 Blue Streak 1999  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, Graham Beckel, Tamala Jones, Olek Krupa, Saverio Guerra, Robert Miranda, Richard C. Sarafian, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Steve Rankin, Carmen Argenziano
Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) is a jewel thief, just released from prison, who impersonates a police officer in his attempt to steal a diamond that is locked up at the police station. But, as it turns out, Logan's well-laid plans go awry in this comedy/action tale.
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Con Air 1997  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Eastin, Renoly Santiago
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole–after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years. Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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 Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2005  R, 103 min.
Genre: Documentary / Musical
aka: Block Party
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle stages a free block party in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where he, hip-hop artists, and even the Ohio Central State University marching band entertain the lucky guests.
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 Half Baked 1998 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Rachel True, Clarence Williams III, Laura Silverman, Tommy Chong, Snoop Dogg, R.D. Reid, Gregg Rogell, Kevin Brennan, Alice Poon, Rick Demas, David Bluestein
When Kenny (Harland Williams) lands in jail, his fellow pothead friends–Thurgood (Dave Chappelle), Scarface (Guillermo Diaz), and Brian (Jim Breuer)–contrive a drug-influenced plot to raise $100,000 as bail. Their plot involves stealing marijuana from a government pharmaceutical research lab and selling it on the streets.
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 The Nutty Professor 1996  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dave Chappelle, James Coburn, Larry Miller, John Ales, Patricia Wilson, Jamal Mixon, Nichole McAuley, Hamilton Von Watts, Quinn Duffy, Chao Li Chi, Tony Carlin, Montell Jordan, Doug Williams
This remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis film is about Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy), an obese chemistry professor, who uses himself as a guinea pig in an experiment to test a potion to eliminate fat. Murphy is great as he takes on roles of four family members–including fat Sherman and svelte alter ego Buddy. The film provides good satire in the Eddie Murphy manner.
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 Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Mark Blankfield, Tracey Ullman, Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Dick Van Patten, Isaac Hayes, Megan Cavanagh, Erick Allan Kramer, Matthew Porretta, Patrick Stewart
The evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and his henchman, the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees), are oppressing the people while King Richard (Patrick Stewart) is in exile. Robin Hood (Cary Elwes) gathers together a band of men to protect the people, and, in his spare time, Robin Hood falls in love with Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck). The humor is delightful, and, while a satire, this film somehow brings to life all that Robin Hood represents in the genre of swashbuckling heroes.
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Screwed 2000  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch, Danny DeVito, Sherman Hemsley, Daniel Benzali, Malcolm Stewart, Lochlyn Munro, Brent Chapman, Brian Jensen
Threatened with being fired as the chauffeur, Willard Fillmore (Norm Macdonald) kidnaps his boss Miss Crock's (Elaine Stritch) pet dog, Muffin. But when Muffin escapes Fillmore's clutches and runs home, Miss Crock assumes that it is Fillmore who is the kidnap victim.
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Undercover Brother 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Chi McBride, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Noseworthy, James Brown
When a black, four-star general (Billy Dee Williams) considers running for President of the USA, "The (white) Man" tries to stop him. But, "The Man" doesn't plan on Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) entering the fray and foiling the evil plans.
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Woo 1998 R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Cast: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, LL Cool J, Duane Martin, Paula Jai Parker, Michael Ralph, Darrel Heath
Tim Jackson (Tommy Davidson) is a straitlaced legal assistant who is set up with the party-loving Woo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and they seem to experience everything that can go wrong on a date.
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 You've Got Mail 1998 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, Greg Kinnear, Dabney Coleman, Michael Palin, John Randolph, Heather Burns, Hallee Hirsh, Cara Seymour, Katie Finneran, Michael Badalucco
Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) manages a chain of bookstores that threatens to run Kathleen Kelly's (Meg Ryan) small bookstore out of business. Kathleen turns to the chat room on AOL for help, and, of course, her anonymous online friend turns out to be Joe.
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| 1. Blue Streak (1999)
2. Con Air (1997)
3. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
aka: Block Party
4. Half Baked (1998)
5. The Nutty Professor (1996)
6. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
7. Screwed (2000)
8. Undercover Brother (2002)
9. Woo (1998)
10. You've Got Mail (1998)
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