La Bamba (1987) more movies like this

directed by Luis Valdez
featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna de Soto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano

Lou Diamond Phillips plays legendary 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Valenzuela), in this musical biography. Before scoring radio and concert success with hits like "La Bamba", "C'mon Let's Go", and "Donna", Valens was a 15-year-old migrant worker who worked with his mother Connie (Rosana De Soto). Valens' half-brother Bob Morales (Esai ...

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In the Army Now (1994) more movies like this

directed by Cyrus Yavneh, Daniel Petrie, Jr.
featuring Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Esai Morales

Comedian Pauly Shore goes to boot camp in this comedy adventure set in Chad. It was filmed on location in the California and Arizona deserts. Shore is cast as Bones, a dreamer who wants to open his own stereo shop with his best friend Jack. To earn the cash, Bones talks Jack into joining the Army reserves. In boot camp, they are trained as water ...

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Bad Boys (1983) more movies like this

directed by Rick Rosenthal
featuring Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales, Eric Gurry, Jim Moody

Following magnetic performances in Taps (1981) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), young actor Sean Penn sealed his reputation as one of his generation's most gifted performers with his gritty star turn in Bad Boys (1983), an entertaining tale of teen hoodlums in juvenile lock-up. Penn plays Mick O'Brien, a Chicago street tough who's planning ...

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Fast Food Nation (2006) more movies like this

directed by Richard Linklater
featuring Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Dano, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, Esai Morales, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Lou Taylor Pucci, Ana Claudia Talancón, Wilmer Valderrama

Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an all-star cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, and Luis Guzman. Mickey ...

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My Family (1995) more movies like this

directed by Gregory Nava
featuring Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Edward James Olmos, Elpidia Carrillo, Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas, Jenny Gago, Jimmy Smits

Featuring Jennifer Lopez in her first major big-screen role, Gregory Nava's My Family traces three generations of the Sanchez's, a Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles. Beginning in the 1930s, the film outlines the struggles faced by Jose (Jacob Vargas) and Maria (Lopez) as a recently immigrated married couple raising a family. As ...

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Death in Granada (1997) more movies like this

directed by Marcos Zúriñaga
featuring Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbé, Marcela Walerstein

Drawing its basic story from author Ian Gibson's investigation into the real-life murder of Andalusian poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, this English-language thriller begins in 1935 as exiled Spanish journalist Ricardo and his family resettle in Puerto Rico. For most of his life Ricardo has been obsessed with the ...

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Paid in Full (2002) more movies like this

directed by Charles Stone III
featuring Wood Harris, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Carroll, Esai Morales, Chi McBride

Paid in Full marks the feature debut of director Charles Stone III, who rose to fame after creating Budweiser's "Wassup" commercials. The urban gangster drama is loosely based on the true story of 1980s Harlem drug kingpins AZ, Rich Porter, and Alpo. (This story was also the basis for a documentary, Game Over (Part 1).) Ace (Wood Harris) works at ...

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The Principal (1987) more movies like this

directed by Christopher Cain
featuring James Belushi, Louis Gossett, Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, J.J. Cohen, Esai Morales

An impulsive but determined white principal brings order and respect to a predominantly African-American and Latino high school in this comedy-drama from the director of Young Guns and That Was Then, This Is Now. Rick Latimer (James Belushi), a high-school teacher, is in the process of a divorce when he sees his estranged wife at a bar having ...

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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) more movies like this

directed by Stuart Gordon
featuring Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Gregory Sierra

Fantasist Ray Bradbury wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his 1957 Saturday Evening Post short story, "The Magic White Suit," previously adapted as a TV drama, a stage musical, and a play. Middle-aged Gomez (Joe Mantegna) hopes to own the beautiful white suit he spots in a store window. Since he can't afford it, he locates four same-size ...

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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) more movies like this

directed by Howard Brookner
featuring Julie Hagerty, Randy Quaid, Madonna, Esai Morales, Jennifer Grey, Ethan Phillips, Rutger Hauer, Matt Dillon, Anita Morris

Produced for theatrical released by PBS' American Playhouse, Bloodhounds of Broadway is not exactly a remake of the 1952 film of the same name, though both pictures use the same Damon Runyon stories as inspiration. The scene is Broadway: the time is New Year's Eve, 1928. Madonna plays small town girl-turned-hoofer Hortense Hathaway, who loves ...

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Atomic Train (1999) more movies like this

directed by David S. Jackson, Dick Lowry
featuring Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales, John Finn, Mena Suvari

In this made-for-TV thriller, a train hauling a cargo of radioactive waste is passing through Colorado when its brakes fail in the Rocky Mountains. The train begins rolling out of control and is headed for Denver with no way to stop it. John Seger (Rob Lowe), an agent with the National Transportation Safety Board, has to find a way to bring the ...

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Don't Do It (1994) more movies like this

directed by Eugene Hess
featuring Heather Graham, James LeGros, Sheryl Lee, James Marshall, Esai Morales

The secret longings of three young, hip L.A. couples provides the impetus of the conversations in lightweight drama which focuses upon the issue of commitment. One member of each couple, Suzanna and Dodger, Alicia and Robert, and Michelle and Charles secretly carries a torch for former lovers. It seems that while Suzanna begs for Dodger's ...

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Scorpion Spring (1995) more movies like this

directed by Brian Cox
featuring Alfred Molina, Patrick McGaw, Esai Morales, Angel Aviles, Rubén Blades

This violent crime drama has its dramatic roots in old spaghetti westerns. It is set in a small southwestern town on the US-Mexican border. The ordeal begins as a lone Frenchman hitchhikes. He is boorish, misogynistic actor Denis Brabant who was dumped there by his lover after he informed her of his wife's pregnancy. Meanwhile, all-around good guy ...

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How to Go out on a Date in Queens (2006) more movies like this

directed by Michelle Danner
featuring Rob Estes, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Alison Eastwood, Brian Drillinger, Esai Morales

The comedy How to Go Out on a Date in Queens involves two seemingly unrelated storylines. One tale features a womanizing operator who ends up taking his best friend along on one of the worst dates he's ever had. The second story involves a bookie who owes a little too much money to men with hired killers on their payroll. Perry Seibert, All ...

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Dogwatch (1996) more movies like this

directed by John Langley
featuring Sam Elliott, Esai Morales, Paul Sorvino, Dan Lauria, Richard Gilliland, Jessica Steen, Mimi Craven

In this crime drama, a tough San Francisco policeman is shocked to discover that his recently murdered partner was actively involved in departmental corruption. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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The Virgin of Juarez (2005) more movies like this

directed by Kevin James Dobson
featuring Minnie Driver, Ana Claudia Talancón, Esai Morales, Angus MacFadyen, Jorge Ververa Jr., Jacob Vargas

The Virgin of Juarez stars Minnie Driver as a reporter investigating numerous deaths in the border town of the title. During the course of her work, she befriends a young woman named Mariela who claims to have survived a vicious attack by the assailant. Since the attack, she believes she has visions of the Virgin Mary. When she begins talking ...

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Rapa Nui (1994) more movies like this

directed by Kevin Reynolds
featuring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt, Eru Potaka-Dewes, George Henare

This is a historical melodrama set against the backdrop of Easter Island's mysterious stone monoliths, directed by Kevin Reynolds and produced by his frequent collaborator, Kevin Costner. Jason Scott Lee stars as Noro, a pre-colonial tribesman living on the remote Pacific island that his people call Rapa Nui. A member of the elite "Long Ears" sect ...

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Livers Ain't Cheap (1996) more movies like this

directed by James Merendino
featuring James Russo, Emily Lloyd, Gary Busey, Jeremy Piven, Esai Morales

This action-packed crime drama features one of the more interesting motives in the genre: the crooks plan a $1million caper to pay for a another young crook's liver transplant. The mayhem begins as Dexter is yet again hauled to jail after the police catch him attempting to snatch a purse. There Dexter shares his latest scheme with his pal Colin. ...

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Southern Cross (1999) more movies like this

directed by James Becket
featuring Esai Morales, Michael Ironside

A young man becomes the reluctant heir of the family business, only to discover how dangerous and corrupt it can be in this drama. Philip is an aspiring musician whose father runs a Chilean mining concern. When his dad dies, Philip returns to Chile from the United States and soon finds himself battling with his father's former business partner for ...

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