

    July, 1949: four young black men are wrongly accused of rape by a 17-year-old farm wife in rural Lake County, Florida. The case of “The...

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  • 2015
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    Terminator Genisys

    Terminator Genisys

    5.936 2015 HD

    The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the...

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  • 2020
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    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    1 2020 HD

    Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four,...

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  • 2011
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    Final Destination 5

    Final Destination 5

    6.1 2011 HD

    In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a...

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  • 2016
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    Office Christmas Party

    Office Christmas Party

    5.678 2016 HD

    When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his...

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  • 2017
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    The Mummy

    The Mummy

    5.516 2017 HD

    Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our...

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  • 2018
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    Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

    7.853 2018 HD

    In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must...

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  • 2017
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    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    6.5 2017 HD

    An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line...

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  • 1992
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    In the Line of Duty: Street War

    In the Line of Duty: Street War

    5 1992 HD

    In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the...

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  • 2018
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    Ben Is Back

    Ben Is Back

    6.6 2018 HD

    19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and...

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  • 2005
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    The Fight

    The Fight

    7 2005 HD

    Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became...

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  • 1995
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    The Piano Lesson

    The Piano Lesson

    8 1995 HD

    1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a...

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  • 1999
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    Love and Action in Chicago

    Love and Action in Chicago

    5 1999 HD

    Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a...

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  • 2006
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    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    1 2006 HD

    The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips...

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  • 2020
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    Project Power

    Project Power

    6.5 2020 HD

    An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary...

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  • 2004
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    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    7.1 2004 HD

    The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

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  • 2002
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    Partners of the Heart

    Partners of the Heart

    6 2002 HD

    Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and...

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  • 2000
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    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    1 2000 HD

    Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

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  • 2020
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    The Photograph

    The Photograph

    6.4 2020 HD

    When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds...

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  • 2020
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    Uncorked

    Uncorked

    6.09 2020 HD

    Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.

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  • 2020
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    Between the World and Me

    Between the World and Me

    7.9 2020 HD

    Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements...

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  • 2009
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    Hurricane Season

    Hurricane Season

    6.8 2009 HD

    Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach...

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  • 2000
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    The Acting Class

    The Acting Class

    10 2000 HD

    A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential...

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  • 1983
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    First Affair

    First Affair

    1 1983 HD

    A young girl attending Harvard on a scholarship finds herself falling for the husband of her English professor.

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  • 2023
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    Heist 88

    Heist 88

    6.8 2023 HD

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  • 2000
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    Boston Public

    Boston Public

    7.7 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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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1987
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    thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

    6.3 1987 HD

    Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.5 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 1998
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    Any Day Now

    Any Day Now

    7.4 1998 HD

    Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as...

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  • 1974
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    NOVA

    NOVA

    6.8 1974 HD

    PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and...

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  • 2012
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    Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    6.2 2012 HD

    Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

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  • 2001
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    7.6 2001 HD

    The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.5 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 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...

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  • 2009
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    FlashForward

    FlashForward

    7 2009 HD

    When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For...

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  • 1998
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    The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

    6.8 1998 HD

    The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

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  • 2013
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    Graceland

    Graceland

    7.197 2013 HD

    In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI,...

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  • 2011
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    Revenge

    Revenge

    7.6 2011 HD

    When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her...

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  • 2016
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    American Crime Story

    American Crime Story

    7.5 2016 HD

    An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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  • 2019
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    Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

    5.1 2019 HD

    Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining...

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  • 1988
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    American Experience

    American Experience

    7.5 1988 HD

    TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2022
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    Sherri

    Sherri

    4.2 2022 HD

    Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop...

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  • 2014
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    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    4.3 2014 HD

    PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....

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  • 2020
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    Lovecraft Country

    Lovecraft Country

    7.2 2020 HD

    The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip...

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  • 2013
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    Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

    7.07 2013 HD

    William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and...

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  • 2024
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    Grotesquerie

    Grotesquerie

    7.8 2024 HD

    A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or...

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  • 2012
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    Scandal

    Scandal

    7.159 2012 HD

    Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under...

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  • 2009
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    4.9 2009 HD

    Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

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  • 2021
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    Amend: The Fight for America

    Amend: The Fight for America

    7.1 2021 HD

    When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave...

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  • 2022
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    61st Street

    61st Street

    6.7 2022 HD

    Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone...

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  • 2017
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    Genius

    Genius

    7.8 2017 HD

    The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships,...

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  • 2005
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.9 2005 HD

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

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  • 2005
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.9 2005 HD

    Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile...

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  • 1970
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    The Closer

    The Closer

    7.8 1970 HD

    A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or...

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