 American Gangster 2007   R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm Goodwin, Ruby Dee, Armand Assante, Carla Gugino, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) takes over the Harlem drug world in 1963 when he sees a big business opportunity: he buys drugs in the Middle East and then manages to use military planes to smuggle the drugs into the United States. Although Frank keeps a low profile, police officer Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) spots him at a boxing match where Frank is wearing a chinchilla coat–given to him by his wife Eva (Lymari Nadal)–and he is sitting in front of Mafia boss Dominic Cattano (Armand Assante). Roberts is an honest cop, but his department is corrupt, and Detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) works to compromise Frank's integrity. Violence erupts in the attempt to pin down Lucas, and during the confrontation between Roberts and Trupo only one will emerge victorious. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee).
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 As Good as It Gets 1997  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight, Yeardley Smith, Lupe Ontiveros, Harold Ramis, Lupe Ontiveros, Bibi Osterwald, Ross Bleckner, Bernadette Balagtas, Jaffe Cohen, Missi Pyle
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, which is severely tested when his gay neighbor Simon (Greg Kinnear) leaves his dog in Melvin's care. Melvin is a writer, but he treats humanity with contempt–except for single-mom waitress Carol (Helen Hunt) whose son suffers from asthma attacks. First, Melvin takes care of the dog and then helps with Carol's son. Will Carol be next? Both Nicholson and Hunt received Oscars. Five other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Greg Kinnear).
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 Boat Trip 2003  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mort Nathan
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sanchez, Maurice Godin, Roger Moore, Lin Shaye, Victoria Silvstedt, Richard Roundtree, Bob Gunton, Ken Hudson Campbell, Zen Gesner
After suffering rejection from girlfriend Felicia (Vivica A. Fox), Jerry's (Cuba Gooding Jr.) best friend Nick (Horatio Sanz) convinces Jerry that a cruise to the Greek Isles is the answer to his woes. Nick books the cruise. But, there is one problem: this cruise books only gay men. Problems ensue for Jerry and Nick.
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 Boyz N the Hood 1991  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, Angela Bassett, Lexie Bigham, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II, Mia Bell, Kenneth A. Brown, Nicole Brown, Ceal, Desi Arnez Hines II
South-central Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s is a war zone. This film attempts to show that there are choices in life through the story of Ricky Baker (Morris Chestnut) who sees an escape from the neighborhood via a football scholarship.
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Chill Factor 1999  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Hugh Johnson
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Hudson Leick, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Kevin J. O'Connor, Judson Mills, Jordan Mott, Dwayne Macopson
Dr. Richard Long (David Paymer) developed a new chemical weapon, but during testing an accident occurred and the chemical killed a squad of American soldiers. Andrew Brynner (Peter Firth) took the blame, was court-martialed, and released after 10 years. As a bitter man bent on revenge, Brynner manages to kill Long, but not before Long grabs the chemical and hands it off to Tim Mason (Skeet Ulrich) with instructions to keep it below 50 degrees. Enter Arlo (Cuba Gooding) and his ice cream truck; the chase is on with Brynner in pursuit.
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 Coming to America 1988  R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Calvin Lockhart, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Shari Headley, Paul Bates, Eriq La Salle, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Another Eddie Murphy vehicle, but this time he stars as pampered, African Prince Akeem who, against his family's wishes, is trying to find a bride in New York City. Arsenio Hall costars as his buddy Semmi. Akeem and Semmi assume false identities as Akeem tries to find a woman who will not fall for him simply because he is a prince. They get jobs at Cleo McDowell's (John Amos) food emporium, and romance blossoms between Akeem and Cleo's daughter Lisa (Shari Headley). But now, Akeem's parents (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair) arrive on the scene prepared to take Akeem home to Africa. Eddie and Arsenio take on several other roles in addition to their primary ones. Good fun.
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Daddy Day Camp 2007 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Fred Savage
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, Josh McLerran, Spencir Bridges, Brian Doyle-Murray, Dallin Boyce, Telise Galanis, Taggart Hurtubise, Molly Jepson, Tad D'Agostino, Tyger Rawlings, Talon G. Ackerman
In this sequel to "Daddy Day Care," stay-at-home dads Charlie (now played by Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and Phil (now played by Paul Rae) decide to buy the rundown Camp Driftwood that Charlie attended as a boy. But, most of the area kids go to ritzy Camp Canola, which is run by Charlie's old foe Lance Warner (Lochlyn Munro). Rivalries ensue between the camps, and when Lance challenges Charlie to an inter-camp Olympiad, Charlie calls in his Marine Colonel father Ben (Spencir Bridges) to get his bedraggled kids into shape.
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The Devil's Tomb 2009  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jason Connery
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Henry Rollins, Valerie Cruz, Franky G, Bill Moseley, Stephanie Jacobsen, Sarah Ann Morris, Zack Ward, Jason London, Weston Blakesley, Brandon Fobbs, Mia Miller
War veteran Mack (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is contracted by CIA operative Elissa (Valerie Cruz) to rescue a scientist, Wesley (Ron Perlman), who is trapped in a Middle East desert underground lab. Mack leads his team of mercenaries, and, with help from a mysterious priest, Fulton (Henry Rollins), they discover a secret that has been hidden for thousands of years. Now, weird events occur as they explore the area and encounter zombie colonists.
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Dirty 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Fisher
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr., Cole Hauser, Wyclef Jean, Keith David, Wood Harris, Robert LaSardo, Lobo Sebastian, Taboo, Khleo Thomas, Aimee Garcia, Nicholas Gonzalez, Judy Reyes, Chris Mulkey, Soledad St. Hilaire
This movie follows a nightmarish 24 hours in the lives of Officers Salim Adel (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Armando Sancho (Clifton Collins Jr.) who work out of LAPD's gang violence unit. The two cops make a deal with drug dealers that sets off a string of events spiraling out of control as they struggle with decisions between bad and worse.
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Do Me a Favor 1997  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Trading Favors
Director: Sondra Locke
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, George Dzundza, Devon Gummersall, Julie Ariola, Cuba Gooding Jr., Peter Greene, Frances Fisher, Chad Lowe, Alanna Ubach, Richard Riehle
Events in the life of a high-school student, Lincoln Muller (Devon Gummersall), take on new dimensions when he gets involved with an older woman, Alex (Rosanna Arquette), who takes him on a highway holdup spree from which Lincoln tries to run for his life.
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Gladiator 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: James Marshall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Loggia, Ossie Davis, Brian Dennehy, John Heard, T.E. Russell, Jon Seda, Tab Baker, Cara Buono, Dwain A. Perry, Joan Schwenk, Raul Salinas, Francesca Roberts
Teenager Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is recruited by boxing manager Pappy Jack (Robert Loggia) and turns to a crooked boxing organization as the means for earning money to pay off his father's gambling debt. Tommy befriends the league's top boxer, teenager Lincoln (Cuba Gooding Jr.). Both are under the control of unscrupulous promoter Jimmy Horn (Brian Dennehy) who puts the two friends in the ring together in a fight to the finish.
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 Home on the Range 2004 PG, 76 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Will Finn, John Sanford
Cast: Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid, Steve Buscemi, G.W. Bailey, Lance LeGault, Charles Dennis, Richard Riehle, Joe Flaherty, Gregory Jbara
When their financially troubled farm is about to be taken over, the animals turn to bounty hunting to save the day.
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In the Shadows 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: James Caan, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew Modine, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeff Chase, Lillo Brancato, Cat Wallace, Scott Waugh, Paul Louis
A hit man's (Matthew Modine) current job is to murder a stuntman (James Caan). But when he falls in love with the target's daughter (Joey Lauren Adams), he decides to become a stuntman himself.
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Instinct 1999 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton, John Aylward, Thomas Q. Morris, Doug Spinuzza, Paul Bates
A brilliant anthropology professor, Ethan Powell (Anthony Hopkins), spent two years in the jungles of Rwanda studying, and ultimately befriending, the mountain gorillas. But his odyssey ended when Powell killed several Africans and was sent to prison in the U.S. He now resides in the psycho ward where Theo Caulder (Cuba Gooding Jr.) eagerly takes on Powell's case and in the process of therapy learns more than a few things about himself as well.
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 Jerry Maguire 1996 R, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki, Todd Louiso, Mark Pellington, Jeremy Suarez, Susan Norfleet, Jared Jussim, Benjamin Kimball Smith
Sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) suddenly loses his job and his friends. The film's plot is about how he stumbles into a new life and finds that there is room for decency in his new lifestyle. Cuba Gooding Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his role as the football star, and the film received four nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Cruise).
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Lightning Jack 1994 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Paul Hogan, Beverly D'Angelo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kamala Dawson, Pat Hingle, Richard Riehle, Frank McRae, Roger Daltrey, L.Q. Jones
Lightning Jack Kane (Paul Hogan) needs some public relations work, and, to that end, he stages new robberies. In the process, he gains a sidekick (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who happens to be mute. The results make for a fairly good western/comedy that is carried almost entirely by Hogan.
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Losing Isaiah 1995 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Daisy Eagan, Marc John Jefferies, Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Joie Lee, Regina Taylor, LaTanya Richardson
Social worker Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange) adopts an abandoned baby. Two years later, recovered crack addict Khalia Richards (Halle Berry) returns to claim her son.
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 Men of Honor 2000 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, David Keith, Holt McCallany, Joshua Leonard
Born to share croppers, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became the first African-American to reach the rank of Master Chief Diver. Brashear's story relates how he beat the odds of racial prejudice inherent in the Armed Forces in the 1950s and 1960s to live his life proudly with honor.
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A Murder of Crows 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mark Pellegrino, Eric Stoltz, Doug Wert, Ashley Laurence, Carmen Argenziano, Nate Adams, Jeremiah Black
A disbarred Louisiana attorney, Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), steals another man's manuscript, publishes the crime novel, and becomes a success. One problem now comes to the forefront: the novel's plot involves five real-life, unsolved murders for which Russell now becomes the prime suspect.
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Norbit 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Mighty Rasta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, Floyd Levine, Anthony Russell, Pat Crawford Brown, Jeanette Miller, Michael Colyar, Marlon Wayans, Alexis Rhee
Orphaned as an infant, Norbit (Eddie Murphy) grew up in a Chinese restaurant/orphanage run by Mr. Wong (also Eddie Murphy) who raised him. As if his life wasn't bad enough, as an adult Norbit is bullied into a marriage to the morbidly obese and strong-willed Rasputia (also Eddie Murphy). Rasputia has taunted Norbit since they were children and now continues her efforts as a hen-pecking wife. Then, one day, Norbit is reunited with his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), who arrives to run the orphanage. Kate is engaged to slick Deion (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and Rasputia is more than prepared to keep Kate and Norbit apart. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Makeup.
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Outbreak 1995  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey, J.T. Walsh, Zakes Mokae, Dale Dye, Malick Bowens, Susan Lee Hoffman, Benito Martinez, Bruce Jarchow, Kara Keough
When an African monkey carries a lethal bug, Motaba, into the United States, researchers Col. Sam Daniels and Robby Keough (Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo) race to find a cure for the deadly disease before the world is annihilated.
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 Pearl Harbor 2001 PG-13, 184 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, William Lee Scott, Greg Zola, Catherine Kellner, Ewen Bremner, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Dan Aykroyd
Best friends Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett)–two parts of a romantic triangle–go off to join the war in this love story. Devoting a total of 40 out of 184 minutes to the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath hardly does justice to the Japanese bombing that killed 3,000 Americans and rallied U.S. citizens into an all-out effort to win World War II. For a much better focus on Pearl Harbor, watch Richard Fleischer's "Tora! Tora! Tora!" An Academy Award was received for Best Sound Editing, and the film was nominated for three other awards.
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Radio 2003 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tollin
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger, Chris Mulkey, Sarah Drew, S. Epatha Merkerson, Riley Smith, Brent Sexton, Patrick Breen, Bill Robertson, Kenneth H. Callender, Michael Harding, Charles Garren, Rebecca Koon
High-school football coach Harold Jones (Ed Harris) mentors mentally challenged James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and invites Radio to help him with football practice. Eventually, Radio becomes the team mascot and cheerleader while winning over the local townsfolk.
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Rat Race 2001 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Kathy Najimy, Amy Smart, Vince Vieluf
Las Vegas casino owner Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) sponsors a race on which only his wealthiest patrons can bet. The randomly chosen team participants are given keys to a Silver City, New Mexico, train station locker. The first team to get to the locker will be awarded the $2 million locked inside. Insane comedy runs rampant in this one.
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Shadowboxer 2006 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, Macy Gray, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wendy Baron, Alex Avant, Shaun Brewington, Cullen Flynn Clancy, Tomy Dunster, Matt Higgins, Mo'Nique, Ryan Sands
Diagnosed with cancer, trained assassin Rose (Helen Mirren) takes on one more assignment with help from her lover/stepson Mikey (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The job is to kill Vickie (Vanessa Ferlito) who is the pregnant wife of crime boss Clayton (Stephen Dorff). But, Rose has second thoughts and decides to hide Vickie while Mikey continues his work as assassin.
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Snow Dogs 2002 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joanna Bacalso, Jean Michel Pare, Michael Bolton
When Miami dentist Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) learns not only that he was adopted but that he has inherited a team of Alaskan sled dogs from his birth mother, he heads north to Alaska where he finds, first his father and then, himself. Slapstick that misses the mark.
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The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, John Lithgow, Andre Braugher, Christopher McDonald, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mekhi Phifer
This made-for-cable TV film tells the story of an air fighter squadron made up entirely of African Americans during World War II. Members had to overcome prejudice and hatred to become a solid fighting team and contribute to victory.
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Welcome to Hollywood 2000 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Markes, Adam Rifkin
Cast: Adam Rifkin, Jane Jenkins, Scott Wolf, David Andriole, Tony Markes, Angie Everhart, Nicolas Cage, Jeff Goldblum, John Tavolta, Will Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sandra Bullock, Glenn Close, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard
In this mockumentary, film director Adam Rifkin (Himself) wants to film the rise to fame of young actor Anton Markwell (Tony Markes). To achieve that goal, Rifkin sets up numerous opportunities and convinces Anton to change his name to Nick Decker. Nick even gets a role on "Baywatch" but loses the role when he steps on a stingray. Now, Rifkin comes up with a new idea to set Nick up with supermodel Angie Everhart (Herself) who will play Nick's love interest, and the atmosphere heats up in this satire on Hollywood.
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What Dreams May Come 1998 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Vincent Ward
Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Rosalind Chao, Josh Paddock, Jessica Brooks Grant, Lucinda Jenney, Wilma Bonet, Werner Herzog, Maggie McCarthy, Matt Salinger, Carin Sprague, June Carryl, Paul P. Card IV
After their children were killed in a car crash four years ago, Chris and Annie Nielsen's (Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra) marriage was nearly destroyed. They have managed to work things out and are back together–until Chris is killed in a car accident. Spiritual guide Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) helps Chris move on to the next world of Paradise where he sees his children (Josh Paddock and Jessica Brooks Grant) once again. Meanwhile, Annie's depression over her losses takes over, she commits suicide, and goes to Hell. With help from Albert and another guide, The Tracker (Max von Sydow), Chris ventures into Hell to save Annie from damnation.
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| 1. American Gangster (2007)
2. As Good as It Gets (1997)
3. Boat Trip (2003)
4. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
5. Chill Factor (1999)
6. Coming to America (1988)
7. Daddy Day Camp (2007)
8. The Devil's Tomb (2009)
9. Dirty (2006)
10. Do Me a Favor (1997)
aka: Trading Favors
11. Gladiator (1992)
12. Home on the Range (2004)
13. In the Shadows (2001)
14. Instinct (1999)
15. Jerry Maguire (1996)
16. Judgment Night (1993)
17. Lightning Jack (1994)
18. Losing Isaiah (1995)
19. Men of Honor (2000)
20. A Murder of Crows (1999)
21. Norbit (2007)
22. Outbreak (1995)
23. Pearl Harbor (2001)
24. Radio (2003)
25. Rat Race (2001)
26. Shadowboxer (2006)
27. Snow Dogs (2002)
28. The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
29. Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
30. What Dreams May Come (1998)
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