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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (1992) more movies like this

directed by Spike Lee
featuring Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall

Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative begins moments later, it jumps back to World War II-era ...

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Boyz 'N the Hood

Boyz 'N the Hood (1991) more movies like this

directed by John Singleton
featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long

Director John Singleton's debut chronicles the trials and tribulations of three young African-American males growing up in South Central Los Angeles. When young Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a bright underachiever, begins to show signs of trouble, his struggling professional mother (Angela Basset) sends him to live with his father (Lawrence Fishburne), ...

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What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993) more movies like this

directed by Brian Gibson
featuring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jenifer Lewis, Phyllis Stickney

What's Love Got to Do With It? is the filmed biography of R&B/pop singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett), documenting her efforts to break away from her abusive husband Ike (Laurence Fishburne). After a few scenes detailing Tina's life as a young singer in Nutbush, TN, she's discovered by Ike Turner, an already established songwriter, guitarist, and ...

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Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale (1995) more movies like this

directed by Forest Whitaker
featuring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines

A surprise Hollywood hit, this film is based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and centers on four well-to-do African-American women and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are "holding their breath" until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man. Robin (Lela Rochon) is the long ...

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The Score

The Score (2001) more movies like this

directed by Frank Oz
featuring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer

Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by Kario Salem and directed by Frank Oz. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, an aging thief whose specialty is safecracking and who is on the verge of retiring to a life of ease, running his jazz club and romancing his girlfriend Diane (Angela Bassett). But before he ...

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Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee (2006) more movies like this

directed by Doug Atchison
featuring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong, Tzi Ma

A young girl learns to believe in herself and value her intelligence in this critically-acclaimed, family-friendly drama. Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is an 11-year-old being raised by her mother, Tanya (Angela Bassett), who was left on her own after the death of her husband. While Akeelah is a very bright girl, she's hardly a star student and ...

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Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart (1999) more movies like this

directed by Wes Craven
featuring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, Gloria Estefan

After devoting his career to such horror films as Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Last House on the Left, director Wes Craven makes a dramatic change of pace with this inspiring drama about a teacher who helps change the lives of her students. Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras (Meryl Streep) teaches at an elementary school in Harlem, where ...

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) more movies like this

directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
featuring Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Regina King, Whoopi Goldberg, Suzzanne Douglas

Terry McMillan and Ron Bass wrote this screenplay based on McMillan's semi-autobiographical best-selling novel (over 2,000,000 copies in print before the release of this film). San Francisco stockbroker Stella (Angela Bassett), a 40-year-old divorcee, has a nice Marin County home and an 11-year-old son, Quincy (Michael J. Pagan). With Quincy off ...

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Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons (2007) more movies like this

directed by Stephen Anderson
featuring Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck

An orphan who dreams of someday finding a family to call his own finds his fate taking an unexpected turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson transports him into the future. Based on the book A Day With Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce, Meet the Robinsons tells the story of a boy with a lifelong wish to belong, and shows what happens ...

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Strange Days

Strange Days (1995) more movies like this

directed by Kathryn Bigelow
featuring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott

Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a "squid," a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, feelings, and memories into their brain; as ...

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Sunshine State (2002) more movies like this

directed by John Sayles
featuring Edie Falco, Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Ralph Waite, James McDaniel, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen, Gordon Clapp, Miguel Ferrer

Writer and director John Sayles returns with another multi-layered look at an American community, subtly exploring how race, class, economics, and both national and regional history come together to shape people's lives. Plantation Island is a community on the coast of Florida; the island was once a notorious hotbed of segregationists, with most ...

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Supernova (2000) more movies like this

directed by Thomas Lee
featuring James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli

In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer emergency calls aboard what amounts to an interstellar ambulance. Captain Marley (Robert Forster), pilot Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Evers (Angela Bassett), medical technician Penalosa (Lou Diamond Phillips), ...

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The Rosa Parks Story (2002) more movies like this

directed by Julie Dash
featuring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Cicely Tyson, Tonea Stewart, Dexter Scott King

Angela Bassett plays the title role in this meticulously detailed biography of pioneering civil rights activist Rosa McCauley Parks. Even as a child, Rosa stands separate from her fellow African-Americans; instead of being shipped off to a shabby public school, she is enrolled in a private classroom run by Quakers, who encourage the girl to ...

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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) more movies like this

directed by Wes Craven
featuring Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon

Comedian Eddie Murphy tried something different with this 1995 film that he produced and co-wrote, enlisting veteran horror director Wes Craven to give the story some chills. The uneven comedy-horror tale features Murphy as a vampire named Maximillian who arrives in Brooklyn on a ship full of people who have been brutally murdered. One of the ...

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Mr. 3000 (2004) more movies like this

directed by Charles Stone III
featuring Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Brian J. White, Michael Rispoli, Ian Anthony Dale

Directed by Charles Stone III, Mr. 3000 revolves around over-the-hill baseball star Stan Ross (Bernie Mac), who retired after making what he thought was his 3,000th base hit for the Milwaukee Brewers (i.e. the exact amount of hits it takes to qualify for the Hall of Fame). Though he shocked his teammates by quitting in the middle of the game, ...

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Critters 4 (1991) more movies like this

directed by Rupert Harvey
featuring Don Opper, Paul Whitthorne, Angela Bassett, Brad Dourif, Terrence Mann

Sent directly to video, the fourth installment in the Critters series picks up the action with Charlie (Don Keith Opper) about to destroy the last of the critter eggs. A holographic apparition warns him, however, that every species must be preserved by galactic law; the eggs are transported into deep space, and Charlie is accidentally carted along ...

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Boesman & Lena (2000) more movies like this

directed by John Berry
featuring Angela Bassett, Danny Glover

Angela Bassett and Danny Glover star in this gripping film adaptation of Athol Fugard's renowned play. Though written during the apex of apartheid and first staged in 1970, director John Berry downplays the work's historical background and strips the play of its poetic symbolism, lending the film a raw, universal quality. The film opens with stock ...

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The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) more movies like this

directed by Karen Arthur
featuring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, Alex Burrall, Wylie Draper, Damon Morris

A two-part made for TV effort, this special depicts the dysfunctional Jackson family, which has somehow managed to raise its children in such a way that they have managed to rise above their steel town backgrounds to the tops of the charts in the music field. Though obviously not delving into the more controversial and sensational aspects of their ...

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Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001) more movies like this

directed by Peter Werner
featuring Angela Bassett, Kevin Anderson, Brian Stokes Mitchell

Angela Bassett stars in this powerful drama set in the Deep South in the early '60s. Ruby Delacroix (Bassett) operates a rough-and-tumble night spot in Louisiana. Between running her business, raising a teenage daughter, and trying to keep tabs on her unfaithful husband, Ruby's life hardly needs any more excitement. However, temptation presents ...

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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) more movies like this

directed by Dereck Joubert
featuring Angela Bassett, Joanna Lumley, Anne Archer, Debi Derryberry

Beverly Joubert and Derek Joubert, a husband-and-wife team who've won widespread acclaim (and a certain amount of controversy) for their beautiful but unflinchingly realistic wildlife documentaries (including Eternal Enemies and Wildlife Warriors), wrote and directed this feature-length drama that uses footage of animals in the wild to tell a ...

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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008) more movies like this

directed by Tyler Perry
featuring Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery, Frankie R. Faison, Jennifer Lewis

Prolific playwright Tyler Perry adapts his popular stage play of the same name in this family-oriented comedy concerning a desperate mother who connects with the family she never knew. Brenda is a single Chicago mother of three who has been struggling for years to keep her kids off of the streets. Suddenly let go from her job with no warning to ...

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