Search results for "John Amos"
Because of Charley

Because of Charley

Because of Charley
IMDb: 6.2
113

Two estranged stepfamilies reluctantly gather at a Central Florida home for an anniversary party, fully intending to keep the visit brief – but Hurricane Charley takes an unexpected turn that…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman
IMDb: 6.5
100

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Truth About Santa Claus

The Truth About Santa Claus

The Truth About Santa Claus
IMDb: 6.5
92

A man does not want children but after a “run-in” with Santa finds the true “gift” of Christmas.

Genre: Comedy, Family
Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America
IMDb: 5.3
110

Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named…

Genre: Comedy
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
IMDb: 7.3
91

Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s…

Genre: Documentary
Bad Asses on the Bayou

Bad Asses on the Bayou

Bad Asses on the Bayou
IMDb: 5.3
85

The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they…

Genre: Comedy
Madea’s Witness Protection

Madea’s Witness Protection

Madea’s Witness Protection
IMDb: 4.9
115

For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family’s dysfunction and his company’s malfeasance, but he’s forced to wake up when he learns…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Dr. Dolittle 3

Dr. Dolittle 3

Dr. Dolittle 3
IMDb: 4
93

Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to ‘Durango’, a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from…

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
IMDb: 7.9
100

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium’s first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from…

Genre: Documentary
For Better or Worse

For Better or Worse

For Better or Worse
IMDb: 4.8
89

A comic love triangle wherein a loser falls in love with his recently-married brother’s wife.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hologram Man

Hologram Man

Hologram Man
IMDb: 4.2
101

Five years after the mad terrorist Slash Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal…

Night Trap

Night Trap

Night Trap
IMDb: 4.1
93

A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Mac

Mac

Mac
IMDb: 6.2
117

Niccolo “Mac” Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and helps put his brothers…

Genre: Drama
Ricochet

Ricochet

Ricochet
IMDb: 6.2
102

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes
IMDb: 6.1
120

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife’s attempt to embezzle her dying husband’s fortune, and a sleazy reporter’s adoption of a strange black cat.

Genre: Horror
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2
IMDb: 7.1
124

Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands…

Genre: Thriller
Lock Up

Lock Up

Lock Up
IMDb: 6.4
115

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a…

Genre: Crime
Coming to America

Coming to America

Coming to America
IMDb: 7.1
117

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess… and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
American Flyers

American Flyers

American Flyers
IMDb: 6.5
113

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace…

Genre: Drama
Dance of the Dwarfs

Dance of the Dwarfs

Dance of the Dwarfs
IMDb: 3.8
93

An anthropologist and an alcoholic helicopter pilot discover a race of predatory reptile men in the jungles of South America.

Genre: Adventure, Horror
The Beastmaster

The Beastmaster

The Beastmaster
IMDb: 6.2
118

Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new…

Let’s Do It Again

Let’s Do It Again

Let’s Do It Again
IMDb: 6.7
113

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However,…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The World’s Greatest Athlete

The World’s Greatest Athlete

The World’s Greatest Athlete
IMDb: 5.6
106

Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school’s athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
IMDb: 5.5
97

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from “the man” with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Roots

Roots

Roots
TMDb: 7.4
90,45 min

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley’s ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga…

Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Christmas Belles

Christmas Belles

Christmas Belles
IMDb: 6.8
90

Despite being successful in their careers, two 30-something BFFs never stop hearing that they both need a man before it’s too late. When a handsome pastor arrives just in time…

Genre: Comedy, Family