
Ken James
Actor · 1934 – 2016 · Canada
Ken James (March 11, 1934 - September 21, 2016) was a Canadian actor.
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Movie7.6RomanceDramaThe true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Cinderella Man
2005 · 2.5K votes
Movie7.0AdventureDramaAmy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.
Fly Away Home
1996 · 528 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.
Youngblood
1986 · 252 votes
Movie6.1ComedyA television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Switching Channels
1988 · 77 votes
Movie5.3DramaThrillerJack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. The son of an old friend and mayoral candidate, Gordon Thomas, has been arrested for killing someone while driving under the influence. Some of the people on Thomas' staff are afraid that this might jeopardize Thomas' bid for mayor, so they are pressuring Silvera to make it go away but Silvera relents so they threaten him to.
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996 · 8 votes
Movie7.0DramaMysteryA psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
Equus
1977 · 145 votes
Movie5.8ActionThrillerWhen a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
High-Ballin'
1978 · 20 votes
Movie5.9DramaThe Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
The Third Miracle
1999 · 54 votes
Movie4.2ComedyA group of female friends get together with some hired "ladies of the evening", and make some quick cash for throwing a raunchy party for the local hockey team.
One Night Only
1986 · 13 votes
Movie5.1ActionAn ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
City on Fire
1979 · 41 votes
Movie5.7TV MovieMysteryA naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.
Double Jeopardy
1996 · 13 votes
Movie6.5DramaTV MovieMarch 10, 1981. An insane and obsessive young man named John Hinckley Jr. attempts to kill U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition, Reagan's life hangs in the balance as two young surgeons battle to save him. But only those behind the scenes in the corridors of power konw that this is more than a fight to save one man. With the Soviet Union poised to invade Poland and the possibility of a total nuclear war looming, someone must take control of the impending crisis. And as a bitter power struggle begins, the government of teh most powerful nation in on Earth is sliding into chaos.
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 · 11 votes
Movie4.7DramaActionA young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.
Blood & Guts
1978 · 3 votes
Movie4.8DramaTV MovieAn examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998 · 4 votes
Movie7.2CrimeDramaAn actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986 · 13 votes
Movie5.1ComedyActionJames Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).
Highpoint
1984 · 7 votes
Movie5.4Science FictionWesternFive strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" - by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Welcome to Blood City
1977 · 7 votes
Movie8.0TV MovieHank Adams, a restaurateur, is having an affair with the wife of a Presidential adviser when they overhear her husband and an admiral discussing “the killing of the patient.” Their discovery draws the attention of a federal agent, who uncovers a government plot to assassinate the President.
To Kill the King
1974 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ActionDramaA forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
Street Justice
1987 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ActionThrillerThe Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
Breaking Point
1976 · 6 votes
Movie7.0AdventureDramaA conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.
A Whale for the Killing
1981 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaCrimeA seemingly upstanding, caring husband and father is accused of foul play by his ex-wife regarding the mysterious death of his second wife.
Lethal Vows
1999 · 25 votes
Movie4.6ActionThrillerA serial killer is terrorizing a small college town. When a student begins to have psychic visions of the killer with clues as to who he is, he gives this information to the police - only to find that he himself is suspected of committing the murders.
Psychic
1992 · 7 votes
Movie5.9TV MovieActionMarine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault. Soon after his arrival, Julian is introduced to Captain Brown, a menacing, overbearing guard who tags him "Dogboy" and orders him to a claustrophobic dormitory called the doghouse. There, Julian meets fellow inmate Willy Owens and learns that the prison's vicious attack dogs are used to catch and kill escaping prisoners.
Dogboys
1998 · 11 votes
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TV7.3CrimeDramaFollow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
CSI: NY
2004 · 781 votes
TV6.6DramaComedyAmerican Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982 · 8 votes
TV6.7DramaBlue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.
Blue Heelers
1993 · 17 votes
TV6.7Action & AdventureDramaLike his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · 59 votes
TV6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner of paranormal phenomena around the world; from alien abductions to possessions. The organization depicted in the series is loosely inspired by a real-life scientific organization. While locations in the series took place worldwide, the series was primarily filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000.
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · 36 votes
TV6.9AnimationFamilyWalt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997 · 29 votes
TV6.8DramaMysteryForever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.
Forever Knight
1992 · 34 votes
TV6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaA Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · 37 votes
TV7.3MysterySci-Fi & FantasyMicki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · 233 votes
TV6.2FamilySkippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968 · 21 votes
TV7.0Action & AdventureDramaCounterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.
Counterstrike
1990 · 4 votes
TV7.0DramaSix twenty-something form a pop band named Catwalk.
Catwalk
1992 · 3 votes
TV9.0DramaFamilyA recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep Three in a Bed" and "The Night We Stole the Mounties’ Car" by Max Braithwaite
Wind at My Back
1996 · 5 votes
TV6.8CrimeDramaT&T is a team of T.S. Turner and Amanda Taler. One is a P.I. and the other is lawyer, together they fight for justice.
TV10.0DramaBarrier Reef was an Australian television series that was first screened in 1971. Barrier Reef centred around a group of marine biologists on board a ship called the New Endeavour, researching around the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, Australia. "It was the first series in the world to feature extensive colour underwater filming on location". It was also a unique location for a TV show. The Great Barrier Reef is "The only living organic collective visible from Earth's orbit."
Barrier Reef
1971 · 1 votes
- TVDrama
Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978. The show's title is a reference to the high school Glenview Park Secondary School located in Cambridge, Ontario.
Glenview High
1977
TV6.5Pugwall is an Australian children's television series. It revolves around the title character Peter Unwin George Wall, PUGWALL, and his friends as they form a band called the Orange Organics.
Pugwall
1989 · 8 votes
- TVComedy
Taking the Falls was a Canadian dramedy series The show starred Cynthia Dale as Terry Lane, a former police officer turned private investigator in Niagara Falls who solved crimes with the help of her lawyer friend Katherine MacVicar.
Taking the Falls
1995
TV7.0War & PoliticsDuring World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.
A Man Called Intrepid
1979 · 1 votes
- TV6.8SoapDrama
CBC’s first prime time soap opera follows the intertwined lives of four families in Toronto’s Riverdale community.
Riverdale
1997 · 5 votes
TV10.0Delilah is a Canadian situation comedy television series that aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1974. Delilah is a Canadian sitcom that follows the story of Delilah, a woman who moves from the city to the small town of Egerton, Ontario. She takes over a heavily mortgaged barbershop that she inherited from her late father. While managing the barbershop, Delilah supports her teenage brother, Vince, as he completes his studies. As the town's first female barber, she faces the humorous challenges of breaking gender norms in a profession traditionally dominated by men during the 1970s.
Delilah
1973 · 1 votes
TVDramaSkyways is an Australian television series.
Skyways
1979 · 1 votes