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Famke Janssen
Famke Beumer Janssen - born 5 November 1965, in Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Wise words: "We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them."
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Famke Janssen - what members say
review by A customer from NEWCASTLE
my favourite bond film! 13 June 2004
review by Northernsky from Halifax, West Yorks
Less is errr less as it happens. 29 April 2007
review by A customer from London
An evocative tale of adolescence 19 November 2008
Famke Janssen - filmography
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Taken 2
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Rade Sherbedgia, Famke Janssen
Director: Oliver Megaton, Olivier Megaton
Certificate: 
Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help ..read more »
 
66%
from 5,293 members
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Bringing Up Bobby
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross
Director: Famke Janssen
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In an effort to escape her murky past and build a better future, Olive (Milla Jovovich), a nomadic European con-artist, and her 10-year-old son Bobby (Spencer List), find themselves living in Oklahoma. Olive enrols him in school, makes him do his homework and tries her hardest to be a good mother, ..read more »
55%
from 18 members
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The Chameleon
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Marc-Andre Grondin, Ellen Barkin, Ellen Barkin
Director: Jean-Paul Salome
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The amazing true story of Frederic Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centres for runaway minors and delinquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. To his astonishment, Nicholas's ..read more »
57%
from 465 members
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The Wackness
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck
Director: Jonathan Levine
Certificate:
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"The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter.
60%
from 7,857 members
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Taken - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Gerard Watkins, Leland Orser, Liam Neeson
Director: Pierre Morel
Certificate: 
Fast-paced, violent revenge thriller written and produced by Luc Besson ('Leon', 'Nikita', 'Taxi'). Liam Neeson stars as Bryan, a former CIA secret agent living in the US who is obliged to resurrect the skills he learned in his old job after his estranged 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) is ..read more »
80%
from 28,614 members
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100 Feet
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick
Director: Eric Red
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After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
60%
from 3,611 members
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The Wackness - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Method Man
Director: Jonathan Levine
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Coming-of-age comedy drama set in New York in the sweltering, hip-hop-infused summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a lonely teenager who is spending his last summer before college selling marijuana on the streets, forms a friendship with Dr Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), an unorthodox ..read more »
64%
from 67 members
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The Treatment
(2006)
Starring: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen
Director: Oren Rudavsky
Certificate: 
Jake Singer is an anxious young schoolteacher in New York - barely on speaking terms with his father, recently abandoned by his girlfriend, and heading for a life of compromise and mediocrity. Emotionally paralyzed by his mothers death, he embarks on a course of psychoanalysis with a maniacal ..read more »
55%
from 2 members
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Hide And Seek
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Famke Janssen, Amy Irving
Director: John Polson
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"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" That command is familiar to everyone who has played the children's game, Hide and Seek. The words and game take us back to an innocent carefree time in our lives, where the simple goal was to find hiding playmates. Many children could even enjoy a spirited ..read more »
59%
from 34,104 members
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Eulogy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Hank Azaria, Debra Winger, Kelly Preston
Director: Michael Clancy
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A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
54%
from 3,644 members
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RPM
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Famke Janssen, David Arquette
Director: Ian Sharp
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When professional car thief Luke (David Arquette) is offered a million dollars to steal a prototype super car, he soon discovers that he is enjoying the adrenalin rush of the crime more than the money. But Luke has met his match in a rival carjacker Claudia (Famke Janssen), who also can't resist ..read more »
41%
from 606 members
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X-Men 2 - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate: 
The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...
76%
from 2,982 members
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X-Men 2
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Brian Cox, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen
Director: Bryan Singer
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Bryan Singer returns to direct this big screen sequel. Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Wolverine (Hugh Jackson), and the Academy for Gifted Youngsters, aka the X-Men, find themselves in the firing line after a failed assassination attempt on the President points the finger at the school...read more »
70%
from 58,558 members
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I Spy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Famke Janssen, Gary Cole
Director: Betty Thomas
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Special agent Alex Scott and middleweight world champion Kelly Robinson are reluctantly paired for a dangerous mission to recover the Switchblade, the U.S.'s latest and most technologically sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype spy plane has fallen into the hands of a nefarious arms ..read more »
57%
from 6,141 members
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Don't Say A Word
(2001)
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen
Director: Gary Fleder
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Psychiatrist Nathan Conrad (Michael Douglas) finds himself caught in a living nightmare when his daughter is kidnapped by desperate jewel thief Patrick Koster (Sean Bean). Koster is searching for a precious stone which was stolen from him years ago, and to this end he needs to obtain a secret code ..read more »
63%
from 6,291 members
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Made
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Faizon Love, Puff Daddy, Peter Falk
Director: Jon Favreau
Certificate:
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The Story of Made features Bobby (Jon Favreau) and Ricky (Vince Vaughn), two aspiring boxers with limited mob connections. Given the opportunity to handle a job for L.A. mob boss Max (Peter Falk), Bobby and Ricky find themselves in New York where they take part in a low-level money-laundering ..read more »
57%
from 1,499 member
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X-Men - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen
Director: Bryan Singer
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Includes the following films based on Marvel superheroes: X-MEN, X-MEN 2, X-MEN - THE LAST STAND, ELEKTRA, DAREDEVIL, and FANTASTIC FOUR. In X-MEN, the titular characters are a team of mutant peacekeepers led by Professor Xavier assigned the task of protecting the human race against the sinister ..read more »
76%
from 2,833 members
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X-Men
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen
Director: Bryan Singer
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Bryan Singer directs and co-writes this big screen adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic strip. Mutants Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) are former friends, but look set to become mortal enemies when fascistic US senator Robert Frank Kelly calls for the registration ..read more »
72%
from 49,753 members
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Circus
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Neil Stuke, Peter Stormare, Amanda Donohoe
Director: Rob Walker
Certificate:
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Conman Leo Garfield and his glamorous wife Lily are the coolest couple in town. They dream of an escape from the drudgery of everyday crime - they want a one-way boat trip to Cuba. Together, they mastermind the most audacious scam. Drawn into their web is an assortment of loud and tasteless ..read more »
53%
from 670 members
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Love And Sex
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jon Favreau, Cheri Oteri, Famke Janssen
Director: Valerie Breiman
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When she is assigned to write a guide to love and sex for the modern woman, journalist Kate Wells (Famke Janssen) begins thinking back over her own past relationships. Beginning with her first playground kiss, and moving all the way from her tryst with a high-school French teacher to her latest ..read more »
55%
from 989 members
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House on Haunted Hill
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Lisa Loeb, Ali Larter, Famke Janssen
Director: William Malone
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Decades after inmates at the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane were killed during a revolt against the cruel regime, tycoon Stephen Price (Geoffrey Rush) hires the building from its present owner, Watson Pritchett (Chris Kattan), in order to throw a ghoulish birthday party ..read more »
58%
from 7,581 members
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The Gingerbread Man
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Wren Arthur, Gregory Alpert, Troy Beyer
Director: Robert Altman
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After having a one-night stand with waitress Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), attorney Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) discovers that she is being stalked by her cult leader father, Dixon (Robert Duvall). Magruder has Dixon arrested and put on trial, but, as events take a disastrous turn, the lawyer ..read more »
51%
from 868 members
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Rounders
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Martin Landau, John Turturro, Matt Damon
Director: John Dahl
Certificate:
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Master gambler Mike (Matt Damon) hangs up his poker visor after losing all his savings in a high-stakes game. Starting a new life at law school, he is dragged back into the gambling underworld by an ex-con friend (Edward Norton), who has gone in too deep with a ruthless Russian cardsharp (John ..read more »
69%
from 6,622 members
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Rounders - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro
Director: John Dahl
Certificate:
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Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
69%
from 512 members
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Celebrity
(1998)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Dylan Baker, Judy Davis
Director: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen's critical look at the world of modern day celebrity. Journalist Lee Simon (Kenneth Branagh) breaks with his school-teacher wife Robin (Judy Davis) and embarks on an odyssey into the world of the rich and famous. Moving with celebrated actresses (Melanie Griffith), beautiful supermodels ..read more »
54%
from 2,696 members
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The Faculty
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Clea Duvall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This teen horror film comes from the writer of 'Scream' and 'Scream 2'. Strange things seem to be happening around Herrington High School and a group of pupils confirm what every teenager secretly knows - that their teacher are parasites from another planet. An unlikely group of nerds, jocks and ..read more »
65%
from 6,360 members
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Deep Rising
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Treat Williams, Djimon Hounsou, Cliff Curtis
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Pilot-for-hire John Finnegan (Treat Williams) is transporting a group of hijackers to the South China Sea. There they have been commissioned to blow up the luxury liner 'Argonautica' with missiles supplied by its owner, Simon Canton (Anthony Heald), so that he can collect the insurance. However, ..read more »
63%
from 3,242 members
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Noose
(1998)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Famke Janssen, Colm Meaney
Director: Ted Demme
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Bobby O'Grady (Denis Leary) is a small-time thief who lives in Boston's Charlestown. The neighbourhood is ruled over by gangster Jackie O'Hara, who commits robbery and murder safe in the knowledge that no-one will ever breathe a word against him. That is, until Bobby's cousin arrives from Dublin ..read more »
49%
from 150 members
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The Faculty - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Clea Duvall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This teen horror film comes from the writer of 'Scream' and 'Scream 2'. Strange things seem to be happening around Herrington High School and a group of pupils confirm what every teenager secretly knows - that their teacher are parasites from another planet. An unlikely group of nerds, jocks and ..read more »
69%
from 380 members
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City Of Industry
(1997)
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Lucy Liu, Michael Jai White
Director: John Irvin
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Lee Egan (Timothy Hutton) is a small time L.A. crook who, in order to retire away from the city, arranges a jewel robbery in Palm Springs with the help of his more successful brother Roy (Harvey Keitel) and driver Skip (Stephen Dorff). The plan succeeds, but when Skip double-crosses the gang, ..read more »
51%
from 448 members
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Lord Of Illusions
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Daniel Von Bargen
Director: Clive Barker
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Private detective Harry D'Amour (Scott Bakula) stumbles onto dark doings involving a famous magician, Philip Swann (Kevin J. O'Connor), and his gorgeous wife Dorothea (Famke Janssen). D'Amour thinks that Swann could be involved in the death of a tarot reader and former cult member, and as he ..read more »
55%
from 849 members
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GoldenEye
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen
Director: Martin Campbell
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Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 Never Say Never Again) featuring the suave British super-agent. As the story begins, Agent 007 and his partner, Agent 006 (Sean Bean), pull a daring ..read more »
69%
from 26,709 members
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GoldenEye - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen
Director: Martin Campbell
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The effortlessly suave and sophisticated Pierce Brosnan makes his acclaimed debut as Agent 007 in this rip-roaring espionage thriller featuring the most eye-popping opening sequence yet. When an MI6 agent (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, ..read more »
82%
from 18 members
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Melrose Place - Season 2
(8 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Grant Show, Josie Bissett, Courtney Thorne-Smith
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All 29 episodes from the second season of the apartment block-based Beverly Hills 90210 spinoff series. Episodes are: 'Much Ado About Everything', 'A Long Night's Journey', 'Revenge', 'Fire Power', 'Of Bikes and Men', 'Hot and Bothered', 'Flirting With Disaster', 'No Bed of Roses', 'Married to It', ..read more »
75%
from 122 members
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Famke Janssen facts
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...o is russian computer programmer who witnesses terrible massacre. Dutch actress Famke Janssen [ X - Men,X- Men 2, I Spy] plays Xenia Onatopp the femme fatale of the movie ...
