Hoodlum (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne
,
Tim Roth
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Andy García
,
Cicely Tyson
,
Chi McBride
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (
1993) | IMDb:
5.7
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
Starring:
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Kathy Najimy
,
Lauryn Hill
,
Sheryl Lee Ralph
,
Maggie Smith
,
Barnard Hughes
Deep Cover (
1992) | IMDb:
7
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne
,
Jeff Goldblum
,
Victoria Dillard
,
Gregory Sierra
,
Clarence Williams III
,
René Assa
A Rage in Harlem (
1991) | IMDb:
5.9
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
Gregory Hines
,
Robin Givens
,
Danny Glover
,
Samm-Art Williams
,
Zakes Mokae
Directed by:
Bill Duke