Begin Again (
2014) | IMDb:
7.4
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo
,
Keira Knightley
,
Adam Levine
,
Hailee Steinfeld
,
Catherine Keener
,
James Corden
Life of Crime (
2013) | IMDb:
5.8
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Next Day Air (
2009) | IMDb:
5.7
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
Directed by:
Benny Boom
Produced by:
Shaun Livingston
Cadillac Records (
2008) | IMDb:
7
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Gabrielle Union
,
Columbus Short
,
Cedric the Entertainer
,
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Be Kind Rewind (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (
2006) | IMDb:
6.6
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Starring:
Will Ferrell
,
John C. Reilly
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
,
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Gary Cole
,
Jane Lynch
16 Blocks (
2006) | IMDb:
6.6
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (
2005) | IMDb:
6.7
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Starring:
Martin Freeman
,
Zooey Deschanel
,
Sam Rockwell
,
Yasiin Bey
,
John Malkovich
,
Helen Mirren
The Woodsman (
2004) | IMDb:
7.2
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
The Italian Job (
2003) | IMDb:
7
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
Brown Sugar (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Showtime (
2002) | IMDb:
5.5
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Eddie Murphy
,
Rene Russo
,
William Shatner
,
Nestor Serrano
,
Joy Bryant
Monster's Ball (
2001) | IMDb:
7.1
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Directed by:
Marc Forster
Bamboozled (
2000) | IMDb:
6.6
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Starring:
Damon Wayans
,
Savion Glover
,
Jada Pinkett Smith
,
Tommy Davidson
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
The Hard Way (
1991) | IMDb:
6.3
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
Starring:
Michael J. Fox
,
James Woods
,
Stephen Lang
,
Annabella Sciorra
,
John Capodice
,
Luis Guzmán