Drama
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
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Momma's Man
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Flannel Pajamas
Forgiving the Franklins
Dark Matter
8 Seconds
Dark Streets
April Showers
An American Affair
The Prodigy
The Brothers
These Girls
How to Be
State's Evidence
What Goes Up
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Red Rock West
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1993
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.The King Is Alive
IMDB 5.7 | May , 2000
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.Daddy
IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 2003
Dead memories are reborn into grisly new realities as the villagers of small lakefront community hide their monstrous past forcing the local Sheriff to confront the powers that be as well as her own inner demons.Spiral
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 2007
A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing "voices" from the phone man's past threaten to lead him into a network of destruction.Momma's Man
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2008
An adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house.Wassup Rockers
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 2005
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.Raising Flagg
IMDB 4.2 | Nov , 2006
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)Flannel Pajamas
IMDB 5.3 | Nov , 2006
A mismatched couple meet on a blind date in Manhattan... as Stuart and Nicole progress from love to marriage to discussions about starting a family, their relationship faces the challenges of critical friends, emotionally-demanding relatives, time-consuming careers, different religions and the stresses caused by the endless negotiations all couples wage daily.Forgiving the Franklins
IMDB 3.8 | Jan , 2006
A conservative, God fearing Southern family is spiritually changed by an auto accident, but who they become puts them at odds with the highly conservative values around them.Dark Matter
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2008
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.8 Seconds
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 1994
This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.Dark Streets
IMDB 3.4 | Dec , 2008
Chaz Davenport is a dashing bachelor who owns what promises to become the hottest new nightclub in town--if only the lights would stay on. Surrounded by the sumptuous blues music he adores, and with his pick of the gorgeous women who perform their sensual dance numbers onstage every night, Chaz is the envy of every man.April Showers
IMDB 4.6 | Apr , 2009
A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violenceAn American Affair
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2008
In the early 1960s, teenager Adam Stafford (Cameron Bright) becomes obsessed with his new neighbor, Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol), a divorcée and free spirit. Stafford spies on Caswell as she meets with strange men, and, despite the warnings of his conservative parents, he begins working for her as a gardener. Amid rumors of her affair with President Kennedy, the two become close, but political intrigue surrounding her acquaintances soon infringes on their friendship.The Prodigy
IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 2005
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have become the source of legend among Truman's underworld colleagues, drives Truman, through the pressure of constant violence and grief, to understand his own capacity for both bloodshed and compassion. Ultimately this reveals to Truman that he as with all of us, must find our place in this world or as Rains would say "our place in this grand design." This action begins quickly as Truman meets with a turncoat from a rival gang. This tense showdown erupts quickly into mayhem, when Rains makes his unexpected entrance. In the wake of the ensuing bloodbath, Truman is forced to reevaluate his own role in the small, violent world he inhabits, suddenly aware that there are larger powers at work which he does not understand...The Brothers
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2001
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...These Girls
IMDB 5.1 | Sep , 2005
Before heading off to college, a teenager and her two friends try to seduce a married man.How to Be
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 2008
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.State's Evidence
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 2004
Six high school teenagers decide to commit suicide together, but their plans soon go awry when one of them has something darker in mind as well.What Goes Up
IMDB 5.1 | May , 2009
Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.