Tears of the Sun (
2003) | IMDb:
6.6
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Starring:
Bruce Willis
,
Monica Bellucci
,
Cole Hauser
,
Eamonn Walker
,
Johnny Messner
,
Nick Chinlund
Mad City (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Rosewood (
1997) | IMDb:
7.2
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
New Jack City (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Native Son (
1986) | IMDb:
6
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Starring:
Victor Love
,
Matt Dillon
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Geraldine Page
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Akosua Busia
Directed by:
Jerrold Freedman
The Color Purple (
1985) | IMDb:
7.7
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Danny Glover
,
Margaret Avery
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Willard E. Pugh
,
Akosua Busia
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg