Da 5 Bloods (
2020) | IMDb:
6.5
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Starring:
Delroy Lindo
,
Jonathan Majors
,
Clarke Peters
,
Norm Lewis
,
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
,
Mélanie Thierry
BlacKkKlansman (
2018) | IMDb:
7.5
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Starring:
John David Washington
,
Adam Driver
,
Topher Grace
,
Laura Harrier
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Jasper Pääkkönen
Oldboy (
2013) | IMDb:
5.8
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
Starring:
Josh Brolin
,
Elizabeth Olsen
,
Sharlto Copley
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Michael Imperioli
,
Pom Klementieff
Saint John of Las Vegas (
2010) | IMDb:
5.6
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Starring:
Steve Buscemi
,
Romany Malco
,
Sarah Silverman
,
Peter Dinklage
,
Tim Blake Nelson
,
John Cho
Directed by:
Hue Rhodes
Miracle at St. Anna (
2008) | IMDb:
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Starring:
Derek Luke
,
Michael Ealy
,
Laz Alonso
,
Omar Benson Miller
,
Pierfrancesco Favino
,
Valentina Cervi
Directed by:
Spike Lee
She Hate Me (
2004) | IMDb:
5.3
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Starring:
Anthony Mackie
,
Kerry Washington
,
Ellen Barkin
,
Monica Bellucci
,
Jim Brown
,
Ossie Davis
25th Hour (
2002) | IMDb:
7.6
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
Starring:
Edward Norton
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Barry Pepper
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Anna Paquin
,
Brian Cox
Bamboozled (
2000) | IMDb:
6.6
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Starring:
Damon Wayans
,
Savion Glover
,
Jada Pinkett Smith
,
Tommy Davidson
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Love & Basketball (
2000) | IMDb:
7.2
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
The Best Man (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
Starring:
Nia Long
,
Morris Chestnut
,
Harold Perrineau
,
Terrence Howard
,
Sanaa Lathan
,
Taye Diggs
Summer of Sam (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
Starring:
John Leguizamo
,
Adrien Brody
,
Mira Sorvino
,
Jennifer Esposito
,
Michael Rispoli
,
Saverio Guerra
He Got Game (
1998) | IMDb:
6.9
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Ray Allen
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Hill Harper
,
Ned Beatty
Directed by:
Spike Lee
Get on the Bus (
1996) | IMDb:
6.9
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
Starring:
Ossie Davis
,
Charles S. Dutton
,
Andre Braugher
,
Richard Belzer
,
De'Aundre Bonds
,
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Directed by:
Spike Lee
Girl 6 (
1996) | IMDb:
5.3
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Directed by:
Spike Lee
Clockers (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
John Turturro
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Isaiah Washington
,
Keith David
Tales from the Hood (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
Starring:
Clarence Williams III
,
Joe Torry
,
De'Aundre Bonds
,
Samuel Monroe Jr.
,
Wings Hauser
,
Tom Wright