Blood In, Blood Out / Bound by Honor (1993)
Crime | Drama
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
Starring: Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Damian Chapa, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo
Director: Taylor Hackford
Proof of Life (2000)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed, David Caruso, Anthony Heald
Director: Taylor Hackford
White Nights (1985)
Drama | Music
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini
Director: Taylor Hackford
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid.
Starring: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Plummer
Director: Taylor Hackford
The Comedian (2017)
Comedy
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Keitel, Patti LuPone, Edie Falco, Charles Grodin
Director: Taylor Hackford
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Drama | Romance
Once in a great while a movie comes along that truly grips and uplifts its audiences. Such a movie is An Officer And A Gentleman, a timeless tale of romance, friendship and growth. Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen tortuous weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship. Louis Gossett, Jr. won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of the tough drill instructor who teaches Zack that no man can make it alone. And while Gossett tries to warn the young officer about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves pilot husbands, Zack eventually learns to love one (Debra Winger) while his fellow candidate, a memorable character portrayed by David Keith, struggles with a very different fate. An Officer And A Gentleman is a rich and satisfying story with moving performances that will stay with you long after the film has ended.
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa Blount
Director: Taylor Hackford
Parker (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A thief lives by a code of honor that includes never stealing money from people who need it.
Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis, Clifton Collins Jr., Emma Booth
Director: Taylor Hackford
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Connie Nielsen, Tamara Tunie, Judith Ivey
Director: Taylor Hackford
Ray (2004)
Biography | Drama | Music
Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix
Director: Taylor Hackford
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