Bringing Down the House (
2003) | IMDb:
5.6
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Queen Latifah
,
Eugene Levy
,
Joan Plowright
,
Jean Smart
,
Kimberly J. Brown
Big Fat Liar (
2002) | IMDb:
5.5
After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!
Starring:
Frankie Muniz
,
Paul Giamatti
,
Amanda Bynes
,
Amanda Detmer
,
Sandra Oh
,
Russell Hornsby
Directed by:
Shawn Levy
Baby Boy (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
The Players Club (
1998) | IMDb:
5.8
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
Starring:
LisaRaye McCoy
,
Bernie Mac
,
Jamie Foxx
,
Ice Cube
,
Terrence Howard
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
Directed by:
Ice Cube
Produced by:
Ice Cube
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
,
Lahmard J. Tate
Directed by:
Paris Barclay