ATL (
2006) | IMDb:
6.1
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
She Hate Me (
2004) | IMDb:
5.3
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Starring:
Anthony Mackie
,
Kerry Washington
,
Ellen Barkin
,
Monica Bellucci
,
Jim Brown
,
Ossie Davis
Honey (
2003) | IMDb:
5.3
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Starring:
Jessica Alba
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Joy Bryant
,
Romeo Miller
,
David Moscow
,
Zachary Isaiah Williams
Men of Honor (
2000) | IMDb:
7.2
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Charlize Theron
,
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
,
Hal Holbrook
,
Michael Rapaport
He Got Game (
1998) | IMDb:
6.9
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Ray Allen
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Hill Harper
,
Ned Beatty
Directed by:
Spike Lee
Malcolm X (
1992) | IMDb:
7.7
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Angela Bassett
,
Albert Hall
,
Al Freeman Jr.
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Spike Lee
Jungle Fever (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Starring:
Wesley Snipes
,
Annabella Sciorra
,
Spike Lee
,
Ossie Davis
,
Ruby Dee
,
Samuel L. Jackson
'Round Midnight (
1986) | IMDb:
7.4
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
Starring:
Dexter Gordon
,
François Cluzet
,
Gabrielle Haker
,
Christine Pascal
,
Pierre Trabaud
,
Frédérique Meininger
Brewster's Millions (
1985) | IMDb:
6.5
Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Directed by:
Walter Hill
The Cotton Club (
1984) | IMDb:
6.5
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Which Way Is Up? (
1977) | IMDb:
6.2
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
Starring:
Richard Pryor
,
Lonette McKee
,
Margaret Avery
,
Morgan Woodward
,
Marilyn Coleman
,
Joe Turkel
Directed by:
Michael Schultz