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Plot

HBO mini-series based on a true crime story from 2001. A man, grieving the death of his wife who fell down a staircase, is accused of murdering her. Did he really do it? Apparently so, but as always we may never really know for sure. Based on a true story, The Staircase explores the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.

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  Colin Firth

  Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg 2026 Project

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  Toni Collette

  Goodbye June, Mickey 17

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  Sophie Turner

  The Dreadful, Trust

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  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Digger, After the Hunt

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  Dane DeHaan

  Oppenheimer, American Primeval (Limited Series)

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  Odessa Young

  Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Mothering Sunday

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  Rosemarie DeWitt

  Smile 2, Untamed (mini-series)

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  Patrick Schwarzenegger

  Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Midnight Sun

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  Juliette Binoche

  The Return, Ghost in the Shell

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  Parker Posey

  The Parenting, The Eye

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Mar 2022

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