Tag Archives: african american

Madigan

IMDB Rating: 6.70
871 votes

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Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Actors
Det. Daniel MadiganRichard Widmark
Commissioner Anthony X. RussellHenry Fonda
Julia MadiganInger Stevens
Also posted in 1968, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

A Bronx Tale

IMDB Rating: 7.60
20913 votes

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Gangster Sonny is the big man in Calogero's Bronx neighborhood. A shooting witnessed by Calogero is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the small boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disap- proves. Calogero grows up under the wings of both men, torn between his own natural honesty and his fascination with Sonny. C's neighborhood cronies get involved in theft, use of guns, racial fights. When C meets girl, things don't become easier. C's leap to manhood is marked by tragedy, but also by his recognition of the many faces of love.
Actors
Lorenzo AnelloRobert De Niro
SonnyChazz Palminteri
Calogero 'C' Anello (age 17)Lillo Brancato
Also posted in 1993, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Chasing Amy

IMDB Rating: 7.50
50813 votes

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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Actors
FanEthan Suplee
Holden McNeilBen Affleck
CollectorScott Mosier
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Wanderers

IMDB Rating: 7.30
2371 votes

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Set against the urban jungle of 1963 New York's gangland subculture, this coming of age teenage movie is set around the Italian gang the Wanderers. Slight comedy, slight High School angst and every bit entertaining with its classic 1950's Rock n' Roll soundtrack such as "Walk Like a Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry" by The Four Seasons and "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels. Focusing around a football game where the different gangs play with and against each other, then at its grand finale, come together in a mass of union to defend their honour and their turf. Nostalgic stuff and above all a Rock n' Roll retrospective on a grand musical era. Timeless.
Actors
RichieKen Wahl
JoeyJohn Friedrich
TurkeyAlan Rosenberg
Also posted in 1979, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Super

IMDB Rating: 4.90
1744 votes

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Louie is a New York slum landlord who is given 120 days to repair one of his apartment blocks. The problem for Louie is that he must live in the rundown block until the repairs are complete. Louie's father is the real boss, and he has no intention of paying for the repairs. This leaves Louie to live in the squaller his tenants endure all year round.
Actors
Louie KritskiJoe Pesci
Big Lou KritskiVincent Gardenia
MarlonRubén Blades
Also posted in 1991, Comedy | Comments (0)

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins

IMDB Rating: 2.90
1883 votes

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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.
Actors
Roscoe JenkinsMartin Lawrence
Papa JenkinsJames Earl Jones
Clyde StubbCedric the Entertainer
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

The Great Debaters

IMDB Rating: 7.70
6453 votes

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Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coached the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that included the first debate between students from white and Negro colleges and ended with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which included a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.
Actors
GarrettJackson Walker
Upscale TravelerRoger Dillingham Jr.
Hanging VictimRon Auguste
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

New Jack City

IMDB Rating: 6.10
6572 votes

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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie's mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.
Actors
Nino BrownWesley Snipes
Scotty AppletonIce-T
Gee MoneyAllen Payne
Also posted in 1991, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Edmond

IMDB Rating: 6.30
3371 votes

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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
Actors
EdmondWilliam H. Macy
Fortune TellerFrances Bay
WifeRebecca Pidgeon
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

I’m Not There

IMDB Rating: 8.10
1682 votes

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Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.
Actors
Jude QuinnCate Blanchett
Arthur RimbaudBen Whishaw
Jack Rollins/Pastor JohnChristian Bale
Also posted in 2007, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)
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