 B.A.P.S. 1997  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle, Troy Beyer, Luigi Amadeo, Jonathan Fried, Dennis Rodman, Pierre Edwards, Bernie Mac
B.A.P.S. is an acronym for Black American Princesses. This film is a satire with waitress Nisi (Halle Berry) and hairdresser Mickey (Natalie Desselle) as two young women who travel to Hollywood to audition for a music video and to Beverly Hills in search of a million dollar husband.
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Boomerang 1992   R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Melvin Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lela Rochon, John Witherspoon, Bebe Drake, John Canada Terrell
Marcus (Eddie Murphy) is an executive who thrives on attention from women, but he often treats them with indifference. Now, his new boss is a beautiful woman (Robin Givens) who treats him the way he has been treating the opposite sex, and the tables are turned.
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Bulworth 1998  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Jack Warden, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Christine Baranski, Sean Astin, Laurie Metcalf, Isaiah Washington
A bigoted senator, Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty), runs for reelection. But, this time around (knowing he is dying) he decides to tell the truth to his constituents and, in the process, offends the power brokers.
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 Catwoman 2004  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Pitof
Cast: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein, Michael Massee, Byron Mann, Kim Smith, Christopher Heyerdahl, Peter Wingfield, Berend McKenzie
Shy Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) turns into Catwoman after the cosmetics company she works for orders her demise. Patience is reborn as Catwoman–unlike many superheroes–who walks a thin line between good and evil. Patience by day, turned into Catwoman at night, she takes on the role of vigilante against the cosmetics company owner and his wife–George and Laurel (Lambert Wilson and Sharon Stone).
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 Die Another Day 2002  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Michael Madsen, Will Yun Lee, Samantha Bond, Kenneth Tsang, Emilio Echevarria, Mikhail Gorevoy, Lawrence Makoare, Colin Salmon
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) travels the world–from the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, to Hong Kong, Cuba, London, and Iceland–seeking revenge against his enemies. His trek begins when he is released from prison in North Korea and sets off to track down terrorist Zao (Rick Yune) in Cuba. While in Cuba, Bond meets fellow spy Jinx (Halle Berry) and then he heads to London where he encounters millionaire Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) who has his own devious plans and invites Bond to Iceland. Bond and Jinx work as a team and try to put an end to the evil deeds of Zao, Graves, and other villains.
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 Executive Decision 1996 R, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, David Suchet, Joe Morton, J.T. Walsh, Mary Ellen Trainor, Len Cariou, B.D. Wong, Whip Hubley, Andreas Katsulas, Marly Maples, William James Jones
An intelligence officer, Dr. David Grant (Kurt Russell), leads a group of special-force commandos on a mission to sneak aboard a 747 airliner in mid-flight to thwart the efforts of Arab terrorists. The plane is headed for Washington, D.C. with its threatening load of deadly nerve gas.
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Father Hood 1993   PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside, Diane Ladd, Bob Gunton, Adrienne Barbeau, Georgann Johnson
Jack's (Patrick Swayze) children (Sabrina Lloyd and Brian Bonsall) have been treated poorly while in foster care, so the petty crook dad takes them from the home at gunpoint. Thus begins an odyssey that takes them across country. Not much here. 1 User Review
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The Flintstones 1994 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Moll, Jonathan Winters, Sheryl Lee Ralph
The Flintstones leap from pages of animation into the human world as they portray America's favorite prehistoric family. Fans of the Flintstones will thoroughly enjoy this clever presentation with John Goodman as the family patriarch, Fred.
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Girl 6 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Debi Mazar, Jenifer Lewis, John Turturro, Madonna, Quentin Tarantino, Naomi Campbell, Halle Berry
Girl 6 (Theresa Randle) is an aspiring actress who takes a job as a telephone-sex operator and finds that she actually likes her new profession.
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 Gothika 2003 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, Bernard Hill, Penelope Cruz, Dorian Harewood, Bronwen Mantel, Kathleen Mackey, Matthew G. Taylor, Michel Perron, Andrea Sheldon, Anana Rydvald, Laura Mitchell, Amy Sloan
Criminal psychologist Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) awakens in Woodward Penitentiary for Women to learn that her husband has been murdered. Miranda has no memory of the murder but learns that she is the prime suspect. Will she be able to solve her problem?
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Halle Berry, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, Tamara Taylor, LaTanya Richardson, D.B. Sweeney, William Atherton
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge–the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (1954's "Carmen Jones")–is insightfully portrayed by Halle Berry. The story begins with Dandridge's early vaudeville acts and continues through her professional triumphs, which culminated tragically in her fatal overdose on prescription drugs.
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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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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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 Monster's Ball 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Heath Ledger, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Mos Def, Coronji Calhoun, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Amber Rules, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell
Racism is uncovered when Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) falls for Leticia (Halle Berry) whose husband (Sean "Diddy" Combs) was executed in a "monster ball" (no lawyer or minister was present). Hank has quit his job as a death row prison guard, but he can't deal with the fact that he was part of the team that executed the husband of the woman he now loves. Halle Berry received an Oscar for Best Actress.
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 Perfect Stranger 2007 R, 109 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow, Gary Dourdan, Florencia Lozano, Nicki Aycox, Kathleen Chalfant, Gordon MacDonald, Daniella Van Graas, Paula Miranda, Patti D'Arbanville, Clea Lewis, Gerry Becker
Reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover in real life and on the Internet to investigate her friend Grace's (Nicki Aycox) murder. She suspects that the murder is tied to Grace's lover, the powerful and married Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), who runs a very powerful NYC ad agency. To get close to the suspect, Rowena gets help from researcher Miles (Giovanni Ribisi) to obtain a job, under an assumed name, at Hill's office. Once there, Rowena assumes yet another name when she goes online and seduces Hill through a chat room. But, is it possible that Rowena is not the only one with a fake identity?
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Queen 1993 TV, 283 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Alex Haley's Queen
Director: John Erman
Cast: Halle Berry, Jasmine Guy, Tim Daly, Martin Sheen, Ann - Margret, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Winfield, Raven-Symone, Charlotte Moore, Ossie Davis, Jane Krakowski, Jasmine Guy, Samuel E. Wright, Peter Maloney, Tim Guinee
Alex Haley's saga continues. His first story, "Roots," involved seven generations of his mother's family. The miniseries "Queen" is based on Haley's father's family. Haley passed away in 1992 before completing his story, which was then completed by David Stevens. The plot revolves around Queen (Halle Berry) who was the daughter of a slave, Easter (Jasmine Guy), and plantation owner James Jackson Jr. (Tim Daly). Queen is light skinned and tries to pass for a White person, but in the aftermath of the Civil War, she faces many obstacles along the way.
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Race the Sun 1996 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
Cast: Halle Berry, James Belushi, Bill Hunter, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku, Kevin Tighe, Anthony Ruivivar, J. Moki Cho, Sara Tanaka, Steve Zahn
Sandra (Halle Berry) takes a job as a teacher of science in a Hawaiian high school. She is assigned a group of misfits, but with her inspiration the diverse class builds a solar car, which wins the Hawaii championship race and gets to go to the world championships in Australia. Family fare that boasts of good scenery is the only virtue in this otherwise oft-told storyline. Loosely based on a true story.
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The Rich Man's Wife 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amy Holden Jones
Cast: Halle Berry, Christopher McDonald, Clive Owen, Peter Greene, Clea Lewis, Frankie Faison, Charles Hallahan, Allan Rich
When unhappy wife Josie Potenza (Halle Berry) meets a psychopathic stranger, Cole (Peter Greene), in a bar, she makes the mistake of telling him about her problems. He offers to kill her husband Tony (Christopher McDonald), and the suspense begins as Cole is successful, and police suspect Josie of the murder.
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 Robots 2005 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Greg Kinnear, Lucille Bliss, Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Giamatti, Jim Broadbent, James Earl Jones
In a world of mechanical beings, Robby (Ewan McGregor) comes from a poor family so he often lives in hand-me-down body parts. Robby has talents as an inventor and heads to Robot City to meet his idol: master inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks). He meets evil business executive Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) and learns that Ratchet has fired Bigweld and has taken control of the city. Robby joins forces with misfits Fender (Robin Williams) and Cappy (Halle Berry), and, together, they set out to find Bigweld and restore order to the city.
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 Swordfish 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dominic Sena
Cast: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, Camryn Grimes, Sam Shepard, Zach Grenier, Drea de Matteo, Rudolf Martin, Chic Daniel, Kirk B.R. Woller, Carmen Argenziano, Tim DeKay, Angelo Pagan
Dangerous spy Gabriel Shear (John Travolta) and his partner Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry) use the services of master computer hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) for a $9.5 billion electronic bank heist. Gabriel heads up the covert counter-terrorists, the Black Cell, and he wants the money in order to pay for his war against international terrorism. Stanley has been paroled from prison but is forbidden from entering electronics stores after infiltrating the F.B.I.'s surveillance operations. Stanley agrees to help because it will provide the legal fees he needs to see his daughter Holly (Camryn Grimes) and, too late, realizes how dangerous the Black Cell is and that he is simply a pawn in the operation.
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Things We Lost in the Fire 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch, Alison Lohman, Robin Weigert, Omar Benson Miller, Paula Newsome, Sarah Dubrovsky, Maureen Thomas
Audrey's (Halle Berry) husband Steven (David Duchovny) is killed trying to protect a battered woman, and at his wake she turns to Steven's friend Jerry (Benicio Del Toro) who–through flashbacks–reveals that he and Steven were close friends. While Steven was a successful real-estate broker, Jerry is a loser and drug addict. Audrey needs someone to turn to and invites Jerry to move in with her and her children (Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry). Jerry bonds with the family, and, despite their differences, Jerry and Audrey develop a mutual dependency on each other.
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love 1998 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Larenz Tate, Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Paul Mazursky, Little Richard, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Ben Vereen
In the 1950s, singing star Frankie Lymon (Larenz Tate) died following a heroin overdose. Before that, he was exploited both professionally and personally. This is his story, but it is his three wives (Lymon never bothered with divorce) who provide the drama through their fight over his estate.
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 X-Men 2000 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Tyler Mane, Bruce Davison, Ray Park, Rebecca Romijn, Matthew Sharp, Rhona Shekter, Kenneth McGregor, Shawn Roberts
This film is based on the popular Marvel comic book series about children born with the special X-Factor in their genes that turns them into mutant superheroes. While psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) heads the school that turns skilled mutants into X-Men–including Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Meanwhile, Magneto (Ian McKellen) organizes his team of mutants to fight the X-Men. Magneto kidnaps Rogue (Anna Paquin) from the school, and now Xavier and his X-Men come to her rescue. As if dealing with Magneto was not enough, they must also contend with Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison) who wants to force all mutants to register as his anti-mutant solution. Good special effects.
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 X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, Rebecca Romijn, Ben Foster, Dania Ramirez, Ellen Page
In this last entry of the X-Men trilogy, those mutant heroes are back and must now face a choice to retain their unique powers or give up those powers and become human. Battle lines are drawn with mutant leader Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) preaching tolerance versus Magneto (Ian McKellen) who believes in survival of the fittest. Their followers meet on Alcatraz Island–after Magneto levitates the Golden Gate Bridge–and a battle follows involving not only the two mutant armies but the real army that, instead of firing guns, fires needles filled with a potion to cure the mutants.
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 X2 2003 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thiller
aka: X2: X-Men United
X-Men 2
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, Anna Paquin, Kelly Hu, Aaron Stanford, Shawn Ashmore, Cotter Smith
The X-Men return. This time they search for mutant assassin Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) whose attempt on the President's (Cotter Smith) life has led to the government's cracking down on all mutants. This even includes the X-Men who attend Charles Xavier's (Patrick Stewart) school that trains mutants to peacefully exist. Because the government believes that the X-Men are responsible for the attack, the President appoints military scientist William Stryker (Brian Cox) to investigate the school. Stryker uses foul means to get information from the X-Men's old foe Magneto (Ian McKellan) and leads an attack on the school. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is the only adult at the school for the time being, and his overwhelming job is to defend the school and save the students as the war escalates between the mutants and humans.
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1. B.A.P.S. (1997)
2. Boomerang (1992)
3. Bulworth (1998)
4. Catwoman (2004)
5. Die Another Day (2002)
6. Executive Decision (1996)
7. Father Hood (1993)
8. The Flintstones (1994)
9. Girl 6 (1996)
10. Gothika (2003)
11. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
12. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
13. Losing Isaiah (1995)
14. Monster's Ball (2001)
15. Perfect Stranger (2007)
16. The Program (1993)
17. Queen (1993)
aka: Alex Haley's Queen
18. Race the Sun (1996)
19. The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
20. Robots (2005)
21. Swordfish (2001)
22. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
23. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
24. X-Men (2000)
25. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
26. X2 (2003)
aka: X2: X-Men United
aka: X-Men 2
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