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
Juice (
1992) | IMDb:
7
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Starring:
Omar Epps
,
Tupac Shakur
,
Khalil Kain
,
Jermaine Hopkins
,
Cindy Herron
,
Samuel L. Jackson
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
Mo' Better Blues (
1990) | IMDb:
6.7
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Spike Lee
,
Wesley Snipes
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
John Turturro
,
Charlie Murphy