The Preacher's Wife (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Whitney Houston
,
Courtney B. Vance
,
Gregory Hines
,
Jenifer Lewis
,
Loretta Devine
Mad Dog Time (
1996) | IMDb:
5.4
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Ellen Barkin
,
Jeff Goldblum
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Diane Lane
,
Burt Reynolds
Directed by:
Larry Bishop
Waiting to Exhale (
1995) | IMDb:
6
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
Starring:
Whitney Houston
,
Angela Bassett
,
Loretta Devine
,
Lela Rochon
,
Gregory Hines
,
Dennis Haysbert
Renaissance Man (
1994) | IMDb:
6.2
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.
Produced by:
Robert Greenhut
A Rage in Harlem (
1991) | IMDb:
5.9
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
Gregory Hines
,
Robin Givens
,
Danny Glover
,
Samm-Art Williams
,
Zakes Mokae
Directed by:
Bill Duke
Eve of Destruction (
1991) | IMDb:
5
Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstoppable killing machine. Colonel Jim McQuade is assigned to stop the robot and with the help from Dr. Simmons they have to predict where she will go next.
Starring:
Gregory Hines
,
Renée Soutendijk
,
Michael Greene
,
Kurt Fuller
,
John M. Jackson
,
Loren Haynes
Off Limits (
1988) | IMDb:
6.2
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.
The Cotton Club (
1984) | IMDb:
6.5
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
The Muppets Take Manhattan (
1984) | IMDb:
6.8
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
Directed by:
Frank Oz
Wolfen (
1981) | IMDb:
6.3
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Starring:
Albert Finney
,
Diane Venora
,
Edward James Olmos
,
Gregory Hines
,
Tom Noonan
,
Dick O'Neill
History of the World: Part I (
1981) | IMDb:
6.8
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.