Sam Neill | Sunfilm

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-09-14

Popularity

22.5

Sam Neill

Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Sam Neill

Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-09-14

Popularity

22.5

Biography

Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. He has also had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin, Captain Vasily Borodin in The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror, and Alisdair Stewart in The Piano. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.

Movie Credits

Jurassic Park III

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6.1

2001

The Horse Whisperer

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6.9

1998

The Revengers' Comedies

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5.8

1998

The Piano

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7.4

1993

The Hunt for Red October

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7.4

1990

Bicentennial Man

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7.3

1999

Until the End of the World

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6.8

1991

In the Mouth of Madness

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7.2

1995

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

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5.9

1992

Assassin Club

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6.0

2023

The Jungle Book

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5.9

1994

The Final Conflict

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5.8

1981

The french revolution: Years of rage

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7.5

1989

Dead Calm

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6.5

1989

Enigma

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5.6

1982

The Blood of Others

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5.0

1984

The Dish

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6.7

2000

Possession

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7.3

1981

Ice

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5.6

2011

Dirty Deeds

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5.7

2002

Angel

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5.5

2007

Wimbledon

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6.2

2004

Event Horizon

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6.5

1997

Yes

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5.8

2005

Forgotten Silver

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7.2

1997

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

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6.1

1997

The Magic Pudding

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5.4

2000

Under the Mountain

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4.5

2009

Children of the Revolution

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5.6

1996

Sirens

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5.6

1994

Little Fish

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5.8

2005

Evil Angels

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6.7

1988

Restoration

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6.0

1995

Plenty

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5.7

1985

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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6.8

2010

Perfect Strangers

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4.2

2003

Framed

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5.2

2002

Skin

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6.4

2008

Attack Force Z

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6.2

1982

Sleeping Dogs

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5.7

1977

Death in Brunswick

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6.0

1991

One Against the Wind

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7.0

1991

Victory

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5.1

1996

My Brilliant Career

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6.1

1979

In Her Skin

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6.0

2009

Ivanhoe

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6.2

1982

Gallipoli

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7.0

2005

Dean Spanley

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7.5

2008

Irresistible

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5.5

2006

Daybreakers

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6.3

2010

Bring Him to Me

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5.8

2023

The Hunter

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6.6

2011

The Vow

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7.2

2012

Robbery Under Arms

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6.4

1985

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

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7.1

1995

Hunt's Duffer

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7.0

1973

The City of No

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7.0

1971

The Good Wife

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4.8

1987

Escape Plan

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6.7

2013

A Long Way Down

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6.2

2014

Country Life

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6.4

1994

Numero Bruno

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0.0

2000

Iron Road

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6.3

2009

From a Far Country

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3.9

1981

Stiff

‌

7.2

2004

The Making of Sleeping Dogs

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0.0

2004

My Mother Frank

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4.0

2000

Submerged

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4.7

2001

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

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7.6

2000

The Zookeeper

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6.6

2001

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

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5.6

2013

Voice Activated

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7.0

2022

The Pixar Story

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7.5

2007

Family Pictures

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7.0

1993

Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World

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6.3

2022

Cowboys of Culture

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0.0

1990

The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'

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0.0

2001

For Love Alone

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3.1

1986

Thor: Love and Thunder

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6.4

2022

United Passions

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3.3

2014

Shadow of China

‌

7.0

1990

The Rainbow Warrior

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5.3

1997

Scarygirl

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7.0

2023

Fever

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3.6

1991

Hostage

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3.2

1992

Voyage of the Nautilus

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5.5

2006

Backtrack

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5.8

2015

The Daughter

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6.4

2015

Why Anzac with Sam Neill

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0.0

2015

Peter Rabbit

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6.7

2018

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

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7.1

2021

MindGamers

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4.4

2015

Jurassic Park

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8.0

1993

Jessica

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7.0

2004

The Man in the Hat

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0.0

2009

The Ordained

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0.0

2013

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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7.7

2016

Just Out Of Reach

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0.0

1979

The Journalist

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4.0

1979

Alcatraz

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0.0

2012

Tommy's Honour

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6.8

2017

Strong Medicine

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7.0

1986

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

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7.7

2016

The Commuter

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6.4

2018

SuperCroc

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6.0

2001

T. REX

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7.0

2024

Inside The Living Daylights

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8.0

2000

Thor: Ragnarok

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7.6

2017

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

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3.8

2017

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

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7.5

2006

Sweet Country

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6.7

2018

Working with a Master: John Carpenter

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6.0

2006

Ride Like a Girl

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7.3

2019

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

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5.9

1999

The Country Girls

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0.0

1984

The Guinea Pig Club

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10.0

Mystery Ride

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0.0

New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English

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0.0

2005

Blackbird

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6.8

2019

The Making of Daybreakers

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7.0

2010

Return to Jurassic Park

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6.6

2011

The Show Must Go On

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3.0

2019

Rams

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6.4

2020

Palm Beach

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5.3

2019

Jurassic World Dominion

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6.7

2022

Landfall

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0.0

1975

Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

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6.5

2020

Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker

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6.0

2020

Split Enz: Spellbound

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0.0

1993

River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

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5.0

2013

Architect Athfield

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0.0

1977

Question of Faith

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0.0

1988

Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal

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6.5

2021

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

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5.0

1995

The Water Cycle

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0.0

1972

Ashes

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0.0

1975

Surf Sail

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0.0

1978

Four Shorts on Architecture

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0.0

1975

The Dragon Pearl

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4.8

2011

The Portable Door

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6.6

2023

Colin McCahon: I Am

‌

0.0

2004

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

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0.0

1994

The french revolution: Years of hope

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8.0

1989

Tv Credits

The Simpsons

‌

8.0

1989

The Games

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7.0

1998

The Graham Norton Show

‌

7.2

2007

The Tudors

‌

7.8

2007

Richard & Judy

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3.1

2001

Get Krack!n

‌

5.8

2017

Hallmark Hall of Fame

‌

8.8

1951

The Triangle

‌

6.2

2005

Amerika

‌

5.4

1987

Doctor Zhivago

‌

6.6

2002

Harry

‌

6.5

2013

Happy Town

‌

5.9

2010

Merlin's Apprentice

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4.9

2006

Space

‌

7.6

2001

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

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7.2

2005

Jessica

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5.6

2004

Rick and Morty

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8.7

2013

Kane & Abel

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7.4

1985

In Cold Blood

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6.0

1996

Alcatraz

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6.3

2012

The Movies That Made Us

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7.3

2019

To the Ends of the Earth

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6.1

2005

Merlin

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6.8

1998

Peaky Blinders

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8.5

2013

Crusoe

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6.7

2008

Old School

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8.1

2014

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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7.6

2011

Australian Story

‌

4.8

1996

And Then There Were None

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7.6

2015

Ice

‌

10.0

2011

Invasion

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7.2

2021

Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

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5.0

2021

Rove

‌

8.0

1999

House of Hancock

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6.7

2015

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

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9.2

2016

Tutankhamun

‌

6.5

2016

House of Bond

‌

4.0

2017

The Governor

‌

0.0

1977

Two Twisted

‌

6.0

2006

Reilly: Ace of Spies

‌

7.1

1983

The Triangle

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6.2

2005

The Twelve

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8.0

2022

The Real Hunt for Red October

‌

5.5

2021

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World

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1.0

2021

The Dovekeepers

‌

5.6

2015

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

‌

7.0

2013

Flack

‌

7.0

2019

Peaky Blinders

‌

8.5

2013

The Sullivans

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4.8

1976

Anika Moa Unleashed

‌

3.0

2018

Iron Road

‌

8.7

2009

The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook

‌

7.0

2018

The Kelly Clarkson Show

‌

6.3

2019

UNTAMED

‌

0.0

Apples Never Fall

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6.4

2024

Lucinda Brayford

‌

0.0

1980

Strong Medicine

‌

0.0

1986

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

‌

0.0

2000

The Twelve

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8.0

2022

The Assembly

‌

0.0

2024