Tag Archives: african american

Glory

IMDB Rating: 8.10
37410 votes

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Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
Actors
Col. Robert Gould ShawMatthew Broderick
Pvt. TripDenzel Washington
Maj. Cabot ForbesCary Elwes
Also posted in 1989, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (1)

Undercover Brother

IMDB Rating: 5.80
7945 votes

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An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization, The Man, defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams) has a weird behavior in his presidential campaign, the Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) is hired to work undercover in the white organization and find what happened with the potential candidate.
Actors
Mr. FeatherChris Kattan
White She DevilDenise Richards
Undercover Brother/Anton JacksonEddie Griffin
Also posted in 2002, Action, Comedy | Comments (12)

Purple Rain

IMDB Rating: 5.60
3652 votes

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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.
Actors
The KidPrince
ApolloniaApollonia Kotero
MorrisMorris Day
Also posted in 1984, Drama, Music | Comments (0)

The Lake House

IMDB Rating: 6.90
15534 votes

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In Chicago, the lonely architect Alex Wyler has a troubled relationship with his father Simon Wyler. In 2004, he buys an old glass house in a lake, designed and built by his father, and he finds a message in his mailbox from the former tenant, the also lonely Dr. Kate Forster, asking to deliver her correspondence in an address downtown. Alex meets his brother Henry in Chicago and when they go to the address with Dr. Forster's correspondence, they find a building of luxury apartments under construction to be delivered eighteen months later. After some messages, Alex and Kate disclose that she is living in 2006 and Alex in 2004, they fall in love for each other and they try to find means to meet each other.
Actors
Alex WylerKeanu Reeves
Kate ForsterSandra Bullock
Simon WylerChristopher Plummer
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Stomp the Yard

IMDB Rating: 2.30
4381 votes

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After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
Actors
DJColumbus Short
AprilMeagan Good
Rich BrownNe-Yo
Also posted in 2007, Drama, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

World Trade Center

IMDB Rating: 6.50
15163 votes

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On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Actors
John McLoughlinNicolas Cage
Donna McLoughlinMaria Bello
Steven McLoughlinConnor Paolo
Also posted in 2006, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Big Momma’s House 2

IMDB Rating: 3.60
5623 votes

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Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner, a master of disguise who again goes deep undercover as the sassy septuagenarian "Big Momma." The FBI has learned that a computer software developer named Tom Fuller has created a computer virus that allows access to classified US government files, Fuller is planning to sell the virus to terrorist organizations all over the world. Upon hearing this, the FBI's best lead is Fuller's wife. So Malcolm goes undercover again as Big Momma in order to pose as Mrs. Fuller's nanny. and as always, Big Momma once again turns the house upside down.
Actors
Malcolm TurnerMartin Lawrence
Assit. Bingo CallerElton LeBlanc
Sherry PierceNia Long
Also posted in 2006, Action, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

Inside Man

IMDB Rating: 7.60
36381 votes

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"Inside Man" is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen). As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.
Actors
Keith FrazierDenzel Washington
Dalton RussellClive Owen
Madeliene WhiteJodie Foster
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Last Holiday

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3328 votes

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In morte veritas. Georgia Byrd clerks at a New Orleans department store. She defers pleasure: cooks gourmet meals, eats Lean Cuisine; likes a co-worker in silence; has savings, but hasn't left Louisiana. All that changes when an MRI discloses she has three weeks to live. She cashes her savings and heads to Europe's Grandhotel Pupp, where Chef Didier presides. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders everything on the menu, snowboards, and comes to the attention of the chef and the hotel's powerful American guests: a Congressman, a Senator, a retail magnate, and his mistress. She has nothing to lose, so she tells them what she thinks. Will the truth set them free?
Actors
Georgia ByrdQueen Latifah
Sean MatthewsLL Cool J
Matthew KragenTimothy Hutton
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Are We There Yet?

IMDB Rating: 4.20
4526 votes

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The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Year's Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
Actors
Ice Cube
Nia Long
Jay Mohr
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)