
Robert Bockstael
Actor · b. 1960 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Movies23
Movie5.6ActionFantasyA rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Fatman
2020 · 994 votes
Movie5.6CrimeDramaBased on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
2011 · 63 votes
Movie6.4ComedyDramaIn 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
Strike!
1998 · 137 votes
Movie6.0DramaFamilyAnne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. When a long-hidden secret is discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, Anne retreats into her memories to relive her troubled early years prior to arriving as an orphan at Green Gables and being adopted by the Cuthberts.
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008 · 18 votes
Movie6.3ComedyDuring a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background. When summer ends, Sally flies back home, without ever reaching out. Clueless, a smitten Tanino decides to pay her a surprise visit under the pretense of returning a camera she left behind. But when he gets there, he quickly realizes the reality of America—and his relationship with Sally's—is far from the idealized version his small-town boy imagination conjured.
My Name Is Tanino
2003 · 204 votes
Movie6.0AdventureFamilyJett Jackson, who is the star of Silverstone, is considering quitting Silverstone when it is given a three year extension. During the filming of the last episode, Jett is accidently sucked into Silverstone's world when a prop malfunctions. Silverstone is zapped into Jett's world as well. In Silverstone's world, Jett has to save the world from Dr. Kragg's evil plans.
Jett Jackson: The Movie
2001 · 21 votes
Movie7.3DramaTV MovieBased on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003 · 123 votes
Movie8.6DramaTV MovieInterrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother soon appears with his life savings totally $4.30, Wolfe's fee for taking the case! Archie's fancy legwork brings Wolfe to a mysterious woman with golden spider earrings. And when everyone else investigating the matter hits a dead end, only the inimitable Wolfe can get to the bottom of the crime.
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000 · 11 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
Movie6.6FantasyTV MovieEccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.
The Scream Team
2002 · 42 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
Movie6.5ActionCrimeFreya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone around her. He teaches her to turn her telepathic powers into a powerful gift. What he doesn't say is that he works for the National Security Agency...
Thoughtcrimes
2003 · 43 votes
Movie5.6DramaTV MovieA Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.
Any Mother's Son
1997 · 8 votes
Movie3.5DramaTV MovieNed Giles, an aspiring news photographer, joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on the search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican land owner who was kidnapped by wild Apaches. Ned finds himself on an unexpected and perilous journey through rugged terrain, when a captured wild Apache girl must be exchanged for the kidnapped boy.
The Wild Girl
2010 · 2 votes
Movie7.2DramaTV MovieBased on the true story of a beloved teacher for the blind who discovers she herself is losing her eyesight.
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story
2003 · 4 votes
Movie5.8DramaTV MovieA racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998 · 4 votes
Movie6.2DramaTV MovieThe true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Jenifer
2001 · 6 votes
Movie5.6CrimeDramaFact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with probation.
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999 · 8 votes
Movie6.1DramaTV MovieDiane McGowin was employed as an administrative assistant for a group of attorneys in private practice. She found herself forgetting things, especially losing short term memory. She suspected that something was wrong and went to the doctor. After many tests, the diagnosis was Alzheimer's. Diana did not want to tell her husband, Jack McGowin because she thought her husband, Jack, would be worried about money since she made more money than he did.
Forget Me Never
1999 · 8 votes
Movie2.8ThrillerActionJason tragically lost his young son when their SUV exploded. Now fighting as a soldier in Iraq, the suicide bombings that occur around him on a daily basis constantly remind him of losing his son. An army scientist approaches Jason about an experimental virus that would create a squad of suicide bombers they could use against the enemy. Uncertain if he has already been infected by the virus, Jason must struggle to decipher which explosions are real and which are in his head
Time Bomb
2008 · 6 votes
Movie8.6DramaWalter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at poverty level in an empty Brooklyn lot. When Walter has a nervous breakdown, it's up to Henry to find his father's long-lost family, including the grandfather and aunt he's never met.
Walter and Henry
2001 · 5 votes
Movie10.0ThrillerTV MovieA deaf man working at his father's high tech chemical engineering firm witnesses criminals fleeing from the firm's headquarters just after they've stolen an ultra-valuable experimental migraine cure. A female security officer is assigned to protect him, and as she does, the two fall for each other.
His Bodyguard
1998 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaCrimeSomeone – or something – is stalking the woods of Lynx River, a small isolated town in the unforgiving wilderness. When a geologist on the verge of a major diamond find is murdered, Corporal Michelle Kenidi and her partner Constable James Harper suspect a hotheaded entrepreneur who’d been double-crossed by diamond hunters. But then the town nurse disappears under chilling circumstances and the two cops find themselves tracking a phantom. Through endless miles of rough terrain, their search leads to a startling discovery: the unknown stalker’s real target is Michelle. Now the madman is playing a deadly game with people as bait. And when the two finally meet, it’s a showdown that will leave only one of them standing.
In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery
1999 · 2 votes
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TV8.2DocumentaryDramaMajor real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Mayday
2003 · 296 votes
TV6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyMysterySydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.
Relic Hunter
1999 · 182 votes
TV7.4Action & AdventureDramaNikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.
La Femme Nikita
1997 · 279 votes
TV7.3DramaAction & AdventureThe Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
Flashpoint
2008 · 162 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
TV6.5DramaRollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
FX: The Series
1996 · 22 votes
TV8.0DramaComedyGenius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001 · 28 votes
TV6.0DramaMysteryThe Hidden Room is an American drama-horror anthology television series. Geared mainly towards women, it aired on Lifetime for 33 episodes from 1991 to 1993. Each episode usually centered around a woman in hardship, but with a dark Twilight Zone-esque twist. Most episodes starred a well-known actress in the lead role.
The Hidden Room
1991 · 3 votes
TV5.4DramaAction & AdventureHighlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda, an Immortal who had a recurring role in Highlander: The Series. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Paris, France and was produced by Gaumont Télévision and Fireworks Media in association with Davis-Panzer Productions.
Highlander: The Raven
1998 · 26 votes
TV7.4AnimationAction & AdventureThe adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.
Silver Surfer
1998 · 103 votes
TV6.7AnimationKidsTeddy Ruxpin and his best friend Grubby travel to the Land of Grundo in search of a long-lost treasure. With the aid of brilliant inventor Newton Gimmick, they rescue a kidnapped princess and find themselves in the possession of six magical crystals, each with its own special powers. With the help of many new friends, the trio travel across the land, discovering the power of each crystal and uncovering incredible mysteries, all while thwarting the dastardly villain Tweeg. Unbeknownst to the heroes, the evil Supreme Oppressor, Quellor, and his Monsters and Villains Organization, are determined to take the crystals and use them to plunge Grundo and its inhabitants into perpetual darkness.
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
1987 · 7 votes
TV4.6DramaCrimeThe series is a gritty ensemble drama about the off-field lives of a group of players on a pro football team and how they deal with the pressure of being on the professional level.
Playmakers
2003 · 10 votes
TV10.0FamilyAnimationFriends and Heroes is a Christian children's program that airs on TBN, Smile of a Child TV, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated and computer animated. It takes place from 69 - 71 AD. There are three series each of 13 Episodes: Series 1 is set in Alexandria, Egypt; Series 2 in Jerusalem and Series 3 in Rome. The series was created by Brian D. Brown and Eric J. Danenberg, who also worked on The Storykeepers.
Friends and Heroes
2007 · 2 votes
TV8.5Action & AdventureAnimationMonster Force was a 13-episode animated television series created in 1994 by Universal Cartoon Studios and Canadian studio Lacewood Productions. The story is set in approx. 2020 and centers on a group of teenagers who, with help of high tech weaponry, fight off against classic Universal Monsters and spiritual beings threatening humanity. Some of the crew have personal vendettas, while others fight for Mankind out of a sense of altruism. Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the first seven episodes to DVD on September 15, 2009.
Monster Force
1994 · 6 votes
TV7.1AnimationAction & AdventureCyborg cop Alex Murphy, with his partner Officer Anne Lewis fight to save the city of Old Detroit from assorted rogue elements, and to reclaim aspects of his humanity.
RoboCop: The Animated Series
1988 · 98 votes
TV5.6DramaVittorio Innocente, a young man, estranged from the tragedies of his Italian immigrant family, has spent his adult life denying his past. When his estranged father starts to stalk Vittorio's sister, Rita, with murderous intent, Vittorio is moved to return to his family and uncover the decades-old secrets that have torn his family apart.
TV8.0DramaComedyOur Hero is a critically acclaimed television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the U.S. and U.K. The title character was teenager Kale Stiglic who created a zine about her life in suburban Toronto, with her friends Ross, Mary-Elizabeth, and Dalal. Each episode was named after an "issue" of her zine. Plot segments were interspersed with quirky animated sequences narrated by Kale, with the animation reflecting the illustrations used in that issue's zine.
Our Hero
2000 · 2 votes
TVDramaA docudrama loosely based on real events. In 1972, an 8 game ice hockey series is arranged where Canadian pro stars of the National Hockey League play the the Soviet Union national team. Tho most Canadian fans were convinced that the Soviets would be no match for the pros, what followed was a bitter struggle as Team Canada faught to win a series that would change Canadian hockey's history forever.