Richard Kind
Birthday: 1956-11-22
Place of Birth: North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Biography: Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor (stage, screen, and voice) and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Captain Stan Yenko on CBS's East New York (2022-23), Dr. Mark Devanow on Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), and Paul Lassiter on Spin City (1996–2002). He's also well known for his other roles as Peter in The History of the World Part II (2023), Mitch on Netflix's The Watcher, Formica Michael Mikowitz on The Goldbergs, Walter Bloom in tick, tick... Boom! (2021), Cousin Andy on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), Rudy Giuliani in Bombshell (2019), John Sears in Suburbicon (2017), Gus Barton on IFC's Brockmire, Marty in All We Had (2016), Mayor Aubrey James on FOX's Gotham, Sam Meyers on the Amazon Prime series Red Oaks, Max Klein in Argo (2012), Joey Rathburn on HBO's Luck starring Dustin Hoffman, Uncle Arthur Gopnik in the Coen Brothers film A Serious Man (2009), Abner Kravitz in the film Bewitched (2005), Louis Tiboni in The Station Agent (2003), He began his acting career in Chicago, where he performed in numerous stage productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1984 in the play "The Pirates of Penzance." He has starred in the smash hit Broadway musical The Producers, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Candide, and Bounce, among others. He is a Drama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit The Big Knife. He has appeared in over 50 films, including Clifford (1994), Stargate (1994), For Your Consideration (2006), Hereafter (2010), and Beau Is Afraid (2023). In addition to his acting career, he is also a vocal advocate for social justice causes. He is a member of the board of directors of the Creative Coalition, an organization that advocates for the arts in public policy. He is also a supporter of the Human Rights Campaign and the Anti-Defamation League. He is also an alumnus of The Second City in Chicago.
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The Station Agent
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of soli...
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Clifford
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the b...
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Sands of Oblivion
The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an aut...
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Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
"Disney's California Adventure opened to the public on February 8, 2001, the second of two theme par...
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tick, tick... BOOM!
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure...
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying t...
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Spymate
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that ma...
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A Serious Man
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been in...
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A Bug's Life
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs...
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The Visitor
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living ...
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The Wild
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zo...
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Big Stan
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial a...
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Cupid for Christmas
Cupid, the god of love, is burned out. He wants desperately to retire and hand the bow and arrow ove...
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Nothing in Common
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents e...
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Run & Gun
After leaving a life of crime and violence, Ray is a reformed good guy, enjoying a quiet family life...
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Everyone's Hero
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932...
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Hermie & Friends: Milo the Mantis Who Wouldn't Pray
When a big storm destroys Milo's Snack Shack, he doesn't know what to do and that includes just talk...
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Hidden Exposure
A recently jilted dancer follows her ex-boyfriend to his new home, where she insinuates herself into...
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Hereafter
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by ...
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Argo
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky ...
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The Magnificent Meyersons
A complicated New York City family as they discover on one extraordinary day that although life-and ...
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Dog Gone Love
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman, and their dogs. Steven Merritt, a research obsessed writer i...
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Quest of the Delta Knights
A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady....
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The Out-Laws
A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by in...
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The Understudy
A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price....
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Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the merriest place on the planet, a quartet of magical puppies...
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Fancypants
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, ...
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man st...
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Quicksand
Randi Stewart is a sergeant on a marine base where her father is the commanding officer. She is bein...
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Divorce Invitation
'Divorce Invitation' centers on Mike Christian, a happily married man who runs into his high school ...
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The Ratings Game
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business....
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One Night Stand
One Night Stand is a funny, intimate, behind-the-scenes journey as top Broadway and Hollywood artist...
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Dealin' with Idiots
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, ...
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Two Fathers' Justice
On the eve of their wedding day, Karen and Johnny are murdered by drug dealers who are actually afte...
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Obvious Child
An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with...
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CI...
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Monsters of California
Teenager Dallas Edwards and his derelict friends go on a quest for the meaning behind a series of my...
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Chu and Blossom
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small S...
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Nobody Knows Anything!
Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild...
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Vice Versa
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa....
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The Big Empty
The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that...
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The Neighbor
A businessman watches as his life begins to unravel after learning his ex-wife is going to marry his...
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Thin Skinned
Two hidden camera pranksters infiltrate a funeral home, unaware that the mortician they've targeted ...
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Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bu...
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Santa Buddies
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naught...
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All-American Murder
Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautifu...
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Our Friend, Martin
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life....
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Misery Loves Comedy
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, act...
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Proof of Concept
An aspiring auteur tries coaxing her dad and uncle into financing her first short film but winds up ...
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Cars
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the jou...
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Cars 2
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix r...
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All-Stars
"All-Stars" is a hilarious commentary on the state of all youth sports today, fueled by the outrageo...
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Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten ...
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Madness of Method
Starring Spin City's Richard Kind and veteran character actor M. Emmet Walsh, this award-winning sho...
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Inside Out
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition....
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The Grand
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. ...
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Beau Is Afraid
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darke...
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The Santa Claus Brothers
This tale of Santa's 3 sons seeks the true meaning of Christmas. Kevin McDonald and Richard Kind add...
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The New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness
When Paul and Sandy Darden (Judge Reinhold and Demi Moore) move into a seemingly quiet upper-middle-...
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Toy Story 3
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to...
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Elvis Has Left the Building
Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his influence. ...
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Mind Candy
This short was released as an extra in the Blu-ray release of Disney Pixar's INSIDE OUT. It's a zan...
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Detours
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her wid...
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Jacqueline Argentine
A filmmaker introduces us to the subject of his documentary—the beautiful Jacqueline Dumont, a young...
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For Your Consideration
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the p...
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Cold Around the Heart
A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speedin...
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Yellowbird
Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter ...
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Andover
Genetics professor Adam Slope clones his wife Dawn after she dies in a fire but the woman he creates...
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The Lennon Report
The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The gre...
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The Search for Santa Paws
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost th...
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Wolfs
Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when ...
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Shrink Rap
The lives of a glamorous power couple are turned upside down when the bartender for their anniversar...
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What Cheer?
After the sudden passing of his wife, Stan ignores his overwhelming grief only to be faced with an u...
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Gilbert
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried....
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Ingenious
A rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bot...
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Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
A twelve-year-old girl is transported by a magical black stallion to the mystical world of Albion, w...
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Ride
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of col...
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Mr. Saturday Night
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing ...
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Raising Flagg
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)...
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The Paper Store
A former college student writes essays for cash until a client becomes her lover....
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Tom Sawyer
Get ready for a magical, fun-filled journey of adventure, fantasy and friendship! Tom Sawyer and his...
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Suburbicon
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilarious...
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Garfield
Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort ...
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Stargate
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancie...
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Queens Logic
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not hap...
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Sharknado 2: The Second One
A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the populat...
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The Last Laugh
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy ...
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The Bellmen
When the charming bell captain at a popular Arizona resort decides that becoming a manager is the on...
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The Producers
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddi...
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Auggie
Forced into early retirement, Felix Greystone falls in love with an augmented reality companion, to ...
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Jimmy Hollywood
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crim...
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketc...
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Bombshell
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; a...
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Heidi 4 Paws
"Heidi 4 Paws" is a live-action re-telling of Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's classic, "HEIDI", but ...
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Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Maya Dolittle is back in a heartwarming adventure of presidential proportions! Maya's dream of going...
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Transparent: Musicale Finale
When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, braze...
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Help Me, Help You
Discovering he has six months to live, a doctor begins meddling in the lives of six friends he think...
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Bewitched
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a wi...
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Tankhouse
After being blacklisted from the NYC theatre industry, two Upper East Side New Yorkers, Tucker and S...
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Rifkin’s Festival
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up...
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The Social Ones
A mockumentary that explores the lives and anxieties of a group of social media influencers....
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Fired!
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cop...
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a ...
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The Stand In
When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. Th...
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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second Cit...
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Bagboy
Bagboy is the "from bags to riches" story of a lowly grocery store clerk who endeavors to win the in...
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18½
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only co...
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The Independents
Three solo-artists who collide at the same crossroads and discover harmony. Thus is born “RGB” (at ...
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Off Broadway
The year is 2020 and the American theater is shut down… but it is not shut off. Off Broadway follows...
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Sink Or Swim
Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiratio...
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Extinct
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to mode...
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Portal to Hell
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s pro...
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Night Session
When a burglar unexpectedly runs into a homeowner during a theft, the robbery morphs into a makeshif...
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Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
A college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize th...
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110 Lombard
Three single guys share their personal problems as well as a loft apartment....
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Secret of the Sundrop
When the kingdom of Corona is threatened on Princess Rapunzel's 19th birthday, King Frederic priorit...
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His Date
Though out of practice, Thomas (Richard Kind) participates in a speed dating event in the hopes that...
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The End is at Hand
After hours at a mobile repair shop, a routine fix takes a strange turn....
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Waiting for Woody Allen
An unlucky actor named Josh Silver regains hope when his agent gets him an audition with his idol Wo...
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietr...
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Shooting Lily
David and Lily Hitchcock have been married for 6 years. During their marriage, David, a "professiona...
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Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True
Lindsey and her extended family head to Walt Disney World to spend a magical Christmas together, but...
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