Samuel L. Jackson

All Movies of Samuel L. Jackson

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  9.2
  Pulp Fiction
  The film interweaves three tales: the first story focuses on Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), two hit men on duty for "the big boss," Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), whose gorgeous w...
   1994

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  9.1
  Goodfellas
  As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Henry Hill rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's crime branch, and with money from the mob he begins living the good life, complete with a beautiful bride...
  Character: Stacks Edwards

   1990

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  8.8
  The Incredibles
  A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world... Mr. Incredible is a superhero; or he used to be, until a surge of lawsuits against superheroes from the...
   2004

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  8.6
  Staged (TV Series)
  David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing hi...
  Character:  Samuel L. Jackson 1 episode, 2020

   2020

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  8.5
  I Am Not Your Negro
  In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close f...
   2016

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  8.5
  Django Unchained
  With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. In the American South, two years before The Civil War begins, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is s...
   2012

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  8.3
  Avengers: Endgame
  After the devastating events of Vengadores: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe.
  Character: Nick Fury

   2019

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  8.3
  Kill Bill: Volume 2
  The assassin known only as "the Bride" (Uma Thurman) continues her quest for revenge after having eliminated two of her former colleagues (and more than a few others that tried to stand in her way). All she has to do now is find a...
  Character: Rufus

   2004

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  8.3
  Jurassic Park
  Billionaire John Hammond builds a theme park by cloning dinosaur DNA into living dinosaurs. Because of the accidental death of one of his workers, he hires several scientists to endorse the park: Alan Grant, a paleontologist, Elli...
  Character: Arnold

   1993

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  8.2
  Iron Man
  Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. W...
   2008

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  8.2
  Prohibition (TV)
  The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
  Character:  Reader 1 episode, 2011

   2011

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  8.2
  Do the Right Thing
  It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to ...
  Character: Mister Señor Love Daddy (as Sam Jackson)

   1989

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  8.0
  The Avengers
  Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global securit...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2012

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  7.9
  Out of Sight
  After Jack Foley (George Clooney) escapes from jail with the help of his partner, Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames), he takes Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), a sexy federal agent, hostage. Immediately sparks fly between the two. Eventually ...
   1998

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  7.8
  Avengers: Infinity War
  The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
  Character: Nick Fury

   2018

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  7.7
  Fresh
  There's only one thing making this inner-city delivery boy's job dangerous: the merchandise. 12-year-old Fresh is a drug courier whose morning deliveries make him late for school. Luckily, he's also got age on his side. Fresh is s...
  Character: Sam

   1994

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  7.6
  Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)
  Fresh from his role in "The Avengers," Agent Phil Coulson returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven't been ...
  Character:  Nick Fury 2 episodes, 2013-2014

   2013

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  7.6
  Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the Separatist droid army, to justice. Meanwhile, back ...
   2005

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  7.5
  Amend: The Fight for America (TV Series)
  6 episodes. Explore American history through a lens that will have its viewers questioning what a United States really means.
  Character:  Self 2 episodes, 2021

   2021

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  7.5
  Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (TV)
  A one-hour television special titled Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe, which will document the history of Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and will include exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage f...
  Character: Self

   2014

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  7.4
  The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (TV Miniseries)
  6 Episodes. Ptolemy Grey is a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. Worlwide release date: 11 march 2022 on Apple TV+.
  Character:  Ptolemy Grey 6 episodes, 2022

   2022

• 
  7.4
  What If...? (TV Series)
  Exploring pivotal moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turning them on their head, leading the audience into uncharted territory.
  Character:  Nick Fury 2 episodes, 2021

   2021

• 
  7.3
  Jungle Fever
  A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
  Character: Gator Purify

   1991

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  7.3
  Menace II Society
  This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
  Character: Tat Lawson

   1993

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  7.2
  Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  Steve Rogers continues his affiliation with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D and struggles to embrace his role in the modern world.
  Character: Nick Fury

   2014

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  7.2
  Hard Eight
  John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage...
  Character: Jimmy

   1996

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  7.2
  The Sunset Limited (TV)
  Two men in an apartment with their opposing beliefs.
  Character: Black

   2011

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  7.2
  Eve's Bayou
  The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive women patients. One day Louis is flirting with married and sexy...
  Character: Louis Batiste

   1997

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  7.2
  QT8: The First Eight
  A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators.
  Character: Self

   2019

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  7.1
  Spider-Man: Far from Home
  Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacati...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2019

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  7.1
  The Hateful Eight
  In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh), race tow...
   2015

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  7.1
  Ragtime
  Based on the acclaimed and popular E.L. Doctorow novel, RAGTIME tells the intricate story of four New York families--three of which are fictional--at the turn of the 20th century, each indicative of that time in American history, ...
  Character: Gang Member No. 2

   1981

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  7.1
  Unbreakable
  UNBREAKABLE stars Bruce Willis as David Dunne, a Philadelphia security guard and the sole survivor of a disasterous train wreck. Not only is David still alive after the crash--he's completely unharmed. After this miraculous incide...
   2000

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  7.0
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  The introduction and origin of Steve Rogers, a soldier given a serum that turns him into the super-soldier Captain America! After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an ...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2011

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  7.0
  The Red Violin
  This fictional movie, using flashbacks, spans over four centuries from the late 17th century to the end of the 20th century. It also spans three continents, Europe, Asia and North America. It follows the story of the famous, myste...
   1998

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  7.0
  Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
  1 season. 8 episodes. Following his return to boxing after dodging the draft, Ali defeats Jerry Quarry. That same night, hundreds of people are robbed at gunpoint at his after-party.
   2024

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  7.0
  What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper? (TV)
  Captain Carter embarks on a mission to save Steve Rogers and faces new enemies.
   2023

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  7.0
  What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602? (TV)
  Captain Carter tries to put an end to the anomaly that traps heroes and villains in the year 1602.
   2023

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  7.0
  The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
  The world's most lethal odd couple - bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid - are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile...
  Character: Darius Kincaid

   2021

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  7.0
  Kingsman: The Secret Service
  An action spy film that follows a veteran secret agent and his younger protege. Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), "Kingsman: The Secret Service" tells the s...
  Character: Valentine

   2014

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  7.0
  Unthinkable
  A psychological thriller centered around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S.
   2010

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  7.0
  Freedom: A History of Us (TV)
  A 16 episode mini-series of the History of America.
  Character:  Highland Garnet / ... 5 episodes, 2003

   2003

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  7.0
  The Negotiator
  An ace police hostage negotiator is framed for murder and the only way he can see to buy himself enough time to prove his innocence is to take some hostages of his own. Spacey is a fellow top-notch hostage negotiator whose job it ...
   1998

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  7.0
  Sea of Love
  A serial killer chooses his victims among the men who put ads in the lonely hearts column of the NYC newspapers. Detectives Pacino and Goodman decide to place themselves an ad, hoping to find the killer they believe to be a woman....
   1989

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  7.0
  Jackie Brown
  Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is an attractive flight attendant who supplements her income by smuggling cash _into_ the country for an illegal arms dealer--until the day federal agents bust her. The only way she'll stay out of jail is ...
  Character: Ordell Robbie

   1997

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  6.9
  Avengers: Age of Ultron
  When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate tes...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2015

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  6.9
  Iron Man 2
  With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the milita...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2010

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  6.9
  Captain Marvel
  Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
  Character: Nick Fury

   2019

• 
  6.9
  Kong: Skull Island
  A diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific—as beautiful as it is treacherous—unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
  Character: Preston Packard

   2017

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  6.9
  Mother and Child
  A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman (Annette Bening), the daughter (Naomi Watts) she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman (Kerry Washington) looking to adopt a child of her own. Mot...
  Character: Paul

   2009

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  6.8
  Die Hard with a Vengeance
  On the streets of New York, police officer John McClane has just about seen it all. He's got a nose for danger, a penchant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a talent for overcoming incredible odds. But, this time...
   1995

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  6.8
  Changing Lanes
  Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. ...
  Character: Doyle Gipson

   2002

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  6.8
  The Other Guys
  Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops whom they idolize -- only things don't quite go as planned. NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (S...
  Character: P.K. Highsmith

   2010

• 
  6.8
  Thor
  The warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-fo...
  Character: Nick Fury

   2011

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  6.8
  Patriot Games
  When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.
  Character: Robby

   1992

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  6.7
  The Banker
  The Banker is based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs (Jackson and Mackie) who, during the 1950s, hired a working-class white man (Hoult) to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they posed as...
   2020

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  6.7
  187 (AKA One Eight Seven)
  Character: Trevor Garfield

   1997

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  6.7
  True Romance
  When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn’t expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be mad...
  Character: Big Don

   1993

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  6.7
  Coach Carter
  Inspired by a true-life story, "Coach Carter" is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benchi...
  Character: Coach Ken Carter

   2005

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  6.6
  A Time to Kill
  Matthew McConaughey, a young, attractive and highly-skilled attorney is faced with the toughest case of his life, one that on many occassions may also threaten it. In the southern Mississippi town of Canton, the K.K.K. is active a...
  Character: Carl Lee Hailey

   1996

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  6.6
  Juice
  4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some...
  Character: Trip

   1992

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  6.6
  Death to 2020
  As the year we all want to end finally does, take a look back at 2020's mad glory in this comedic retrospective from the creators of "Black Mirror".
  Character: Dash Bracket

   2020

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  6.6
  Against the Wall (TV)
  Based on the true story of the uprising at Attica Prison in 1971. Michael Smith, a new recruit to the prison service, along with several of his colleagues get caught up in a prison riot fueled by bad prison management and a lack o...
  Character: Jamaal

   1994

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  6.6
  Chi-Raq
  A drama centered on the growing violence in Chicago. Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata ...
  Character: Dolmedes

   2015

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  6.6
  Mo' Better Blues
  Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story...
  Character: Madlock

   1990

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  6.5
  1408
  Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, h...
  Character: Gerald Olin

   2007

• 
  6.4
  Star Wars. Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  In the second installment of the Star Wars series, EPISODE II--ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is now a teenage Jedi apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Together they must protect Senator Padm...
   2002

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  6.4
  Losing Isaiah
  An African-American baby, abandoned by his crack addicted mother is adopted by a white social worker and her husband. Several years later, the baby's mother finds out her son is not dead, as she thought before and goes to court to
  Character: Kadar Lewis

   1995

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  6.4
  The Last Full Measure
  It tells the true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (also known as a PJ) medic who personally saved over sixty men.
  Character: Billy Takoda

   2019

• 
  6.3
  Black Snake Moan
  In a small Tennessee town, two unlikely souls are about to be lured together at the sticky crossroads between rage and love. Found lying on the side of the road, beaten and nearly dead, is Rae (Christina Ricci), a 22-year-old who ...
  Character: Lazarus

   2006

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  6.3
  The Garfield Movie
  After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious,
   2024

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  6.3
  The Piano Lesson
  Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.
   2024

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  6.3
  Is That Black Enough for You?!?
  Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
   2022

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  6.3
  Resurrecting the Champ
  For all his ambition, Erik (Josh Hartnett) is a Denver sports reporter fast on his way to being yesterday's news. His writing lacks personality, and his editor, Metz (Alan Alda), is unwilling to pull him off the boxing beat. To ma...
  Character: Champ

   2007

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  6.2
  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  When Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he uncovers a secret refuge known as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As he learns about the residents and their unusual abilities, Jake ...
  Character: Barron

   2016

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  6.2
  Coming to America
  It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. Now the prince breaks with tradition and travels to America to look for the love of his life.
  Character: Hold-Up Man

   1988

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  6.2
  In My Country
  It is 1995; Langston Whitfield travels to South Africa to report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the Washington Post. It is this commission’s task to bring to light the crimes committed during apartheid. The aim o...
  Character: Langston Whitfield

   2004

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  6.1
  Kiss of Death
  Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things...
  Character: Calvin Hart

   1995

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  6.1
  The Protégé
  A hacker and her partners in crime accidentally steal millions from a crime boss, forced into hiding to train for their inevitable confrontation.
  Character: Moody

   2021

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  6.1
  The Man
  When a bumbling traveling salesman (Levy) lands smack in the middle of an ATF sting operation, the agent-in-charge (Jackson) is convinced he's found the perfect operative to bust up an illegal weapons ring.
  Character: Derrick Vann

   2005

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  6.0
  Soul Men
  Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends (Jackson and Mac) agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased
  Character: Louis Hinds

   2008

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  6.0
  Argylle
  A spy movie about a novelist with amnesia who slowly regains her memory and realizes she’s actually a world-class spy.
   2022

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  6.0
  Baadasssss Cinema (TV)
  Filmmaker Isaac Julien uses film clips and interviews to illustrate the history of the so-called "blaxploitation" genre.
   2002

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  6.0
  Jumpin' at the Boneyard
  This bleak, provocative drama, the debut of filmmaker Jeff Stanzler, gives a haunting look at the effects of drug abuse upon those who care for the user. It tells the story of unemployed, depressed and just-divorced Bronx-resident...
  Character: Mr. Simpson

   1992

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  6.0
  Fathers & Sons
  A beach runner and bookworm (Goldblum) has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy with a serial killer coming between him and his son. The ensuing E.S....
   1992

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  6.0
  National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon
  An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their ware...
  Character: Wes Luger

   1993

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  5.9
  The 51st State
  Character: Elmo McElroy

   2001

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  5.9
  The Long Kiss GoodNight
  Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her hea...
  Character: Mitch Henessey

   1996

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  5.9
  White Sands
  A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
  Character: Greg Meeker (as Sam Jackson)

   1992

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  5.8
  Secret Invasion (TV Series)
  Nick Fury uncovers a conspiracy for a group of shapeshifting Skrulls to infiltrate Earth in positions of power around the world, recruiting Everett K. Ross, Maria Hill, and Talos to stop it and save humanity.
   2022

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  5.8
  Spiral: From the Book of Saw
  A sadistic mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in SPIRAL, the terrifying new chapter from the book of SAW. Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Bank...
  Character: Marcus

   2021

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  5.8
  The Hitman's Bodyguard
  Boydguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) was once a Triple A-rated executive protection agent, but his credibility took a dive when he lost a client to a sniper. He's coerced by his ex-girlfriend, an Interpol agent, to take on a ne...
  Character: Darius Kincaid

   2017

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  5.7
  Lakeview Terrace
  A young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single fathe...
  Character: Abel Turner

   2008

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  5.7
  Shaft
  New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
  Character: John Shaft

   2000

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  5.7
  Glass
  Following the conclusion of "Split", "Glass" finds David Dunn pursuing Kevin Wendell Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Elijah Price eme...
  Character: Elijah Price

   2019

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  5.7
  Johnny Suede
  Character: B-Bop

   1991

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  5.7
  Cleaner
  The story centers on a former cop (Jackson) who makes his living cleaning up crime scenes. After cleaning a murder site, he discovers that the crime was never reported to the police and that he has unwittingly covered up a homicid...
  Character: Tom Cutler

   2007

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  5.7
  xXx
  Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is XXX. He makes his questionable living by selling web videos of his outrageous, thrill seeking exploits, whether parachuting out of a stolen car as it plunges 700 feet off a bridge, or other renegade act...
  Character: Agent Augustus Gibbons

   2002

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  5.7
  Deep Blue Sea
  In search of a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, a team of scientists experiment with the brains of sharks, making them smarter and faster. When a corporate executive (Jackson) comes to tour the facility the sharks start an uprising t...
  Character: Russell Franklin

   1999

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  5.7
  The New Age
  Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. ...
  Character: Dale Deveaux

   1994

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  5.6
  Shaft
  JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth,...
  Character: John Shaft

   2019

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  5.6
  Rules of Engagement
  Colonel Terry Childers (Jackson) is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm. But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that we...
  Character: Colonel Terry Childers

   2000

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  5.6
  Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  The first of three prequels to George Lucas’s celebrated STAR WARS films, EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE is set some 30 years before STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE in the era of the Republic. Naboo, a peaceful planet governe...
   1999

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  5.6
  The Marvels
  Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, has regained the identity taken from her by the tyrannical Kree and exacted her revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But a series of unforeseen consequences force her to bear the weight of a d...
   2023

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  5.5
  Basic
  Six soldiers went out. Two came back. What happened to the military's most elite commandos? When a legendary commander (Samuel L. Jackson) and several of his men turn up missing, the last thing the government wants is a rogue DEA...
  Character: West

   2003

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  5.4
  RoboCop
  Year 2018. In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
  Character: Pat Novak

   2014

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  5.4
  The Great White Hype
  The Reverend Fred Sultan, an ebullient, underhanded boxing promoter, is upset that his Black champ, James Roper, is not exactly raking in the dough. Sultan thinks that the solution is to have Roper fight a White boxer -- who will ...
  Character: Rev. Fred Sultan

   1996

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  5.4
  Snakes on a Plane
  Samuel L. Jackson plays an FBI agent who is escorting a witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles when an assassin releases hundreds of deadly snakes on a commercial airplane in order to eliminate the witness. The FBI agent, ...
  Character: Neville Flynn

   2006

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  5.4
  The Caveman's Valentine
  A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy and bring him to justice.
  Character: Romulus

   2001

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  5.3
  S.W.A.T.
  Jim Street is a former S.W.A.T. team member, who along with his partner Brian Gamble, is thrown off the team in the aftermath of a controversial decision they made during a robbery/hostage standoff. Gamble quits the force in disgu...
  Character: Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

   2003

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  5.3
  The Legend of Tarzan
  Years after he's reassimilated into society, John Clayton III, known as the famous "ape man" Tarzan, is asked by Queen Victoria to investigate the goings-on in the Congo. Tarzan teams with an ex-mercenary named George Wa...
  Character: George Washington Williams

   2016

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  5.3
  Unicorn Store
  Kit is a woman, who, after moving back in with her parents, receives a mysterious invitation to a store that will test her ideas of what it really means to grow up.
  Character: The Salesman

   2017

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  5.2
  Oldboy
  OLDBOY tells the story of a man who is kidnapped and imprisoned on his daughter’s birthday. For fifteen years, he is held captive, and, upon his release, must begin his journey to find the reason for his imprisonment. He soon fi...
  Character: Chaney

   2013

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  5.2
  Jumper
  David Rice is a high school student in Ann Arbor, abandoned by his mother at five, enamored with Millie, a fellow student, and picked on by at least one classmate. On a winter's day, while about to drown, he discovers he can trans...
  Character: Roland

   2008

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  5.2
  Sphere
  A thousand feet beneath the ocean surface in the middle of the Pacific, something has been discovered. Its origin, its structure, its malevolent energy are baffling. But whatever it is, it can reach into your mind. It knows your w...
  Character: Harry

   1998

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  5.2
  Home of the Brave
  The story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Ira...
  Character: Will Marsh

   2006

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  5.1
  Big Game
  In the rugged countryside of Finland, a young thirteen-year-old (Onni Tommila) embarks on a traditional quest to prove himself by spending 24 hours alone in the wild, armed with only a bow and arrow. After witnessing a spectacular...
   2014

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  5.0
  Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (TV)
  Both sides of the law hunt Costabile ''Gus'' Farace (Tony Danza) for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York City.
   1991

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  4.9
  Freedomland
  Late one night in a working class New Jersey suburb, a bloodied woman staggers mute and dazed into the emergency room at the Dempsy Medical Center...
   2006

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  4.9
  The Samaritan
  After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
  Character: Foley

   2012

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  4.8
  Twisted
  Newly promoted police inspector Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is searching for a serial killer, and is shocked to discover that men she has recently slept with are the victims. The investigation becomes more and more twisted as he...
  Character: John Mills

   2004

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  4.8
  Afterburn
  Following a catastrophic solar flare that devastated half the planet, a team of treasure seekers roams the post-apocalyptic Earth in pursuit of valuable ancient artifacts.
  Character: King August

   2025

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  4.6
  Reasonable Doubt
  A District Attorney has his life turned upside down when he's involved in a hit and run and another man is arrested for his crime and charged with murder.
  Character: Clinton Davis

   2014

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  4.6
  xXx: State of the Union
  NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube), also code-named "XXX," must t...
  Character: Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons

   2005

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  4.6
  xXx: Return of Xander Cage
  Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his team in a race to...
  Character: Augustus Gibbons

   2017

• 
  4.5
  Life Itself
  The lives of people from New York to Spain intersect over the course of different generations in this multi-generational love story, weaving together a number of characters whose lives intersect over the course of decades — from...
  Character: Samuel L. Jackson

   2018

• 
  4.5
  Arena
  David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.
   2011

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  4.4
  Barely Lethal
  Megan Walsh (Hailee Steinfeld) is a ruthless teenage special ops agent who yearns for a normal adolescence. After faking her own death and assuming the role of an exchange student, the agent quickly learns that surviving the treac...
  Character: Hardman

   2015

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  4.3
  The Spirit
  The Spirit is the story of Denny Colt, a murdered cop who is mysteriously reborn as the masked crime fighter called the Spirit. Determined to keep his beloved Central City safe, the Spirit pursues Central City’s villains from th...
  Character: Octopus

   2008

• 
  4.2
  No Good Deed
  A noir thriller about an auto theft police detective (Samuel L. Jackson) who tries to help a friend find his missing daughter.
   2002

• 
  4.1
  Meeting Evil
  Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
  Character: Richie

   2011

• 
  3.9
  Cell
  When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.
  Character: Tom McCourt

   2016

• 
  3.4
  Kite
  When her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murder with the apparent help of his ex-partner.
  Character: Lieutenant Karl Aker

   2014

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  The Kill Room
  A hitman, his boss, an art dealer and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one that forces her to play the art world against the underworld.
   2023

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  Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (TV)
  An ABC News special examines his career, from playing Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, to T'Challa in "Black Panther." His influence was felt far beyond Hollywood, all the way to the White House.
  Character: Self

   2020

• 
  One World: Together at Home
  A broadcast of a global special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.
  Character: Self

   2020

• 
  Enslaved (TV Miniseries)
  Enslaved is a six-episode docuseries that explores 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World by following the efforts of Diving with a Purpose, as they search for and locate six slave ships that went down with th...
  Character:  Self 6 episodes, 2020

   2020

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  Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (TV)
  The documentary, Star Wars:Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel, examines the sport and athleticism behind the choreography and training utilized in the making of Star Wars lightsaber duels and how the battles progressed throughout th
  Character: Self (archive footage)

   2015

• 
  Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
  A look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute to his greatest collaborator, Sally Menke.
  Character: Self

   2012

• 
  Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (TV)
  Eddie Murphy: One Night Only will pay homage to Murphy's journey from a 15-year-old aspiring comedian, to the record-breaking Raw, which remains the highest grossing stand-up film of all time, to his indelible characters and impre...
  Character: Self

   2012

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  Curiosity (TV Series)
  Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society (e.g., why the RMS Titanic sank) and featu...
   2011

• 
  With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
  True Believer is a feature length documentary on the life and creations of Stan Lee. Stan Lee is the co-creator of SPIDER-MAN, HULK, X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, IRON MAN and over 200 other characters that can be found in comic books, m...
  Character: Self

   2010

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  Gospel Hill
  Gospel Hill takes place in a small southern town, where years ago a local civil rights leader, Paul Malcom, was assassinated. In the wake of his fathers death, John Malcom (Danny Glover), has drifted into seclusion, turning his ba...
  Character: Paul Malcolm

   2008

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  Cannes: All Access
  Character: Self

   2007

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  John Travolta: The Inside Story (TV)
  Character: Self

   2004

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  Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  Character: Reader

   2003

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  The Films of John Frankenheimer
  Profile of acclaimed director John Frankenheimer, featuring extensive clips from his films and interviews with cast members.
  Character: Self

   1997