Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young boy. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack and Vine (1980). He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart (1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films. In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City. With Brennan's encouragement and frequent collaboration, he pursued a more experimental and eclectic musical aesthetic influenced by the work of Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart. This was reflected in a series of albums released by Island Records, including Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985), and Franks Wild Years (1987). He continued appearing in films, notably starring in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law (1986), and also made theatrical appearances. With theatre director Robert Wilson, he produced the musicals The Black Rider (1990) and Alice (1992), first performed in Hamburg. Having returned to California in the 1990s, his albums Bone Machine (1992), The Black Rider (1993), and Mule Variations (1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and multiple Grammy Awards. In the late 1990s, he switched to the record label ANTI-, which released Blood Money (2002), Alice (2002), Real Gone (2004), and Bad as Me (2011). Despite a lack of mainstream commercial success, Waits has influenced many musicians and gained an international cult following, and several biographies have been written about him. In 2015, he was ranked at No. 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Waits, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Tom Waits
  • Popularity: 11.042
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Acting
  • Birthday: 1949-12-07
  • Toerana nahaterahana: Pomona, California, USA
  • pejy fandraisana: http://www.tomwaits.com/
  • Fantatra koa amin'ny maha: Thomas Alan Waits, 汤姆·威兹
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Tom Waits Movies

  • 1983
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    The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    7.2 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

    7 1983 HD

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  • 2004
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    Coffee and Cigarettes

    Coffee and Cigarettes

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 2021
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    Licorice Pizza

    Licorice Pizza

    7 2021 HD

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  • 1986
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    Down by Law

    Down by Law

    7.354 1986 HD

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  • 1993
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    Short Cuts

    Short Cuts

    7.2 1993 HD

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  • 1991
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    Bis ans Ende der Welt

    Bis ans Ende der Welt

    6.8 1991 HD

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  • 2005
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    La tigre e la neve

    La tigre e la neve

    6.8 2005 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

    6.8 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    6.4 2009 HD

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  • 2007
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    Wristcutters: A Love Story

    Wristcutters: A Love Story

    6.9 2007 HD

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  • 1999
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    Mystery Men

    Mystery Men

    5.8 1999 HD

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  • 2017
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    Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

    Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1987
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    Ironweed

    Ironweed

    6.4 1987 HD

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  • 1988
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    Big Time

    Big Time

    6.8 1988 HD

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  • 1980
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    Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

    Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1988
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    Candy Mountain

    Candy Mountain

    5.8 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    7.4 1988 HD

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  • 1991
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    Queens Logic

    Queens Logic

    5.8 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    6.3 1991 HD

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  • 2011
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    Twixt

    Twixt

    5.089 2011 HD

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  • 2012
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    Seven Psychopaths

    Seven Psychopaths

    6.8 2012 HD

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  • 1989
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    Cold Feet

    Cold Feet

    3.8 1989 HD

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  • 2012
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    A Brief History of John Baldessari

    A Brief History of John Baldessari

    6 2012 HD

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  • 1999
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    Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

    Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

    3.8 1999 HD

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  • 2006
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    Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

    Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

    3.8 2006 HD

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  • 2009
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    Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

    Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

    3.8 2009 HD

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  • 1970
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    Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

    Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

    6.5 1970 HD

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  • 2008
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    Tom Waits: Under Review

    Tom Waits: Under Review

    4 2008 HD

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  • 2006
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    Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight

    Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight

    3.8 2006 HD

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  • 2008
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    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

    One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

    6.8 2008 HD

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  • 1978
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    Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

    Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

    7 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Paradise Alley

    Paradise Alley

    5.8 1978 HD

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  • 2005
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    Domino

    Domino

    5.9 2005 HD

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  • 1970
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    Wildwood

    Wildwood

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1990
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    John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

    John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1970
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    Star.Wav

    Star.Wav

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1989
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    Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    7 1989 HD

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  • 2013
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    The Laughing Heart

    The Laughing Heart

    4 2013 HD

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  • 2024
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    Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

    Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Cotton Club

    The Cotton Club

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 2022
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    Robert Wilson – Die Schönheit des Geheimnisvollen

    Robert Wilson – Die Schönheit des Geheimnisvollen

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

    6 1990 HD

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  • 2015
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    Keith Richards: Under the Influence

    Keith Richards: Under the Influence

    6.6 2015 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Fisher King

    The Fisher King

    7.274 1991 HD

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  • 1970
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    Father Mother Sister Brother

    Father Mother Sister Brother

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1999
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    Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

    Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2016
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    This Is Sparklehorse

    This Is Sparklehorse

    7 2016 HD

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  • 1982
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    One from the Heart

    One from the Heart

    5.871 1982 HD

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  • 1989
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    Mystery Train

    Mystery Train

    7.3 1989 HD

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  • 1979
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    Tom Waits for No One

    Tom Waits for No One

    5 1979 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Old Man & the Gun

    The Old Man & the Gun

    6.426 2018 HD

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  • 1997
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    Coffee and Cigarettes III

    Coffee and Cigarettes III

    6.9 1997 HD

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  • 2017
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    Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

    Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

    6.7 2017 HD

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  • 2003
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    Bukowski: Born Into This

    Bukowski: Born Into This

    6.8 2003 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    7.139 2018 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Stone Boy

    The Stone Boy

    6.8 1984 HD

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  • 1982
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    Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1993
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    Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

    Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

    6 1993 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

    5.4 2019 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Moon’s Milk

    The Moon’s Milk

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Absence of Eden

    The Absence of Eden

    5.1 2024 HD

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  • 1977
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    Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

    Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1990
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    Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1981
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    Wolfen

    Wolfen

    5.9 1981 HD

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  • 2019
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    Motherless Brooklyn

    Motherless Brooklyn

    6.704 2019 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Making of 'One from the Heart'

    The Making of 'One from the Heart'

    8 1982 HD

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  • 1992
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    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    7.449 1992 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Monster of Nix

    The Monster of Nix

    7 2011 HD

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  • 1997
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    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    7.2 1997 HD

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  • 1991
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    Night on Earth

    Night on Earth

    7.528 1991 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Last Castle

    The Last Castle

    7.2 2001 HD

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  • 1989
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    La fine della notte

    La fine della notte

    7 1989 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Fallen

    The Fallen

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2001
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    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    6 2001 HD

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  • 2007
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    Жить и умереть в Самарканде

    Жить и умереть в Самарканде

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1984
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    La première journée de Nicolas

    La première journée de Nicolas

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1977
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    Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

    Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1998
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    Bunny

    Bunny

    6.5 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Bunny

    Bunny

    6.5 1998 HD

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  • 1986
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    Down by Law

    Down by Law

    7.354 1986 HD

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    One from the Heart

    One from the Heart

    5.871 1982 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Tom Waits for No One

    Tom Waits for No One

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    The Black Rider

    The Black Rider

    7.7 1990 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Night on Earth

    Night on Earth

    7.528 1991 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Rita Ritter

    Rita Ritter

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Streetwise

    Streetwise

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1988
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    Big Time

    Big Time

    6.8 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    Őrült és angyal

    Őrült és angyal

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 1996 HD

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.1 1993 HD

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  • 2021
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    Ultra City Smiths

    Ultra City Smiths

    6.4 2021 HD

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  • 1975
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    Austin City Limits

    Austin City Limits

    6.2 1975 HD

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  • 1975
    imgS50 E5

    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

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  • 1991
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    Fishing with John

    Fishing with John

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

    8.014 1989 HD

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