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
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Emily Yancy
,
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
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
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.
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
Se7en (
1995) | IMDb:
8.6
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Morgan Freeman
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
John C. McGinley
,
Julie Araskog
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