Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Jack Conley
Director: Brian Helgeland
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Music
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Starring: 50 Cent, Terrence Howard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Bill Duke
Director: Jim Sheridan
Deacons for Defense (2003)
Drama
he true story of the South's first black militia group during the civil rights movement.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Chris Britton, Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Gene Mack, Tyrone Benskin, Paul Benjamin, Mpho Koaho
Director: Bill Duke
Cover (2007)
Drama | Thriller
They are married men that pass H.I.V. to their male or female partners. Many of the men hide behind the vow of marriage, but still desire men. The women know, but have grown accustomed to the extravagant lifestyle.
Starring: Aunjanue Ellis, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Leon, Louis Gossett Jr., Paula Jai Parker, Roger Guenveur Smith, Richard Gant
Director: Bill Duke
Mandy (2018)
Action | Horror | Thriller
The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Richard Brake
Director: Panos Cosmatos
Restored Me (2016)
Drama
A troubled ex-con joins the colorful crew of an old movie theater and begins to rebuild his life, only to find his faith in God tested when he learns the theater he has grown to love is not what it seems.
Starring: Steven Bauer, Beau Casper Smart, Will Yun Lee, Noel Gugliemi, Bill Duke, Richard T. Jones, Malik Yoba, Matt Gerald
Director: Rhyan LaMarr
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Hoodlum (1997)
Crime | Drama
Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fight Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride
Director: Bill Duke
Exit Wounds (2001)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Orin Boyd, a tough cop in an inner-city precinct discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption.
Starring: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Bill Duke, Jill Hennessy
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Bad Country / Whiskey Bay (2014)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Inspired by real events, 'Bad Country' (a.k.a. 'Whiskey Bay') is a Louisiana set crime drama. In 1983, veteran Baton Rouge detective Bud Carter infiltrates the most powerful criminal enterprise in the South. After taking down its top lieutenant and contract killer Jesse Weiland, the detective convinces him to become an informant. Jesse sets out to help bring down the entire organisation, including its architect, Lutin.
Starring: Amy Smart, Neal McDonough, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Bill Duke, Tom Berenger
Director: Chris Brinker
American Gigolo (1980)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed.
Starring: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Bill Duke, Nina van Pallandt, Brian Davies
Director: Paul Schrader
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (2012)
Biography | Documentary
The film examines the life of the notorious pimp and author of seven ground-breaking books. It includes insightful interviews with well-known artists, scholars, friends and family members that create a riveting tapestry as colorful as the subject himself. The autobiographical work of Iceberg Slim is considered to be the genesis of blaxploitation films and gangster rap and it continues to influence artists today.
Starring: Betty Beck, Camille Beck, Diane Beck, Misty Beck, Robert Beck, Mathieu Bitton, Snoop Dogg, Bill Duke
Director: Jorge Hinojosa
Battledogs (2013)
Horror | Sci-Fi
All of Manhattan is quarantined when the “Lupine virus” spreads like wildfire, turning innocent civilians into ravenous wolf-men. Nothing short of a nuclear blast can stop the monstrous virus.
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Ernie Hudson, Kate Vernon, Ariana Richards, Craig Sheffer, Wes Studi, Bill Duke, Benjamin James
Director: Alexander Yellen
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Payback (1999)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Porter's a ruthless thug who goes after what he wants with a vengeance. After he's been double-crossed by his partner and wife, he wants some "payback" for the betrayal he's endured and the money he's owed. However after Porter learns that his partner has used the money to join "The Outfit," he decides that they owe him instead. With the aid of a prostitute he used to work for, he pursues what he's entitled to. The theatrical version and director's cut share the same material. Although they are similar, the endings are not. Porter's more edgy, brutal and less humorous in the director's cut. Also the film's color is less noir-suggestive and more dynamic looking. Some of the actors have changed too. Other changes include a score replacement, narration removal, and no softening quips. Either way, 'Payback' is a tour de force of singleminded unfettered brutality!
Starring: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke
Director: Brian Helgeland
Freaky Deaky (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
He used to be on the bomb squad, but it's not until he transfers out that Chris Mankowski really begins juggling with dynamite. Rape and revenge are just the tip of the iceberg in a twisty tale that brings Los Angeles denizens to life – and occasional death – in all their seedy glory, circa 1974.
Starring: Christian Slater, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Crispin Glover, Andy Dick, Bill Duke, Roger Bart, Sabina Gadecki, Breanne Racano
Director: Charles Matthau
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Predator (1987)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer, embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, otherwordly being slowly and methodically starts killing off members of Dutch's team. Possessing a chameleonlike camouflaging ability and a deadly alien arsenal, the creature tracks down the soldiers one by one.
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Shane Black
Director: John McTiernan
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
Comedy | Music
The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of stereotypical incompetent monks tries to stop them.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith
Director: Bill Duke
