Brooklyn's Finest (
2010) | IMDb:
6.7
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Don Cheadle
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Wesley Snipes
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Ellen Barkin
Blood Done Sign My Name (
2010) | IMDb:
6.5
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the acquittal.
Starring:
Natalie Alyn Lind
,
Michael Rooker
,
Emily Alyn Lind
,
Omar Benson Miller
,
Lee Norris
,
Nate Parker
Directed by:
Jeb Stuart
Produced by:
First Daughter (
2004) | IMDb:
5.1
Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student. Her father agrees to recall the agents but secretly assigns James, an undercover agent, to pose as a student.
Directed by:
Forest Whitaker
Any Given Sunday (
1999) | IMDb:
6.9
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Knock Off (
1998) | IMDb:
4.8
A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
,
Rob Schneider
,
Lela Rochon
,
Paul Sorvino
,
Michael Wong
,
Carman Lee
The Big Hit (
1998) | IMDb:
6
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg
,
Lou Diamond Phillips
,
Christina Applegate
,
China Chow
,
Avery Brooks
,
Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Directed by:
Kirk Wong
The Chamber (
1996) | IMDb:
6
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Directed by:
James Foley
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
The Meteor Man (
1993) | IMDb:
5.2
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.
Starring:
Robert Townsend
,
Marla Gibbs
,
Eddie Griffin
,
Robert Guillaume
,
James Earl Jones
,
Roy Fegan
Directed by:
Robert Townsend
Boomerang (
1992) | IMDb:
5.6
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Robin Givens
,
Halle Berry
,
David Alan Grier
,
Grace Jones
,
Martin Lawrence
Harlem Nights (
1989) | IMDb:
6.1
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
Directed by:
Eddie Murphy
The Wild Pair (
1987) | IMDb:
4.3
A strait-laced FBI agent and a hulking, big-hearted narcotics cop team up to track down a drug lord associated with a militant hate group.
Directed by:
Beau Bridges
Produced by: