John Amos

All Movies of John Amos

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 Year

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  5.0
  The Last Rifleman
  A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
   2023

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  Block Party
  Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke...
   2022

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  5.2
  Coming 2 America
  Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. A sequel to the 1988 comedy 'Coming to America'.
  Character: Cleo McDowell

   2021

• 
  8.2
  Uncut Gems
  Set in the diamond district of New York City, Howard Ratner, a jewelry store owner and dealer to the rich and famous, must find a way to pay his debts when his merchandise is taken from one of his top sellers and girlfriend. Re...
   2019

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  6.0
  The Christmas Train (TV)
  A cynical journalist decides to take a train from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles for Christmas to get inspiration for a story in honor of his late father. He gets to know the other passengers and runs into an old flame while aboa
   2017

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  Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (TV)
  Antiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.
   2016

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  7.8
  Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
  A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.
  Character: Himself

   2016

• 
  7.1
  The Ranch (TV Series)
  The son of a Colorado rancher returns home from a semi-pro football career to run the family business.
  Character:  Ed 4 episodes, 2016-2017

   2016

• 
  5.0
  Bad Asses on the Bayou
  Frank Vega and Bernie Pope return, this time to Louisiana in an attempt to find a kidnapped friend.
  Character: Earl

   2015

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  Garage Sale Mysteries (TV Series)
  Jen is an amateur sleuth solving murders. She has an antiques store supplied at garage sales etc.
   2013

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  4.7
  Madea's Witness Protection
  A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
  Character: Pastor Nelson

   2012

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  Tamales & Gumbo
   2008

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  Dr. Dolittle 3
  A young woman discovers that her father's special talent runs in the family in this direct-to-video sequel to the 1998 blockbuster (which, unlike the previous two films in the series, does not feature Eddie Murphy). Maya Dolittle ...
   2006

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  Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (TV)
  Documentary that explores Argento's film career.
   2000

• 
  7.8
  The West Wing (TV Series)
  TV Series (1999-2006). 7 Seasons. When the erudite Democrat Josiah "Jed" Bartlet is elected U.S. president, he installs his administration. He places confidants from his electoral campaigns in the White House. Each of th...
  Character:  Percy Fitzwallace 22 episodes, 1999-2004

   1999

• 
  4.0
  Hologram Man
  Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like ...
   1995

• 
  7.7
  The Outer Limits (TV Series)
  TV Series (1995-2002). 7 Seasons. 154 Episodes. The Outer Limits is a provocative anthology series that has earned numerous Emmy, CableACE, Gemini and Saturn awards. Like the classic 1960s series of the same name, each episode is ...
  Character:  Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski 1 episode, 2000

   1995

• 
  5.0
  Mac
  Niccolo (Mac) Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers and leads their family after their beloved father dies. Their father was a builder and his sons continue in this family trade. At first, they work for Polowski, who does shoddy...
   1992

• 
  5.5
  Ricochet
  In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene a...
  Character: Reverend Styles

   1991

• 
  6.0
  Two Evil Eyes
  Two horror tales based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by two famous horror directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento. "The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar": Jessica Valdemar and her lover Dr Robert ...
  Character: Det. Legrand (segment "The Black Cat")

   1990

• 
  7.0
  Die Hard II
  In this sequel to the classic action movie, renegade commandos seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis), there to meet his wife, must battle incompetent airport ...
  Character: Mayor Grant

   1990

• 
  5.0
  Lock Up
  Sylvester Stallone stars in this prison melodrama as Frank Leone, an auto mechanic who just wants to play with the neighborhood kids and marry his sweetheart Melissa (Darlanne Fluegel). But when a bunch of punks kill the old man w...
  Character: Meissner

   1989

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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: Cleo McDowell

   1988

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  Adderly (TV Series)
  V.H. Adderly (Rekert) is a secret agent for an organization known as the I.S.I (International Security and Intelligence). Before the series begins, an enemy agent, Victor Barinov, crushes Adderly's left hand with a medieval mace d...
   1986

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  The Beastmaster
  After receiving a prophecy that he will die at the hands of the king’s unborn child, the sorcerer Maax transfers the unborn child into the womb of a cow and has the cow taken outside the city to be killed. But the cow’s slaugh...
   1982

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  Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
  Fact based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several inmates who have nothing to lose, serving li
   1980

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  6.0
  Touched by Love
  A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.
  Character: Tony

   1980

• 
  8.0
  Roots (TV Miniseries)
  From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from th...
   1977

• 
  6.5
  Let's Do It Again
  Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves tra...
  Character: Kansas City Mack

   1975

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  Good Times (TV Series)
  TV Series (1974-1979). 6 seasons. 133 episodes. A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.
   1974

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  6.0
  Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)
  TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where the characters include Lou Grant, her g...
   1970