One Eight Seven / 187 (1997)
Drama | Thriller
After surviving a brutal attack teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles to teach at a highschool near South Central.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Plana, Method Man
Director: Kevin Reynolds
A Time to Kill (1996)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client). Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt
Director: Joel Schumacher
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Samantha is a suburban mom who makes a killer lemon meringue pie. Charly is a covert op who kills. They’re both the same person. Both may be as good as dead. Geena Davis stars as a woman whose fading amnesia reveals her secret life as an elite government assassin, and Samuel L. Jackson portrays the low-rent detective helping her unlock her memory, all while rogue agents scramble to bury Samantha/Charly and her past.
Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Rex Linn, Brian Cox
Director: Renny Harlin
Kite (2014)
Action | Drama
When her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murder with the apparent help of his ex-partner. The film based on the 1998 anime of the same name.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe
Director: Ralph Ziman
RoboCop (2014)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel
Director: José Padilha
Reasonable Doubt / The Good Samaritan (2014)
Crime | Thriller
A District Attorney has his life turned upside down when he's involved in a hit and run and another man is arrested for his crime and charged with murder.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Gloria Reuben, Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins
Director: Peter Howitt
Oldboy (2013)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, James Ransone
Director: Spike Lee
The Negotiator (1998)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Desperate to clear himself of murder charges, police officer Danny Roman takes a group of government employees hostage and then requests a specific negotiator from another precinct. When that master comes in to defuse the situation and bring Roman in, he learns there may be far more to the situation than anyone realizes, and he may actually have to protect the rogue cop.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, J.T. Walsh, Paul Giamatti, Ron Rifkin
Director: F. Gary Gray
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In Lakeview Terrace, a young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass, Justin Chambers
Director: Neil LaBute
xXx (2002)
Action | Crime | Thriller
From Revolution Studios and and Sony Pictures, Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when crack NSA Agent Gibbsons convinces Cage to infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring, this new breed of secret agent (codename: XXX) takes down the enemies of justice with a vengeance in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious.
Starring: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Trejo
Director: Rob Cohen
Django Unchained (2012)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western
With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Fresh (1994)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Michael (or Fresh as he's well known) is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded housing project with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum, but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a junkie who sleeps with the dealers who Fresh sells for. As the story progresses Fresh realizes that he doesn't want to sell drugs anymore, he wants out.
Starring: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, José Zúñiga
Director: Boaz Yakin
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The 85th Annual Academy Awards 2013 (TV 2013)
Awards
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony (referred to as The Oscars), honoring the best films of 2012 in the United States, took place February 24, 2013. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presented its annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2012 in the United States. The ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Seth MacFarlane hosted the Academy Awards for the first time.
Life of Pi won four awards (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee, and Argo won three awards including Best Picture. Les Misérables also won three awards; Django Unchained, Lincoln and Skyfall won two awards each. Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress award for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. Daniel Day-Lewis won a third Best Actor (the most for any actor) for his role as President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln.
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeremy Renner, Anne Hathaway, Channing Tatum, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Samuel L. Jackson, Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Evans, Charlize Theron, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen, Meryl Streep, Aaron Tveit, Seth MacFarlane, Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, Christopher Plummer, Barbra Streisand, Jean Dujardin, Queen Latifah, Octavia Spencer, Adele, Norah Jones, Shirley Bassey, Kirk Kelly
Director: Don Mischer
Freedomland (2006)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Late one night in a working class New Jersey suburb, a bloodied woman staggers mute and dazed into the emergency room at the Dempsy Medical Center. After treatment for shock and hysteria, Brenda Martin recounts to Dempsy police detective Lorenzo Council a horrific tale of being carjacked on the isolated strip of undeveloped land that divides Dempsy's urban housing projects from the blue collar town of Gannon, where she lives. She claims she was forced out of her car by a black man, but during the interrogation Council senses he's not getting the whole story. Only after hours of questioning does Brenda finally break down and confess that her four-year-old son, Cody, was asleep in the back seat of the stolen car. Led by activist Karen Collucci, members of the communities of Dempsy and Gannon unite in a search for the missing child, but the criminal investigation into the alleged kidnapping by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects soon ignites long-simmering racial tensions between the two towns.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe
Director: Joe Roth
Zambezia / Adventures in Zambezia (2012)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai – a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
Starring: Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings
Director: Wayne Thornley
1408 (2007)
Horror | Thriller
Horror novelist Mike Enslin believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. But after a string of best-sellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he has no real proof of life-afterlife. But Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel. Defying the warnings of the hotel manager, the author is the first person in years to stay in the reputedly haunted room. Another best-seller may be imminent, but first he must go from skeptic to true believer-and ultimately, survivor…
Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub
Director: Mikael Håfström
Jumper (2008)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
From the director of 'The Bourne Identity' and 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' comes the evolution of extreme – a high-powered shot of adrenaline that stretches the very limits of imagination. David Rice is a young man who knows no boundaries – a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to any place on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into the midst of an ancient war while being hunted by a bloodthirsty band of zealots sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David's extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival. Based on the best selling science-fiction novel by Steven Gould.
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker
Director: Doug Liman
The Avengers (2012)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agency brings together a team of superhumans to help save the Earth from annihilation by extraterrestrial invaders.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård
Director: Joss Whedon
Meeting Evil (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family
Starring: Luke Wilson, Samuel L. Jackson, Leslie Bibb, Peyton List, Tracie Thoms
Director: Chris Fisher
Changing Lanes (2002)
Drama | Thriller
Modern society draws lines between right and wrong, good and evil, rage and redemption. A moment of self absorption and a spark of anger will cause the two men to cross them. As the battle of wills escalates, both lives are changes forever. Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck star in a provocative and gripping drama that exposes the best and worst in all of us.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt
Director: Roger Michell
