Vondie Curtis-Hall
Biography: Vondie Curtis-Hall (born September 30, 1956) is an American actor and film director. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 30, 1956
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Romeo + Juliet
1996-11-01
Romeo + Juliet
Overview: In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Die Hard 2
1990-07-03
Die Hard 2
Overview: One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-03
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Harriet
2019-11-01
Harriet
Overview: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Talk to Me
2007-07-13
Talk to Me
Overview: The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-13
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009-09-11
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Overview: Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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Don King: Only in America
1997-11-15
Don King: Only in America
Overview: A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-15
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Turn It Up
2000-09-06
Turn It Up
Overview: Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-06
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Passion Fish
1992-12-11
Passion Fish
Overview: After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-11
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Heaven's Prisoners
1996-05-17
Heaven's Prisoners
Overview: A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-17
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Sugar Hill
1994-02-25
Sugar Hill
Overview: In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-25
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Keys
1994-01-01
Keys
Overview: A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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One Good Cop
1991-05-03
One Good Cop
Overview: When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-03
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Raymond & Ray
2022-10-14
Raymond & Ray
Overview: Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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Drop Squad
1994-10-28
Drop Squad
Overview: Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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There Was a Little Boy
1993-05-16
There Was a Little Boy
Overview: Julie and Gregg are about to become parents again, but they feel conflicted since their first child was kidnapped and never seen again. But the couple soon faces an even bigger shock. Julie's new bad-boy (really bad-boy) student may actually be her long-lost son! Based on Claire R. Jacobs's book
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-16
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Dr. Hugo
1996-06-01
Dr. Hugo
Overview: Dr. Hugo (Vondie Curtis-Hall) makes house calls, and makes all the young ladies swoon as they see him passing by. If he's not careful, he could find himself in big trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-01
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Black Nativity
2013-11-27
Black Nativity
Overview: A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Dead Man's Revenge
1994-04-15
Dead Man's Revenge
Overview: Bitter and vengeful fugitive Luck Hatcher, dignified former slave turned bounty hunter Jessup Bush, and wily deputy U.S. Marshal Bodine all converge in a small town so they can hatch an intricate con in order to bring greedy and ruthless railroad speculator Payton McCay to justice.
Genres: Western Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-15
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Tuesday Morning Ride
1995-01-01
Tuesday Morning Ride
Overview: Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts an old man and woman -- he a stroke victim, she blind -- who feel they have nothing to live for since their children do not visit. They decide to put on their finest clothing and take a final ride in their car -- with no turning back. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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In a Stranger's Hand
1991-09-29
In a Stranger's Hand
Overview: Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-29
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Sirens
1999-09-26
Sirens
Overview: Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a corporate executive with a bright future, watches her life spin out of control after a policeman, Officer Wexler (Carradine), cold-bloodedly kills her ex-husband before her very eyes. Wexler is acquitted of any wrongdoing, and Sally finds herself standing alone against a shocking police department cover-up. Thwarted at every turn by a system steeped in deceit and corruption, Sally takes the law into her own hands. Hacking into computer files, staking out Wexler and questioning witnesses, Sally will risk everything – including her own life – to expose the truth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-26
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Deceit
2004-03-15
Deceit
Overview: Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? The truth can only be found when all of the deceit is finally revealed.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-15
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Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992-01-06
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Overview: Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV) Edmund Perry appears to have things all going his way when he graduates from Phillips Exeter Academy with a scholarship to Stanford U. when an unfortunate meeting with a police officer ends his life. The focus is on the four years and the events at the Academy which ultimately led to the tragedy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-06
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024-08-07
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Overview: Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades of heartbreak and illness threaten to stir up the past when the trio sees their bond put to the test as they face their most challenging times yet.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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Experimenter
2015-10-16
Experimenter
Overview: Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Freedom Song
2000-02-27
Freedom Song
Overview: Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-27
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Heat Wave
1990-08-13
Heat Wave
Overview: A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-13
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Wicked Spring
2002-03-02
Wicked Spring
Overview: During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet creek. The men meet and spend the night around a campfire, not realizing they are enemies until the next morning when the sun rises and a new day of battle begins.
Genres: Western Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-02
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Falling Down
1993-02-26
Falling Down
Overview: An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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Cymbeline
2014-09-03
Cymbeline
Overview: War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-03
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Eve's Bayou
1997-11-07
Eve's Bayou
Overview: Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Black Rain
1989-09-22
Black Rain
Overview: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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Breaking Brooklyn
2018-05-25
Breaking Brooklyn
Overview: A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
Genres: Drama Family Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Honeydripper
2007-09-10
Honeydripper
Overview: In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-10
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Gridlock'd
1997-01-29
Gridlock'd
Overview: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-29
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Coming to America
1988-06-29
Coming to America
Overview: An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-29
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Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Clear and Present Danger
Overview: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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Crooklyn
1994-05-13
Crooklyn
Overview: From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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Zooman
1995-03-19
Zooman
Overview: Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-19
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Mystery Train
1989-09-06
Mystery Train
Overview: In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-06
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Shakedown
1988-05-06
Shakedown
Overview: When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-06
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18½
2022-05-27
18½
Overview: In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-27
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Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009-06-26
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Overview: Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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What She Doesn't Know
1992-02-23
What She Doesn't Know
Overview: An idealistic law school graduate comes to work in the New York D.A.'s office. Her first case leads her straight to her father, a veteran New York cop who may be involved in corruption.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-23
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Blue Bayou
2021-09-10
Blue Bayou
Overview: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-10
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The Night House
2021-07-15
The Night House
Overview: Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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Sheepdog
2024-09-20
Sheepdog
Overview: A decorated combat Veteran is court ordered into treatment when an ex-convict shows up on his doorstep and reveals that he must put himself back together again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-20
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A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Broken Arrow
1996-02-09
Broken Arrow
Overview: When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-09
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Healing Hurts
1991-01-01
Healing Hurts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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