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  • Malcolm X picture
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    Malcolm X (1992)

    The civil-rights leader (Denzel Washington) rises from criminal to crusader, undergoing a religious...

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    Planet B-Boy (2008)

    A story of break dancing chronicles its resurgence in the past few years.

  • Where God Left His Shoes picture
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    Where God Left His Shoes (2008)

    A failed boxer (Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve.

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    Boy of the Streets

    A street-gang leader (Jackie Cooper) gets shot, then goes straight with his trusty girlfriend...

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    Precious (2009)

    Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old...

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    Waiting to Exhale (1995)

    Relationships preoccupy Phoenix friends: divorcee Bernadine (Angela Bassett), careerist Savannah...

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    Life (1999)

    Wrongly convicted of murder, two men (Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence) become close friends during...

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    Shaft (2000)

    A detective (Samuel L. Jackson) and a narcotics cop (Vanessa L. Williams) track a sociopath out to...

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    Honey (2003)

    A dancer/choreographer (Jessica Alba) organizes a benefit to raise money for a new studio for...

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    The Mighty Ducks (1992)

    To get out of trouble, a hotshot lawyer (Emilio Estevez) opts for community service coaching rowdies...

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    Next Friday (2000)

    To avoid being beaten up, a young man (Ice Cube) goes to live with his uncle, who just won the...

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    Ghosts

    A Chinese woman (Ai Qin Lin) faces more exploitation after paying $25,000 to sneak into England.

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    The Bubble (2007)

    A gay Palestinian moves into a Tel Aviv apartment occupied by his Israeli lover (Ohad Knoller) and...

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    Phat Girlz (2006)

    Two large women -- one a tart-tongued gal (Mo'Nique) who wants to be a fashion designer -- struggle...

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    Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

    Shep Messing, Werner Roth and others recall a soccer team's heyday in the 1970s.

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Corrupted by a lord (George Sanders), Oscar Wilde's London aristocrat (Hurd Hatfield) stays young,...

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    Notorious (2009)

    Christopher Wallace (Jamal Woolard) rises from the streets of Brooklyn as rap artist Notorious...

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    Romeo Must Die (2000)

    While seeking vengeance for his brother's murder, a former Hong Kong policeman (Jet Li) falls for...

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    Up the Down Staircase (1967)

    The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

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    Music of the Heart (1999)

    After her husband leaves abruptly, a woman (Meryl Streep) becomes a teacher in an East Harlem school...

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    Clockers (1995)

    A Brooklyn man confesses to a drug dealer's murder, but a veteran detective (Harvey Keitel) instead...

  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue picture
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    The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1974)

    An advertising executive loses his job and his sanity because of the recession and the hectic pace...

  • Once Upon a Time In the Midlands picture
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    Once Upon a Time In the Midlands (2003)

    A petty crook (Robert Carlyle) returns to win back his ex-wife after she rejects her longtime...

  • Friday picture
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    Friday (1995)

    A South Central Los Angeles resident (Ice Cube) hangs out on his front porch with a pal (Chris...

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    Stand and Deliver (1988)

    Los Angeles high-school teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) leads a street punk (Lou...

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    Newsies (1992)

    A newsboy (Christian Bale) leads his shortchanged buddies in a strike against publisher Joseph...

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    Black and White (2000)

    Privileged white teens explore the uptown black hip-hop culture by spending time at a young black...

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    The Wackness (2008)

    A teenage pot dealer (Josh Peck) sells weed to his therapist (Ben Kingsley) and falls in love with...

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    Face Addict

    Documents the New York downtown scene and some of its main characters, whose legacy remains today....

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    Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2007)

    A tagger discovers gangsters don't always die hard, an heir to a Texas oil fortune can't afford to...