Cast: Richard Brooks

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Richard Brooks. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Firefly (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Joss Whedon · Vern Gillum · Tim Minear · Michael Grossman

Cast Nathan Fillion · Gina Torres · Alan Tudyk · Morena Baccarin

Synopsis TV Series (2002-2003). 14 Episodes. Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small, mobile, spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warning factions as well as authority agents...

7.9

10K votes

7.9

10K votes

Bacall on Bogart (Great Performances) (TV)

1988 · Documentary · 84 min. · United States

Direction David Heeley

Cast Lauren Bacall · Humphrey Bogart · Peter Bogdanovich · Richard Brooks

Synopsis Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers.

7.0

24 votes

7.0

24 votes

Shooting War (TV)

2000 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Tom Hanks · Stephen Ambrose · Russ Meyer · Walter Rosenblum

Synopsis From writer/producer/director Richard Schickel and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the...

6.6

39 votes

6.6

39 votes

The Hidden

1987 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Jack Sholder

Cast Kyle MacLachlan · Michael Nouri · Claudia Christian · Clarence Felder

Synopsis The police are hunting a man, who has committed several crimes, mostly auto theft. They eventually captured but not after a long chase and only after he crashes his car and is burned. At the hospital, the man rises and...

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

Law & Order (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Dick Wolf · Constantine Makris · Jace Alexander · Edwin Sherin

Cast Jerry Orbach · Paul Sorvino · Dennis Farina · S. Epatha Merkerson

Synopsis TV Series (1990-2010). 20 Seasons. 456 Episodes. In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet forever intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented here by the aging, cynical and recovering alcoholic...

6.2

9K votes

6.2

9K votes

To Sleep with Anger

1990 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Danny Glover · Paul Butler · DeVaughn Nixon · Mary Alice

Synopsis When Harry comes to town, he brings good times, bad times... And a lot of trouble!

6.1

81 votes

6.1

81 votes

Resting Place (TV)

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Korty

Cast John Lithgow · Morgan Freeman · CCH Pounder · Richard Brooks

Synopsis Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman plays the father of a black soldier killed in Vietnam in RESTING PLACE. When the soldier's parents seek to have him buried in an all-white cemetery, an army major (John Lithgow) investigates the man's death. In...

5.2

112 votes

5.2

112 votes

Chicago Justice (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Dick Wolf · Donald Petrie · Norberto Barba · Fred Berner

Cast Philip Winchester · Jon Seda · Joelle Carter · Monica Barbaro

Synopsis TV Series (2017). 13 Episodes. The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice. As they take on the city's high-stakes and often media-frenzied cases, they must balance public...

5.2

59 votes

5.2

59 votes

In Too Deep

1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Michael Rymer

Cast Omar Epps · LL Cool J · Nia Long · Stanley Tucci

Synopsis An undercover cop goes too deep into the Cincinnati drug trade. The local drug lord, a man who calls himself God, controls all of the action in Ohio. As the cop moves up the ladder, he befriends the gangster, learns...

5.1

54 votes

5.1

54 votes

4.9

308 votes

The Substitute

1996 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Robert Mandel

Cast Tom Berenger · Ernie Hudson · Diane Venora · Glenn Plummer

Synopsis After he did some jobs for CIA, ex-marine John Shale is visiting his high school love Jane. She's now a teacher in Columbus High School in Miami. Soon after his arriving Jane has her knee cap broken while jogging. After...

4.9

6K votes

4.9

6K votes

The Crow: City of Angels

1996 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Tim Pope

Cast Vincent Pérez · Mia Kirshner · Richard Brooks · Iggy Pop

Synopsis Some time ago, Ashe Corven and his son Danny were killed when they stumbled across a pack of drug dealers murdering a fellow dealer. The dealers work for Los Angeles drug kingpin Judah Earl. Local tattoo artist Sarah, who has...

4.8

5K votes

4.8

5K votes

The Wedding (TV)

1998 · Movie · 163 min. · United States

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Halle Berry · Lynn Whitfield · Eric Thal · Shirley Knight

Synopsis Halle Berry stars as young, beautiful and privileged Shelby who's engaged to a white jazz musician called Meade. His parents won't attend because Shelby is black. Her parents don't have a problem with it, but when a handsome black man...

4.3

81 votes

4.3

81 votes

Charlie's Angels (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Goff · Ben Roberts · Marcos Siega · Angela Robinson

Cast Rachael Taylor · Annie Ilonzeh · Minka Kelly · Isaiah Mustafa

Synopsis TV Series (2011). Everyone deserves a second chance -- even a thief, a street racer and a cop who got in a little too deep. After all, the three women who solve cases for their elusive boss, Charlie Townsend, are...

3.4

192 votes

3.4

192 votes

Badge of the Assassin (TV)

1985 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Mel Damski

Cast James Woods · Yaphet Kotto · Alex Rocco · David Harris

Synopsis Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down...

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84C MoPic

1989 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Patrick Sheane Duncan

Cast Jonathan Emerson · Nicholas Cascone · Jason Tomlins · Christopher Burgard

Synopsis The story is being told in the form of a documentary; a camera team follows an Army unit in pursuit of 'Charlie'. Filmed in Southern California. The movie's producing company itself is called '84 Charlie MoPic'.

Not rated

Not rated

The Neon Empire (TV)

1989 · Movie · 186 min. · United States

Direction Larry Peerce

Cast Ray Sharkey · Gary Busey · Linda Fiorentino · Dylan McDermott

Synopsis This movie is about the New York Jewish mob building the first Vegas casino.

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Not rated

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988 · Documentary · 59 min. · United States

Direction Gene Feldman · Suzette Winter

Cast Cary Grant · Ralph Bellamy · Ingrid Bergman · Richard Brooks

Synopsis A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

Not rated

Not rated

MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Documentary · 360 min. · United States

Direction Frank Martin

Cast Patrick Stewart · Samuel Marx · June Allyson · Lew Ayres

Synopsis The history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

Not rated

Not rated

Being Mary Jane (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 41 min. · United States

Direction Mara Brock Akil · Oz Scott · Salim Akil · Rob Hardy

Cast Gabrielle Union · Lisa Vidal · Margaret Avery · Raven Goodwin

Synopsis The story and life of a black woman, her work, her family as well as her popular talk show which she hosts.

Not rated

Not rated