Origin (
2023) | IMDb:
6.5
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
Starring:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
,
Niecy Nash
,
Jon Bernthal
,
Emily Yancy
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
The Old Guard (
2020) | IMDb:
6.7
Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Starring:
Charlize Theron
,
KiKi Layne
,
Matthias Schoenaerts
,
Marwan Kenzari
,
Luca Marinelli
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
A Wrinkle in Time (
2018) | IMDb:
4.3
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Starring:
Storm Reid
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Mindy Kaling
,
Levi Miller
,
Deric McCabe
Selma (
2014) | IMDb:
7.5
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
Beyond the Lights (
2014) | IMDb:
6.8
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Starring:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
,
Nate Parker
,
Minnie Driver
,
Machine Gun Kelly
,
Danny Glover
,
Aml Ameen
Middle of Nowhere (
2012) | IMDb:
6.6
When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.
Starring:
David Oyelowo
,
Maya Gilbert
,
Sharon Lawrence
,
Emayatzy Corinealdi
,
Dondre Whitfield
,
Omari Hardwick
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
Soul Men (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Bernie Mac
,
Sharon Leal
,
Adam Herschman
,
Sean Hayes
,
Affion Crockett
Directed by:
Malcolm D. Lee
The Secret Life of Bees (
2008) | IMDb:
7.2
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
Starring:
Dakota Fanning
,
Queen Latifah
,
Jennifer Hudson
,
Alicia Keys
,
Sophie Okonedo
,
Paul Bettany
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (
2008) | IMDb:
5.5
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
Starring:
Martin Lawrence
,
James Earl Jones
,
Margaret Avery
,
Joy Bryant
,
Cedric the Entertainer
,
Nicole Ari Parker
Akeelah and the Bee (
2006) | IMDb:
7.4
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Starring:
Keke Palmer
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Angela Bassett
,
Curtis Armstrong
,
J.R. Villarreal
,
Sean Michael Afable
Honey (
2003) | IMDb:
5.3
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.
Starring:
Jessica Alba
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Joy Bryant
,
Romeo Miller
,
David Moscow
,
Zachary Isaiah Williams
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.
In Too Deep (
1999) | IMDb:
6.2
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Directed by:
Michael Rymer
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