Leah Pinsent
Actor · b. 1968 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leah Pinsent (born September 20th, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer and producer.
Movies21
Movie6.5DramaThrillerA successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022 · 960 votes
Movie6.0HorrorMysteryOn April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.
April Fool's Day
1986 · 396 votes
Movie3.1ActionThrillerA United States Presidential bodyguard risks everything to save the day when a truck chock full of biological weapons contrives to crash in a National Park.
Virus
1996 · 14 votes
Movie6.5DramaHistoryIn the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide to seek redress.
Our Fathers
2005 · 11 votes
MovieComedyA small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.
Movie8.0ComedyMusicAn irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
Burnt Toast
2005 · 1 votes
Movie5.1DramaTV MovieHaving taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, received with disdain by the well-connected commander. Surprisingly his come-back proves less then routine, as the captain gets knocked out and a collision as well as a murderer being transported by police require courageous action from Mike, his crew and several passengers, including soccer star Ty Conner.
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
2001 · 22 votes
Movie6.0AdventureFamilyA mother and her young son move to a new small town. They soon discover the town harbors a dark secret, and it's a race against time to save the town.
Wickensburg
2022 · 8 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerCrime20:13 Mord im Blitzlicht
2000 · 2 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceA Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girlfriend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
The Bay Boy
1984 · 19 votes
- Movie5.2
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns in Canada with its odd assortment of residents.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012 · 2 votes
Movie3.4DramaActionThe highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the turn of the 20th century.
Brutal Glory
1989 · 7 votes
Movie5.7TV MovieCrimeLoosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...
The Little Kidnappers
1990 · 9 votes
Movie7.5DramaFantasyDuring World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North America and the European Theater. Teenager Terry Fleming, who lives just outside of Gander, is feeling conflicted. He wants to work in Gander so that he can have access to the plethora of movie stars and GIs flying though the area.
Heyday!
2006 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0DramaRomance
Journalist Jayne Manley tries to get back the job she lost. She leaves to investigate a millionaire who is rumored to have bought a precious gem, the Emerald Tear. If she can find proof of this, the scoop would ensure a new job at the newspaper. But Jayne and Edward fall madly in love and the secret of her true identity is revealed.
Shades of Love: The Emerald Tear
1988 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryA documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
Movie6.8DramaTV MovieA charming military man arranges his own disappearance and death in order to begin a new life with a woman who is completely deceived by his lies. Bored by his military career and secure lifestyle with his wife, Cindy, and two children, Dave Bay falls in love with Alyson and plots a new existence. This new, deceptive life includes bank robberies committed as a desperate means to support his new family and hide his past. Inspired by actual events.
Lies He Told
1997 · 4 votes
- MovieDramaTV Movie
When accused of a major crime years ago, a man went on the run. Now that he has been exonerated of the deed, he has trouble reconnecting with the wife he abandoned and his embittered son.
Win, Again!
1999
Movie6.7DramaHarassed by her peers and deeply self-conscious, 14-year-old Sam finds solace and unlikely friendship in two elderly residents at the retirement home where she works.
Wet Bum
2014 · 10 votes
Movie6.3FantasyHorrorSet on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.
1st Bite
2006 · 3 votes
MovieDramaJason Campbell thinks he is losing his mind. Maybe it's true. His brother Mike died a year ago on the night of the prom. With his deceased brother's girlfriend and friends, Jason swears to find out what really happened that night and if it could happen to him...
The Bend
2011
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TV7.5MysteryCrimeAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 471 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
TV7.0ComedyDramaJake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Republic of Doyle
2010 · 38 votes
TV8.0DramaComedyAlice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
This Is Wonderland
2004 · 2 votes
TV7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC, a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto. The organization investigates problems of a scientific nature, such as bio-terrorism, mysterious diseases or radical changes in environment throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NorBAC is headed by David Sandström, the chief scientist and molecular biologist. Through this character the show often addresses topical social, political and ethical issues related to the science at hand. The series was originally seen on The Movie Network and Movie Central with rebroadcasts on Global and Showcase in Canada. Internationally it can be seen on FX in the United Kingdom, The Science Channel, Halogen TV and in syndication and CW Plus in the United States, and FX Latin America in Mexico; as well as numerous broadcasters in Europe and Asia. International distribution is handled by Oasis International. As of April 2012 the show can also be seen on Hulu.com.
ReGenesis
2004 · 65 votes
TV7.0Comedy18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010, on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.
18 to Life
2010 · 6 votes
TV6.0ComedyMade in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong. In the United States, France, Australia and Latin America, the show was syndicated as The Industry. It was produced using a single camera setup.
Made in Canada
1998 · 4 votes
- TVDrama
More Tears is a seriocomedy television series that was broadcast by CBC Television, as a short run programme; it was written and produced by Ken Finkleman following the success of The Newsroom, and was partly a remake of 8½, by Federico Fellini. As in The Newsroom, George Findlay is the protagonist of More Tears, as a documentary producer, who manipulated his subjects in order to create better television drama. In the final installment, Findlay abandoned the documentary form to film a satire of the neo-conservative government of Mike Harris, the Premier of Ontario. The programme also explored the personal life of George Findlay, his unhappy marriage, and his unhappy extra-marital affairs. The cast of More Tears also included Hrant Alianak, Yank Azman, Arsinée Khanjian, Leah Pinsent, Evan Solomon, and Kenny Vadas. Finkleman's next project for the CBC was the series Foolish Heart.
More Tears
1998