Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023) was an American actor. He is noted as being "the first black action hero" for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft, and its four sequels, released between 1972 and 2019. For his performance in the original film, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1972.
He reprised the role of Shaft in the movie Shaft (2019), starring Samuel L. Jackson.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.647 |
| Birthday | 1942-07-09 |
| Place of Birth | New Rochelle, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
2000
Shaft
6.019/1255
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...
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Shaft
1971
Shaft
6.4/358
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Shaft
1972
Shaft's Big Score!
6/64
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
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Shaft's Big Score!
1973
Shaft in Africa
6/62
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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Shaft in Africa
2006
Wild Seven
3.9/19
In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus...
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Wild Seven
1995
Se7en
8.375/20979
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...
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Se7en
1997
George of the Jungle
5.613/2071
Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable k...
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George of the Jungle
1974
Earthquake
6.1/319
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Earthquake
2002
Al's Lads
5.8/4
Three Englishmen working as waiters on a cruise ship in 1927 are given a chance to work for the Al Capone gang.
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Al's Lads
1983
Young Warriors
3.9/12
After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes...
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Young Warriors
2008
Speed Racer
6.3/1543
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the poli...
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Speed Racer
1997
Steel
4.324/253
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome elec...
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Steel
1993
Amityville: A New Generation
4.1/85
Keyes, a successful photographer who lives at the border of Skid Row, notices a homeless man with a strange old mirror. Immediately struck by it for r...
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Amityville: A New Generation
2006
Brick
6.8/1224
After a phone call from his ex-girlfriend, teenage loner Brendan Frye learns that her dead body was found. Vowing to solve her murder himself, he must...
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Brick
2001
Antitrust
6/509
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatc...
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Antitrust
1989
The Banker
4.4/12
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at t...
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The Banker
1982
Q
5.7/423
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat...
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Q
1986
Opposing Force
4.4/17
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their obje...
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Opposing Force
1979
Escape to Athena
5.6/105
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ine...
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Escape to Athena
1995
Theodore Rex
3.606/104
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehis...
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Theodore Rex
1988
Maniac Cop
6.111/466
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the c...
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Maniac Cop
1981
An Eye for an Eye
5.2/105
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...
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An Eye for an Eye
2010
The Confidant
4.9/7
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are...
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The Confidant
1984
City Heat
5.472/178
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye na...
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City Heat
2008
Ladies of the House
4.5/2
When three women are asked to refurbish a house for their church, they find that they must break down their own self-perception in order to build some...
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Ladies of the House
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
6/21
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...
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BaadAsssss Cinema
2001
Corky Romano
4.272/158
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to inf...
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Corky Romano
1988
Angel III: The Final Chapter
4.9/28
Molly Stewart is now a successful freelance photographer in New York, and after seeing a familiar woman at an art gallery, begins to suspect that she...
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Angel III: The Final Chapter
1986
Jocks
4.9/16
When an odd-ball tennis team of a Los Angeles college sets out on a road trip to a regional college tennis tournament in fun-filled Las Vegas, all the...
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Jocks
1989
Crack House
4.6/5
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have g...
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Crack House
1984
The Baron and the Kid
0/0
Johnny Cash heads the cast in this sentimental drama, which follows a famed pool hustler (Cash) whose reunion with his long-lost son (Greg Webb) sets...
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The Baron and the Kid
2001
Hawaiian Gardens
1/1
A romantic drama/detective story about big-time copyright fraud and a bigger-time crush. A complicated love triangle plays out to a dramatic climax, t...
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Hawaiian Gardens
1979
Portrait of a Hitman
4.2/6
A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in l...
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Portrait of a Hitman
2005
Painkiller Jane
4.9/14
Jane, a young soldier, is exposed to a biochemical weapon that endows her with self-healing powers. She uses her abilities to fight crime while eludin...
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Painkiller Jane
1973
Charley-One-Eye
4.8/11
A black Union Army deserter and his crippled American Indian hostage form a strained partnership in the interests of surviving the advancing threats o...
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Charley-One-Eye
1991
A Time to Die
4.6/16
A female photographer teams up with a policeman to try to bring down a corrupt police officer who framed her for drug possession and during her invest...
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A Time to Die
1975
Man Friday
6.8/27
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Cruso...
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Man Friday
1992
Christmas in Connecticut
4.5/25
Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who...
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Christmas in Connecticut
1992
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
4.6/15
Don Wilson returns to the screen as a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.
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Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1982
One Down, Two to Go
4.5/11
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
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One Down, Two to Go
1989
Night Visitor
4.3/19
A teenager insists he saw a satanist kill the call girl next door, and tries to prove it.
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Night Visitor
1983
The Big Score
5/3
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's...
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The Big Score
1975
Diamonds
5.5/4
Charles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin brother, Earl, a security expert who has built a...
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Diamonds
2003
Men Cry in the Dark
7/1
The future has never looked better for Derrick Reed. Bachelorhood is great, he has a group of guys he can really call friends, and he's the publisher...
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Men Cry in the Dark
1988
Party Line
4.9/18
A rich brother and sister are crazed killers. She lures men into her bed, and he attacks them and murders them. A detective is assigned to find the ki...
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Party Line
1988
Getting Even
4/3
After being betrayed by a fellow Marine and spending five years in a POW camp, homeless Vietnam vet Roy Evans reunites with his commander, Dundee, and...
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Getting Even
1990
Bad Jim
7.3/3
A cowpoke buys Billy the Kid's horse and, upon riding it, becomes an incorrigible outlaw himself.
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Bad Jim
2023
Moving On
5.9/73
Two old friends reconnect at their friend's funeral, and decide to exact revenge on the widower who wronged all three of them decades earlier.
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Moving On
2002
Joe and Max
5.4/7
True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
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Joe and Max
1981
Inchon
3.8/12
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
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Inchon
1986
The Fifth Missile
6/3
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is...
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The Fifth Missile
2009
Set Apart
3/2
Four troubled, inner city kids get a western-style shot at redemption when a cowboy pastor invites them to his country ranch and offers them a chance...
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Set Apart
1993
Sins of the Night
5.8/5
Jack Nietsche is a hardened ex-con who now works for an P.I. firm, run by Ted Quincy. Quincy's ex-lover is Roxie, now wife to godfather Tony Falcone....
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Sins of the Night
1990
Gypsy Angels
3/5
Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash.
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Gypsy Angels
1979
Day of the Assassin
4.5/12
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a Shah's fortune and mysterious document t...
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Day of the Assassin
1979
Game for Vultures
4.5/4
The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.
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Game for Vultures
1997
Any Place But Home
0/0
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Any Place But Home
2002
Undercover Brother
5.8/370
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the bl...
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Undercover Brother
1984
Killpoint
5.5/8
An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to...
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Killpoint
1994
Blind Man's Bluff
0/0
A young heiress, Bianca, blind following an accident, stays in a beautiful hotel in the Caribbean. The business is managed by Anna and her beautiful n...
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Blind Man's Bluff
1993
Deadly Rivals
4.3/3
A physicist involved in classified military research meets a woman who he begins to suspect is a spy. Her sister is involved with the mob and one of t...
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Deadly Rivals
1970
What Do You Say to a Naked Lady
4.2/7
Candid Camera's Allen Funt secretely tapes people's reactions to unexpected encounters with nudity in unusual situations, such as when a naked young w...
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What Do You Say to a Naked Lady
1996
Original Gangstas
5.6/30
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...
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Original Gangstas
2007
All The Days Before Tomorrow
7.5/4
Wes is awakened in the middle of the night by an unexpected phone call. It’s Alison, the girl who could have been, who is flying home to Tokyo in the...
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All The Days Before Tomorrow
2010
Whatever She Wants
6.7/6
Whatever She Wants is the story about one woman s determination to rediscover who she really is... Vivian Wolf (Vivica A. Fox) has suffered one heartb...
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Whatever She Wants
2024
Thelma
7.045/154
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to recla...
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Thelma
2004
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
4.9/9
A former kickboxer returns to his fighting ways when he encounters a gang in Guam.
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Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
1972
Embassy
5/1
A KGB assassin infiltrates the American embassy in Beirut in an attempt to eliminate a Russian defector being protected by the CIA.
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Embassy
1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
4.2/4
This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on eac...
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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.5/4
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up o...
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1993
Body of Influence
4.5/11
A successful psychiatrist has his world turned upside-down by the appearance of a mystery woman who cannot recall her own past...
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Body of Influence
2019
Harlem to Hollywood
0/0
An insider's look at the most famous person most people have never heard of: singer-songwriter Billy Vera.
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Harlem to Hollywood
2002
Boat Trip
5.3/639
Two guys whose love lives are a wreck look forward to finding ladies on the high seas. Unfortunately, they've mistakenly been booked on a gay cruise.
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Boat Trip
2012
Retreat!
0/0
Inspired by war films from the 1950's, Retreat! tells the story of nine U.S. Soldiers who were forced to retreat into unknown territories deep in the...
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Retreat!
1988
Daddy Can't Read
0/0
Teenage girl doesn't understand why her father is against her campaign to promote literacy at his factory. Until she discovers that her father can't r...
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Daddy Can't Read
1994
Mind Twister
3.2/8
Two former exotic dancers devise a plot to expose a physciatrist as the murderer of their friend.
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Mind Twister
2007
Point of Entry
4.7/9
A young woman named Katherine Alden becomes the unwanted victim of her new handsome next door neighbor Caleb, after her and her husband and son moves...
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Point of Entry
1983
Just an Overnight Guest
0/0
A family takes in an abused girl and eventually decide to adopt her.
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Just an Overnight Guest
1971
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
7/1
A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which...
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Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
1973
Firehouse
5.3/3
Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave...
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Firehouse
1994
Shadows of Desire
1/1
A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother.
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Shadows of Desire
2019
Shaft
6.543/1696
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he ne...
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Shaft
1989
Miami Cops
5/2
Richard Roundtree takes on thugs on the streets of Miami.
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Miami Cops
1993
Bonanza: The Return
6.4/277
A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.
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Bonanza: The Return
1995
Bonanza: Under Attack
6.7/8
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa...
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Bonanza: Under Attack
2015
Collar
0/0
While his life begins to crumble, TJ Williams's fast fading future is bartered for political gain by his former best friend and boss, a mayor with her...
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Collar
1994
Black as the Heart
0/0
Lawyer Valentino Bruio goes to the "Sun City" bar for a meeting and on leaving the club he meets Ray who submits to him the case of his son who myster...
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Black as the Heart
2019
What Men Want
6.175/1438
Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.
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What Men Want
2019
A Family Reunion Christmas
6.1/25
M'Dear and her sisters struggle to keep their singing act together before a church Christmas pageant while Grandpa teaches the kids a valuable lesson.
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A Family Reunion Christmas
2009
Diary of a Single Mom
4/1
Ocean (Monica Calhoun), a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the resid...
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Diary of a Single Mom
1972
Nationtime
0/0
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the politi...
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Nationtime
2020
Haunting of the Mary Celeste
5.3/40
Rachel, a concerned researcher, and her team have set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for rea...
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Haunting of the Mary Celeste
2008
Final Approach
5.2/19
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nigh...
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Final Approach
2003
Vegas Vampires
3.7/6
A series of brutal murders at several top nightclubs have left the Las Vegas police department baffled. But when they discover that the killers are a...
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Vegas Vampires
2021
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
6.9/18
This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development p...
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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
1995
Ballistic
3.3/5
Jesse Gavin is an undercover cop, part of an elite police team and highly skilled in lethal martial arts! She is suspended from the force after a witn...
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