The Jackal (1997)
An imprisoned I R A fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly faceless assassin from completing his next job
Stir Crazy (1980)
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didnt commit However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case
Sneakers (1992)
A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item
To Sir with Love (1967)
Idealistic engineer trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of Londons East End
Paris Blues (1961)
During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family
Lets Do It Again (1975)
Two Atlanta men raise funds for their charity by rigging boxing matches in New Orleans, but their tricks attract the mobs attention
Guess Whos Coming to Dinner (1967)
A couples attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiance
A Patch of Blue (1965)
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world
Ghost Dad (1990)
A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
At Madame Zenobias illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it
A Piece of the Action (1977)
A retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into volunteering to help juvenile delinquents change paths
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
After 30 years of teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist
Fast Forward (1985)
Eight small town teens travel to New York City for a one in a million shot at stardom in a national dance competition
Shoot to Kill (1988)
An F B I Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group
The Long Ships (1964)
A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find The Mother of All Voices, a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules
Duel at Diablo (1966)
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lovers tribe
Band of Angels (1957)
Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black
Lilies of the Field (1963)
A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert
The Bedford Incident (1965)
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters Perhaps too determined
Little Nikita (1988)
An F B I Agent works to uncover an All American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
A wagon master and a con man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap labor agents out West
Hanky Panky (1982)
Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him When shes later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
In San Francisco, a high priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs
Brother John (1971)
A man who returns to his hometown for a funeral may have a much larger purpose in life than those around him can see
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Two chained together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture
Edge of the City (1957)
The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
A black anti Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police
The Organization (1971)
In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
A 91 year old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land
Pressure Point (1962)
A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition
Sing Your Song (2011)
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo Canada Lee journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal Reverend Misimangu Sidney Poiti
Paul Robeson Tribute to an Artist (1979)
The life of actor and activist Paul Robeson
Go Man Go (1954)
The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters