Jane Austen's Mafia! (
1998) | IMDb:
5.5
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
Starring:
Jay Mohr
,
Billy Burke
,
Christina Applegate
,
Pamela Gidley
,
Olympia Dukakis
,
Lloyd Bridges
Original Gangstas (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.
Starring:
Fred Williamson
,
Jim Brown
,
Pam Grier
,
Paul Winfield
,
Isabel Sanford
,
Oscar Brown Jr.
Up the Sandbox (
1972) | IMDb:
5.7
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.
Directed by:
Irvin Kershner
Lady Sings the Blues (
1972) | IMDb:
7
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
Starring:
Diana Ross
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Richard Pryor
,
James T. Callahan
,
Paul Hampton
,
Sid Melton
Directed by:
Sidney J. Furie
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (
1967) | IMDb:
7.8
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Starring:
Katharine Houghton
,
Sidney Poitier
,
Katharine Hepburn
,
Spencer Tracy
,
Cecil Kellaway
,
Beah Richards