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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Karen (November 28, 1923 - October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Karen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia more

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The Pursuit of Happyness
(2006)
Drama
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Gabriele Muccino
Cast:
Will Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe, Thandiwe Newton
8.0
67%
64
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Mulholland Drive
(2001)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
David Lynch
Cast:
Naomi Watts, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Laura Harring, Ann Miller
7.9
84%
85
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All the President's Men
(1976)
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
8.0
94%
84
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Wall Street
(1987)
Crime, Drama
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, John C. McGinley
7.4
79%
56
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Poltergeist
(1982)
Horror
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something tru...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Tobe Hooper
Cast:
Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins
7.3
87%
79
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Any Given Sunday
(1999)
Drama
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Runtime:
162 min
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx
6.9
52%
52
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The Return of the Living Dead
(1985)
Comedy, Horror
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Dan O'Bannon
Cast:
Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Linnea Quigley
7.3
91%
66
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Thirteen Days
(2000)
Thriller
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Cast:
Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker, Michael Fairman
7.3
83%
67
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The China Syndrome
(1979)
Drama, Thriller
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
James Bridges
Cast:
Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton
7.4
87%
81
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Nixon
(1995)
Drama, History
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Runtime:
192 min
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, J.T. Walsh, Paul Sorvino, Ed Harris
7.1
75%
66
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Apt Pupil
(1998)
Drama, Thriller
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Bryan Singer
Cast:
Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison, David Schwimmer, Elias Koteas
6.7
53%
51
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Capricorn One
(1977)
Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of scientists stages a phony Mars landing. Willingly participating in the deception are a trio of well-meaning astronauts, who become liabilities when their space capsule is reported lost on re-entry. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a ...
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Peter Hyams
Cast:
Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson
6.9
62%
38
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Jagged Edge
(1985)
Thriller
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Richard Marquand
Cast:
Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Lance Henriksen, Robert Loggia
6.5
81%
60
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Frances
(1982)
Drama
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Graeme Clifford
Cast:
Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Christopher Pennock
7.3
66%
48
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Up Close & Personal
(1996)
Drama, Romance
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The r...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Jon Avnet
Cast:
Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan
6.2
31%
N/A
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Congo
(1995)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Frank Marshall
Cast:
Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov
5.3
22%
22
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
(1988)
Comedy, Horror
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Ken Wiederhorn
Cast:
Michael Kenworthy, James Karen, Thom Mathews, Suzanne Snyder, Marsha Dietlein
5.8
N/A
45
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The Jazz Singer
(1980)
Drama, Music, Romance
Jess Robin dreams of a career in popular music, but his father, Cantor Rabinovitch, forbids it, insisting Jess live as a traditional Jew and inherit his position at the synagogue. With the help of friend and professional musician Bubba, Jess gets a chance to go to Los Angeles and have famous singer Keith Lennox record one of his songs....
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Cast:
Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams
5.9
19%
37
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Invaders from Mars
(1986)
Adventure, Family, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Tobe Hooper
Cast:
Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen
5.5
36%
N/A
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Film
(1965)
Drama
A man attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye.
Runtime:
20 min
Director:
Alan Schneider
Cast:
Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
7.5
N/A
N/A
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Drew Peterson: Untouchable
(2014)
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Runtime:
85 min
6.1
N/A
N/A
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The Butterfly Room
(2012)
Horror, Thriller
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
Runtime:
87 min
Cast:
Barbara Steele, Julia Putnam, Ellery Sprayberry, Heather Langenkamp, Ray Wise
5.6
N/A
N/A
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The Gathering
(1977)
Drama, TV Movie
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature and he hasn't spoken to his youngest son after having an argument with him which he was i...
Runtime:
94 min
8.1
20%
N/A
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The Willies
(1990)
Comedy, Horror
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Brian Peck
Cast:
Sean Astin, Jason Horst, James Karen, Joshua Miller, Kathleen Freeman
5.1
N/A
N/A
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
(2011)
Documentary
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
Runtime:
120 min
7.6
N/A
N/A
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Jack and the Beanstalk
(2009)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompa...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Cast:
Chevy Chase, Madison Davenport, Emily Rose Everhard, Colin Ford, Gilbert Gottfried
4.8
N/A
N/A
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Tough and Deadly
(1995)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
Runtime:
92 min
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Take This Job and Shove It
(1981)
Comedy, Romance
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Gus Trikonis
Cast:
Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, Robert Hays, David Keith, Tim Thomerson
4.9
N/A
N/A
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River Made to Drown In
(1997)
Drama
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is a struggling artist with a passion for life who once survived by working the streets, but now is romantically involved with Eva, a wealthy European gallery owner living in L.A. Thaddeus i...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
James Merendino
Cast:
Richard Chamberlain, Michael Imperioli, Ute Lemper, James Duval, Talia Shire
5.4
N/A
N/A
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The Companion
(1994)
Romance, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Thriller
In the near-distant future, a female romance writer is planning to write her next book in a remote mountain cabin. A friend convinces her to bring along a "companion", a nearly-human android to cook and clean. She settles on a male companion named "Geoffrey." Bored with some of Geoffrey's behavior, she tinkers with his programming -- f...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Gary Fleder
Cast:
Kathryn Harrold, Bruce Greenwood, Talia Balsam, Brion James, Joely Fisher
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Amazing Grace
(1974)
Comedy
Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts. Mabley appeared in the film, along with veteran actors Bu...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Stan Lathan
Cast:
Slappy White, Moms Mabley, Stepin Fetchit, James Karen, Gary Bolling
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Topper
(1979)
A deceased couple affectionately haunt a living friend, while trying to get into heaven, in this made-for-tv remake of the 1937 film.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Charles S. Dubin
Cast:
Kate Jackson, Andrew Stevens, Jack Warden, Rue McClanahan, James Karen
6.4
N/A
N/A
Absolute Strangers
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Absolute Strangers
(1991)
Drama, TV Movie
A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Gilbert Cates
Cast:
Henry Winkler, Jennifer Hetrick, Patty Duke, Richard Kiley, James Karen
5.8
N/A
N/A
F.D.R.: The Last Year
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
(1980)
Drama, TV Movie
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.
Runtime:
180 min
Director:
Anthony Page
Cast:
Jason Robards, Eileen Heckart, Kim Hunter, James Karen, Terry O'Quinn
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Rivals
(1972)
Drama
A boy with an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man in her life. After his mother remarries, his rage and misery overwhelm him and he plots to kill his stepfather.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Krishna Shah
Cast:
Joan Hackett, Robert Klein, Scott Jacoby, Jeanne Tanzy, Glen Hayes
5.4
N/A
N/A
One Last Flight
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One Last Flight
(1999)
Ray and his grandfather love airplanes and fly their model airplanes together in the park. But when Grandpa is sent to a nursing home, Ray pilotee ensures that the last time a real plane. A beautiful story for the whole family.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Richard Stanley
Cast:
Miko Hughes, Kathleen Lloyd, Gregory Itzin, Joshua Boyd, Brittany Alyse Smith
5.0
N/A
N/A
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The Closer
(1990)
Drama
Aiello plays a powerful salesman whose world is falling apart.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Dimitri Logothetis
Cast:
Danny Aiello, James Karen, Kenneth Dowd, Diane Baker, Justine Bateman
4.8
N/A
N/A
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The Dead Have Risen: The Making of 'The Return of the Living Dead'
(2007)
Documentary
A look back at the making of Dan O'Bannon's 1985 horror-comedy 'The Return of the Living Dead'.
Runtime:
20 min
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Road Lawyers and Other Briefs
(1990)
Comedy
A collection of short films put out on VHS by A.I.P., includes "Road Lawyers", "Escape from Heaven", "Radar Men On the Moon", and "Hairline".
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
James Desmarais, David Lipman, Tim Doyle, Robert Rhine
Cast:
Robert Rhine, Tim Doyle, James Karen
5.3
N/A
N/A
Cult People
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Cult People
(1989)
Documentary
In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Karen.
Runtime:
60 min
Cast:
Curtis Harrington, Waris Hussein, James Karen, Patrick Macnee, Russ Meyer
7.8
N/A
N/A