Movies by Samuel L. Jackson
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Meeting Evil (2012)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Wilson, Leslie Bibb …
Directed by: Chris Fisher
When a stranger comes to his door seeking aid (Samuel L. Jackson), John's (Luke Wilson) generous nature leads him to become entangled in the man's lunatic spree of violence. By the…
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The Avengers (2012)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Joss Whedon
An all-star lineup of superheroes -- including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America -- team up to save the world from certain doom. Working under the authority of S.H.I.E.L.D.,…
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Django Unchained (2012)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Accompanied by a German bounty hunter, a freed slave named Django travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner. Quentin Tarantino directs this modern-day spaghetti Western.
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The Samaritan (2012)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga …
Directed by: David Weaver
Just out of prison and vowing to go straight, con artist Foley gets just what he doesn't want: a can't-lose opportunity to get back in the game. With the job's perfect mark and…
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Cast: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Hugo Weaving …
Directed by: Joe Johnston
In Marvel's superhero slugfest, Steve Rogers volunteers for a secret experiment during WWII after being deemed unfit for duty. Transformed into super soldier Captain America, he takes on…
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On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spike Lee …
Directed by: Deborah Morales
Spotlighting the all-black Harlem Renaissance basketball squad -- aka the Harlem Rens -- this film documents the segregated world of pro hoops during the 1930s and follows the Rens on their…
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African Cats (2011)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
Samuel L. Jackson narrates this Disneynature documentary set on the plains of the African savanna, where tight-knit animal families of lions and cheetahs reveal themselves to be a lot like…
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The Sunset Limited (2011)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones
After stopping a desperate man from jumping in front of the speeding Sunset Limited subway train, a Good Samaritan discusses the meaning of life and death with the person he rescued. This HBO…
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Arena (2011)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Johnny Messner …
Directed by: Jonah Loop
Kellan Lutz stars in this direct-to-video thriller about a young firefighter who's abducted, tortured and forced to fight for his life in a series of gladiatorial contests masterminded…
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2011)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Cameron Diaz …
Directed by: Robert Small
Get a behind-the-scenes look at comedian Bernie Mac's life and career with this documentary packed with footage of his early performances, a look at his more well-known work, and…
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle …
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Refusing to hand over his technology to the government pits rich inventor Tony Stark -- aka Iron Man -- against his friend Lt. Col. Rhodes. But when an arms maker partners with a rogue…
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
Cast: Chris Pine, Amanda Peet, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Dan St. Pierre
After a sudden crisis forces him to abandon his comfortable life deep within the sun, young photon Dave (voice of Chris Pine) begins a perilous journey across the solar system to find the…
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Unthinkable (2010)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
When the government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons, locations unknown, it's up to a seasoned interrogator (Samuel L. Jackson) and an FBI agent…
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The Other Guys (2010)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Adam McKay
While an elite pair of New York City cops nabs headlines for their amazing heroics, fellow boys in blue Allen and Terry toil in obscurity as lowly desk jockeys, until a big break finally…
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Greg Eagles, Grey DeLisle …
Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki, Takashi Okazaki
Samuel L. Jackson returns as the voice of the tortured titular character in this made-for-TV movie sequel to the action-packed "Afro Samurai" series, a groundbreaking hip-hop-infused anime…
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Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar (2009)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack, Luis Guzmán …
Directed by: Kevin Burns
Writer-director Kevin Burns takes a closer look at the familiar faces of character actors we all recognize but might not be able to name -- the lesser-known stars who take a backseat to the…
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Mother and Child (2009)
Cast: Tatyana Ali, Carla Gallo, Lisa Gay Hamilton …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
Fifty-year-old Karen (Annette Bening) regrets giving up her daughter, Elizabeth (Naomi Watts), for adoption; years later, Elizabeth questions her own approach to life. Their stories intersect…
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Jumper (2008)
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane …
Directed by: Doug Liman
The product of a broken home, Davey Rice (Hayden Christensen) is looking for a way to escape his abusive father -- and finds it when he discovers he can teleport himself at will -- in this…
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Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
This taut thriller follows Chris and Lisa Mattson as they settle into their dream home, only to be hassled by their off-kilter neighbor, police officer Abel Turner. But as the harassment…
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The Spirit (2008)
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson …
Directed by: Frank Miller
After a rookie cop is murdered, he's mysteriously reborn as a masked superhero known as the Spirit. Setting out to rid the streets of crime, he finds his archnemesis in the Octopus,…
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Soul Men (2008)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal …
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Two decades ago, Louis and Floyd went their separate ways when their band broke up. But when their group's former front man dies, the two feuding singers agree to put aside their…
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ESPN: Black Magic (2008)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Paul …
Filmmaker Dan Klores links the rise of the United States civil rights movement to the history of African American basketball players and coaches at Historically Black Colleges and…
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Gospel Hill (2008)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Julia Stiles …
Directed by: Giancarlo Esposito
In a small Southern town, the longstanding residents of the Gospel Hill neighborhood are being forced out of their homes to make way for a pricey housing development, pushing race relations…
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Black Snake Moan (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake …
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Blues musician Lazarus finds sex-addicted Rae beaten and near death, and acts as a father figure to help redeem her. But before saving anyone else, Lazarus -- whose wife deserted him -- must…
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1408: Theatrical Version (2007)
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Shalhoub …
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Writer and paranormal debunker Mike Enslin is determined to demystify the ghostly events in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, even though a hotel clerk warns him against it. But Enslin believes…
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Afro Samurai: Season 1 (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kelly Hu, Ron Perlman …
Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki
In a futuristic Japan where conflicts are settled by the sword, Afro Samurai (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) must avenge his father's murder by challenging a powerful warrior named Justice…
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris …
Directed by: Rod Lurie
Sportswriter Erik Kernan is struggling to boost his career, live up to his father's legacy and be a better father to his own son. Complicating matters is his friendship with a homeless…
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1408: Unrated Version (2007)
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack …
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
In this thriller based on a story by Stephen King, writer and paranormal debunker Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is determined to demystify the ghostly events of room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel,…
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The Stax Records Story (2007)
Cast: Isaac Hayes, Samuel L. Jackson, Otis Redding …
Directed by: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
From 1959 to 1975, Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records was synonymous with soul music, cranking out hit after chart-topping hit. This music-laden documentary celebrates the legacy of the…
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Cleaner (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes …
Directed by: Renny Harlin
After years as a detective, Tom Carver runs a business specializing in cleaning up crime scenes. But when he realizes his latest gig at a ritzy suburban house might have been a cover-up for a…
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Freedomland (2006)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco …
Directed by: Joe Roth
When a single mother reports that her infant son was murdered by a black man from the projects, an intrepid African-American detective and a white journalist team up to dig for details but…
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Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Byron Lawson, Flex Alexander …
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Tasked with transporting murder witness Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) to Los Angeles, a badass FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson) has to battle a horde of venomous snakes unleashed in midflight to…
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Home of the Brave (2006)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Brian Presley …
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
This potent drama focuses on three American soldiers who encounter tough challenges as they adjust to civilian life after a harrowing tour of duty in Iraq. But their physical and…
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Farce of the Penguins (2006)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Alexander …
Directed by: Bob Saget
Funnyman Bob Saget wrote and directed this send-up of the popular documentary, pairing inspiring wildlife videos with a lewd script. Samuel L. Jackson narrates this tale of a penguin and his…
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Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman …
Directed by: George Lucas
In the third and final installment of George Lucas's Star Wars prequel trilogy, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) are married, and General…
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Coach Carter (2005)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez, Robert Ri'chard …
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Samuel L. Jackson stars in the true story of high school basketball coach Ken Carter, who controversially puts school before sports and benches his entire undefeated team because of poor…
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XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Cast: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Presidential addresses to Congress notwithstanding, the state of the union ain't great when Darius Stone (Ice Cube), a new National Security Agency operative, lands in the nation's…
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The Man (2005)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss …
Directed by: Les Mayfield
Special agent Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson), a hard-nosed Fed, and Andy Fidler (Eugene Levy), a milquetoast salesman, might have been brought together by accident. But they make up an…
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Martin's Big Words ... and More Stories from the African-American Tradition (2005)
Cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, Samuel L. Jackson, Alfre Woodard …
This trio of tales celebrates the history of African-American traditions. Michael Clarke Duncan narrates "Martin's Big Words," which brings Dr. Martin Luther King to life via his…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Cast: Gordon Liu, Uma Thurman, David Carradine …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
In the second installment of Quentin Tarantino's action thriller, the Bride unwaveringly continues on her "roaring rampage of revenge" against the band of assassins who tried to kill her…
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Twisted (2004)
Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Police office Jessica Shepard is more dedicated to enforcing the law than most of her colleagues, since she feels she has a lot to make up for: Her father moonlighted as a serial killer.
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The Scrambled States of America (2004)
Cast: Arlo Guthrie, Aretha Franklin, Samuel L. Jackson …
The United States of America takes center stage in this captivating collection of animated shows that teach children about history in a highly entertaining way. Includes "Scrambled States of…
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2004)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith, Tico Wells …
Directed by: Edward Bell
Some of the best-loved fairy tales of all time are told in this musical animated series with a stellar voice cast that includes such hip performers as Chris Rock, Della Reese, Jimmy Smits,…
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The Incredibles (2004)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Brad Bird
Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in…
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America Beyond the Color Line (2004)
Cast: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maya Angelou, Colin Powell …
Directed by: Mary Crisp, Daniel Percival
Prominent literary critic and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the status of black America at the start of the 21st century in this documentary. Gates travels to the East Coast, the…
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Cast: Keith David, Stanley Crouch, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Ken Burns
Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, boxer Jack Johnson became the first African-American to obtain the world heavyweight title. This documentary tracks the life…
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In My Country (2004)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson …
Directed by: John Boorman
&NFi;Washington Post&NFi_; journalist Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) heads to South Africa to cover the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, at which…
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The N Word (2004)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock …
Directed by: Todd Williams
It's one of the English language's most inflammatory pejoratives and has lingered like a smoldering fire in America's collective consciousness for more than 100 years. This…
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Basic (2003)
Cast: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: John McTiernan
In this twisty thriller, DEA agents Tom Hardy and Julia Osborne investigate the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger drill sergeant and the deaths of four of his soldiers on a military…
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S.W.A.T. (2003)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez …
Directed by: Clark Johnson
In this slick actioner inspired by the 1970s TV series, veteran Los Angeles cop Hondo Harrelson is tasked with drafting and training an elite special weapons and tactics team -- who soon find…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Cast: Gordon Liu, Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
In the first volume of this gritty revenge saga, an assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle. But she survives and sets…
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Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman …
Directed by: George Lucas
George Lucas's famous saga about a galaxy far, far away continues as Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) makes progress in his Jedi training, falls in love with Padmé Amidala…
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Changing Lanes (2002)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton …
Directed by: Roger Michell
Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson star in this intense drama about an egocentric attorney and a recovering alcoholic salesman whose lives dangerously collide when their cars crash on a New…
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XXX (2002)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Xander "XXX" Cage, a notorious underground rush-seeker deemed untouchable by the law, is coerced by NSA Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons to cooperate with the government and infiltrate a Russian…
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Formula 51 (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer …
Directed by: Ronny Yu
After synthesizing a potent psychoactive drug, chemist Elmo McElroy arrives in Liverpool to clinch a $20 million drug deal with a kingpin. But when their arrangement goes awry, McElroy must…
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The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ang Lee, John Woo …
Directed by: Keith Clarke
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…
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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
Cast: Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes …
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 1970s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, one of America's most beloved cult genres. These fun and energetic films had all the…
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Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives (2002)
Cast: Roscoe Lee Browne, Ruby Dee, LaTanya Richardson …
Directed by: Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon
Throughout the 1930s, journalists and writers accumulated stories and photographs from former African-American slaves and compiled more than 2300 first-person accounts of this horrifying…
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No Good Deed (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
In this film based on a Dashiell Hammett story, Samuel L. Jackson is Jack, a cop who, while chasing down a runaway, stumbles upon a mob robbing a bank and is abducted by the criminals. They…
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Trial of the Moke (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Franklyn Seales …
In 1881, Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper (Franklyn Seales), the first African-American man to graduate from West Point, went on trial for embezzlement, a crime he didn't commit. Desperate to…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
After finding a frozen corpse near his cave in a New York City park, homeless recluse Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) -- a former piano prodigy beset by delusions of harmful rays…
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Rules of Engagement (2000)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: William Friedkin
Sensing a crisis in Yemen, the U.S. government sends Col. Terry Childers to remove the U.S. ambassador and his family from the country. Childers succeeds, but in the process ends up killing…
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Shaft (2000)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Christian Bale …
Directed by: John Singleton
In John Singleton's update of the 1970s classic, New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for murder, but he jumps bail to Switzerland, returning to face trial two…
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Unbreakable (2000)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright …
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train crash leaves his fellow passengers dead but him unscathed. Is he truly unbreakable? The answer could lie with a mysterious man…
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The Stars of Star Wars (1999)
Cast: George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher …
Neither Lucasfilm nor 20th Century Fox authorized this film, so don't expect any footage from Star Wars movies. Instead, you'll get an exhaustive collection of interviews with the…
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Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, LL Cool J …
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Two scientists conduct research on sharks, hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. When they decide to take a dangerous shortcut, they end up breeding larger sharks with larger…
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Directors: John Frankenheimer (1999)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Kirk Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson …
During his long career, director John Frankenheimer made some of the most acclaimed thrillers of the last 50 years, including The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz, Seven Days in May,…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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Our Friend Martin (1999)
Cast: Edward Asner, Vincenzo Trippetti, Angela Bassett …
Directed by: Rob Smiley
Talk about high concept! This animated special, inspired by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., posits the question of what the 1990s would have been like if the famed Civil Rights leader…
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Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman …
Directed by: George Lucas
In this Star Wars prequel, jedi Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) must protect Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) from the evil clutches of Darth Sidious and Senator…
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The Red Violin (1998)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Irene Grazioli, Don McKellar …
Directed by: Francois Girard
When the long-lost "red violin," a rare instrument crafted during the Italian Renaissance, shows up at a modern auction, it reveals its mysterious history -- and the lives of its previous…
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Sphere (1998)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
When a team of scientists (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson) begins to investigate a giant spacecraft that's come to rest 1,000 feet under the sea, they discover that…
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The Negotiator (1998)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse …
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate…
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Out of Sight (1998)
Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Florida bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney) plays a genteel game of cat and mouse with Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), the stunning federal marshal he meets in the trunk of a getaway car,…
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Eve's Bayou (1997)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan …
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Louis Batiste is a popular physician in 1960s Louisiana who has a beautiful wife, a loving family and a weakness for women. While his wife ignores his infidelities, his daughter is crushed…
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187 (1997)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan …
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
After one of his high school students attacks him, dedicated teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson) grows weary of the gang warfare in the New York City school system and moves to…
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Jackie Brown (1997)
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Jackie Brown is an aging flight attendant who smuggles cash on the side. But when she's busted and pressured to help with an investigation, she plans to play the opposing forces against…
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasens (1997)
Cast: Raymond Bilbool, Tommy Gallagher, Quentin Tarantino …
Directed by: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
This amazingly candid, affectionate documentary chronicles the closing of legendary L.A. restaurant Chasen's, which shut its doors in 1995 after 60 years of serving its famous chili…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Cast: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima …
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) can't remember anything before the day she woke up eight years ago, injured and two months pregnant. Now a schoolteacher with only vague memories of the…
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Hard Eight (1996)
Cast: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow …
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson's first film charts the relationship between reckless youth John (John C. Reilly) and world-weary card shark Sydney (Philip Baker Hall), who…
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
When two white men brutally rape a young black girl in a small Mississippi town, the child's vengeful father (Samuel L. Jackson) fears their acquittal and takes the law into his own…
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Trees Lounge (1996)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Boone Junior …
Directed by: Steve Buscemi
Shiftless barfly Tommy Basilio (Steve Buscemi, in his writing and directing debut) spends virtually all his time at the neighborhood watering hole, Trees Lounge. As a result of his ambiguous…
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The Great White Hype (1996)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
As if! The sleazy, "fixed" world of professional boxing is the target of this on-the-mark satire about a powerful black boxing promoter (Samuel Jackson, channeling the ever-loquacious Don…
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: John McTiernan
In this third installment of the action-packed series, John McClane teams with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until an evil…
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Fluke (1995)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis …
Directed by: Carlo Carlei
A father headed for a reunion with his family is killed in a car crash and reincarnated as a dog named Fluke in this offbeat adaptation of the seriocomic novel by James Herbert. Samuel L.…
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Losing Isaiah (1995)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
After leaving her baby outside a crack house, a drug-addicted woman presumes him to be dead. Devastated, she enters rehab and cleans up her act. When three years later she learns he's…
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Kiss of Death (1995)
Cast: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Ex-con Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) wants to put a whole lot of distance between himself and his past. But when his cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up begging for help with one more…
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Fresh (1994)
Cast: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Boaz Yakin
Clever 12-year-old Fresh (Sean Nelson) runs drugs for local dealers to survive and support himself and his sister in this moving drama. Motherless and living with an alcoholic father (Samuel…
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Weaving together three stories featuring a burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner and a washed-up boxer, Quentin Tarantino influenced a generation of filmmakers with this crime…
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Hail Caesar (1994)
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Anthony Michael Hall
Julius Caesar MacGruder (Anthony Michael Hall, who also directs) is -- what else? -- the lead singer of Hail Caesar, a rock 'n' roll band that covets it all: fame, fortune and…
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Against the Wall (1994)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Clarence Williams III …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
In this gritty, made-for-cable drama based on a true story, violence erupts when two disgruntled convicts incite a riot, taking prison guards hostage and igniting a four-day revolt that…
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The New Age (1994)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau …
Directed by: Michael Tolkin
Writer-director Michael Tolkin (The Player) takes aim at the West Coast again with this whip-smart satire about married yuppies (Judy Davis and Peter Weller) who decide to "find themselves"…
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The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro …
Directed by: Sam Henry Kass
When a film student returns to his Brooklyn neighborhood to shoot a documentary, he soon gets involved in the search for a vanished local resident. The planned film morphs into a drama about…
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Menace II Society (1993)
Cast: Tyrin Turner, Samuel L. Jackson, Larenz Tate …
Directed by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Sobering and incisive, this cautionary urban drama centers on 18-year-old Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner), a street tough facing a moral quandary while trying to turn his life around, aided by a…
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz …
Directed by: Gene Quintano
In this parody of the Lethal Weapon franchise, criminals murder a detective and steal her prized evidence: microfilm with a recipe for cocaine cookies. Luckily, loose-cannon cop Jack Colt…
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
A multimillionaire (Richard Attenborough) unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology. But when an employee tampers with the security…
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Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Dabney Coleman …
Directed by: E. Max Frye
When renowned African-American playwright Andrew Sterling moves into an all-white suburb, his suspicious new neighbors mistake him for a burglar and promptly call the police. When…
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Patriot Games (1992)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin …
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
CIA desk jockey Jack Ryan plunges into the heart of international terrorism after spoiling an assassination attempt on a British royal family member. Ryan's heroics earn him noble…
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White Sands (1992)
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke …
In this thriller, small-town lawman Ray Dolezal (Willem Dafoe) gets in over his head when he assumes a dead man's identity after finding his rotting body -- and a nearby briefcase…
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Juice (1992)
Cast: Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Four Harlem homeboys kick their troublesome habits up a notch in this intense urban drama. Torn between his dream of becoming a rap DJ and his devotion to his friends, "Q" (Omar Epps) gets…
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Jungle Fever (1991)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Halle Berry …
Directed by: Spike Lee
Flipper (Wesley Snipes) is a successful, married architect. Angie (Annabella Sciorra) is a temporary office worker. When they meet, it's Jungle Fever. Director Spike Lee vividly explores…
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Mob Justice (1991)
Cast: Tony Danza, Samuel L. Jackson, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Peter Markle
Gus Farace (Tony Danza) is a wanted man: The Feds want him as their only witness in a drug-related murder, and the Mob wants him as their fall guy for the same crime. Now, with more than 200…
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Johnny Suede (1991)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Richard Boes, Calvin Levels …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Wannabe rock star Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) learns there's more to life than a guitar and a big pompadour in this bittersweet drama. House painter Johnny hopes to become a star like his…
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Strictly Business (1991)
Cast: Tommy Davidson, Halle Berry, Joseph C. Phillips …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Streetwise joker Bobby (Tommy Davidson) is looking for a job beyond the company mailroom. His buddy, straitlaced exec Waymon (Joseph C. Phillips), is in a position to lend a hand, but in…
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Def by Temptation (1990)
Cast: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: James Bond III
A divinity student named Joel (James Bond III) suffers a crisis of faith in this supernatural thriller. When Joel goes to New York to visit his wanna-be actor friend K (Kadeem Hardison), they…
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes …
Directed by: Spike Lee
Spike Lee wrote and directed this story about fictional musician Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington), a trumpeter with an equal talent for music, women and trouble. Bleek is a self-centered man…
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Cast: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis …
Directed by: Spike Lee
What begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a…
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Sea of Love (1989)
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman …
Directed by: Harold Becker
Lonely, burnt-out NYPD detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance) is on the hunt for a serial killer who uses personal ads to attract potential victims in…
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Coming to America (1988)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall …
Directed by: John Landis
Discontented with his pampered life, an African prince heads to America to find someone who will fall for him, not his riches. Joined by his trusty sidekick, the prince plunges into a job at…
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Raw (1987)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Birdie M. Hale …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Filmed live during two concerts at Madison Square Garden, this stand-up comedy classic showcases Eddie Murphy in a series of uproarious celebrity impressions, observations about the 1980s,…
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The Displaced Person (1977)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Dina Harris, John Houseman …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
A widow (Irene Worth) disturbs the social order of 1940s Georgia when she allows a family of Polish World War II refugees to live on her land in this adaptation of Flannery…