Shiver (
2012) | IMDb:
4.3
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Starring:
Danielle Harris
,
John Jarratt
,
Casper Van Dien
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Brad Harris
,
Valerie Harper
Produced by:
Robert D. Weinbach
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (
2012) | IMDb:
6.4
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Constellation (
2007) | IMDb:
4.4
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.
Starring:
Zoe Saldaña
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Gabrielle Union
,
Lesley Ann Warren
,
Hill Harper
,
Melissa De Sousa
Directed by:
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Produced by:
Henry De Bardeleben
Crying Freeman (
1995) | IMDb:
6.4
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.
Hideaway (
1995) | IMDb:
5.3
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless hours. But Hatch does not come back unchanged. He begins to suffer horrible visions of murder -- only to find out the visions are the sights of a serial killer.
Starring:
Jeff Goldblum
,
Christine Lahti
,
Alicia Silverstone
,
Jeremy Sisto
,
Alfred Molina
,
Rae Dawn Chong
Directed by:
Brett Leonard
The Borrower (
1991) | IMDb:
5.3
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
Directed by:
John McNaughton
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (
1990) | IMDb:
6.2
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
Starring:
Debbie Harry
,
Matthew Lawrence
,
David Forrester
,
Christian Slater
,
Robert Sedgwick
,
Steve Buscemi
The Principal (
1987) | IMDb:
6.3
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
Starring:
Jim Belushi
,
Louis Gossett Jr.
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Kelly Jo Minter
,
Michael Wright
,
J.J. Cohen
Directed by:
Christopher Cain
Produced by:
Thomas H. Brodek
Soul Man (
1986) | IMDb:
5.3
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Starring:
C. Thomas Howell
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Arye Gross
,
James Earl Jones
,
Melora Hardin
,
Leslie Nielsen
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
Commando (
1985) | IMDb:
6.7
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Dan Hedaya
,
Vernon Wells
,
James Olson
,
David Patrick Kelly
Fear City (
1984) | IMDb:
5.7
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Starring:
Tom Berenger
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Jack Scalia
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Rossano Brazzi
,
Rae Dawn Chong
Quest for Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
Starring:
Everett McGill
,
Ron Perlman
,
Nicholas Kadi
,
Rae Dawn Chong
,
Gary Schwartz
,
Naseer El-Kadi