Selma (
2014) | IMDb:
7.5
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
Moon Over Parador (
1988) | IMDb:
6
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Raúl Juliá
,
Sônia Braga
,
Jonathan Winters
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Michael Greene
Cannonball Run II (
1984) | IMDb:
5
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
The Cannonball Run (
1981) | IMDb:
6.2
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Starring:
Burt Reynolds
,
Roger Moore
,
Farrah Fawcett
,
Dom DeLuise
,
Dean Martin
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sweet Charity (
1969) | IMDb:
6.9
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine
,
John McMartin
,
Chita Rivera
,
Paula Kelly
,
Ricardo Montalban
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
Porgy and Bess (
1959) | IMDb:
7
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Starring:
Sidney Poitier
,
Dorothy Dandridge
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Pearl Bailey
,
Brock Peters
,
Diahann Carroll
Produced by:
Samuel Goldwyn