person

Willem Dafoe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-07-22

Place of Birth

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Willem Dafoe

Biography

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

Also Known For

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Finding Nemo

May 30, 2003

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Inside Man

Mar 17, 2006

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72

The English Patient

Nov 14, 1996

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70

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Dec 10, 2004

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70

Wild at Heart

Aug 17, 1990

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66

Basquiat

Aug 09, 1996

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73

Spider-Man

May 01, 2002

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64

Spider-Man 3

May 01, 2007

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73

Spider-Man 2

Jun 25, 2004

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63

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Mar 22, 2007

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74

American Psycho

Apr 13, 2000

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63

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Sep 11, 2003

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40

SPYMASTER: John le Carré in Hamburg

Sep 02, 2014

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50

Body of Evidence

Jan 15, 1993

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76

Mississippi Burning

Dec 08, 1988

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46

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Jun 13, 1997

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10

Pet Shop Days

Sep 03, 2023

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67

Paris Je T'aime

Jun 21, 2006

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78

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Oct 14, 2009

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68

eXistenZ

Apr 14, 1999

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68

Manderlay

Jun 03, 2005

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70

Born on the Fourth of July

Dec 20, 1989

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The Clearing

Jul 02, 2004

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69

Faraway, So Close!

Sep 01, 1993

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68

Heaven's Gate

Nov 19, 1980

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66

Shadow of the Vampire

Aug 30, 2000

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72

The Last Temptation of Christ

May 28, 1988

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64

Asteroid City

Jun 08, 2023

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59

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Nov 24, 2009

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53

New Rose Hotel

Mar 19, 1999

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50

xXx: State of the Union

Apr 27, 2005

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62

Fireflies in the Garden

Aug 07, 2008

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72

The Boondock Saints

Jan 22, 1999

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66

The Hunger

Apr 29, 1983

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59

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Oct 23, 2009

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63

Affliction

Dec 30, 1997

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65

Cry-Baby

Apr 06, 1990

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50

American Dreamz

Mar 04, 2006

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63

The Reckoning

Feb 26, 2004

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67

Clear and Present Danger

Aug 03, 1994

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63

Animal Factory

Oct 13, 2000

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52

The Walker

Feb 13, 2007

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60

Control

Dec 07, 2004

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71

To Live and Die in L.A.

Nov 01, 1985

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63

The Legend of Ochi

Apr 18, 2025

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65

Farewell

Sep 23, 2009

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63

Auto Focus

Oct 18, 2002

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51

Anamorph

Sep 21, 2007

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66

Light Sleeper

Aug 21, 1992

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57

The Loveless

Jan 20, 1984

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Streets of Fire

Jun 01, 1984

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70

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Oct 01, 1987

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60

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Jul 08, 2010

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27

Bullfighter

Oct 01, 2000

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56

Off Limits

Mar 11, 1988

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57

Miral

Sep 15, 2010

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50

Victory

Dec 13, 1996

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56

Ripley Under Ground

Nov 06, 2005

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66

Antichrist

May 20, 2009

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60

Tom & Viv

Apr 15, 1994

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64

Edges of the Lord

Oct 12, 2001

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62

Adam Resurrected

Aug 08, 2008

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63

John Carter

Mar 07, 2012

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57

Flight of the Intruder

Jan 18, 1991

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59

White Sands

Apr 24, 1992

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63

Daybreakers

Jan 06, 2010

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70

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Sep 04, 2024

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71

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Dec 20, 2019

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57

Brothers in Arms

Nov 13, 2018

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33

Before It Had a Name

Sep 10, 2005

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63

The Dust of Time

Nov 22, 2008

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57

Go Go Tales

May 23, 2007

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55

Pavilion of Women

Apr 20, 2001

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66

The Hunter

Oct 06, 2011

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NA

Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle

Jan 01, 1999

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46

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Mar 23, 2012

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80

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Feb 26, 2014

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44

Tomorrow You're Gone

Oct 31, 2012

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52

Roadhouse 66

Aug 31, 1984

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40

A Woman

Sep 04, 2010

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56

Inside

Mar 09, 2023

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64

A Most Wanted Man

Jul 25, 2014

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54

The Night and the Moment

Jul 05, 1995

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65

Out of the Furnace

Nov 12, 2013

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62

The Wild One

May 10, 2023

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72

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

Feb 03, 2015

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76

Don't F*#% With John Wick

Feb 03, 2015

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60

Why Are We (Not) Creative?

Oct 20, 2021

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65

Saving Norman

May 25, 2013

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64

Love's Routine

Jun 19, 2013

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73

The Smile Man

Jun 15, 2013

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61

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

May 09, 2005

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56

Il coraggio di essere Franco

May 18, 2022

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68

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

May 03, 2022

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69

Odd Thomas

Jan 29, 2013

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76

The Fault in Our Stars

May 16, 2014

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60

Rockets Redglare!

May 02, 2003

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74

John Wick

Oct 22, 2014

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67

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Dec 25, 2013

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80

Finding Satoshi

Jan 21, 2022

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55

Bad Country

Sep 26, 2014

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72

The Aviator

Dec 17, 2004

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13

Gonzo Girl

Sep 07, 2023

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57

Pasolini

Sep 25, 2014

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76

Poor Things

Dec 07, 2023

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59

Finally Dawn

Feb 14, 2024

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65

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

Nov 05, 2019

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46

The Procedure

Aug 01, 2007

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100

White Homeland Commando

Mar 04, 1993

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65

Kinds of Kindness

May 30, 2024

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NA

The Man in My Basement

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66

Triumph of the Spirit

Dec 08, 1989

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60

The Great Wall

Dec 16, 2016

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NA

The Misbehavers

Dec 04, 2004

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NA

American Nails

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NA

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

Nov 28, 2022

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NA

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Jan 16, 2022

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NA

Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

Nov 20, 2022

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NA

The Making of A Most Wanted Man

Feb 27, 2015

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66

Saturday Night

Sep 27, 2024

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41

My Hindu Friend

Mar 03, 2016

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51

Dog Eat Dog

Nov 04, 2016

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67

A Family Man

Sep 13, 2016

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NA

Late Fame

Aug 28, 2025

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NA

Tenzing

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Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

May 10, 2010

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27

New York Nights

Mar 01, 1984

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Mind the Gap

Feb 17, 2016

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10

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Dec 15, 2002

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74

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story

Mar 13, 2015

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70

Finding Dory

Jun 16, 2016

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43

Death Note

Aug 25, 2017

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NA

Tropico

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74

The Florida Project

Oct 06, 2017

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71

What Happened to Monday

Aug 18, 2017

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68

Aquaman

Dec 07, 2018

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67

Murder on the Orient Express

Nov 03, 2017

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NA

The Birthday Party

Aug 07, 2025

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NA

Interior (The Spectator)

Oct 21, 2023

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58

Lulu on the Bridge

Sep 06, 1998

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49

Siberia

Jul 02, 2020

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72

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

May 05, 2017

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69

Mountain

Nov 30, 2017

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42

Father

Oct 25, 2016

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65

This Is an Adventure

May 10, 2005

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69

At Eternity's Gate

Nov 15, 2018

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54

Opus Zero

Dec 28, 2018

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42

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

May 08, 2005

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85

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

Jan 01, 2001

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77

Platoon

Dec 19, 1986

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75

The Lighthouse

Oct 18, 2019

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67

Motherless Brooklyn

Oct 31, 2019

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60

O Panama

Jan 01, 1985

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64

Manou the Swift

Jan 25, 2019

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49

The Last Thing He Wanted

Feb 14, 2020

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80

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

Dec 02, 2003

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37

Cannes: All Access

Oct 27, 2007

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58

Vox Lux

Sep 07, 2018

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65

Piazza Vittorio

Sep 09, 2017

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NA

Nelson Algren Live

Jun 04, 2016

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80

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

Sep 12, 2003

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58

Tommaso

Jan 08, 2020

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70

The French Dispatch

Oct 21, 2021

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100

Voom Portraits

Oct 01, 2007

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74

Love, Antosha

Aug 02, 2019

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57

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

Jan 15, 2005

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100

Brace Up!

Apr 01, 1993

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20

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Aug 01, 2017

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81

Togo

Dec 20, 2019

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86

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

Feb 20, 2018

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70

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Nov 26, 2020

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69

Nightmare Alley

Dec 02, 2021

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72

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

Oct 08, 2004

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70

The Making of Daybreakers

May 11, 2010

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60

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

Feb 28, 2020

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72

North on Evers

Jan 01, 1992

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61

The Card Counter

Sep 03, 2021

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NA

Atalanta Strategy

Jan 01, 1984

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70

The Northman

Apr 07, 2022

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NA

Abel/Asia

Jan 01, 1998

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65

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

Sep 12, 2012

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NA

Rhyme 'Em to Death

Jan 01, 1993

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70

Friedkin Uncut

Nov 05, 2018

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NA

Theatron. Romeo Castellucci

Mar 30, 2018

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64

Overnight

Jun 12, 2003

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77

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Jul 16, 2020

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42

Sportin' Life

Sep 06, 2020

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NA

The Benaki Museum

Dec 26, 2013

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70

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Jul 24, 2022

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69

The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale

Jan 14, 2020

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40

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ

Oct 07, 1988

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81

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Mar 18, 2021

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50

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Apr 20, 2002

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NA

Sanctuary

Jan 28, 2017

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54

Spider-Mania

Apr 30, 2002

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NA

Maresco / Pasolini

May 05, 2021

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65

To Each His Own Cinema

Oct 31, 2007

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58

Dead for a Dollar

Sep 30, 2022

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61

River

Sep 03, 2021

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79

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Dec 15, 2021

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NA

The Spider-Man Story

Jun 08, 2002

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NA

run 002

Oct 19, 2024

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10

Sculpt

Aug 16, 2016

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67

Nosferatu

Dec 25, 2024

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50

Jesus Goes to Hollywood

Dec 25, 2024

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55

Nosferatu: An Inside Look

Dec 30, 2024

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NA

The Sleeping Shepherd

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NA

The Souffleur

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NA

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Dec 07, 2004

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NA

Wrong Guys

Jan 01, 1997

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NA

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

Jun 01, 2004

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50

Zero

Apr 11, 2025

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68

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Dec 25, 2013

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67

The Phoenician Scheme

May 23, 2025

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NA

Can Creativity Save the World?

Apr 18, 2024

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NA

Da Suisa - Tributo

Apr 19, 2024

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NA

Cuddle

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NA

A Christmas Carol

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NA

Grande Envie

May 19, 2025

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NA

Avrio Vrady

Jun 13, 2025

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NA

Werwulf

Dec 25, 2026

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NA

Willem Dafoe

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80

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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75

Inside the Actors Studio

Aug 14, 1994

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63

The Daily Show

Jul 22, 1996

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68

The Colbert Report

Oct 17, 2005

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62

The Hitchhiker

Nov 01, 1983

poster

67

The Wonderful World of Disney

Sep 28, 1997

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70

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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NA

Wintergasten

Dec 28, 2007

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80

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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76

The Kingdom

Nov 24, 1994

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71

The Graham Norton Show

Feb 22, 2007

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69

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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75

Fishing with John

Nov 20, 1991

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58

The Directors

Jan 01, 1999

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74

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 01, 1962

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59

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Aug 02, 2015

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82

Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue

Sep 20, 2022

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53

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Feb 25, 2014

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69

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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90

NHK WORLD PRIME

Oct 07, 2017

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40

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Feb 06, 2014

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58

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Feb 17, 2014

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60

Kulturplatz

Sep 01, 2004

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NA

Mostra, Venise

Sep 01, 2022

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71

Conan

Nov 08, 2010

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100

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Dec 31, 2020

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50

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Dec 21, 2014

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70

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953