Ben Stiller
Birthday: 1965-11-30
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known for his blend of slapstick humor and sharp wit, Stiller rose to fame through comedies such as There's Something About Mary (1998), Zoolander (2001), and Tropic Thunder (2008). Stiller is also known for his work in franchises such as the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), the Madagascar franchise (2005–2012), and the Night at the Museum films (2006–2014). His films have grossed over $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. His awards and honors include an Emmy Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, a Britannia Award and a Teen Choice Award. Stiller is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. He began his career writing mockumentaries and was offered a variety sketch series, The Ben Stiller Show, which he produced and hosted for its 13-episode run. The series ran on MTV in 1990 and Fox in 1992 and 1993, earning him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Program. Stiller was a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack. Transitioning to acting in films, Stiller made his directorial debut with Reality Bites (1994) and went on to direct and star in films such as The Cable Guy (1996) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). He also starred in a string of successful studio comedies, including Along Came Polly (2004), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004), and Tower Heist (2011). His performances in independent films include Flirting with Disaster (1996), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and the Noah Baumbach films Greenberg (2010), While We're Young (2014), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). Since the mid-2010s, Stiller has primarily worked as a television director and showrunner. In 2018, he directed the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora, earning a Directors Guild of America Award and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. In 2022, he was a director and executive producer on the Apple TV+ series Severance, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series.
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Madagascar
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Par...
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There's Something About Mary
For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he...
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Flirting with Disaster
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth pa...
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Night at the Museum
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ...
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Meet the Parents
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over...
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Meet the Fockers
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet...
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenac...
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble...
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Empire of the Sun
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...
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Don't Think Twice
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting ...
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Reality Bites
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about li...
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Keeping the Faith
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular ...
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Along Came Polly
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as ...
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Duplex
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs...
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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remark...
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Permanent Midnight
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts t...
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Tropic Thunder
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning c...
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The Semplica Girl Diaries
Family man Lloyd Turner is facing up to his 40th birthday with the prospect of a new decade moulderi...
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Mission: Improbable
A behind the scenes look at the stunt work of "Mission: Impossible 2", told through one stunt man wh...
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about...
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The Marc Pease Experience
Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years aft...
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Merry Madagascar
While trapped on the island of Madagascar, the Central Park Zoo escapees receive a visit from Santa-...
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children...
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The Heartbreak Kid
Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But du...
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to t...
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Starsky & Hutch
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time...
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Mystery Men
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova...
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Zoolander
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when h...
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Greenberg
Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los An...
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School for Scoundrels
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls i...
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The Cable Guy
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and do...
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The Champions
Follows three United Nations agents whose plane crashes into the Himalayas. Upon being rescued by an...
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Megamind
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Me...
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Heavyweights
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel c...
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Zero Effect
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible c...
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Submarine
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relations...
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Little Fockers
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally ge...
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a p...
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The Watch
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a wee...
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central P...
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Le Débarquement
Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in var...
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Bleecker
Full of heart, humor, and a phenomenal ensemble, this dark comedy is about people who create little ...
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Sweet Micky for President
Music and politics collide when international music star, Pras Michel of the Fugees, returns to his ...
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Your Friends & Neighbors
Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen busin...
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Tower Heist
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defr...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life a...
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, unit...
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Madly Madagascar
Your favorite Madagascar pals are back in an all-new adventure! Alex's favorite holiday, Valentine's...
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While We're Young
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a...
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All Aboard the Crazy Train
Winner of the 2005 Maui Film Festival's Best Short Film Documentary, this eye-popping video captures...
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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and...
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Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
A look at Sather's life and comic career and the impact his death had on his friends, family, and th...
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Greed
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island o...
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Nutcrackers
Just as Mike is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, he's pulled away from his ba...
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Belly of the Beast
Under notorious literary titan Norman Mailer’s mentorship, Jack Henry Abbott is paroled after nearly...
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Earth to America
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environme...
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Zoolander 2
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the bus...
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Funny People
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a...
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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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12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took place on Decembe...
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their...
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Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Concert film combining the footage from 50 camcorders given to audience members of a sold-out Beasti...
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Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
A documentary detailing funny, outrageous, positive stories about Andy Dick. Interviews range from c...
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Brad's Status
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, t...
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The Trip
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it...
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Orange County
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a w...
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Happy Gilmore
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on th...
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Heat Vision and Jack
As the result of a NASA miscalculation, Astronaut Jack Austin flew too close to the sun, the rays ex...
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Derek Zoolander: Male Model
The short film that introduces the character of Derek Zoolander, first shown at the 1996 VH1 Fashion...
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Derek Zoolander University
The second short film to feature the character of Derek Zoolander, shown at the 1997 VH1 Fashion Awa...
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Run Ronnie Run
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program....
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Hot Pursuit
High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend ...
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Black and White
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including...
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Shoeshine
During a ride on the Staten Island Ferry, a young Wall Street investment banker and an old shoeshine...
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Romanekian
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Robin Williams offer commentary on music videos directed by Mark Romanek...
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The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
A behind the scenes look at the making of "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny"....
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The Truth Is in the Stars
William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of...
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to repre...
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
A live stand-up comedy and music gig to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary....
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The Independent
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story o...
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Elvis Stories
Elvis Stories is a short movie directed by Ben Stiller and starring John Cusack and Ben Stiller...
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That's Adequate
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Ra...
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Elmo's Christmas Countdown
There's a miracle on Sesame Street in this special holiday tale. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their new f...
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Fresh Horses
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love...
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Confessions of an Action Star
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Fran...
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Working Tra$h
Ralph and Freddy work as janitors at a brokerage firm and become rich by making investments based on...
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Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest s...
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Next of Kin
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothe...
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Being Canadian
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a wh...
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If Lucy Fell
Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces...
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He's Way More Famous Than You
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her car...
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Harmontown
A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon as he takes h...
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Highway to Hell
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie...
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Stella
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fall...
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Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable
In June at the Nantucket Film Festival, Ben Stiller brought together three of his funniest famous fr...
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Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable
Ben Stiller, Mike Myers, Seth Meyers and Michael Ian Black have a roundtable comedy discussion....
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The Suburbans
The Suburbans, a one-hit-wonder new wave band from the '80s, reunite at their bassist's wedding, whe...
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
10th Anniversary of the 100 greatest films as chosen by the American Film Institute....
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Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square G...
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The Hustler of Money
A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for mo...
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities...
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Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The C...
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The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and ye...
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Zoolander: Super Model
Ridiculously good-looking superheroes Derek Zoolander and Hansel defend people from the dark forces ...
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, th...
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The Farrelly Bros.: In the French Tradition
A making-of, focusing on the script and direction by the Farrellys. The material here is culled from...
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America | A Tribute to Heroes
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercia...
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Beastie Boys Story
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the...
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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comed...
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Celebrity Escape Room
Jack Black is the master of ceremonies, leading Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Adam Scott, and Ben Stil...
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The House of Blue Leaves
On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation,...
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Locked Down
During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jew...
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Hubie Halloween
Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Hallow...
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Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
A mix of cabaret and standup recorded at Joe's Pub in New York....
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics...
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many...
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The Dink
A washed-up tennis pro who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forc...
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The Nutt House
Two identical twins, separated since infancy, meet after 30 years causing a series of mistaken ident...
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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen & Kevin S...
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Happy Gilmore 2
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour C...
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Dear Santa
Likeable 6th grader Liam writes to Santa asking him to prove that he's real. But Liam is dyslexic an...
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Danny Roane: First Time Director
A television actor drinks too much and gets blackballed from the industry, and then he decides to br...
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Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Come one, come all for Sesame Street's 35th anniversary musical gathering! Is there one song the who...
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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents—comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—exploring their...
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The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld is an intimate portrait of what it means to expose oneself. At its ce...
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Downey Wrote That
Exploring the sketches, contributions and influence of Jim Downey, one of the most impactful comedy ...
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