James Schamus

James Schamus

James Allan Schamus (born September 7, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, business executive, film historian, professor, and director. He is a frequent collaborator of Ang Lee, the co-founder of the production company Good Machine, and the co-founder and former CEO of motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company Focus Features, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. He is currently president of the New York–based production company Symbolic Exchange and is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, where he has taught film history and theory since 1989. Schamus was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a Jewish family.He is the son of Clarita (Gershowitz) Karlin and Julian John Schamus and was raised in Los Angeles. He is married to writer Nancy Kricorian, with whom he has two children. His output includes writing or co-writing The Ice Storm, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Hulk (all directed by Ang Lee) and producing Brokeback Mountain and Alone in Berlin. At Focus he oversaw the production and distribution of Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Coraline, and The Kids Are All Right. In addition to his tenure at Columbia University, he has also taught at Yale University and at Rutgers University. He is the author of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Gertrud: The Moving Word, published by the University of Washington Press. He earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. Schamus made his feature directorial debut with Indignation, an adaptation of Philip Roth's novel of the same name. Schamus also wrote the script for the film, which stars Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, and Tracy Letts, and is the story of a Jewish student at an Ohio college in 1951. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released by Roadside Attractions on July 29, 2016. He was president of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. He has also been on the jury of the New York International Children's Film Festival and has served on the editorial boards of Film Quarterly and Cinema Journal, as well as on the board of Creative Capital and the Heyman Centre for the Humanities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Rosenbaum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : James Schamus
  • Popularity : 5.177
  • Known For : Production
  • Birthday : 1959-09-07
  • Place of Birth : Detroit, Michigan, USA
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James Schamus Movies

  • 2021
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    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    6 2021 HD

    One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts...

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  • 2013
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    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    1 2013 HD

    A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

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  • 2011
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    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    7.4 2011 HD

    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

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  • 1991
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    Keep It for Yourself

    Keep It for Yourself

    5.7 1991 HD

    Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the...

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  • 2006
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    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

    5.7 2006 HD

    A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback...

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  • 2011
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    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    5 2011 HD

    This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.

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  • 2016
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - A Retrospective

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - A Retrospective

    1 2016 HD

    A three-part feature in which Cultural Critic/Film Journalist Tasha R. Robinson interviews three key members of the filmmaking team. The first...

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  • 2019
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    Frames

    Frames

    1 2019 HD

    James’s film provides us with a thoughtful history of photography and the moving image that both pays tribute to the past and celebrates how...

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  • 2005
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    Brokeback Mountain

    Brokeback Mountain

    7.8 2005 HD

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  • 2000
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    7.431 2000 HD

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  • 2003
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    Hulk

    Hulk

    5.556 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Hulk

    Hulk

    5.556 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Hulk

    Hulk

    5.556 2003 HD

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  • 1994
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    Eat Drink Man Woman

    Eat Drink Man Woman

    7.6 1994 HD

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  • 2007
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    Lust, Caution

    Lust, Caution

    7.2 2007 HD

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  • 1999
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    Ride with the Devil

    Ride with the Devil

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Ride with the Devil

    Ride with the Devil

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 2002
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    Buffalo Soldiers

    Buffalo Soldiers

    6.248 2002 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    7.2 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    7.2 1993 HD

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  • 1991
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    Pushing Hands

    Pushing Hands

    7.2 1991 HD

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  • 2009
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    Taking Woodstock

    Taking Woodstock

    6.2 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Taking Woodstock

    Taking Woodstock

    6.2 2009 HD

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  • 1994
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    What Happened Was...

    What Happened Was...

    7 1994 HD

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  • 2024
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    We Grown Now

    We Grown Now

    6.5 2024 HD

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  • 1992
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    Ambition

    Ambition

    5.5 1992 HD

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  • 1995
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    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

    Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Brothers McMullen

    The Brothers McMullen

    6 1995 HD

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  • 2023
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    Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

    Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

    7.121 2023 HD

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  • 1996
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    Walking and Talking

    Walking and Talking

    5.977 1996 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Ice Storm

    The Ice Storm

    6.862 1997 HD

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  • 2016
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    Indignation

    Indignation

    6.4 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Indignation

    Indignation

    6.4 2016 HD

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  • 2002
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    Auto Focus

    Auto Focus

    6.4 2002 HD

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  • 2022
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    The King's Daughter

    The King's Daughter

    7.1 2022 HD

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  • 2007
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    Lust, Caution

    Lust, Caution

    7.2 2007 HD

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  • 1997
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    Office Killer

    Office Killer

    5.2 1997 HD

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  • 2016
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    Junction 48

    Junction 48

    5.8 2016 HD

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  • 1992
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    In the Soup

    In the Soup

    6.5 1992 HD

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  • 1999
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    Love God

    Love God

    7.6 1999 HD

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  • 2014
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    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    That Film About Money

    That Film About Money

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1992
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    Surviving Desire

    Surviving Desire

    7 1992 HD

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  • 2016
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    Indignation

    Indignation

    6.4 2016 HD

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  • 1996
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    She's the One

    She's the One

    5.476 1996 HD

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  • 2017
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    Dayveon

    Dayveon

    6.7 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Casting JonBenet

    Casting JonBenet

    5.666 2017 HD

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  • 1997
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    Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1999
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    Lola and Billy the Kid

    Lola and Billy the Kid

    6.6 1999 HD

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  • 1991
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    I Was on Mars

    I Was on Mars

    7.3 1991 HD

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  • 2024
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    McVeigh

    McVeigh

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2025
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    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2025
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    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2016
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    Alone in Berlin

    Alone in Berlin

    6.7 2016 HD

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  • 1991
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    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1993
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    MOTV (My Own TV)

    MOTV (My Own TV)

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Ice Storm

    The Ice Storm

    6.862 1997 HD

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  • 2018
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    Furlough

    Furlough

    5.8 2018 HD

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  • 1995
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    Safe

    Safe

    7 1995 HD

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  • 2025
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    The Wedding Banquet

    The Wedding Banquet

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2000
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    7.431 2000 HD

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  • 2020
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    Driveways

    Driveways

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Tomorrow Man

    The Tomorrow Man

    5.8 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Adam

    Adam

    4.1 2019 HD

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  • 1994
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    Eat Drink Man Woman

    Eat Drink Man Woman

    7.6 1994 HD

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  • 1997
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    Wonderland

    Wonderland

    7 1997 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Assistant

    The Assistant

    6.3 2020 HD

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  • 2019
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    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    5 2019 HD

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  • 1991
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    Poison

    Poison

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 2019
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    Frames

    Frames

    1 2019 HD

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  • 1970
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    College Republicans

    College Republicans

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    College Republicans

    College Republicans

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1992
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    Thank You and Good Night

    Thank You and Good Night

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1991
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    Pushing Hands

    Pushing Hands

    7.2 1991 HD

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  • 2015
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    Suffragette

    Suffragette

    7.2 2015 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Myth of Fingerprints

    The Myth of Fingerprints

    4.8 1997 HD

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  • 1995
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    Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

    7.426 1995 HD

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  • 1993
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    A Psychic Mom

    A Psychic Mom

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1998
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    Happiness

    Happiness

    7.459 1998 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.469 1970 HD

    The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    7.469 1970 HD

    The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    7.469 1970 HD

    The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    7.469 1970 HD

    The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true...

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