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Sa Piling ni Nanay

2016

Sa Piling ni Nanay

2016
Night Swallows

2013

Night Swallows

2013
2.2
On 8th October 1941, Stalin issued a secret order forming a female aviation unit.
Vive cantando

2013

Vive cantando

2013
2.5
Nothing Trivial

2011

Nothing Trivial

2011
5
Nothing Trivial is funny, warm and romantic and about people at a crossroads in their lives, particularly when it comes to finding that significant other to love and grow old with. It’s about people trying to find the answers to life’s big questions, while answering a whole lot of small and trivial ones… and winning the bar tab while they’re at it!
El País de las mujeres

1998

El País de las mujeres

1998
8
El País de las mujeres is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. It was written by Leonardo Padrón and directed by Carlos Izquierdo. This telenovela lasted 188 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. Ana Karina Manco and Víctor Cámara starred as the main protagonists.
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

2006

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

2006
Fictionalized portrayal of the conflict and standoff in Kanehsatake during the summer of 1990. This major conflict between a Mohawk community and municipal, Quebec and Canadian governments was over the expansion of a golf course into an aboriginal cemetery. Based on the book by John Ciaccia (Quebec Liberal cabinet minister and negotiator) : The Oka Crisis, A Mirror of the Soul
The Cult

2009

The Cult

2009
5
The Cult is a New Zealand serial drama television series in which a group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens. The Cult held the 8:30-9:30 spot on TV2 in New Zealand. The series debuted in New Zealand on September 24, 2009 and finished with a 2 hour season finale on December 10. It was airing on Polish and Portuguese television in 2011, and commenced screening on Australian television from December 2012.
Jackson's Wharf

1999

Jackson's Wharf

1999
6
Jackson's Wharf was a New Zealand television series created by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang. Set in a fictional coastal town, the series told the story of a sibling rivalry between brothers Frank, the town cop, and Ben Jackson, a big-town lawyer. After inheriting the local pub from his recently deceased father, Ben returns to the small town with his family, with his arrival bringing its fair sheer of drama and conflict to the small township.
And Never Let Her Go

2001

And Never Let Her Go

2001
7
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Mi Vida Eres Tú

2006

Mi Vida Eres Tú

2006
Mi Vida Eres Tú was a 2006 telenovela filmed and produced in Miami, Florida by Venevisión International. An original story written by Veronica Suarez, It starred Peruvian actor Jorge Aravena and Venezuelan actress Scarlet Ortiz. The two had already starred the successful telenovela Secreto de Amor, also produced in Miami by Fonovideo and Venevisión. It aired on June 9, 2008 until October 23, 2008 on Venezuela via Venevisión Plus at the 10pm timeslot and reairing at the 1pm timselot.
Bloodlines

2005

Bloodlines

2005
7
When a young serving police officer's father is released from jail after serving a sentence for murder, her investigations into his crime take her on a dark voyage of discovery.
Serangoon Road

2013

Serangoon Road

2013
5.9
1964-65. Singapore is a city at a crossroads. Political and racial tensions are at fever pitch as the British pull out, and a new nation is about to be born. The lights of Bugis Street have never burned so bright: bootleg copies of Motown songs boom out from street stalls; the Rolling Stones are in town along with tourists and American sailors fresh from Vietnam. They join British and Australian soldiers checking out the prostitutes and gambling dens, en route to their own war in Borneo. This is the city of Sam Callaghan, Patricia Cheng, the CIA’s Conrad Harrison and the clients of the Cheng Detective Agency. The agency’s cases range from the usual (straying spouses and petty fraudsters) to events with international implications and complications. Sam’s contacts from his military days are useful - but they start to drag him back into a dark world that he would prefer to leave behind.
A Thing Called Love

2004

A Thing Called Love

2004
7
A Thing Called Love (2004) is a six-part British television drama series produced by the BBC and set in Nottingham. It stars Paul Nicholls as the lead character, Gary Scant, a "hopeless romantic" painter and decorator on a quest to find true love.
The Brief

2004

The Brief

2004
6.5
Henry Farmer is a clever minded criminal practice attorney whose every day is a juggling act between surviving his messy personal life and pleading cases only he can win. Whether he's trying to keep an innocent person from going to jail or save himself from financial ruin, Henry's life is a symphony of chaos. His long list of problems includes a mountain of gambling debts, an affair with an important politician's wife, a distant son, and a sharp-tongued father who's also a judge.
Corazón Esmeralda

2014

Corazón Esmeralda

2014
2
Juan Andrés is a lawyer seeking to fulfill his god-father's last wish to find the missing daughter he had with the only woman he ever loved. Little does he know the missing daughter is Beatriz Elena, an ecologist he falls in love with.
Anna of the Five Towns

1985

Anna of the Five Towns

1985
Anna Tellwright lives in the Pottery District in Staffordshire with her young stepsister Agnes & father Ephraim, who is a wealthy man, but a miser. Anna attends the Methodist Church, but their strict rules & her father's thumb on everything she & Agnes do creates a longing for freedom. At 21, she inherits her grandmother's estate & is a now a wealthy young woman.
Supernova

2005

Supernova

2005
3.2
An international science conference is held in Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard mysteriously disappears. Dr. Shepard's colleague, Christopher Richardson, and other people are soon faced with the reality of an impending crisis and an attempt to keep the information from the public. While a full-blown supernova does not occur, explosions on the sun cause massive damage in Australia and are shown often in Sydney and in various other cities and countries of the world.
Chornobyl: Aftermath

2016

Chornobyl: Aftermath

2016
5.5
1986, Chornobyl. Lera travels to the most promising place in the USRR where nuclear energy brightens the future of a new society. She is about to discover love, but also the power of physical and emotional destruction.
Lethal Three

1987

Lethal Three

1987
10
A wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to solve the problems of innocent villagers along the way.
The Hardy Boys

1995

The Hardy Boys

1995
7.5
Junior reporter Frank Hardy and Joe, his computer-hacker brother, work together to crack mysteries.