42 (
2013) | IMDb:
7.5
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever changing the world by changing the game of baseball.
Starring:
Chadwick Boseman
,
Harrison Ford
,
Nicole Beharie
,
Christopher Meloni
,
Ryan Merriman
,
Lucas Black
Red Dragon (
2002) | IMDb:
7.2
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Starring:
Edward Norton
,
Anthony Hopkins
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Emily Watson
,
Harvey Keitel
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Traffic (
2000) | IMDb:
7.6
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Benicio del Toro
,
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Don Cheadle
,
Erika Christensen
,
Jacob Vargas
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (
1998) | IMDb:
5.7
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
Starring:
Angela Bassett
,
Taye Diggs
,
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Regina King
,
Suzzanne Douglas
,
Michael J. Pagan
Bulworth (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Starring:
Kimberly Deauna Adams
,
Vinny Argiro
,
Sean Astin
,
Kirk Baltz
,
Ernie Lee Banks
,
Amiri Baraka
Sphere (
1998) | IMDb:
6.1
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Sharon Stone
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Peter Coyote
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Queen Latifah
RocketMan (
1997) | IMDb:
5.9
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Starring:
Harland Williams
,
Jessica Lundy
,
William Sadler
,
Jeffrey DeMunn
,
James Pickens Jr.
,
Beau Bridges
Directed by:
Stuart Gillard
Ghosts of Mississippi (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Starring:
Alec Baldwin
,
Whoopi Goldberg
,
James Woods
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Susanna Thompson
,
Lucas Black
Directed by:
Rob Reiner
Sleepers (
1996) | IMDb:
7.5
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Nixon (
1995) | IMDb:
7.1
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Dead Presidents (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
Starring:
Larenz Tate
,
Keith David
,
Chris Tucker
,
Freddy Rodríguez
,
Rose Jackson
,
N'Bushe Wright
Jimmy Hollywood (
1994) | IMDb:
5.3
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego soon becomes a media wonder--but Jimmy remains a total unknown and his long-suffering girl friend Lorraine is getting fed up with the whole situation.
Starring:
Joe Pesci
,
Christian Slater
,
Victoria Abril
,
Harrison Ford
,
Barry Levinson
,
Jason Beghe
Directed by:
Barry Levinson
Menace II Society (
1993) | IMDb:
7.5
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Starring:
Tyrin Turner
,
Larenz Tate
,
Glenn Plummer
,
Jada Pinkett Smith
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
June Kyoto Lu
Boiling Point (
1993) | IMDb:
5
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.
Starring:
Wesley Snipes
,
Dennis Hopper
,
Lolita Davidovich
,
Viggo Mortensen
,
Seymour Cassel
,
Jonathan Banks
Trespass (
1992) | IMDb:
6.3
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.