The Weapon (2023)
Action | Thriller
Dallas is a one-man killing machine who is working for a Vegas mob boss and won't stop until justice is served.
Starring: Tony Schiena, Cuba Gooding Jr., AnnaLynne McCord, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jack Kesy, Bruce Dern
Director: Tony Schiena
Outbreak (1995)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Drama | History | War
The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II.
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Andre Braugher, Cuba Gooding Jr., Courtney B. Vance, Allan Payne, Mekhi Phifer
Director: Robert Markowitz
Rat Race (2001)
Action | Adventure | Comedy
A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money.
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart
Director: Jerry Zucker
Gladiator (1992)
Action | Drama | Sport
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing – where punches can kill.
Starring: James Marshall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Brian Dennehy, Jon Seda, Vonte Sweet, Robert Loggia
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Ticking Clock (2011)
Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A reporter stumbles upon the journal of a murderer replete with plans to butcher specific people, and investigates on his own, finding that every trail leads to a 9-year-old orphan living in a group home.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Neal McDonough, Nicki Aycox, Austin Abrams, Danielle Nicolet, Yancey Arias
Director: Ernie Barbarash
Bayou Caviar (2018)
Drama
A movie about money, sex, power, corruption – and somebody getting fed to alligators.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss, Lia Marie Johnson, Gregg Bello, Katharine McPhee, Ken Lerner, James Moses Black, Shane Callahan
Director: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Daddy Day Camp (2007)
Comedy | Family
Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, Brian Doyle-Murray
Director: Fred Savage
Dirty (2005)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr., Brittany Daniel, Keith David, Aimee Garcia
Director: Chris Fisher
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Biography | Drama
Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis
Director: Thomas Carter
Daybreak (1993)
Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
Starring: Moira Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Martha Plimpton, Omar Epps
Director: Stephen Tolkin
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Crime | Drama
A tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Ricky is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions.
Starring: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Tyra Ferrell
Director: John Singleton
Boat Trip (2002)
Comedy
Two straight men mistakenly end up on a gay cruise.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox, Roger Moore, Richard Roundtree
Director: Mort Nathan
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Drama
An African-American baby, abandoned by his crack addicted mother is adopted by a white social worker and her husband. Several years later, the baby's mother finds out her son is not dead, as she thought before and goes to court to get him back.
Starring: Halle Berry, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Lange, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daisy Eagan
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Freedom (2014)
Drama | Family | Music
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guide the family on their journey north to Canada. They are relentlessly pursued by the notorious slave hunter Plimpton. Hunted like a dog and haunted by the unthinkable suffering he and his forbears have endured, Samuel is forced to decide between revenge or freedom. 100 years earlier in 1748, John Newton the Captain of a slave trader sails from Africa with a cargo of slaves, bound for America. On board is Samuel's great grandfather whose survival is tied to the fate of Captain Newton. The voyage changes Newton's life forever and he creates a legacy that will inspire Samuel and the lives of millions for generations to come.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Sharon Leal, David Rasche, William Sadler, Bernhard Forcher, Anna Sims
Director: Peter Cousens
Instinct (1999)
Drama | Thriller
When a noted anthropologist who left society to live in the jungle is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist to get through to him.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Linewatch (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A former gang member discovers that escaping the past isn't as easy as getting a new job and leaving the old neighborhood behind in this thriller starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Omari Hardwick, and Chris Browning. Michael Dixon used to be a hardcore Los Angeles gang-banger, but these days he wears a badge rather than sporting colors. A respected U.S. border patrol officer in New Mexico, Dixon has somehow managed the rare feat of leaving the thug life behind and starting a family. But Dixon's psychotic former gang leader Drake is none to happy at having lost one of his best men, and when a chance encounter leads him right to Dixon's door the stage is set for an explosive confrontation. Now, in order to protect his family, Dixon will be forced to put down his badge, and once again operate outside of the law.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Omari Hardwick, Evan Ross, Dean Norris
Director: Kevin Bray
Selma (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history.
Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: Ava DuVernay
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Tom Cruise gives his best performance to date as a sports agent who suddenly discovers his scruples — and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, Jerry Maguire learns that loving well is the best revenge. Written & directed by Cameron Crowe.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Jerry O'Connell
Director: Cameron Crowe
Selma (2014)
Biography | Drama | History
Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history.
Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: Ava DuVernay
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