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Lea Thompson

Lea Thompson

Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961, height 5' 3" (1,60 m)) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy. As a staple in big budget/high profile blockbusters of the 1980's and 90's, other roles include Red Dawn, Howard the Duck, Jaws 3-D, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Beverly Hillbillies and All the Right Moves.

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BRATS (2024)

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. However, when the New York magazine cover story in 1985 dubs them the Brat Pack, stars in the making sudden ...

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Lynch/Oz (2023)

Victor Fleming's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work. ...

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The Disappearance of Cari Farver (2022)

Dave Kroupa is shocked when his new girlfriend, Cari Farver, starts sending him demanding texts. When Dave ends the relationship, he finds himself on the receiving end of an onslaught of twisted messages from Cari, who has abruptly disappeared. Dave's ex-g ...

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Ten Tricks (2022)

In one night, a madam at a brothel makes plans to get pregnant, while a magician working across the street makes a drastic move to change his life. ...

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Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll (2022)

The script of "Back to the Future" was one of the most refused of Hollywood: more than forty times. No producer believed in this project of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Steven Spielberg imposed the film on Universal Studios, with Gale signing the script a ...

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Unplugging (2022)

Think a rustic getaway with no cell service, Internet or social media is a romantic way to repair your marriage and sex life? Think again. Meet Dan and Jeanine Dewerson. The only spark in their bedroom is from the wall socket. Their daughter's best friend ...

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Next Stop, Christmas (2021)

Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. With the advice of the train' ...

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Mark, Mary + Some Other People (2021)

Mark and Mary's meet-cute happens at a neighborhood drug store, where she is busy buying a pregnancy test, and he has to make an effort to remind her they met in college. After asking her out, he accompanies her as she takes the test, and upon it showing n ...

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Dinner in America (2020)

An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest. ...

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Cool Cat's Crazy Dream (2019)

Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was invited to a celebrity party and meets many celebrities. And he loved it. ...

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Little Women (2018)

A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face bl ...

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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)

A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes. ...

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The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)

In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in between X-Files marathons. Comically unsuccessful in love ...

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Who We Are Now (2018)

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young ...

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Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017)

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he's surprisingly invited to attend her upcoming wedding. Returning home for the festivities, Adam must confront unresolved feelings while trying ...

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The Dog Lover (2016)

Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take down a dog breeder suspected of wrongdoing, she quickly finds out she might be on the wrong side of right. Sara must make a decision: to continue and follow th ...

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Stars Are Already Dead (2016)

After his mother's devastating death, Phoenix moves to LA where he meets two people change his life forever. Together they will pull each other out of the tragedy of their pasts and shine as stars in the darkness that surrounds their lives. ...

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Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute (2015)

A one-off 90 minute special in which Keith Lemon pays tribute to the iconic Back To The Future films. ...

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Back in Time (2015)

Cast, crew and fans explore the 'Back to the Future' time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture—30 years after Marty McFly went back in time. ...

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Left Behind (2014)

A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. ...

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Ping Pong Summer (2014)

In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music. ...

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My Mother's Future Husband (2014)

Headly, a 15-year-old teenager, thinks her mother, Rene, has mourned her father's death long enough, so she decides to find her a new husband by the end of the summer. ...

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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness. ...

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Milius (2013)

The life story of 'Zen Anarchist' filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation. ...

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Love at the Christmas Table (2012)

Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one... but he's afraid that the past will get in the way. ...

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John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast (2012)

A tribute to John Hughes, featuring an archive interview with him from 1986 and those that have worked with him, including Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Jon Cryer, Lea Thompson, as well as producers and others. ...

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Bound by Flesh (2012)

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at an early age, the winsome duo ascended through the early 20th-century vaudeville circuit as a side attraction (working alongside Bob Hope and Char ...

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The Trouble with the Truth (2012)

Musician and starving artist Robert reconsiders his own failed marriage to Emily after his daughter announces that she's engaged. ...

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Thin Ice (2012)

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer. ...

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Game of Your Life (2011)

When industrious high school gamer Zach Taylor lands a prized scholarship to the prestigious Digital Institute of Game Design (DIGD), his future breaks wide open. The opportunity to study under gaming legend Marcus Bentton and alongside the country's most ...

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J. Edgar (2011)

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life. ...

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The Cabin (2011)

A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally booked into the same cabin. Naturally, they can't stand each other...at first. ...

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Mayor Cupcake (2011)

A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With no formal experience or education to speak of, she must rely on her street smarts to clean up the town. ...

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Tales from the Future (2010)

Eight-part retrospective documentary on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the film's 25th anniversary. ...

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Rock Slyde (2010)

A film noir comedy about Rock Slyde, a down-and-out private detective that engages in a turf war with an upstart quasi-religious cult, The House of Bartology. ...

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Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer (2010)

Arthur unwittingly discovers the secret to stopping an evil dragon who threatens to destroy all civilization. ...

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Splinterheads (2009)

SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose "thing" is that he has no "thing" at all. When a small-time carnival rolls into town, he meets Galaxy (Rachael Taylor), a gorgeous con artist, or "splinterhead," ...

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Looking Back to the Future (2009)

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy's legacy. ...

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Fatal Secrets (2009)

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a secret background who has pushed her to the breaking point. The women underestimate the consequences when they take matters into their own hands as their opponen ...

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The Christmas Clause (2008)

A stressed out lawyer and mother of three gets her yuletide wish when she wishes to see what her life would be like if she had chosen to pursue her career in Law rather than marrying and becoming a working mother. ...

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Exit Speed (2008)

On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas and are forced off the road by a motorcycle gang. The passengers then take refuge in an abandoned scrap yard. When their defense against the gang weakens and their numbers dwindle they must ...

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Final Approach (2008)

FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who threaten to det ...

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Senior Skip Day (2008)

The senior class plans to have a skip-day party at the principal's house until Adam Harris leaks the secret, so he decides to save the celebration by hosting it at his house. ...

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Spy School (2008)

Spy School is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own. ...

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Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008)

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes more apparent she may be the mastermind behind the theft. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny and Billy Moses. ...

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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)

Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents. ...

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A Life Interrupted (2007)

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law... Based on a true story. In 1989, Debbie Smith was living a quiet life as a housewife with her police officer husband, Rob and their two kids, but one day it's all ...

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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007)

DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling. ...

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California Dreaming (2007)

Unforeseen obstacles stand in the way of a family planning to take a road trip in an RV. ...

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Looking Back at the Future (2006)

Looking to the future is a documentary about the filming of the legendary trilogy Back to the Future. ...

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yacht and drowns. ...

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Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (2006)

Jane Doe must solve the kidnapping of a famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret foreign agents. ...

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The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006)

A 2006 featurette on the film 'Some Kind of Wonderful', with interviews with the main actors and with the director. ...

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Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005)

When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe. ...

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Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005)

When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA head, realize he's bent on a vengeance killin. Who the prospective victim is remains to be seen. ...

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Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles Bank. The NSA with the assistance of a puzzle slover Code Name Jane Doe becomes involved and solves the mystery. ...

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Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2005)

Cathy Davis, one the smartest government agents in the country is urged out of retirement to crack the case of a missing computer file. ...

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Come Away Home (2005)

Twelve-year-old Annie Lamm's first day of summer break quickly turns into a disaster. She realizes that her parents have not only decided to fly her to Hilton Head Island during their second honeymoon, but they also plan to coerce her to spend half her sum ...

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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004)

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad... ...

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Stealing Christmas (2003)

When thief Jack Clayton is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new Santa at Sarah Gibson's tree store. He is very reluctant at first, but after becoming a part of the town, a ...

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Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (2003)

Two ghosts that are children are forced to stay on a haunted beach and 100 years later find two children on the same beach trying to turn them into ghosts too. ...

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The Unknown Cyclist (1998)

A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California. ...

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The Right to Remain Silent (1996)

Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paley is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals. Under the supervision of a tough but likable mentor, Christine quickly learns that hers is like no other ...

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The Unspoken Truth (1995)

Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne marries Clay, and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he's unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne bel ...

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The Little Rascals (1994)

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship. ...

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The Substitute Wife (1994)

In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm. ...

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The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. ...

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Dennis the Menace (1993)

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town. ...

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Stolen Babies (1993)

A 1940s Tennesee welfare worker learns that Georgia Tann, the charismatic head of a local adoption agency, is actually running a black-market baby ring behind the Tennesee Childrens Home Society. ...

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Article 99 (1992)

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, t ...

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Back to the Future Part III (1990)

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pr ...

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Montana (1990)

Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations. ...

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Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bo ...

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Nightbreaker (1989)

Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man uncover the truth? In 1950's ...

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The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)

After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside. Lonely and unhappy, he starts believing he has super powers. Then a "dead" man shows up. ...

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Going Undercover (1988)

Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to protect her step-daughter Marigold during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His ...

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Casual Sex? (1988)

Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the perfect man, and this forces them to reconsider their attitudes to men in general. ...

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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school. ...

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The Making of Back to the Future (1986)

The Making of 'Back to the Future' ...

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Howard the Duck (1986)

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his plane ...

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SpaceCamp (1986)

Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the g ...

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Back to the Future (1985)

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - wit ...

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The Wild Life (1984)

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David. ...

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Red Dawn (1984)

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces. ...

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All the Right Moves (1983)

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the ...

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Jaws 3-D (1983)

A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone. ...

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The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die (1983)

Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D. ...

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Movies Made By Lea Thompson (6)

The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)

In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in between X-Files marathons. Comically unsuccessful in love ...

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Looking Back to the Future (2009)

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy's legacy. ...

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Fatal Secrets (2009)

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a secret background who has pushed her to the breaking point. The women underestimate the consequences when they take matters into their own hands as their opponen ...

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My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Lovestruck Dustin is dating Alexis, his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her back. He asks his best friend Tank to take her on the worst rebound date imaginable - his side job - so that ...

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Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008)

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes more apparent she may be the mastermind behind the theft. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny and Billy Moses. ...

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yacht and drowns. ...

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