Hoodlum (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne
,
Tim Roth
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Andy García
,
Cicely Tyson
,
Chi McBride
Rosewood (
1997) | IMDb:
7.2
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Do the Right Thing (
1989) | IMDb:
8
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Nuts (
1987) | IMDb:
6.6
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Starring:
Barbra Streisand
,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Maureen Stapleton
,
Karl Malden
,
Eli Wallach
,
Robert Webber
Directed by:
Martin Ritt
Some Kind of Hero (
1982) | IMDb:
5.8
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Directed by:
Michael Pressman
Escape from Alcatraz (
1979) | IMDb:
7.6
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
Patrick McGoohan
,
Roberts Blossom
,
Jack Thibeau
,
Fred Ward
,
Paul Benjamin
The Anderson Tapes (
1971) | IMDb:
6.4
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Starring:
Sean Connery
,
Dyan Cannon
,
Martin Balsam
,
Ralph Meeker
,
Alan King
,
Christopher Walken
Midnight Cowboy (
1969) | IMDb:
7.8
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Starring:
Jon Voight
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Sylvia Miles
,
John McGiver
,
Brenda Vaccaro
,
Barnard Hughes