Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (
2013) | IMDb:
4.9
Judith has known her husband Brice since they were children, but now their marriage is growing stale. Having just completed her graduate work in psychotherapy, she's eager to begin a career as a marriage counselor. She takes an internship at a matchmaking firm for millionaires and meets Harley, a charismatic billionaire investor who makes no effort to hide his attraction to Judith. Although quite resistant at first, eventually Judith succumbs to his charms, placing her marriage in jeopardy and forever altering the course of her life.
Starring:
Jurnee Smollett
,
Lance Gross
,
Kim Kardashian
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Robbie Jones
,
Brandy Norwood
Directed by:
Tyler Perry
Madea's Witness Protection (
2012) | IMDb:
4.9
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.
Directed by:
Tyler Perry
For Colored Girls (
2010) | IMDb:
6.2
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Starring:
Kimberly Elise
,
Janet Jackson
,
Loretta Devine
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Anika Noni Rose
,
Kerry Washington
Directed by:
Tyler Perry
Shaft (
2000) | IMDb:
6
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Christian Bale
,
Busta Rhymes
,
Dan Hedaya
Higher Learning (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
Starring:
Omar Epps
,
Kristy Swanson
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Ice Cube
,
Jason Wiles
Directed by:
John Singleton
Produced by:
Paul Hall