Get Rich or Die Tryin' (
2005) | IMDb:
5.4
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Starring:
50 Cent
,
Joy Bryant
,
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
,
Omar Benson Miller
,
Terrence Howard
,
Viola Davis
Directed by:
Jim Sheridan
Buffalo Soldiers (
2002) | IMDb:
6.7
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Ed Harris
,
Scott Glenn
,
Anna Paquin
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Michael Peña
Ali (
2001) | IMDb:
6.7
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Bats (
1999) | IMDb:
4
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
B.A.P.S (
1997) | IMDb:
4.7
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.
Starring:
Halle Berry
,
Natalie Desselle-Reid
,
Martin Landau
,
Ian Richardson
,
Pierre Edwards
,
Anthony Johnson
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
Cool Runnings (
1993) | IMDb:
7
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.
Cliffhanger (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
John Lithgow
,
Michael Rooker
,
Janine Turner
,
Rex Linn
,
Caroline Goodall
Colors (
1988) | IMDb:
6.7
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Starring:
Sean Penn
,
Robert Duvall
,
María Conchita Alonso
,
Randy Brooks
,
Grand L. Bush
,
Don Cheadle
Directed by:
Dennis Hopper
Band of the Hand (
1986) | IMDb:
6.1
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
All the Right Moves (
1983) | IMDb:
6
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Lea Thompson
,
Charles Cioffi
,
Gary Graham
,
Paul Carafotes