Search results for "Samuel L. Jackson"
Cleaner

Cleaner

Cleaner
IMDb: 6.1
88

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he’s called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal…

Cell

Cell

Cell
IMDb: 4.4
98

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in…

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave
IMDb: 5.6
106

The day after they get the word they’ll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four…

Genre: Drama, War
Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan

Black Snake Moan
IMDb: 6.9
116

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.

Genre: Drama
Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ
IMDb: 6.7
112

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man (“Champ”) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to…

Genre: Drama
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
IMDb: 8
136

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her…

Astro Boy

Astro Boy

Astro Boy
IMDb: 6.3
94

Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost….

Twisted

Twisted

Twisted
IMDb: 5.3
97

Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself — and what better way than by solving San Francisco’s latest murder? However, as…

xXx: State of the Union

xXx: State of the Union

xXx: State of the Union
IMDb: 4.5
101

Darius Stone’s criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led…

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.
IMDb: 6
117

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris…

The 51st State

The 51st State

The 51st State
IMDb: 6.3
93

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web…

Shaft

Shaft

Shaft
IMDb: 6
99

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade…

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement
IMDb: 6.4
128

Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow…

Hard Eight

Hard Eight

Hard Eight
IMDb: 7.2
102

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sphere

Sphere

Sphere
IMDb: 6.1
134

The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down…

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill
IMDb: 7.5
149

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Eve’s Bayou

Eve’s Bayou

Eve’s Bayou
IMDb: 7.3
109

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

Genre: Drama
The Great White Hype

The Great White Hype

The Great White Hype
IMDb: 5.5
91

When the champ’s promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Fresh

Fresh

Fresh
IMDb: 7.6
114

Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum, but still meets with Fresh on…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death
IMDb: 5.9
101

Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con trying to stay clean and raise a family. When his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen…

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

Patriot Games
IMDb: 6.9
117

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Menace II Society

Menace II Society

Menace II Society
IMDb: 7.5
97

Sobering and incisive, this cautionary drama centers on a street tough 18-year-old facing a moral quandary while trying to turn his life around.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Return of Superfly

The Return of Superfly

The Return of Superfly
IMDb: 4.7
95

This is a sequel to Super Fly (1972). In it, Nathan Purdee is now playing the role of Priest, who was played by Ron O’Neal in the previous movie. In…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Mo’ Better Blues

Mo’ Better Blues

Mo’ Better Blues
IMDb: 6.6
129

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into…

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever
IMDb: 6.6
132

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He’s quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship…

Genre: Drama, Romance
1408

1408

1408
IMDb: 6.8
104

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Genre: Horror
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
IMDb: 7.5
140

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power — and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

RoboCop

RoboCop

RoboCop
IMDb: 6.1
118

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have…

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
IMDb: 6.5
142

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

The Banker

The Banker

The Banker
IMDb: 7.3
120

In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

Genre: Drama
True Romance

True Romance

True Romance
IMDb: 7.9
120

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction
IMDb: 8.9
154

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
White Sands

White Sands

White Sands
IMDb: 6
101

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

Genre: Thriller
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
IMDb: 6.8
96

Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, this in-depth documentary offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film — from the genre’s rebellious beginnings to high-flying modern…

Genre: Documentary
Against the Wall

Against the Wall

Against the Wall
IMDb: 6.7
111

Based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
IMDb: 8.3
214

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Genre: Documentary
The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited
IMDb: 7.4
90

A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, ‘The Sunset Limited.’…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
IMDb: 7.6
128

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the…

Genre: Action, Thriller
The Negotiator

The Negotiator

The Negotiator
IMDb: 7.3
140

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he’s being framed for his partner’s murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there’s evidence…

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park
IMDb: 8.1
127

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to…