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Top 100 of the 2010's
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Every 2022 movie i watched... in 2022.
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Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Aladdin Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
Annabelle Collection 3 watched
Ant-Man Collection 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Batman Collection 4 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Child's Play Collection 7 watched
The Chronicles of Narnia Collection 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Despicable Me Collection 3 watched
Die Hard Collection 5 watched
Dumb and Dumber Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Fantastic Beasts Collection 3 watched
Fear Street Collection 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 11 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
Halloween Collection 11 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 4 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Men In Black Collection 3 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Paradise Lost Collection 3 watched
Pirates of the Caribbean Collection 5 watched
Planet of the Apes (Original) Collection 5 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Psycho Collection 4 watched
Scream Collection 6 watched
Shrek Collection 4 watched
The Souvenir Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Wolverine Collection 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
American Pie Collection 3 of 4 watched
Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 2 of 3 watched
Cars Collection 2 of 3 watched
A Christmas Story Collection 2 of 3 watched
Clerks Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Decline of Western Civilization Collection 2 of 3 watched
Family Guy Trilogy Collection: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball! 2 of 3 watched
The Fly Collection 2 of 3 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 2 of 3 watched
Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection 2 of 3 watched
I Know What You Did Last Summer Collection 2 of 3 watched
James Bond Collection 25 of 26 watched
Jumanji Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jurassic Park Collection 5 of 6 watched
Living Dead Collection 3 of 4 watched
Look Who's Talking Collection 2 of 3 watched
Maniac Cop Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Mighty Ducks Collection 2 of 3 watched
Monsieur Hulot Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched
Naked Gun Collection 2 of 3 watched
Problem Child Collection 2 of 3 watched
Quatermass (Hammer series) 2 of 3 watched
Rush Hour Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Terminator Collection 5 of 6 watched
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection 5 of 7 watched
The Three Mothers Collection 2 of 3 watched
X-Men Collection 6 of 7 watched
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Adam Somner 16
Brian Smrz 15
Peter Kohn 12
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Producers
Walt Disney 44
Scott Rudin 36
Kevin Feige 33
Joel Silver 27
Tim Bevan 27
Eric Fellner 27
Brian Grazer 23
Jason Blum 21
David Heyman 21
Judd Apatow 17
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Exec. Producers
Stan Lee 44
Bruce Berman 39
Jack Rollins 18
Tessa Ross 17
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Writers
Tedd Pierce 33
Woody Allen 23
Joel Coen 20
Ethan Coen 19
John Hughes 17
Wes Anderson 15
David Koepp 14
Mark Gatiss 14
Terry Rossio 13
Edgar Wright 12
Ralph Wright 12
George Lucas 12
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Original Writers
Stan Lee 36
Jack Kirby 30
Bob Kane 24
Ian Fleming 24
Stephen King 22
Larry Lieber 16
H.G. Wells 12
Bill Finger 11
Bram Stoker 11
Steve Ditko 11
George Lucas 10
Jim Starlin 10
Don Heck 9
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Casting
Mary Vernieu 52
Jane Jenkins 45
Mike Fenton 40
Nina Gold 39
Avy Kaufman 37
Ellen Lewis 31
Debra Zane 29
Mary Hidalgo 28
Carmen Cuba 25
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Editors
Treg Brown 86
Michael Kahn 40
Paul Hirsch 20
Lee Smith 16
Billy Weber 15
Bob Ducsay 14
Rod Waldron 14
Joel Coen 14
Hugh Parson 13
Roger Barton 13
Sheldon Kahn 13
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 24
Bill Pope 21
Mark Irwin 21
Dean Semler 15
Peter Deming 15
Don Burgess 15
Oliver Wood 14
Julio Macat 13
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Add. Photography
Mitch Dubin 21
Kyle Rudolph 18
Dan Kneece 16
Kim Marks 15
Chuck Finch 14
David Crone 13
Des Whelan 13
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Production Design
Rick Carter 19
Stuart Craig 17
Ken Adam 14
Bo Welch 13
David Wasco 13
Peter Lamont 12
Jade Healy 10
Jess Gonchor 10
Arthur Max 10
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Art Direction
Hal Pereira 22
Hans Dreier 20
John Dexter 15
Gary Tomkins 14
Peter Dorme 13
Ian Gracie 13
Helen Jarvis 13
Tom Reta 13
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 23
Sam Comer 18
Anna Pinnock 17
Jay Hart 17
Gene Serdena 16
Paul Sonski 14
Tim Croshaw 14
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Special Effects
John Frazier 14
Allen Hall 13
Steve Cremin 11
Jeff Brink 11
Cliff Wenger 10
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Visual Effects
Dave Chapman 24
Craig Barron 24
John Knoll 19
Phil Tippett 15
Brian Adler 14
Ken Ralston 13
Ian Hunter 13
Janek Sirrs 12
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Stunts
Rick Avery 61
Debbie Evans 56
Doug Coleman 54
John Meier 53
Jeff Imada 48
Henry Kingi 48
Annie Ellis 46
Janet Brady 43
Freddie Hice 43
Troy Gilbert 41
Gene LeBell 39
Troy Brown 39
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Choreography
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks 11
Hi-Hat 3
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Composers
Carl W. Stalling 100
Hans Zimmer 54
Danny Elfman 52
James Horner 38
Howard Shore 35
David Arnold 31
David Newman 27
John Powell 25
John Debney 25
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Songs
Randy Newman 11
Alan Menken 11
Sia 7
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Sound
John Roesch 88
Andy Nelson 68
Peter Burgis 68
Skip Lievsay 60
Jana Vance 55
Treg Brown 49
Paul Massey 48
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Costume Design
Edith Head 42
Mary Zophres 26
Mark Bridges 20
Ann Roth 19
Lynda Foote 15
Kym Barrett 15
Dan Bronson 15
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Makeup
Gary Archer 77
Ve Neill 38
Bill Corso 31
Rick Baker 30
Sian Grigg 21
Donald Mowat 20
Gordon Bau 19
Ben Nye 19
Bud Westmore 18
Julie Hewett 18
Chris Lyons 16
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Hairstyling
Alex Rouse 29
Joy Zapata 24
Kay Georgiou 18
Janine Rath 16
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Studios
Paramount 239
20th Century Fox 189
BBC 108
Miramax 64
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Co-Directors
Lee Unkrich 3.8
Dan Kuenster 2.0
Gary Goldman 2.0
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Add. Directing
Kelly Kiernan 5.0
John Nasraway 5.0
Rod Smith 5.0
Stephen Lim 5.0
Frank Marshall 4.8
Nicolas Baldino 4.8
Jeremy Lovering 4.8
Stan Winston 4.8
Guy Hamilton 4.8
Lesley Selander 4.8
John Prettyman 4.7
Alan B. Curtiss 4.5
George Pollock 4.5
Martin Scali 4.5
Bac DeLorme 4.5
Gary Daigler 4.5
Harry Mancke 4.5
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Producers
Mike Nichols 5.0
Martin G. Baker 5.0
Morgan Neville 5.0
Jim Henson 5.0
Leon Schlesinger 5.0
Edward Selzer 4.9
Albert Chi 4.8
James D. Stern 4.8
Rian Johnson 4.8
Nikos Karamigios 4.8
Leopold Hughes 4.8
Jonathan Wang 4.8
Ross Katz 4.8
Rob Reiner 4.8
Kelli Konop 4.8
Alice Bamford 4.8
Jack Rollins 4.8
Carol Reed 4.8
Clare Olssen 4.8
Henry Blanke 4.8
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Exec. Producers
Owen Wilson 5.0
Douglas Hansen 5.0
Wendy Japhet 5.0
Steven M. Rales 4.8
Norman Merry 4.8
Regina K. Scully 4.8
Hengameh Panahi 4.8
Sheila Nevins 4.8
Natascha Wharton 4.7
Liza Chasin 4.5
Charlie Woebcken 4.5
Christoph Fisser 4.5
Robert Graf 4.5
Erica Steinberg 4.5
Robert Greenhut 4.5
Ken Kamins 4.5
Philip Elway 4.5
Georgia Kacandes 4.5
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Writers
Roger Avary 5.0
Richard Ayoade 5.0
Michael Maltese 4.9
Daniel Kwan 4.8
Daniel Scheinert 4.8
Hugo Guinness 4.8
Alfonso Cuarón 4.8
William Wisher 4.8
Jeb Stuart 4.8
Mike Mills 4.8
Howard Koch 4.8
Buck Henry 4.8
Peter Stone 4.8
Graham Greene 4.8
D. A. Pennebaker 4.8
Greta Gerwig 4.7
Leigh Brackett 4.7
Rian Johnson 4.6
Simon Pegg 4.6
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Original Writers
Stefan Zweig 4.8
Thomas Harris 4.8
Erdman Penner 4.8
Ernest Lehman 4.8
Dashiell Hammett 4.8
Pete Docter 4.5
Uma Thurman 4.5
Kim Krizan 4.5
Pierre Boileau 4.5
Thomas Narcejac 4.5
Elmore Leonard 4.5
Noel Langley 4.5
Philip MacDonald 4.5
James M. Cain 4.5
Jane Austen 4.3
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Casting
Robert Sterne 4.9
Jennifer Yoo 4.8
Meagan Lewis 4.8
Vanessa Baker 4.8
Albert Tavares 4.8
Jane Brody 4.8
Gary Chason 4.8
Ronnie Yeskel 4.7
Mickie McGowan 4.7
Mark Bennett 4.5
Molly Rose 4.5
Terry Liebling 4.5
Leonard Murphy 4.5
Koko Maeda 4.5
Stella Savino 4.5
Lisa Freiberger 4.5
Al Ernest Garcia 4.5
Kate Caldwell 4.5
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Editors
Treg Brown 5.0
Nick Fenton 5.0
Aaron Wickenden 5.0
Ray Lovejoy 4.8
Leslie Jones 4.8
Ralph Foster 4.8
Alfonso Cuarón 4.8
Pasquale Buba 4.8
Nick Houy 4.7
Andy Jurgensen 4.7
Owen Marks 4.7
Sally Menke 4.6
Ethan Coen 4.5
Chris Dickens 4.5
Charlie Chaplin 4.5
Ted J. Kent 4.5
David Tedeschi 4.5
Peter Przygodda 4.5
Frank Morriss 4.5
Walter Fasano 4.5
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Cinematography
John Alcott 5.0
Ted D. McCord 5.0
Jess Hall 4.8
Robert Krasker 4.8
Andrzej Sekula 4.7
Larkin Seiple 4.7
Harold Rosson 4.7
Jean Rabier 4.7
Steve Yedlin 4.6
Roland Totheroh 4.5
Erik Wilson 4.5
Patrick Lin 4.5
John Fenner 4.5
Guy Green 4.5
Harris Savides 4.5
Gregg Toland 4.5
Babette Mangolte 4.5
Russell Boyd 4.5
Cameron Barnett 4.5
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Add. Photography
Mel Cannon 5.0
Kelvin Pike 5.0
Paul Krumper 5.0
David Williamson 5.0
Paul Beeson 4.8
Earl Gilbert 4.8
Jaim O'Neil 4.8
Mark Dinicola 4.8
Dave Anglin 4.8
Robert Ward 4.8
Guy Norman Bee 4.8
David Cross 4.8
John Aardal 4.8
Gary W. Smith 4.8
George Hill 4.8
Nicholas Kirsten 4.8
Jeff Barklage 4.8
Cliff Shirpser 4.8
Fred Stoll 4.8
Fred Schuler 4.5
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Production Design
Chris Jones 5.0
David Crank 4.9
Jack Fisk 4.8
Dan Leigh 4.8
Allan Starski 4.8
Joe Alves 4.8
Val Strazovec 4.8
Joel Schiller 4.8
Judy Becker 4.6
Marcus Rowland 4.6
David Wasco 4.5
Jason Kisvarday 4.5
Elliot Scott 4.5
Bernard Evein 4.5
Roy Walker 4.5
Gary Williamson 4.5
Yohei Taneda 4.5
John W. Corso 4.5
Giuseppe Bassan 4.5
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Art Direction
Carl Sprague 5.0
Dick Kelsey 5.0
Al Zinnen 5.0
David Crank 4.9
Oscar Wright 4.8
John Hubley 4.8
Hugh Hennesy 4.8
Kendall O'Connor 4.8
McLaren Stewart 4.8
Dean Gordon 4.8
Zack Gonchor 4.8
Alice Bird 4.8
Adam Scher 4.8
Ruth de Jong 4.8
Carl Jules Weyl 4.8
Charles Philippi 4.8
Terrell Stapp 4.8
Tom Codrick 4.8
Dennis Bosher 4.8
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Set Decoration
Charles Merangel 5.0
Daniel Bradford 4.8
Bradley Groleau 4.8
Patrick Jackson 4.8
Brett P. Jackson 4.8
Ethan Goodwin 4.8
Danny Rowe 4.8
Sarah Young 4.8
Susan Magestro 4.8
Kelsi Ephraim 4.5
Fred M. MacLean 4.5
Elizabeth Lapp 4.5
E. Aaron Linker 4.5
Bryan Lane 4.5
Devin Gray 4.5
Josef Brandl 4.5
Jory Alvarado 4.5
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Special Effects
David H. Watkins 5.0
Mark Bero 4.8
Steve Sosner 4.8
Christian Eubank 4.8
Ken Tarallo 4.8
Brian Johnson 4.5
Stan Winston 4.5
Terry D. Frazee 4.5
Doug Hubbard 4.5
Corey Pritchett 4.5
Jack Jennings 4.5
Ben Vokes 4.5
Ric San Nicholas 4.5
Roderic Duff 4.5
Greg Auer 4.5
Amy Bradford 4.5
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Visual Effects
Matthew Yuricich 5.0
Lucy Killick 5.0
Alex Hope 5.0
Val Wardlaw 5.0
Richard Briscoe 5.0
Martin Body 5.0
Keith Acheson 4.8
Dolores McGinley 4.8
Fred Pienkos 4.8
Juan J. Buhler 4.8
Lindsay Hallett 4.8
Jason Astley 4.8
Dave Levine 4.7
Stephen Elson 4.7
Andrea D'Amico 4.6
Chris Walas 4.5
Bob Whitehill 4.5
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Stunts
Frank Lloyd 5.0
Ken Lesco 4.8
Dalton Rondell 4.8
Karl Van Moorsel 4.8
Reg Harding 4.8
Marian Green 4.8
Amy Greene 4.8
Josh Yadon 4.8
Thom Williams 4.8
Tony Lynch 4.8
Chris Newton 4.8
Billy Horrigan 4.8
Jean Malahni 4.8
Andy Bradford 4.8
Gene McLaughlin 4.8
Harry Madsen 4.8
Rick Seaman 4.7
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Choreography
Mandy Moore 4.5
Ryan Heffington 4.2
John O'Connell 4.2
Jerome Robbins 4.2
Brad Jeffries 4.1
Jennifer White 4.0
Gene Kelly 4.0
Miriam Nelson 4.0
Bill Landrum 4.0
Damien Jalet 4.0
Aakomon Jones 3.8
Bob Fosse 3.8
Jackie Chan 3.8
Hermes Pan 3.7
Michael Arnold 3.7
Alison Faulk 3.7
Toni Basil 3.5
Anne Fletcher 3.5
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Composers
Andrew Hewitt 5.0
Carl W. Stalling 4.9
Roy Hawkins 4.8
Edward H. Plumb 4.8
Adolph Deutsch 4.8
Franz Schubert 4.8
Artie Butler 4.8
Frank Churchill 4.6
Jonny Greenwood 4.6
Irwin Kostal 4.5
RZA 4.5
Nigel Godrich 4.5
David Julyan 4.5
David Buckley 4.5
Dario Argento 4.5
Massimo Morante 4.5
Fabio Pignatelli 4.5
T Bone Burnett 4.5
Jürgen Knieper 4.5
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Songs
Mitski 4.8
Larry Morey 4.8
Swae Lee 4.7
Frank Churchill 4.5
Nicki Minaj 4.5
Post Malone 4.5
Dominic Fike 4.2
John Legend 4.2
Erdman Penner 4.2
George Bruns 4.2
Richard Rodgers 4.2
Jacques Demy 4.2
Paul Williams 4.2
Michel Legrand 4.1
Sammy Fain 4.0
Billie Eilish 4.0
Harold Arlen 4.0
KAROL G 4.0
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Sound
Dan M. Rich 5.0
Richard Quinn 5.0
James Feltham 5.0
Treg Brown 5.0
Kip Smedley 4.8
David Quadroli 4.8
Paolo Amici 4.8
Federico Amodio 4.8
Stuart Stanley 4.8
Stuart Morton 4.8
Gérard Hardy 4.8
Bonnie Koehler 4.8
Aura Gilge 4.8
Hugo Weng 4.8
Jack Higgins 4.8
Desmond Dew 4.8
Michael Moyse 4.8
Martin Kwok 4.8
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Costume Design
Annie Hardinge 5.0
Courtney Hoffman 4.8
Linda Henrikson 4.8
John Mollo 4.5
Giulia Piersanti 4.5
Tiny Nicholls 4.5
Kumiko Ogawa 4.5
Hartsell Taylor 4.5
Adolfo Ramírez 4.5
Catherine Martin 4.5
Zachary Sheets 4.5
Annell Brodeur 4.5
Wendy Stites 4.5
Sophie Devine 4.5
April Napier 4.3
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Makeup
Barbara Daly 5.0
Candice Banks 5.0
Lesley Smith 4.8
Bernard Floch 4.8
Gretchen Davis 4.8
Selina Jayne 4.8
Galaxy San Juan 4.8
Deborah Taylor 4.7
Laura McIntosh 4.7
Frank McCoy 4.7
Don L. Cash 4.5
Doniella Davy 4.5
Michelle Chung 4.5
Torsten Witte 4.5
Graham Freeborn 4.5
Kay Freeborn 4.5
Nichole Pleau 4.5
Lisa McDevitt 4.5
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Hairstyling
Iain Jones 5.0
Rebecca Woodfork 4.8
Jon Henry Gordon 4.8
Paolo Mantini 4.8
Betty Delmont 4.8
Linda Trainoff 4.8
Edie Panda 4.5
Bill Fletcher 4.5
Barbara Sanders 4.5
Manolo García 4.5
Jon Carter 4.5
Mike Lockey 4.5
Clare M. Corsick 4.5
John Nollet 4.5
Annie Townsend 4.5
Kyra Panchenko 4.5
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Studios
Hawk Films 5.0
Peregrine 5.0
Rogue Pictures 5.0
Scion Films 5.0
Leon Schlesinger Productions 5.0
Grey Water Park Productions 4.8
American Empirical Pictures 4.6
Charles Chaplin Productions 4.6
Universal International Pictures 4.5
Cineguild 4.5
Frenesy Film 4.5
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