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CANDYMAN (1992)
October 16, 1992 | 1h 39m
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Written by: Bernard Rose (based on the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker)
Starring: Tony Todd, Virginia Madsden
A graduate student researching urban legends uncovers a supernatural presence tied to race, memory, and violence. As myth bleeds into reality, belief itself becomes the gateway to terror.
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Written by: Bernard Rose (based on the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker)
Starring: Tony Todd, Virginia Madsden
A graduate student researching urban legends uncovers a supernatural presence tied to race, memory, and violence. As myth bleeds into reality, belief itself becomes the gateway to terror.
CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH (1995)
March 17, 1995 | 1h 35min
Directed by: Bill Condon
Written by: Rand Ravich, Mark Kruger
Starring: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan
The legend resurfaces in New Orleans, where a woman’s investigation into her family history awakens the vengeful spirit once more, expanding the myth through ancestry, trauma, and inherited guilt.
Directed by: Bill Condon
Written by: Rand Ravich, Mark Kruger
Starring: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan
The legend resurfaces in New Orleans, where a woman’s investigation into her family history awakens the vengeful spirit once more, expanding the myth through ancestry, trauma, and inherited guilt.
CANDYMAN: DAY OF THE DEAD (1999)
June 22, 1999 | 1h 33min
Directed by: Turi Meyer
Written by: Clive Barker, Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Starring: Tony Todd, Donna D’Errico
A skeptical medical professional becomes entangled in the Candyman legend while confronting buried family secrets, proving that disbelief offers no protection from myth.
Directed by: Turi Meyer
Written by: Clive Barker, Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Starring: Tony Todd, Donna D’Errico
A skeptical medical professional becomes entangled in the Candyman legend while confronting buried family secrets, proving that disbelief offers no protection from myth.
CANDYMAN (2021)
August 27, 2021 | 1h 31min
Directed by: Nia DaCosta
Written by: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd
Returning to the neighborhood where the legend was born, an artist uncovers how trauma, storytelling, and violence sustain the myth, reframing Candyman as a collective legacy shaped by history.
Directed by: Nia DaCosta
Written by: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd
Returning to the neighborhood where the legend was born, an artist uncovers how trauma, storytelling, and violence sustain the myth, reframing Candyman as a collective legacy shaped by history.
CITY OF GOD (1995)
September 15, 1995 | 2h 8min
Directed by: Fernando Meiressles
Written by: Paulo Lins (novel), Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)
Starring: Alice Braga, Seu Jorge, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Alexandre Rodrigues
Set in the violent housing projects of Rio de Janeiro, two boys take radically different paths as organized crime tightens its grip on their community.
Directed by: Fernando Meiressles
Written by: Paulo Lins (novel), Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)
Starring: Alice Braga, Seu Jorge, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Alexandre Rodrigues
Set in the violent housing projects of Rio de Janeiro, two boys take radically different paths as organized crime tightens its grip on their community.
CLEOPATRA JONES (1973)
July 13, 1973 | 1h 29min
Directed by: Jack Starrett
Written by: Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Starring: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters
FA globe-trotting government agent returns home to take on a powerful drug syndicate threatening her community.
Directed by: Jack Starrett
Written by: Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Starring: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters
FA globe-trotting government agent returns home to take on a powerful drug syndicate threatening her community.
CLEOPATRA JONES &
THE CASINO OF GOLD (1975)
July 11, 1975 | 1h 34min
Directed by: Charles Bail
Written by: Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Starring: Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens
Cleopatra Jones joins forces with an international ally to expose a global drug operation linked to forced labor and an underground gambling empire.
Directed by: Charles Bail
Written by: Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Starring: Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens
Cleopatra Jones joins forces with an international ally to expose a global drug operation linked to forced labor and an underground gambling empire.
CLOCKERS (1995)
September 15, 1995 | 2h 8min
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Richard Story
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington
In a Brooklyn neighborhood defined by routine violence, a young drug dealer becomes entangled in a murder investigation that exposes the moral gray zones of street life and policing.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Richard Story
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington
In a Brooklyn neighborhood defined by routine violence, a young drug dealer becomes entangled in a murder investigation that exposes the moral gray zones of street life and policing.
COFFY (1973)
May 1, 1973 | 1h 31min
Directed by: Jack Hill
Written by: Jack Hill
Starring: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw
A determined nurse wages a personal war against the drug dealers destroying her family and neighborhood.
Directed by: Jack Hill
Written by: Jack Hill
Starring: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw
A determined nurse wages a personal war against the drug dealers destroying her family and neighborhood.
COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970)
May 26, 1970 | 1h 37min
Directed by: Ossie Davis
Written by: Chester Himes (novel), Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis
Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques
Two street-smart detectives chase a stolen fortune through Harlem, navigating con artists, activists, and politicians along the way.
Directed by: Ossie Davis
Written by: Chester Himes (novel), Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis
Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques
Two street-smart detectives chase a stolen fortune through Harlem, navigating con artists, activists, and politicians along the way.
CUT THROAT CITY (2020)
August 23, 2020 | 2h 3min
Directed by: RZA
Written by: P.G. Cuschieri
Starring: Shameik Moore, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker
In post-Katrina New Orleans, four friends struggle to rebuild their lives when opportunity is scarce and pressure mounts. A risky heist becomes a crossroads between survival and consequence.
Directed by: RZA
Written by: P.G. Cuschieri
Starring: Shameik Moore, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker
In post-Katrina New Orleans, four friends struggle to rebuild their lives when opportunity is scarce and pressure mounts. A risky heist becomes a crossroads between survival and consequence.
DA 5 BLOODS (2020)
June 12, 2020 | 2h 34min
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Paulo Lins (novel), Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Chadwick Boseman
Four veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war, bound by brotherhood, unresolved trauma, and a mission tied to their past.
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Paulo Lins (novel), Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Chadwick Boseman
Four veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war, bound by brotherhood, unresolved trauma, and a mission tied to their past.
DEAD PRESIDENTS (1995)
October 6, 1995 | 1h 59min
Directed by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Written by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes, Michael Henry
Starring: Larenz Tate, Chris Tucker, Keith David
After returning home from the Vietnam War, a young struggles to reconcile patriotism with survival in a country that offers him little support.
Directed by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Written by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes, Michael Henry
Starring: Larenz Tate, Chris Tucker, Keith David
After returning home from the Vietnam War, a young struggles to reconcile patriotism with survival in a country that offers him little support.
DEJA VU (2006)
November 22, 2006 | 2h 6min
Directed by: Tony Scott
Written by: Terry Rossio, Bill Marsilii
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Cavaziel
A federal investigator becomes involved in an experimental surveillance program that bends the boundaries of time. As past and present blur, the film fuses high-concept science fiction with an emotional race against inevitability.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Written by: Terry Rossio, Bill Marsilii
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Cavaziel
A federal investigator becomes involved in an experimental surveillance program that bends the boundaries of time. As past and present blur, the film fuses high-concept science fiction with an emotional race against inevitability.
THE DELIVERANCE (2024)
August 30, 2024 | 1h 52min
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Written by: David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum
Starring: Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins
A federal investigator becomes involved in an experimental surveillance program that bends the boundaries of time. As past and present blur, the film fuses high-concept science fiction with an emotional race against inevitability.
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Written by: David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum
Starring: Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins
A federal investigator becomes involved in an experimental surveillance program that bends the boundaries of time. As past and present blur, the film fuses high-concept science fiction with an emotional race against inevitability.
DEUCES (2017)
August 16, 2017 | 1h 27min
Directed by: Jamal Hill
Written by: Jamal Hill, Curtis Bryant
Starring: Larenz Tate, Meagan Good
A powerful gang leader prepares to walk away from the streets after years of control and calculated violence.
Directed by: Jamal Hill
Written by: Jamal Hill, Curtis Bryant
Starring: Larenz Tate, Meagan Good
A powerful gang leader prepares to walk away from the streets after years of control and calculated violence.
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)
September 29, 1995 | 1h 42min
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Written by: Carl Franklin, Walter Mosely (book)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals
In postwar Los Angeles, an unassuming man is pulled into a missing-person case that exposes corruption, class divides, and racial power structures. Blending noir traditions with Black perspective, the film reclaims the detective genre through lived experience rather than stereotype.
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Written by: Carl Franklin, Walter Mosely (book)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals
In postwar Los Angeles, an unassuming man is pulled into a missing-person case that exposes corruption, class divides, and racial power structures. Blending noir traditions with Black perspective, the film reclaims the detective genre through lived experience rather than stereotype.
DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
December 25, 2012 | 2h 45min
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Set in the antebellum South, a formerly enslaved man partners with an unlikely ally to pursue freedom and justice on his own terms.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Set in the antebellum South, a formerly enslaved man partners with an unlikely ally to pursue freedom and justice on his own terms.
DON'T LET GO (2019)
August 30, 2019 | 1h 43min
Directed by: Jacob Aaron Estes
Written by: Jacob Aaron Estes
Starring: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Brian Tyree Henry
After a devastating family tragedy, a detective receives an impossible phone call that reopens the past.
Directed by: Jacob Aaron Estes
Written by: Jacob Aaron Estes
Starring: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Brian Tyree Henry
After a devastating family tragedy, a detective receives an impossible phone call that reopens the past.
THE DUTCHMAN (2026)
January 2, 2026 | 1h 28min
Directed by: Andre Gaines
Written by: Andre Gaines, Qasim Basir
Starring: Andre Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, Aldis Hodge, Stephen McKinley Henderson
Inspired by Amiri Baraka’s play, this modern adaptation explores power, race, and psychological control through an intimate, unsettling encounter.
Directed by: Andre Gaines
Written by: Andre Gaines, Qasim Basir
Starring: Andre Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, Aldis Hodge, Stephen McKinley Henderson
Inspired by Amiri Baraka’s play, this modern adaptation explores power, race, and psychological control through an intimate, unsettling encounter.
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