 Escape from New York 1981  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Stobel, Bob Minor, John Diehl, George "Buck" Flower
Set in 1997, this is the story of the skyjacking of Air Force One resulting in the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) being held hostage. Master criminal and war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent into the Manhattan stronghold to rescue the President.
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Flipper 1996  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Alan Shapiro
Cast: Elijah Wood, Paul Hogan, Jonathan Banks, Isaac Hayes, Chelsea Field, Jason Fuchs, Jessica Wesson, Mal Jones, Louis Seeger Crume, Bill Nolan, Mary Jo Faraci, Allison Bertolino
Sandy (Elijah Wood) is spending the summer visiting his uncle, Porter (Paul Hogan), in Key West, Florida. One day while boating with Porter, Sandy spots a dolphin, dubs him Flipper, and they form an attachment. When Sandy and Porter learn that toxic waste is being dumped locally, they realize the harm that could come to Flipper, and they set out to track down the culprit (Jonathan Banks).
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Hustle & Flow 2005  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Craig Brewer
Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, Elise Neal, DJ Qualls, Isaac Hayes, Ludacris, Jordan Houston, William Engram, Bobby Sandimanie, Haystak, Josey Scott, Claude Phillips
Memphis street pimp Djay (Terrence Howard), who is not thrilled with his lifestyle, meets a high-school pal from the past, Key (Anthony Anderson), who agrees to help Djay develop his talents and change his life into that of a successful rapper. The film received an Academy Award for Best Song ("It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp") and received a nomination for Best Actor (Terrence Howard).
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Illtown 1996  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Gomez
Cast: Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, Adam Trese, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Schulze, Angela Featherstone, Saul Stein, Tony Danza, Isaac Hayes
Drug dealer Dante (Michael Rapaport) is really a good guy who plays golf, loves his girlfriend Micky (Lili Taylor), and wants her to have his baby. Good drug dealers? What nonsense!
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It Could Happen to You 1994 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Isaac Hayes, Wendell Pierce, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, J.E. Freeman, Red Buttons, Richard Jenkins, Victor Rojas, Charles Busch, Robert Dorfman, Beatrice Winde, Ginny Yang
Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage), a New York policeman, finds himself short on change one day and tips coffee shop waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) with half of his lottery ticket. When his ticket turns up a winner, Charlie honors his commitment and splits the $4,000,000 with the waitress. His wife Muriel (Rosie Perez) busies herself spending the loot while Charlie and Yvonne busy themselves with each other.
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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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Ninth Street 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Rebman, Kevin Willmott
Cast: Don Washington, Kevin Willmott, Nadine Griffith, Byron Myrick, Isaac Hayes, Queen Bey, Kaycee Moore, Martin Sheen
Junction City, Missouri, in 1968 depended on the nearby Army Base for its very existence. Older inhabitants of a run-down section remember the "good old days" when things were better than the string of strip joints and bars that now cater to Army personnel. The story is told through lives of the people of this area.
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Oblivion 1994 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Western
Director: Sam Irvin
Cast: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Julie Newmar, Carel Struycken, George Takei, Musetta Vander, Isaac Hayes
A Western town exists on the planet Oblivion, and the town is being terrorized by Redeye (Andrew Divoff). After he kills the sheriff, the sheriff's son, Zach (Richard Joseph Paul), a pacifist, arrives on the scene. Will Redeye prompt Zach into action? The idea was good, but that's about all for this film.
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Oblivion 2: Backlash 1996  PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Western
aka: Backlash: Oblivion 2
Director: Sam Irvin
Cast: Maxwell Caulfield, Meg Foster, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes, Musetta Vander, Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Irwin Keyes, Carel Struycken, Jimmie F. Skaggs
We pick up the story where "Oblivion" left off as super bounty hunter Sweeney (Maxwell Caulfield) arrives on the planet Oblivion disguised as a suave gentleman. He's seeking a saboteur, knowing only that it is a woman–and there are plenty who could be the one he's after in this desert town.
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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored 1996 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Tim Reid
Cast: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Richard Roundtree, Polly Bergen, Paula Kelly, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Salli Richardson, Anna Maria Horsford, Willis Norwood Jr., Karen Malina White, Damon Hines, Iona Morris, Taj Mahal
Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's book, this is the inspiring story of young Clifton who is born to an unmarried sharecropper and sent to live with his grandpa (Al Freeman Jr.) and then to his loving aunt (Phylicia Rashad). Cliff grows up in Mississippi amidst the Jim Crow laws aimed at keeping him segregated and unable to achieve success in the mid-20th-century American South.
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Out of Synch 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Debbie Allen
Cast: LL Cool J, Victoria Dillard, Ramy Zada, Howard Hesseman, Yaphet Kotto, Isaac Hayes, Aries Spears, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Tim Reid
DJ Jason (LL Cool J) has spent jail time for drugs and now is in debt to drug dealer Danny (Ramy Zada). Jason is approached by LA detective Caldwell (Howard Hesseman) to work undercover at one of Danny's clubs to get the goods on Danny. But along comes Danny's girlfriend (Victoria Dillard) who talks Jason into stealing money from Danny. She then takes off with the money, and Danny takes off after Jason. Get the picture? Yes, Caldwell is on the take from Danny.
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Posse 1993 R, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles(3) Lane, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Zane, Melvin Van Peebles, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Blair Underwood
Black soldiers go AWOL from the Army following the Spanish-American War. Along with them is a fortune in Spanish gold. They end up in a town about to be eliminated by the coming railroad and await the showdown.
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Prime Target 1991  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Heavener
Cast: David Heavener, Tony Curtis, Isaac Hayes, Robert Reed, Andrew Robinson, Jenilee Harrison, Michael Gregory, Don Stroud
David Heavener does it all-including producer, screenwriter, music composer and performer, as well as being the director and star. It's pretty poor stuff, too, as tough cop Don Bloodstone (Heavener) escorts a crime boss (Tony Curtis) across country with complications along the way.
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 Reindeer Games 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Clarence Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, James Frain, Danny Trejo, Isaac Hayes, Tom Heaton
Rudy (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are about to get out of prison when Nick is killed in a brawl. As Rudy leaves prison, he sees a woman (Charlize Theron) waiting for Nick–they had been corresponding and were ready to rumble. So, of course, Rudy takes on Nick's identity. The sex is great, but Rudy is now expected to help her brother (Gary Sinise) and his gang pull off a casino heist. Weak plot.
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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, Eric 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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Six Ways to Sunday 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Adam Bernstein
Cast: Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Lowensohn, Adrien Brody, Jerry Adler, Peter Appel, Paul Lazar, Holter Graham, Anna Levine, Isaac Hayes, Vincent Pastore, Clark Gregg, Paul D'Amato
Eighteen-year-old Harold (Norman Reedus) lives with his overprotective mother, Kate (Deborah Harry), but grows up fast when he hooks up with a local gangster, Arnie (Adrien Brody).
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Soul Men 2008 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Adam Herschman, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Affion Crockett, Isaac Hayes, Sara Erikson, John Legend, Jennifer Coolidge, Fatso-Fasano, Jackie Long, Mike Epps, P.J. Byrne, Ken Davitian
Years ago, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) were the backup group of soul singers for singing legend Marcus Hooks (John Legend). But, when Hooks opted to go his separate way, the group split and haven't seen or spoken to each other in 20 years. Meanwhile, Hooks won 19 Emmys while Floyd and Louis faded into obscurity. When Hooks dies, a televised tribute at the Apollo Theater is planned, and Floyd convinces down-on-his-luck Louis to join him in his lime-green Cadillac on a cross-country trip to pay their respects to Marcus. Louis agrees to go but makes the road trip as difficult as possible, and lingering problems from the past reemerge.
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 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999 R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Anthony Cross-Thomas, Franchesca Clifford, George Clooney, Minnie Driver, Eric Idle, Brent Spiner, Dave Foley, Deb Adair
Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny (all voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone) are ecstatic when an R-rated, Canadian film comes to South Park. But, almost immediately, a vigilante group forms–Mothers Against Canada–with plans for an all-out war. The war rages, and, oh yes, Kenny is killed.
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Truck Turner 1974 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Sam Laws, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, John Kramer, Bob Harris, Jac Emil, Stan Shaw, Wendell Tucker
Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes), a former football star, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down an evil pimp. Truck kills the pimp in self defense, which incurs the wrath of the pimp's woman (Nichelle Nichols). She hires the ruthless hit man Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto) and his gang of killers to exact revenge on Truck. Standard "blaxpoitation" with musical score by–you guessed it–Isaac Hayes.
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Uncle Sam 1997 R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Leslie Neale, Christopher Ogden, Isaac Hayes, David "Shark" Fralick, Bo Hopkins, Anne Tremko, Timothy Bottoms, Matthew Flint, P.J. Soles, Tom McFadden, Robert Forster, Morgan Paull
Sam Harper's (David "Shark" Fralick) body is sent to his hometown for burial after he was killed by friendly fire in Desert Storm. When teens burn a flag over the grave where Sam is to be buried, Sam crawls out of his coffin and begins a killing spree in a confiscated Uncle Sam costume. He begins with all the unpatriotic citizens and then, it seems, to anyone he runs across.
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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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| 1. Escape from New York (1981)
2. Flipper (1996)
3. Guilty as Charged (1992)
4. Hustle & Flow (2005)
5. Illtown (1996)
6. It Could Happen to You (1994)
7. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
8. Ninth Street (1999)
9. Oblivion (1994)
10. Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
aka: Backlash: Oblivion 2
11. Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996)
12. Out of Synch (1995)
13. Posse (1993)
14. Prime Target (1991)
15. Reindeer Games (2000)
16. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
17. Six Ways to Sunday (1998)
18. Soul Men (2008)
19. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
20. Truck Turner (1974)
21. Uncle Sam (1997)
22. Woo (1998)
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