Shades of Black

A stand-up comic hopes to hit the big time in Los Angeles after he becomes a social media sensation.

Four Boston friends (Allen Payne, Aaron D. Spears) become big-time drug dealers but face the wrath of another kingpin.","large":"Four friends enter the drug trade in Boston in the late 1970s: Tristan (Allen Payne), Money (Aaron D. Spears), E-Bone and Simon. With the consent of a South End crime boss, Benny (Clarence Williams III), they quickly rise in the drug game, while the leader of the group,

Married New Yorkers (Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland) question the motives of an overnight guest (Will Smith) who pretends to be someone else.","large":"Privileged art dealers Flan (Donald Sutherland) and Ouisa (Stockard Channing) are hosting a dinner party when Paul (Will Smith), a blood-soaked young man, arrives on their doorstep. He claims to be a friend of their Ivy League children, and c

Orphan Bill Robinson (Gregory Hines) overcomes an impoverished childhood to become a groundbreaking actor and dancer.","large":"Based on the life of tap-dancing legend Bill Robinson -- also known as Mr. Bojangles -- the film follows Robinson (Gregory Hines) as he climbs his way up the entertainment ladder from lowly vaudeville performer to one of the greatest black entertainers of his time. Howeve

The lives of various characters intersect at Harlem's renowned Cotton Club. Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer falls for Vera Cicero, the stunning girlfriend of famous gangster Dutch Schultz.","large":"The lives of various characters intersect at Harlem's renowned Cotton Club. Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer falls for Vera Cicero, the stunning girlfriend of famous gangster Dutch Schultz. Meanwhile Dix'

Two cool Chicago undercover officers (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal) try to put a drug lord (Jimmy Smits) permanently out of business.","large":"Ray and Danny (Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal) are two Chicago police detectives hot on the trail of drug kingpin Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits). They manage to nab the drug lord, but the bust is messy, and the two are suspended. While vacationing in Key West,

Escaped convicts (Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin) fight while they evade authorities seeking a computer disk on Cuban mobsters.","large":"During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper (Laurence Fishburne) is chained to Dodge (Stephen Baldwin), a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that so

Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. He teams up with lawyer Sam Friedman to defend Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur whose employer accuses him of sexual assault and attempted murder.","large":"Young Thurgood Marshall faces one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall travels to conservative Connect