Cast: Diahann Carroll
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Diahann Carroll. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 28
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gracey
Cast Hugh Jackman · Michelle Williams · Zac Efron · Zendaya
Synopsis The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
6.8
18K votes
6.8
18K votes
Paris Blues
1961 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Paul Newman · Joanne Woodward · Sidney Poitier · Diahann Carroll
Synopsis Two jazz musicians deal with romantic problems in Paris. Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate American jazzmen working in a Left Bank nightclub in Paris. Ram is there hoping to attain stature as a musician, and Eddie has...
6.6
861 votes
6.6
861 votes
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Movie · 138 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Sidney Poitier · Dorothy Dandridge · Sammy Davis Jr. · Pearl Bailey
Synopsis In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina, Bess - a woman with a disreputable history - tries to break free from her brutish lover Crown after he becomes wanted...
6.6
141 votes
6.6
141 votes
Goodbye Again
1961 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Anatole Litvak
Cast Ingrid Bergman · Yves Montand · Anthony Perkins · Jessie Royce Landis
Synopsis In this adaptation of Francoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful, 40-year old, highly successful businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of five years. Roger is a very charming "gallant" who loves Paula...
6.6
358 votes
6.6
358 votes
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Movie · 146 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Michael Caine · Jane Fonda · Faye Dunaway · John Phillip Law
Synopsis Set in the south in the days just after World War II, a black and a white farmer team up to irrigate their fields and escape the crushing poverty that their families live under. This will cause problems for the...
6.5
418 votes
6.5
418 votes
Carmen Jones
1954 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Dorothy Dandridge · Harry Belafonte · Pearl Bailey · Joe Adams
Synopsis On leave to see his fiancée, Cindy Lou, trooper Joe falls for Carmen, a worker in a Jacksonville parachute factory who is stringing along prizefighter, Husky Miller.
6.5
663 votes
6.5
663 votes
White Collar (TV Series)
2009 · Series · 45 min. · United States
Direction Jeff Eastin · Paul Holahan · John T. Kretchmer · Michael Smith
Cast Matt Bomer · Tim DeKay · Willie Garson · Tiffani Thiessen
Synopsis TV Series (2009-2014). 6 Seasons. 81 Episodes. White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist and an FBI agent who have been playing cat and mouse for years. Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer), a charming criminal mastermind, is...
6.4
3K votes
6.4
3K votes
Claudine
1974 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction John Berry
Cast Diahann Carroll · James Earl Jones · Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs · Tamu Blackwell
Synopsis Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid.
6.2
23 votes
6.2
23 votes
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Kasi Lemmons
Cast Samuel L. Jackson · Lynn Whitfield · Debbi Morgan · Vondie Curtis-Hall
Synopsis The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive women patients. One day Louis is flirting with married and...
5.9
282 votes
5.9
282 votes
The Split
1968 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Flemyng
Cast Jim Brown · Diahann Carroll · Ernest Borgnine · Julie Harris
Synopsis Thieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
5.7
58 votes
5.7
58 votes
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (TV)
2000 · Movie · 170 min. · United States
Direction Charles Haid
Cast Sam Neill · Carmen Ejogo · Diahann Carroll · Mare Winningham
Synopsis A passionately dramatic interpretation of a 39-year forbidden relationship between the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson (Sam Neill, JURASSIC PARK) and a beautiful mulatto slave named Sally Hemings (Carmen Ejogo). This fictionalized historical scandal is portrayed here...
5.5
180 votes
5.5
180 votes
Back to You (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Steven Levitan · Christopher Lloyd · James Burrows
Cast Kelsey Grammer · Patricia Heaton · Josh Gad · Fred Willard
Synopsis In the '90s, the local TV news scene in Pittsburgh was dominated by one team: CHUCK DARLING (Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier," "Cheers") and KELLY CARR (Patricia Heaton, "Everybody Loves Raymond"). They had that elusive quality all news teams need: chemistry. At...
5.4
138 votes
5.4
138 votes
Dynasty (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 45 min. · United States
Direction Richard Shapiro · Esther Shapiro · Irving J. Moore · Don Medford
Cast John Forsythe · Linda Evans · Joan Collins · Gordon Thomson
Synopsis TV Series (1981-1989). 9 Seasons. 220 Episodes. Drama. The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered...
4.9
4K votes
4.9
4K votes
Peeples
2013 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Tina Gordon Chism
Cast Craig Robinson · Kerry Washington · David Alan Grier · Tyler James Williams
Synopsis A psychologist realizes his professional help is needed after he arrives unannounced at his girlfriend's family's annual end-of-summer party.
4.2
65 votes
4.2
65 votes
The Masked Saint
2016 · Movie · 105 min. · Canada
Direction Warren P. Sonoda
Cast Brett Granstaff · Lara Jean Chorostecki · T.J. McGibbon · Diahann Carroll
Synopsis The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent...
3.8
41 votes
3.8
41 votes
At Risk (TV)
2010 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Tom McLoughlin
Cast Andie MacDowell · Daniel Sunjata · Ashley Williams · Annabeth Gish
Synopsis A detective in a Boston suburb is assigned by his female district attorney to reopen an old murder case, which throws his life into grave peril.
3.6
86 votes
3.6
86 votes
The Little Mermaid
2018 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Chris Bouchard · Blake Harris
Cast Poppy Drayton · Gina Gershon · William Moseley · Shirley MacLaine
Synopsis A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real mermaid.
2.9
513 votes
2.9
513 votes
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (TV Miniseries)
2018 · Documentary · 59 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Simon Frederick
Cast Simon Frederick · Nelson George · Lil Rel Howery · Kasi Lemmons
Synopsis A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Documentary · 185 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Martin Luther King · Paul Newman · Joanne Woodward · Ruby Dee
Synopsis King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery To Memphis is a 1970 American documentary film biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr. King, framed by celebrity narrators, including Paul...
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The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction Robert Townsend
Cast Robert Townsend · Michael Wright · Leon · Harry Lennix
Synopsis The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
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