Judas and the Black Messiah (
2021) | IMDb:
7.4
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
Starring:
LaKeith Stanfield
,
Daniel Kaluuya
,
Dominique Fishback
,
Jesse Plemons
,
Ashton Sanders
,
Algee Smith
Queen & Slim (
2019) | IMDb:
7.1
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.
Starring:
Daniel Kaluuya
,
Jodie Turner-Smith
,
Bokeem Woodbine
,
Chloë Sevigny
,
Flea
,
Sturgill Simpson
Widows (
2018) | IMDb:
6.8
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
Starring:
Viola Davis
,
Michelle Rodriguez
,
Elizabeth Debicki
,
Cynthia Erivo
,
Colin Farrell
,
Robert Duvall
Ocean's Eight (
2018) | IMDb:
6.3
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Sarah Paulson
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Awkwafina
,
Helena Bonham Carter
Run All Night (
2015) | IMDb:
6.6
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Joel Kinnaman
,
Ed Harris
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Bruce McGill
,
Génesis Rodríguez
Non-Stop (
2014) | IMDb:
6.9
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Julianne Moore
,
Scoot McNairy
,
Michelle Dockery
,
Nate Parker
,
Corey Stoll
12 Years a Slave (
2013) | IMDb:
8.1
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Michael Fassbender
,
Lupita Nyong'o
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
,
Paul Dano
,
Sarah Paulson
Side Effects (
2013) | IMDb:
7.1
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
The Dictator (
2012) | IMDb:
6.4
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Starring:
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Anna Faris
,
Jason Mantzoukas
,
Sayed Badreya
,
Adeel Akhtar
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (
2009) | IMDb:
4.9
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find themselves in after witnessing a murder. To protect them from an assassin, federal agents whisk away Paul and Meryl to a small town in Wyoming, where their marriage will crash and burn, or their passion will reignite.
Starring:
Hugh Grant
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
,
Sam Elliott
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Elisabeth Moss
,
Michael Kelly
Music and Lyrics (
2007) | IMDb:
6.5
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
Marie Antoinette (
2006) | IMDb:
6.5
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
The New World (
2005) | IMDb:
6.7
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Starring:
Colin Farrell
,
Q'orianka Kilcher
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Christian Bale
,
August Schellenberg
,
Wes Studi
The Manchurian Candidate (
2004) | IMDb:
6.6
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Meryl Streep
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Jon Voight
,
Kimberly Elise
,
Jeffrey Wright
21 Grams (
2003) | IMDb:
7.6
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
8 Mile (
2002) | IMDb:
7.2
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.