Taryn Manning
Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat and co-owner of the clothing brand Born Uniqorn. Manning gained her first major role as an actress in 2001 when she played the... Read full bio →
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The Vault
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Experimenter
In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
Cleveland Abduction
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
A Light Beneath Their Feet
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
#Horror
Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.
Low Down
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
A Winter Rose
A young singer in Los Angeles named Winter Rose (Kim Whalen) is chosen to be the successor to a world-famous star who is retiring because of a cancer diagnosis.
Orange Is the New Black
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Five Thirteen
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex.
All American Christmas Carol
A white-trash mom is visited by three ghosts intent on showing her a path to a brighter future.
The Unknown
Anthology about a man with a blog that searches for the truth behind supernatural phenomena and documents people's stories of their experiences with the unknown.
Zombie Apocalypse
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
The Speed of Thought
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness.
Heaven's Rain
Heaven's Rain depicts the Douglass family's life-altering event 30 years ago. Their son, an Oklahoma State Senator, authors victims' rights legislation, compelling him to confront his past while moving forward.
Waking Madison
A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Redemption Road
A Tennessee-set drama focused on an individual's spiritual redemption.
Love Ranch
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.
Hawaii Five-0
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
Groupie
When a mysterious groupie joins legendary cursed band, "The Dark Knights", a series of unexplained murders derails their comeback tour.
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
A rock star retreats to his hometown after his sophomore album flops.
The Job
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
The Devil's Tomb
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
Kill Theory
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Your Name Here
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order, drug-fueled interdimensional shifts, and 1970's pop culture combine for the mind-bending adventure of the century.
Sons of Anarchy
A man in his early 30s struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle club.
Jack and Jill vs. the World
Jack's lavish life as a NYC advertising exec collides with Jill's fiery idealism. Opposites attract, but Jill soon violates Rule 1 of Jack's relationship manifesto: "Be Honest."
Weirdsville
A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.
Viva Laughlin
Ripley Holden wrestles personally and professionally to open a casino in the desert city of Laughlin, Nevada. Against all odds, Ripley strives to support his family while pursuing his ultimate goal...the American dream.
Drive
An American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race.
Cult
While researching a local cult, four college students uncover the existence of a supernatural power that may take their lives...and their souls.
Burn Notice
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
After Sex
After Sex is an edgy relationship comedy that uses sex as a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. It's a humorous, yet honest look at the complexity of modern day relationships told through nine separate couples.
Unbeatable Harold
A wannabe Elvis meets his true love, the best waitress in the West..
The Breed
A group of five college kids are forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a "deserted" island for a party weekend.
Banshee
A city's most-notorious car thief must use all the skills at her disposal to evade a serial killer who wants to make her his next victim.
Lucky 13
A man revisits the previous significant girlfriends in his life in order to win over the girl of his dreams.
Hustle & Flow
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
A Lot Like Love
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?
Dandelion
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is the film adaptation of the novel by the same name from Charles Frazier. A star-studded film taking place in North Carolina during the Civil War. The film portrays civilian life during the war from the perspective of a woman who has been left behind as the men fight.
White Oleander
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
The Twilight Zone
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
Crossroads
Three childhood friends embark on a cross-country adventure to pursue dreams they once put aside, taking risks that are sure to change their lives forever.
CSI: Miami
The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders.
8 Mile
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With future and the three one third all he has to do is not choke.
Crazy/Beautiful
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
The Specials
America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
Boston Public
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
Speedway Junky
Johnny wants to be a stock car racer one day. He meets a young, gay hustler in Vegas, who takes him to meet his friends/gang and his "mom", an ex-hooker.
Popular
Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new situation on top of regular teenage girl problems.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.
The Practice
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Pacific Blue
Filmed on location at Santa Monica and Venice Beach, this series focuses on an elite bike cop unit of the LAPD.
All That
The new kids of comedy bring the funny as All That, America’s #1 kid’s sketch comedy show, returns with a new cast and a few familiar faces. From Executive Producers Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell.
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.