Shades of Black

A disc jockey (Usher) must dodge gunfire instead of groupies when he becomes the bodyguard for a mobster's (Chazz Palminteri) beautiful daughter (Emmanuelle Chriqui).","large":"Mobster Frank (Chazz Palminteri) hires hip DJ Darrell (Usher) to man the turntables at a party for his gorgeous daughter, Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). At the event, some crooks pull guns on the gangster, and Darrell steps in

When members of a stuffy country club oppose his bid to join, a rap mogul (Antwan "Big Boi" Patton) buys the land adjacent to the golf course's 17th hole.","large":"Superstar rap mogul C-Note (Antwan "Big Boi" Patton) wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opposition from the establishment's snooty members. C-Note forces the issue by purchasing the land adjacent to t

Two roommates (Dr. Dre, Snoop "Doggy" Dogg) who work at a car wash must save their kidnapped boss (George Wallace) in order to keep their jobs.","large":"The Wash is an action-comedy starring Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. As mismatched roommates working at a car wash, they come together to rescue their boss (George Wallace) from a couple of first-time kidnappers. If they don't settle their differences a

Yuppie Alex (Jamie Foxx) stops for gas at a remote convenience store, gets dumped by his fiancee (Nia Long) and becomes a hostage during a robbery.","large":"Foxx portrays Michael Dawson, a successful Chicago businessman whose life falls apart while he's driving to the Grand Canyon with his gorgeous fiance, Rae. When Rae discovers that he has used their savings to buy the car, she cuts off the eng

An unexplained pregnancy forces a husband to doubt his wife's faithfulness.

A White House butler (Forest Whitaker) has a front-row seat to history through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Kennedy (James Marsden) and Nixon (John Cusack).","large":"After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets the opportunity of a li

A fanatical celibate hit-man (Courtney B. Vance) meets a free-spirited woman (Regina King) on a blind date set up by his mysterious boss, Middleman.","large":"Eddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance), a professional killer for a covert government agency known as Eliminator Corp., is also a strict Catholic who believes in celibacy. To lighten Eddie's life, his boss (Kathleen Turner) sets him up with the eff

A suave Los Angeles detective (Billy Dee Williams) and his quirky partner (Robert Carradine) hunt a drug lord who has social clout.","large":"Detectives Barzak (Robert Carradine) and Hazeltine (Billy Dee Williams) are trying their hardest to bring down a drug ring, but they're meeting with trouble at every turn, which leads the officers to suspect a mole in their midst. When the detectives are dis

A computer whiz (Shemar Moore) suspected of murder seeks an aspiring actress's (Nia Long) help to elude killers and the law.","large":"Freddy (Shemar Moore) is a big-shot music industry executive, whose cousin, Blusette (Salli Richardson), is a successful and well-known singer managed by 8-Ball Harris (Ernie Hudson). Blusette soon realizes, however, that 8-Ball is a small-time crook, hoping to use

Mobster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) vies with rival Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) for control of illegal gambling in 1930s Harlem.","large":"Having just been released from jail, Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) returns to his criminal ways as a linchpin in the African-American-run numbers racket. However, Bumpy's longtime friend Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride) and girlfriend Francine

With help from a gangster, a betrayed man (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) seeks revenge for a heist gone wrong.

James Webster returns from duty to find his brother murdered. Now, as he pursues the perpetrators and follows the chain, he discovers a conspiracy that runs deep within the government.

A former sailor (Ossie Davis) recounts the story of black crew members aboard the USS Mason during World War II.","large":"In the 1990s, Lorenzo DuFau (Ossie Davis) tells the story of the USS Mason, the historic World War II battleship with an entirely segregated black crew. Aware of their deadly mission, the sailors aboard the USS Mason engage in fierce combat and fight to defend their country, d

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

A prosecutor (Dominic Cooper) commits a fatal hit-and-run, then manipulates the case so that the man who was arrested for the crime is acquitted. After the trial, he discovers that his actions have freed a guilty man.

A hostage negotiator plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber who is hell-bent on getting out of the bank and humiliating the negotiator in the process.

Racial tensions collide in a collection of intertwined stories involving residents of Los Angeles.

A movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.

Framed for a homicide by his fellow officers, a detective (Dean Ambrose) tries to expose the conspiracy to clear his good name.

With help from a gangster, a betrayed man (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) seeks revenge for a heist gone wrong.

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