Janky Promoters (
2009) | IMDb:
5.1
Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.
Rocky Balboa (
2006) | IMDb:
7.1
His wife is dead and his son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger, and thirty years his junior.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Burt Young
,
Antonio Tarver
,
Geraldine Hughes
,
Milo Ventimiglia
,
Tony Burton
Barbershop (
2002) | IMDb:
6.3
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Starring:
Ice Cube
,
Anthony Anderson
,
Cedric the Entertainer
,
Sean Patrick Thomas
,
Eve
,
Troy Garity
Breakfast of Champions (
1999) | IMDb:
4.5
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Directed by:
Alan Rudolph
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (
1996) | IMDb:
6.5
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
Starring:
Shawn Wayans
,
Marlon Wayans
,
Tracey Cherelle Jones
,
Chris Spencer
,
Vivica A. Fox
,
Rappin' Granny
Directed by:
Paris Barclay
Jason's Lyric (
1994) | IMDb:
6.6
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Starring:
Allen Payne
,
Jada Pinkett Smith
,
Bokeem Woodbine
,
Eddie Griffin
,
Suzzanne Douglas
,
Lisa Nicole Carson
Directed by:
Doug McHenry
Produced by:
Barfly (
1987) | IMDb:
7.1
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
Directed by:
Barbet Schroeder