Cast: Helen Martin

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John McIntire · Richard Kiley · Kathryn Grant · Edward Andrews

Synopsis Based on actual events, The Phenix City Story tells the tale of a wide-open "Sin City" in Alabama where gambling, prostitution, and any number of other vices were tolerated openly by the law, most of it centered on the main...

Direction Neil Jordan

Cast Bob Hoskins · Michael Caine · Cathy Tyson · Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. The only job he can find is to be a driver for Simone, a beautiful high-priced...

Direction Michael Tuchner

Cast Kirk Douglas · Elizabeth Montgomery · Dorothy McGuire · Pat Morita

Synopsis Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron...

Direction Paris Barclay

Cast Shawn Wayans · Marlon Wayans · Tracey Cherelle Jones · Chris Spencer

Synopsis A parody of a lot of Afro-American movies, for instance "Boyz N the Hood", "South Central", "Menace II Society", "Higher Learning" and "Juice". We follow Ashtray as he returns to the place he grew up in and meet his father...

Direction Bill Duke

Cast Forest Whitaker · Gregory Hines · Danny Glover · Robin Givens

Synopsis Set in 1956, the story revolves around two step-brothers, their elaborate plans to get rich, and the woman the younger brother falls for.

Direction John Landis

Cast Eddie Murphy · Judge Reinhold · Hector Elizondo · Theresa Randle

Synopsis In Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Detroit detective Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of his boss. His investigation leads him to a popular amusement park, Wonder World, where he uncovers a sophisticated counterfeiting ring. Teaming...

Direction Michael Caton-Jones

Cast Michael J. Fox · Julie Warner · Bridget Fonda · Woody Harrelson

Synopsis Zooming to the fast money and easy life as a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, a young doctor is detoured when he accidently chases his Porsche into a fence. The judge, not taking the destruction of his property lightly, forces the...

Direction Dominique Othenin-Girard

Cast Karen Black · Doug Jones · Gary Hudson · Sam Hennings

Synopsis An evil spirit assumes the disguise of a beautiful young woman, so it can seduce and kill men.

Direction Mark Warren · Lee Bernhardi · Dick Harwood · Hal Alexander

Cast Ernest Thomas · Haywood Nelson · Danielle Spencer · Fred Berry

Synopsis TV Series (1976-1979). 3 Seasons. 65 Episodes. A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in an inner city.

Direction William A. Graham

Cast Charlayne Woodard · Cleavant Derricks · Mae Mercer · Clifton Davis

Synopsis Cinderella wants to marry a dashing army officer, finding out out that her father, who she thought had an important job at a big hotel, is actually the men's room attendant. Her wicked stepmother finds out, too, and complications ensue.

Direction Bill Boulware · Michael G. Moye · Gerren Keith · Arlando Smith

Cast Helen Martin · Marla Gibbs · Hal Williams · Regina King

Synopsis TV Series (1985-1990). 5 seasons. Mary Jenkins is a tart-tongued, sharp housewife, who enjoy a great deal of gossip, and often speak of what she believe, not-so-good results.

Direction Ralph Nelson

Cast Cicely Tyson · Paul Winfield · Larry B. Scott · Helen Martin

Synopsis Benjie is a troubled teen in Los Angeles, living with his grandmother, mother, and her new boyfriend. Traumatized by his father's desertion and the situation at home, Benjie gets introduced to heroin. The downward spiral begins. At school he faces...

Direction Robert M. Young

Cast Ja'net DuBois · Theresa Merritt · Kevin Hooks · Michael Gorrin

Synopsis J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.

Direction Jerrold Freedman

Cast Louis Gossett Jr. · Clu Gulager · Mary Alice · Barry Brown

Synopsis During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for Sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.

Direction Robert Townsend

Cast Anne-Marie Johnson · Craigus R. Johnson · Dom Irrera · Helen Martin

Synopsis An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.

Direction Mike Evans · Eric Monte · Gerren Keith · Herbert Kenwith

Cast Ralph Carter · Ja'net DuBois · Jimmie Walker · Esther Rolle

Synopsis TV Series (1974-1979). 6 seasons. 133 episodes. A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.

Direction Frank Perry

Cast Paul Sorvino · LeVar Burton · Brian Dennehy · Rose Gregorio

Synopsis A deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer.