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Willem Dafoe

William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-foh; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born22 July 1955 (age 70)
  • Place of BirthAppleton, Wisconsin, USA

Willem Dafoe

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William James "Willem" Dafoe (/dəˈfoʊ/də-FOH or /ˈdeɪfoʊ/ DAY-foh; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Heaven's Gate (1980). Dafoe's early career includes credits for The Loveless (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He earned his first Academy Award nomination for the war drama Platoon (1986), followed by nominations for his roles in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Florida Project (2017), and the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate (2018). He also gained acclaim and wide recognition for his roles as Jesus Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the supervillain Norman Osborn in the superhero film Spider-Man (2002), a role he reprised in its sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). His other film appearance include roles in Mississippi Burning (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), The English Patient (1996), Affliction (1997), New Rose Hotel(1998), Existenz (1999), The Boondock Saints (1999), American Psycho (2000), Auto Focus (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Inside Man (2006), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Antichrist (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aquaman (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Nightmare Alley (2021), Poor Things (2023), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Willem Dafoe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born22 July 1955 (age 70)
  • Place of BirthAppleton, Wisconsin, USA
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The Legend of Ochi
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Da Suisa - Tributo
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Poor Things
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Interior (The Spectator)
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Il coraggio di essere Franco
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
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Finding Satoshi
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Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
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Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
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The Northman
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Dead for a Dollar
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Why Are We (Not) Creative?
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The French Dispatch
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7.029
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Nightmare Alley
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The Card Counter
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
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River
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Siberia
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The Last Thing He Wanted
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Tommaso
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
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Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
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Sportin' Life
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4.2
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The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
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6.9
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
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7.0
2019
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Vincent van Gogh Superstar
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6.5
2019
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The Lighthouse
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7.499
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Motherless Brooklyn
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Manou the Swift
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Love, Antosha
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Togo
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8.141
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Brothers in Arms
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Aquaman
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6.876
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At Eternity's Gate
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6.952
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Opus Zero
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5.455
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Vox Lux
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5.798
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Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
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8.667
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Friedkin Uncut
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7.0
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Theatron. Romeo Castellucci
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Death Note
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4.261
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The Florida Project
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7.429
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What Happened to Monday
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7.159
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Murder on the Orient Express
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6.703
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Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
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7.286
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Mountain
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Piazza Vittorio
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
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Sanctuary
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The Great Wall
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My Hindu Friend
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Dog Eat Dog
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A Family Man
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Mind the Gap
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Finding Dory
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Father
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Nelson Algren Live
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John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
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Don't F*#% With John Wick
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The Making of A Most Wanted Man
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Fukushima: A Nuclear Story
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SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg
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4.0
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
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8.037
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A Most Wanted Man
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Wick
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Bad Country
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Pasolini
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Out of the Furnace
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Saving Norman
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The Smile Man
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Love's Routine
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Odd Thomas
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
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The Benaki Museum
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
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John Carter
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4:44 Last Day on Earth
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Tomorrow You're Gone
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Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
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The Hunter
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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Miral
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Daybreakers
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A Woman
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Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
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The Making of Daybreakers
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
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Farewell
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Antichrist
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Fireflies in the Garden
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Adam Resurrected
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The Dust of Time
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Spider-Man 3
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Mr. Bean's Holiday
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To Each His Own Cinema
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Inside Man
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Paris Je T'aime
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American Dreamz
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Manderlay
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xXx: State of the Union
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Before It Had a Name
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Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
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This Is an Adventure
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
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On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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Spider-Man 2
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The Clearing
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The Reckoning
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Control
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The Aviator
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The Misbehavers
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Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
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Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
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Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
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Finding Nemo
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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Rockets Redglare!
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Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
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Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
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Overnight
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Spider-Man
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Auto Focus
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Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
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Spider-Mania
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The Spider-Man Story
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Edges of the Lord
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Pavilion of Women
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A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
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8.5
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American Psycho
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7.405
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Shadow of the Vampire
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6.659
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Animal Factory
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6.389
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Bullfighter
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2.714
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eXistenZ
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6.797
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New Rose Hotel
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5.3
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The Boondock Saints
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Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
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Lulu on the Bridge
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Abel/Asia
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Speed 2: Cruise Control
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4.611
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Affliction
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6.313
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Wrong Guys
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The English Patient
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7.168
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Basquiat
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6.622
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Victory
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5.083
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The Night and the Moment
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5.4
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Clear and Present Danger
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6.656
1994
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Tom & Viv
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6.094
1994
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Body of Evidence
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5.0
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Faraway, So Close!
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6.9
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White Homeland Commando
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10.0
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Brace Up!
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10.0
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Rhyme 'Em to Death
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Light Sleeper
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6.7
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White Sands
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5.916
1992
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North on Evers
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7.2
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Flight of the Intruder
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5.701
1991
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Wild at Heart
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7.043
1990
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Cry-Baby
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6.5
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Born on the Fourth of July
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7.014
1989
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Triumph of the Spirit
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6.6
1989
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Mississippi Burning
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7.666
1988
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The Last Temptation of Christ
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7.222
1988
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Off Limits
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5.6
1988
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Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ
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4.0
1988
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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7.056
1987
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Platoon
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7.746
1986
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To Live and Die in L.A.
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7.106
1985
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O Panama
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6.0
1985
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The Loveless
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5.7
1984
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Streets of Fire
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6.919
1984
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Roadhouse 66
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5.15
1984
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New York Nights
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2.75
1984
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Atalanta Strategy
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The Hunger
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1983
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Heaven's Gate
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6.796
1980