Air (2023)
Drama | Sport
Follows the history of sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan.
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Viola Davis
Director: Ben Affleck
The Woman King (2022)
Action | Drama | History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
The Unforgivable (2021)
Crime | Drama
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
The Suicide Squad / Suicide Squad 2 (2021)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis
Director: James Gunn
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
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Drama | Music
Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play.
Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Taylour Paige, Jonny Coyne
Director: George C. Wolfe
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
Crime | Drama
In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, an L.A. cop who relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.
Starring: Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis, Polly Shannon, Mike Starr, Stephen McHattie, Tom Selleck
Director: Robert Harmon
Troop Zero (2019)
Comedy | Drama | Family
In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA's Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troop of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime.
Starring: Viola Davis, Mckenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Allison Janney
Director: Bert & Bertie
Widows (2018)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Starring: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson
Director: Steve McQueen
Solaris (2002)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho
Director: Steven Soderbergh
The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Awards
The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2016 until May 31, 2017, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Priyanka Chopra, Nicole Kidman, Adam Scott, Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dave Chappelle, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jermaine Fowler
Director: Glenn Weiss, Jeff Roe
The 89th Annual Academy Awards 2017 (TV 2017)
Awards
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, at 5:30 p.m. PST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd and directed by Glenn Weiss. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the first time. The stage set was designed by Derek McLane. In related events, the Academy held its 8th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12, 2016. On February 11, 2017, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by hosts John Cho and Leslie Mann. Moonlight won three awards, including Best Picture, and La La Land won the most awards of the ceremony with six after receiving a record-tying 14 nominations. La La Land was incorrectly announced as the Best Picture, before Moonlight was clarified to be the winner. Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester by the Sea won two awards each. Winners with one award include Arrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fences, The Jungle Book, O.J.: Made in America, Piper, The Salesman, Sing, Suicide Squad, The White Helmets, and Zootopia.
Starring: Jimmy Kimmel, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Riz Ahmed, Jennifer Aniston, Colleen Atwood, Javier Bardem, Jason Bateman, Warren Beatty, Jackie Chan, Gary Cole, Chris Columbus, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Robert De Niro
Fences (2016)
Drama
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Stephen Henderson
Director: Denzel Washington
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Doubt (2008)
Drama | Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond, Audrie Neenan
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Suicide Squad (2016)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The U.S. Government forms a team of supervillains to pull off extremely difficult missions in return for shorter prison sentences.
Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney
Director: David Ayer
Suicide Squad (2016)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The U.S. Government forms a team of supervillains to pull off extremely difficult missions in return for shorter prison sentences.
Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney
Director: David Ayer
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Far from Heaven (2002)
Drama | Romance
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond – a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn
Director: Todd Haynes
Disturbia (2007)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
After his father's accidental death, teenager Kale becomes withdrawn and troubled. When he lashes out at a well-intentioned, but insensitive teacher, he finds himself under court-ordered house arrest. His mother tries to cope, agreeing to extra shifts to support herself and her son while trying in vain to understand the changes in his personality. The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale, but he attempts to extend the emotional and physical boundaries of his confinement. His interest and gaze turns toward his neighbors, including a mutual attraction to the new girl next door. Together, they begin to suspect another member of their community, a quiet single man, is a serial murderer. Are their suspicions simply the overheated product of Kale's cabin fever and vivid imagination? Or have they truly discovered a brutal criminal on a destructive spree, and could this knowledge cost them their lives?
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Viola Davis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Matt Craven
Director: D.J. Caruso
Lila & Eve (2015)
Drama | Thriller
When teenage Stephon is killed in a drive-by shooting, his mother, Lila, slips into a paralyzing grief. She joins a support group for women who have lost children to crime and meets Eve, a woman whose little girl was killed the same night as Stephon. Lila and Eve form a friendship, and Lila begins to crawl out of her depression. She develops a burning desire to find justice for her son, and she presses the authorities for answers, but they are slow-moving and ineffective. It's Eve who has the idea first-join together, find the drug dealers who shot Stephon dead, and bring them to justice themselves.
Starring: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Aml Ameen, Chris Chalk, Andre Royo
Director: Charles Stone III
Lila & Eve (2015)
Drama | Thriller
When teenage Stephon is killed in a drive-by shooting, his mother, Lila, slips into a paralyzing grief. She joins a support group for women who have lost children to crime and meets Eve, a woman whose little girl was killed the same night as Stephon. Lila and Eve form a friendship, and Lila begins to crawl out of her depression. She develops a burning desire to find justice for her son, and she presses the authorities for answers, but they are slow-moving and ineffective. It's Eve who has the idea first-join together, find the drug dealers who shot Stephon dead, and bring them to justice themselves.
Starring: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Aml Ameen, Chris Chalk, Andre Royo
Director: Charles Stone III
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