
Gillian Barber
Actor · b. 1958 · Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
Gillian Barber (February 22, 1958, in Coventry, England) is a British-Canadian actress and theater educator. She grew up in British Columbia, Canada, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as well as the BFA program at the University of Victoria. Barber has appeared in numerous films, including The Stepfather (1987), Needful Things (1993), Jumanji (1995), The 6th Day (2000), and 2012 (2009). On television, she has been featured in series such as The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Smallville, The Man in the High Castle, and Chesapeake Shores. In addition to her acting career, she is an educator and founded the musical theater program at Capilano University in British Columbia in 2007.
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Movie5.9ActionAdventureDr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
2012
2009 · 13K votes
Movie5.4HorrorMysteryEven though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.
Midnight Matinee
1988 · 7 votes
Movie6.6ThrillerCrimeLibby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest, however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superior and law enforcement colleagues, as she plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival, and revenge.
Double Jeopardy
1999 · 1.6K votes
Movie6.3DramaHorrorA mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Needful Things
1993 · 631 votes
Movie7.3ComedyFantasyAfter being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
Status Update
2018 · 580 votes
Movie6.0ActionScience FictionA world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.
The 6th Day
2000 · 2.4K votes
Movie5.4FamilyComedyWhen a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.
Cats & Dogs
2001 · 1.8K votes
Movie6.4ComedyActionFor Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
Hot Rod
2007 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.5HorrorThrillerSeemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon begins struggling to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
The Stepfather
1987 · 389 votes
Movie7.3AdventureFantasyWhen siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Jumanji
1995 · 11K votes
Movie5.8MysteryHorrorSteve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.
Disturbing Behavior
1998 · 432 votes
Movie5.7CrimeDramaCallum Crane, a lawyer and would-be federal judge, jeopardizes his chances at a judgeship by forcing himself on his secretary. He then worsens the situation by trying to have the woman murdered. Further complicating matters, he assigns the task to a young man who, unbeknownst to Crane, is actually his son, Nathan. Nathan refuses to do the deed, but not before informing several people, one of whom tries to take on the job.
The Guilty
2000 · 94 votes
Movie5.7DramaTV MovieAfter serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen her share of battles. But nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead: an intensely personal struggle against the U.S. Army when she becomes the highest ranking officer ever to be discharged for being a lesbian. With the support of her partner Diane (Judy Davis), Cammermeyer undertakes an against-all-odds battle against the Army's policy. But to do so, she must risk everything – her career, her privacy and even the love of her family.
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995 · 19 votes
Movie6.2DramaAdventureTwo teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995 · 164 votes
Movie6.4DramaThrillerBased on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003 · 28 votes
Movie6.4DramaRomanceOn his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obsessive" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship.
Bliss
1997 · 115 votes
Movie4.9ThrillerHorrorWhen a New England high schooler is mysteriously murdered, the town blames Sarah, the new girl who recently moved into a purportedly haunted house and who they believe to be the reincarnation of a witch who was burned at the stake 300 years ago.
I've Been Waiting for You
1998 · 40 votes
Movie5.4DramaCrimeJack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995 · 9 votes
Movie6.5ActionComedyAs a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns that in order for his wife, Carolyn, and son, Dougie, to collect any insurance money, he must be killed in the line of duty. He then becomes the most reckless man on the police force, volunteering for dangerous assignments over the objections of his by-the-book partner.
Short Time
1990 · 61 votes
Movie7.1DramaThrillerA troubled and bullied high school student fights against judgement from his community after threatening to bomb the football team.
Bang Bang You're Dead
2003 · 167 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaThis film concerns a writer of mystery stories who bases his villain on a criminal, played by Malcolm McDowell, who is incarcerated in prison. Escaping prison after his apparent death in a fire, the criminal plans to revenge himself on the writer (Roger Moore) for 'stealing his personality', and proceeds to carry out a set of murders based around the novels. Moore is unable to convince the authorities of the true murderer and, alerted by an avid fan (Nancy Allen) who has psychic powers, seeks to trap McDowell into giving himself away.
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1994 · 5 votes
Movie4.8DramaTV MovieJack, in the throes of adolescence, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend's parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Jack
2004 · 13 votes
Movie3.8DramaMysteryDrew, while in a trance, drives to a small town where, a year earlier, an identical woman named Laura was murdered. Everyone assumed that Laura's boyfriend, who went missing at the same time as the murder, was the killer, but Drew starts having visions that imply otherwise, so she attempts to uncover the truth.
NightScream
1997 · 11 votes
Movie7.4HorrorScience FictionAfter a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
1998 · 208 votes
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TV8.3DramaMysteryWhen they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Supernatural
2005 · 8.7K votes
TV8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureThe origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
Smallville
2001 · 4.6K votes
TV8.4MysterySci-Fi & FantasyThe exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The X-Files
1993 · 3.7K votes
TV8.3Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureThe story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
Stargate SG-1
1997 · 1.9K votes
TV7.3DocumentaryMysteryCan you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · 64 votes
TV8.4DramaTwenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
The Last of Us
2023 · 7.3K votes
TV8.1DramaCrimeA "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
Bates Motel
2013 · 1.8K votes
TV7.2DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.
The 4400
2004 · 759 votes
TV7.3DramaSci-Fi & FantasyJohnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
The Dead Zone
2002 · 178 votes
TV7.7DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAnthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
The Outer Limits
1995 · 247 votes
TV7.6Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyIn his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
Sliders
1995 · 487 votes
TV7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaExplore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.
The Man in the High Castle
2015 · 1.6K votes
TV7.2DramaCrimeThe Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.
The Sentinel
1996 · 68 votes
TV7.1DramaComedyTony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.
The Commish
1991 · 27 votes
TV7.2Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyFramed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.
First Wave
1998 · 63 votes
TV7.7CrimeDramaA retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Millennium
1996 · 284 votes
TV7.8DramaA divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
Chesapeake Shores
2016 · 148 votes
TV7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaThe adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches -- who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of East Haven. When Freya becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces Joanna to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.
Witches of East End
2013 · 258 votes
TV7.0Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls that have somehow escaped from Hell.
Reaper
2007 · 222 votes
TV8.0DramaAfter fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
Maid
2021 · 988 votes
TV6.8AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAn animated prequel to the live-action show "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," the series features 12-year-old Sabrina Spellman, who's half mortal and half witch. Though few people know of her powers, and her mortal uncle frequently warns her not to use her magic to solve problems, Sabrina still borrows spells from the Spookie Jar and gets into trouble with her friend Harvey.
Sabrina: The Animated Series
1999 · 88 votes
TV7.5CrimeDramaA devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Under the Banner of Heaven
2022 · 410 votes
TV7.9AnimationMysterySherlock Holmes fights crime in the 22nd Century with help from his loyal friend, Dr. Watson, who is programmed into the brain of an android.
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
1999 · 17 votes
TV8.3AnimationKidsGrowing up can be confusing! When Zach and Annie face difficulties in their lives, they go to special place called Plato’s Peak. There, Plato—a talking buffalo!—and his friends are always willing to lend a helping hand.
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
1996 · 7 votes