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Actor Samuel L. Jackson, starred in:

1408 (2007) Genre: Horror, Supernatural Horror. Director: Mikael Håfström. Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub. Storyline: A writer renowned for debunking infamous paranormal events is confronted by a force that he cannot explain upon checking into room 1408 of the notoriously haunted Dolphin Hotel. Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is an author who specializes in horror, but who only believes in what he can see with his eyes and touch with his hands. Having constructed an entire career on his ability to dispel superstitious ...

Amos & Andrew (1993) Genre: Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Satire, Odd Couple Film. Director: Max E. Frye, E. Max Frye. Actors: Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Dabney Coleman, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Balaban, I.M. Hobson, Chelcie Ross, Jodi Long, Tracey Walter, Aimee Graham, Leonor Anthony, Michael Burgess, Loretta Devine, Ernie Garrett, Jordan Lund, Allison Mackie, Kim Staunton, Ron Taylor, Todd Weeks. Storyline: When African-American professional Andrew Sterling (Samual L. Jackson) moves into a summer home on an up-tight all-white New England resort island, the snoopy white neighbors are sure he must be breaking and entering. They call the cops who get too rambunctious and break into Sterling's limo, tripping its security alarm. When Sterling shows up to stop the alarm and pulls out his keys to open the c ...

Basic (2003) Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Detective Film. Director: John McTiernan. Actors: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Tim Daly, Cristián de la Fuente, Dash Mihok, Taye Diggs, Roselyn Sanchez, Harry Connick, Jr., Chris Byrne, Clayne Crawford, Charles L. Fails, Cliff Fleming, Georgia Hausserman, Dena Johnston, Nick Loren, Steven Maye, Jonathan Rau, Curtis Ricks, Tait Ruppert, Margaret Travolta, Timothy S. Wester. Storyline: The disappearance of a military leader and the death of four of his men leads two investigators to wade through a morass of deceptions and half-truths in search of the facts in this thriller. Sgt. Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) is the leader of an elite team of U.S. Army Special Forces operatives known as the Army Rangers; West is known as a highly effective officer, but one with a short temper a ...

Changing Lanes (2002) Genre: Drama, Message Movie, Urban Drama, Melodrama. Director: Roger Michell. Actors: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt, Amanda Peet, Kim Staunton, Richard Jenkins, John Benjamin Hickey, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Dylan Baker, Matt Malloy, Bruce Altman, Caleb Archer, Susan Blackwell, Selena Blake, Ray Boknour, Jewel Brimage, Angel Caban, Bradley Cooper, Anthony DiGiacomo, Genevieve Elam, Father Bonneau, Carolyn Feldschuh, Jordan Gelber, Ileen Getz, Julia Gibson, Angela Goethals, Clive Oliver Greenberg, Joe Grifasi, Sophia Guaspari, Pamela Hart, Bob Heffernan, Suzanne Hevner, Jayne Houdyshell, Cole Hwakins, Neal Jones, Mary Kelly, Richard Kelly, Katariina Kiamma, John Kohl, Howard I. Laniado, Juanma Lara, Lisa Leguillou, James Lovelett, Tony Machine, Maria Alaina Mason, Michael Patrick McGrath, Olga Merediz, Michael Pitt, Vanessa Quel, Alyson Renaldo, Shabazz Richardson, Anastasia Rojas, Harriet Rosenthal, Ruben J. Seraballs, Tina Sloan, James Soviero, Tyler Sussman, Myra Lucretia-Taylor, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Leonard Thomas, Susan Varon, Richard Velasco, Lisa Vogel, Harvey Waldman, Akil Walker, Gilbert Williams, Noel Wilson, Nicole Wright. Storyline: Director Roger Michell follows up the hit romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) with this thought-provoking thriller. Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson star, respectively, as Gavin Banek and Doyle Gibson, two New York men whose lives become accidentally intertwined in a Good Friday fender bender on the FDR Drive. Late for a crucial appointment, hotshot lawyer Gavin tosses Doyle a blank check and lea ...

Cleaner (2007) Genre: Thriller, Crime Thriller. Director: Renny Harlin. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzman, Keke Palmer, Robert Forster, Edrick Browne, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Maggie Lawson, Marc Macaulay, Christa Campbell. Storyline: When a man who specializes in cleaning crime scenes washes away the evidence of a murder before the crime is reported, he soon becomes drawn into a deadly mystery in this thriller directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Coach Carter (2005) Genre: Drama, Sports Drama, Docudrama, Message Movie. Director: Thomas Carter. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Ri'chard, Rob Brown, Ashanti, Debbi Morgan, Rick Gonzalez, Antwon Tanner, Nana Gbewonyo, Channing Tatum, Texas Battle, Denise Dowse, Adrienne Bailon, Dana Davis. Storyline: The true-life story of a coach who tries to teach his players that there's more to life than basketball is brought to the screen in this sports drama. Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) was once a star player on the Richmond High School basketball team in Richmond, CA, and years later, after establishing himself in publishing and marketing, he returns to the school and to the team as the new basketbal ...

Coming to America (1988) Genre: Romance, Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Comedy of Errors. Director: John Landis. Actors: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, Eriq La Salle, Madge Sinclair, Allison Dean, Paul Bates, Louie Anderson, Clint Smith, Vanessa Bell, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Jim Abrahams, Arthur Adams, Leah Aldridge, Aurorah Allain, Paulette Banoza, Garcelle Beauvais, June Boykins, Paula Brown, Stephanie Clark, Janette Colon, Vanessa Colon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Mary Bond Davis, Victoria Dillard, Dottie, Carla Earle, Frankie R. Faison, Sharon Ferrol, Cynthia Finkley, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Billi Gordon, Lisa Gumora, Montrose Hagins, Birdie M. Hale, Helen Hanft, Loni Kaye Harkless, Ruben Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sheila Johnson, Clyde Jones, Elaine Kagan, Tanya Lynne Lee, Calvin Lockhart, Monique Mannen, Patricia Matthews, Mindora Mimms, Uncle Ray Murphy, Karen Renee Owens, Tonja Rivers, Randolph Scott, Stephanie Simon, David Sosna, Jake Steinfeld, Michael Tadross, Felicia Taylor, Raymond Turner, Jerald Vincent, Michele Watley, Steve White, Eyan Williams, Kara Young. Storyline: Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem ...

Deep Blue Sea (1999) Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Sea Adventure, Adventure Drama, Natural Horror. Director: Renny Harlin. Actors: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, LL Cool J, Aida Turturro. Storyline: Although mako sharks are among the fastest and deadliest predators in the ocean, they're not as smart as humans — at least, they weren't. However, Dr. Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) has been using mako sharks as her test subjects for research on the regeneration of human brain tissues. McAlester has altered the DNA of several sharks, raising them close to the level of human intelligen ...

Farce of the Penguins (2007) Genre: Comedy, Adventure Comedy, Parody/Spoof. Director: Bob Saget. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Saget, Lewis Black, Christina Applegate, Mo'nique, Tracy Morgan, Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Alyson Hannigan, Jamie Kennedy, Jon Lovitz, Norm MacDonald, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Adam Duritz, Carlos Mencia, Jeffrey Ross, Jonathan Silverman, Abe Vigoda, Damon Wayans. Storyline: Animal Planet aesthetics get infused with blush-inducing blue-humor sensibilities as director Bob Saget teams with an all-star cast of comics including Lewis Black, Tracy Morgan, Jason Alexander, Dane Cook, and Whoopi Goldberg to prove that sometimes penguins aren't as sweet as they appear to be on the silver screen. Film star Samuel L. Jackson narrates as actual footage of penguins going about th ...

Fluke (1995) Genre: Children's/Family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Animal Picture. Director: Carlo Carlei. Actors: Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc, Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman, Bill Cobbs, Federico Pacifici, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Jon Polito, Clarinda Ross. Storyline: A man learns to be a better person when he turns into a dog in this thoughtful and surprisingly somber drama for the family. Tom (Matthew Modine), a businessman, is so driven to succeed that he all but ignores his wife Carol (Nancy Travis) and their son Brian (Max Pomeranc). Tom's perspective changes when he dies in an auto accident and is reincarnated as Fluke, a big brown dog. Fluke wants nothin ...

Formula 51 (2002) Genre: Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Crime Thriller. Director: Ronny Yu. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf, Sean Pertwee, Ricky Tomlinson, Paul Barber, Michael J. Stark, Stephen Walters, Anna Keaveney. Storyline: First-time screenwriter Stelios Pavlou enjoyed a major success with this script that he wrote while working in an English liquor store by sending it to actor Samuel L. Jackson, who signed on for one of the lead roles. Jackson is Elmo McElroy, a kilt-wearing, golf club-wielding Los Angeles native who has invented an illegal drug formula that he hopes will provide him with a last major score of 20 m ...

Fresh (1994) Genre: Drama, Urban Drama, Childhood Drama, Crime Drama. Director: Boaz Yakin. Actors: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Ron Brice, Jean-Claude LaMarre, Cheryl Freeman, F. Murray Abraham, Lawrence Bender, Guillermo Diaz, Matthew Faber, Mateo Gomez, Robert Jimenez, Paul L.Q. Lee, Curtis L. McClarin, Davenia McFadden, Cortez Nance, Jr., Randy Ostrow, Joe Pentangelo, Anthony Ruiz, Martin Shakar, Anthony Thomas, Yul Vázquez, Charles Malik Whitfield, José Zuñiga. Storyline: Sorry, no description is available yet for this movie...

GoodFellas (1990) Genre: Crime, Gangster Film, Crime Drama. Director: Martin Scorsese. Actors: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Frank di Leo, Christopher Serrone, Henny Youngman, Jerry Vale, Frank Adonis, Frank Albanese, Anthony Alessandro, Erasmus C. Alfano, Manny Alfaro, Bob Altman, Vito Antuofermo, Frank Aquilino, Vito Balsamo, Norman Barbera, Daniela Barbosa, Tobin Bell, Joanna Bennett, Mikey Black, Garry Blackwood, Joel Blake, Joseph Bono, Spencer Bradley, Nicole Burdette, Michael Calandrino, Joel Calendrillo, Thomas E. Camuti, Gene Canfield, Clem Caserta, Nancy Ellen Cassaro, Johnny "Cha-Cha" Ciarcia, Peter Cicale, Michael Citriniti, Victor Colicchio, Tony Conforti, Daniel P. Conte, Mike Contessa, Kevin Corrigan, Janis Corsair, Joseph D'Onofrio, Lisa DaPolito, Ed Deacy, H. Clay Dear, Jamie de Roy, Dominque de Vito, John di Benedetto, Richard "Bo" Dietl, Richard Dioguardi, Illeana Douglas, Tony Ellis, Lou Eppolito, Peter Fain, Steve Forleo, Paula Gallo, Vincent Gallo, Julie Garfield, Ruby Gaynor, Joseph P. Gioco, Bob Golub, Michaelangelo Graziano, Margaux Guerard, Russell Halley, Edward Hayes, Paul Herman, Thomas Hewson, Peter Hock, Michael Imperioli, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Jacobs, Alyson Jones, Elaine Kagan, Nadine Kay, Stella Kietel, Jesse Kirtzman, Dino Laudicina, Marianne Leone, Ellen Lewis, Gayle Lewis, Tony Lip, Gaetano Lisi, Gaetano LoGiudice, Charles Low, Thomas Lowry, Ronald Maccone, John Manca, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Gina Mattia, Debi Mazar, Edward McDonald, Fran McGee, Paul McIsaac, Marie Michaels, Paul Mougey, Richard Mullally, Edward D. Murphy, Lo Nardo, Peter Onorati, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Vito Picone, Angela Pietropinto, Anthony Polemeni, Anthony Powers, Melissa Prophet, James Quattrochi, Max Raven, Lawrence Sacco, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Andrew Scudiero, Suzanne Shepherd, Larry Silvestri, Tony Sirico, Margaret Smith, Beau Starr, Philip Suriano, Berlinda Tolbert, Anthony Valentin, Susan Varon, Robbie Vinton, Katherine Wallach, Luke Walter, Adam Wandt, Irving Welzer, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Welker White, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., John Williams, Margo Winkler, Paula Young. Storyline: Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn ...

Jackie Brown (1997) Genre: Crime, Crime Thriller. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Actors: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Hattie Winston, Aimee Graham, Sid Haig, Denise Crosby, Quentin Tarantino. Storyline: Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda), teams with his old buddy Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), just released from prison after serv ...

Jumper (2008) Genre: Science Fiction. Director: Doug Liman. Actors: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Jesse James, Tom Hulce, Kristen Stewart, Teddy Dunn, Barbara Garrick, Michael Winther, Massimiliano Pazzaglia, Shawn Roberts, Nathalie Cox, Meredith Henderson, Damir Andrei, Tony Nappo, George King, Clark Beasley, Jr., Simona Lisi, Matteo Carlomagno, Fabrizio Bucci, Giorgio Santangelo, Marcello Santoni, Franco Salvatore Di Stefano, Brad Borbridge, Angelo Lopez, Roberto Antonelli, Veronica Visentin, Christian Pikes, George Ghali, Ryny Gyto Ouk, Frantisek Jícha, Robin Zenker, Masahiro Kishibata, Sumiko Yamada, Tamaki Mihara, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Rolando Alvarez Giacoman, Adam Chuckryk, Jordan Gatto, Nicholas Kusiba, Ariel Lukane, Vanessa Reid, Stephen Whitehead, Mahmud Watts, Braden Munafo, Tamara Buchwald, Maia Smith, Valentino Visentini, John Baker, Josie Lau. Storyline: Following up his blockbuster action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman turns to an entirely new genre — sci-fi — for this tale of an underground world of teleporters. Based on the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper concerns David (Hayden Christensen), a young man who quite literally wills himself away from his grim family life by teleporting to another place with the power ...

Jungle Fever (1991) Genre: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Urban Drama. Director: Spike Lee. Actors: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, Frank Vincent, Halle Berry, Tyra Ferrell, Veronica Webb, Veronica Timbers, David Dundara, Bob Adrian, Rick Aiello, Mamie Louise Anderson, Curtis Atkins, Michael Badalucco, Melvin Bethea, Yvette Brooks, Danielle Coleman, Averell Curtle, Franc D'Ambrosio, Joseph D'Onofrio, Doug E. Doug, Brad Dourif, Richard Edson, Frank Esposito, Joseph Giammarino, Talese Harris, Tiger Haynes, Michael Imperioli, Queen Latifah, Ewart Lauder, Shawn Lowenthal, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Randolph May, Debi Mazar, El-Shah Muhammad, Charlie Murphy, Marilyn Nelson, Anthony Nocerino, Steve Randazzo, Theresa Randle, Tim Robbins, Scot Anthony Robinson, Miguel Sandoval, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Phyllis Stickney, Nicholas Turturro, Pamela Tyson, Suzanna White. Storyline: Spike Lee defines "jungle fever" as sexual attraction between members of two races. In his film Jungle Fever, he examines the repercussions of an interracial affair upon two very distinct communities. Wesley Snipes is Flipper, a happily married and successful architect, and Annabella Sciorra is Angie, an office temp. When she starts working in Flipper's Manhattan office, one day they loo ...

Jurassic Park (1993) Genre: Science Fiction, Prehistoric Fantasy, Sci-Fi Action. Director: Steven Spielberg. Actors: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Richard Kiley, Jophery Brown, Greg Burson, Dean Cundey, Christopher John Fields, Whitby Hertford, Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Jerry Molen, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, B.D. Wong. Storyline: Steven Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from the team of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. The film follows two dinosaur experts — Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler Laura Dern) — as they are invited by eccentric millionaire Jo ...

Menace II Society (1993) Genre: Drama, Crime, Urban Drama, Gangster Film. Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes. Actors: Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vonte Sweet, Larenz Tate, Ryan Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, Charles S. Dutton, Glenn Plummer, Bill Duke, Khandi Alexander, Reginald Ballard, Christopher M. Brown, Marilyn Coleman, Nancy Cheryl Davis, Julian Roy Doster, Chad Dowdell, Robert Gonzales, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Brandon Hammond, Anthony Johnson, Arnold Johnson, Michael Kelly, Eugene Lee, Rolando Molina, James Pickens, Jr., Clifton Powell, Saafir, Toshi Toda, Tony Valentino, Yo-Yo. Storyline: This debut offering from twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes was one of the most critically-acclaimed urban crime films to appear in the wake of John Singleton's influential Boyz N the Hood. Set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, the film is narrated by 18-year-old Caine (Tyrin Turner), a drug dealer and car thief who lives with his religious grandparents. After graduating from high sch ...

Pulp Fiction (1994) Genre: Crime, Crime Comedy, Ensemble Film, Gangster Film. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Actors: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Maria de Medeiros, Frank Whaley, Quentin Tarantino, Angela Jones, Peter Greene, Alexis Arquette, Lawrence Bender, Don Blakely, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderon, Eric Clark, Bronagh Gallagher, Michael Gilden, Kathy Griffin, Susan Griffiths, Stephen Hibbert, Brenda Hillhouse, Linda Kaye, Phil LaMarr, Lorelei Leslie, Karen Maruyama, Dick Miller, Joseph Pilato, Robert Ruth, Emil Sitka, Burr Steers, Julia Sweeney, Rich Turner, Venessia Valentino, Duane Whitaker. Storyline: Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David Mamet; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies, and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence ...

Resurrecting the Champ (2006) Genre: Drama, Sports Drama. Director: Rod Lurie. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, David Paymer, Rachel Nichols. Storyline: Director and co-screenwriter (along with Chris Gerolmo, Allison Burnett, and Michael Bortman) Rod Lurie tells the uplifting tale of a sports writer who almost lost it all before stumbling into the story of a lifetime in this uplifting sports-themed drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson. Erik (Hartnett) is a Denver-based sports writer whose prose is dull and whose marriage is failing. ...

Rules of Engagement (2000) Genre: Drama, War, Courtroom Drama, War Drama. Director: William Friedkin. Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Bruce Greenwood, Blair Underwood, Philip Baker Hall, Anne Archer, Ben Kingsley, Mark Feuerstein, Dale Dye, Kim Delaney, Ryan Hurst. Storyline: In this drama, two U.S. Marines who stood side by side on the field of battle are reunited in a court of law. Attorney Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) once aspired to a career as an officer, but a serious injury in Vietnam put an end to his military future, leaving him bitter and resentful. Col. Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) fought alongside Hodges and once saved his life; when Childers is ...

Sphere (1998) Genre: Science Fiction, Alien Invasion Films, Sea Adventure. Director: Barry Levinson. Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber, Queen Latifah, Marga Gomez, Michael Keys Hall. Storyline: Barry Levinson directed this $100+ million adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction novel about the investigation of a half-mile-long spacecraft sitting on the South Pacific ocean floor. Government functionary Barnes (Peter Coyote) assembles a crack scientific team — psychologist Dr. Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman), who wrote a presidential report on alien contact; biochemist Bet ...

Strictly Business (1991) Genre: Comedy, Romantic Comedy. Director: Kevin Hooks. Actors: Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, Anne-Marie Johnson, David Marshall Grant, Halle Berry, Jon Cypher, Kim Coles, Daryl Barnes, Fred Brathwaite, Paul Butler, Brian Chavanne, Sean Combs, O.L. Duke, Farrah Fawcett, Annie Golden, Susan Haskell, Kevin Hooks, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Francis James, Glenn Kubota, Oni Faida Lampley, Denis Leary, Greg Mays, James McDaniel, Sandra McLain, Julie Mossberg, Mansoor Najeeullah, Novella Nelson, Paul Provenza, Luis Ramos, Sam Rockwell, Victor Slezak, Sarah Stavrou, Joe Torry, Ira Wheeler, Ellis Williams. Storyline: In this lively comedy, an African American yuppie rethinks life on the corporate fast-track after he falls in love with an ultra hip club promoter. Knowing that she finds him a total square, he seeks the advice of a swinging young mail boy.

The Incredibles (2004) Genre: Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure, Comic-Book Superhero Film. Director: Brad Bird. Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Brad Bird, Elizabeth Peña, John Ratzenberger, Jean Sincere, Dominique Louis. Storyline: Directed by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile superhero Bob Parr (aka Mr. Incredible), who has not-so-successfully settled into suburban life along with his wife and kids under the watchful eye of the Superhero Protection Program. A far cry from the "glory days" during which "supers" were a welcome addition to society, the Parrs' living situation w ...

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Genre: Thriller, Action, Action Thriller. Director: Renny Harlin. Actors: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, David Morse, Tom Amandes, Melina Kanakaredes, Joe McKenna, Alan North, G.D. Spradlin, Yvonne Zima. Storyline: An ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this action thriller. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her children. Nothing on the surface would seem to be remarkable about Samantha's life, but every once in a while she has vague memories and unexplained impulses that don't add up wi ...

The Negotiator (1998) Genre: Thriller, Police Detective Film. Director: F. Gary Gray. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Kelsey Mulrooney. Storyline: F. Gary Gray directed this suspenseful action thriller based on a real case experienced by police in St. Louis. The James DeMonaco/Kevin Fox screenplay follows an accused man who is forced to commit crimes in order to prove himself innocent of murder. After Chicago police hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) succeeds in rescuing a little girl menaced by her gun-wielding dad, he's pra ...

The Red Violin (1998) Genre: Drama, Period Film, Romantic Drama, Musical Drama. Director: François Girard. Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Sylvia Chang, Liu Zi Feng, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure. Storyline: Francois Girard directed this drama tracing the history of a musical instrument through five countries and three centuries. In 1681, to keep the spirit of his wife alive, an Italian paints the violin with a red varnish made from her blood. It is later found in the Austrian Alps when a prodigy gives a performance in the court of Vienna in 1792. Taken by gypsies, the instrument is acquired by a Dion ...

True Romance (1993) Genre: Crime, Road Movie, Crime Thriller. Director: Tony Scott. Actors: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Adonis, Victor Argo, Paul Bates, Michael Beach, Paul Ben-Victor, John Cenatiempo, Kevin Corrigan, Joe D'Angerio, Said Faraj, Conchata Ferrell, James Gandolfini, Dennis Garber, Risa Bramon Garcia, Steve Gonzales, Billy Hopkins, Patrick John Hurley, Eric Allan Kramer, Anna Levine, Lawrence Mason, Maria Pitillo, Gregory Sporleder. Storyline: Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is a well-meaning but socially unskilled comic-shop clerk whose idea of a big night out is catching a Sonny Chiba triple-feature at a downtown grindhouse. Clarence is celebrating his birthday in just such a manner ...

Unbreakable (2000) Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Comic-Book Superhero Film. Director: M. Night Shyamalan. Actors: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Charlayne Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark, James Handy, Eamonn Walker, Elizabeth Lawrence, Leslie Stefanson, Richard Council, Joey Perillo. Storyline: Actor Bruce Willis and writer/director M. Night Shyamalan reunite after the surprise success of The Sixth Sense for this supernatural thriller. David Dunne (Willis) is taking a train from New York City back home to Philadelphia after a job interview that didn't go well when his car jumps the tracks and collides with an oncoming engine, with David the only survivor among the 131 passengers on board ...