Bamboozled 2000  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Jones, Gillian Iliana Waters, Susan Batson
Spike Lee takes on racial bias in the television industry as Harvard-educated black writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) develops a show for black tap dancers Savion Glover and Tommy Davidson. The catch is that they will be made up in black face and perform in a minstrel show. The show is a hit, but its success does not come without repercussions from all sides.
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Blankman 1994   PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Christopher Lawford, Lynne Thigpen, Jon Polito, Jason Alexander, Michael Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., John Moschitta Jr.
Darryl (Damon Wayans) decides to clean up the streets of his neighborhood after his grandmother is killed. Being an inventor of various gadgets, he comes up with a bulletproof suit, and with his brother (David Alan Grier) he is off and running as "Blankman." Mean and vulgar at times, and basically low-class trash.
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Bulletproof 1996  R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Adam Sandler, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, Damon Wayans, Jeep Swenson, James Farentino, Larry McCoy, Allen Covert
Undercover cop Keats (Damon Wayans) must transport a member of the drug cartel, Moses (Adam Sandler), to L.A. and, along the way, they bond in friendship.
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Celtic Pride 1996  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom DeCerchio
Cast: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Christopher McDonald, Adam Hendershott, Bill Walton, Vladimir Cuk, Larry Bird
This basketball comedy is about two fanatic Boston Celtics fans, Mike O'Hara (Daniel Stern) and Jimmy Flaherty (Dan Aykroyd), who get drunk and kidnap Utah Jazz star Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans) before Game Seven of the NBA Finals. Of course, the plot backfires, and–unfortunately for the movie–silliness reigns.
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 Colors 1988  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Don Cheadle, Grand L. Bush, Gerardo Mejia, Glenn Plummer, Sy Richardson, Damon Wayans
This controversial film about L.A. street gangs caused violence among moviegoers. A veteran cop and a brash young rookie must deal with a gang involved in selling drugs. An honest, in depth look at how gangs provide a sense of family for people living in the poor inner city areas and how hard it is for law enforcement to stop the violence.
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Earth Girls Are Easy 1989  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Julien Temple
Cast: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Charles Rocket, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Michael McKean, Larry Linville, Rick Overton, Diane Stilwell, June C. Ellis, Lisa Fuller
Manicurist Valerie Dale (Geena Davis) dumps her cheating fiancee Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). Then, three aliens–Mac (Jeff Goldblum,), Wiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans)–land in her swimming pool, and she brings them into her salon for complete makeovers. They emerge as handsome dudes, and Valerie falls for Mac. A zany weekend ensues, and now Valerie must decide between Mac and Ted, who now wants her back. Appealing in an offbeat way.
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The Great White Hype 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, Jamie Foxx, Corbin Bernsen, John Rhys-Davies
This comedy about the boxing world is based loosely on the style of fight-promoter Don King. Samuel L. Jackson plays the King-like character, the Reverend Fred Sultan whose hopes are pinned on heavyweight champion James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans). From backroom promotion tactics to ringside fight scenes, this is one funny movie.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Antonio Fargas, Steve(2) James, John Vernon, Clu Gulager, Clarence Williams III, Damon Wayans
In typical Keenen Ivory Wayans style, satire reigns in this very funny movie about the 1970s treatment of blacks in film.
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 The Last Boy Scout 1991 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Badja Djola, Kim Coates, Chelcie Ross, Joe Santos, Clarence Felder, Tony Longo, Frank Collison
Disgraced ex-Secret Service agent Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) now acts as a bodyguard for a stripper, Cory (Halle Berry), who has received death threats. When Cory is gunned down, Joe teams up with her lover, disgraced ex-pro football quarterback Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), to investigate the murder. The trail leads to sports betting, mobsters, and corrupt politicians. Ultra-violent.
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Look Who's Talking Too 1990 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis, Roseanne, Mel Brooks, Olympia Dukakis, Elias Koteas, Gilbert Gottfried, Damon Wayans, Twink Caplan, Lorne Sussman, Danny Pringle, Don S. Davis, Louis Heckerling, Neal Israel
In this sequel to "Look Who's Talking," Mikey (Lorne Sussman / voice of Bruce Willis) is a toddler just starting potty training. He now has a baby sister, Julie (voice of Roseanne), and confusion reigns in the household as Mikey and Julie add to the strains already being experienced by their parents James and Mollie Ubriacco (John Travolta and Kirstie Alley).
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Major Payne 1995 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Damon Wayans, Karyn Parsons, William Hickey, Michael Ironside, Albert Hall, Steven Martini, Andrew Harrison Leeds, Orlando Brown, Damien Wayans, Joseph Blaire, R. Stephen Wiles, Patrick Rodney Barnes, Ross Bickell, Peyton Chesson-Fohl, Chris Owen
Major Benson Winifred Payne (Damon Wayans) takes on the job of training R.O.T.C. cadets at Madison Academy and ends up learning more than he ever suspected about himself. Actually, Major Payne turns out to be a "major pain."
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 Marci X 2003 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Veanne Cox, Sherie Rene Scott, Billy Griffith, Andrew Keenan Bolger, Adele D'Man, Charles Kimbrough
After her father (Richard Benjamin) suffers a heart attack, Marci (Lisa Kudrow) sets out to rescue his hard-core rap label and tries to reform controversial rapper Dr. S (Damon Wayans).
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Mo' Money 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Joe Santos, John Diehl, Harry Lennix, Marlon Wayans, Mark Beltzman, Quincy Wong, Kevin Casey, Larry Brandenburg, Garfield, Almayvonne, Richard E. Butler, Matt Doherty
Johnny (Damon Wayans) is a con man on the streets of Brooklyn with his brother (Marlon Wayans). Johnny decides to go straight after meeting Amber (Stacey Dash) and gets a job in the mail room of a credit card company where she works. He needs money to impress Amber–so he steals a credit card. Things get tough when he is caught in the act (on camera) by the security chief who drags Johnny into big-time crime. Not all fun and games in this comedy/drama.
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Roxanne 1987 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, John Kapelos, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard, Damon Wayans, Max Alexander, Steve Mittleman, Matt Lattanzi, Jean Sincere, Shandra Beri, Blanche Rubin, Jane Campbell
This is a modern day version of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in which the man with the big nose C.D. "Charlie" Bales (Steve Martin) helps a cohort Chris McConnell (Rick Rossovich) write love letters to Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) they both love. True love prevails after all when Roxanne discovers the inner beauty of the true letter writer.
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| 1. Bamboozled (2000)
2. Blankman (1994)
3. Bulletproof (1996)
4. Celtic Pride (1996)
5. Colors (1988)
6. Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
7. The Great White Hype (1996)
8. Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
9. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
10. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
11. Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
12. Major Payne (1995)
13. Marci X (2003)
14. Mo' Money (1992)
15. Punchline (1988)
16. Roxanne (1987)
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