Always Outnumbered 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Bill Duke, Laurie Metcalf, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams, Alan Wilder, Bill Nunn, Isaiah Washington, Bridgid Coulter, Kevin Carroll, John Toles-Bey, Jamaal Carter
Laurence Fishburne stars as violent ex-con Socrates Fortlow returning to his Watts neighborhood looking for work. Despite his bitterness, he befriends and counsels young Darryl (Daniel Williams) and gets involved in the marriage of his friend, Right Burke (Bill Cobbs). Made for HBO.
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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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Clockers 1995 R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Keith David, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Regina Taylor, Mike Starr, Spike Lee
Violence spirals out of control in this film adaptation of Richard Price's novel about a young Black man who may–or may not–have murdered a drug dealer. Will policemen (Harvey Keitel and John Turturro) determine if it is Strike (Mekhi Phifer), his brother Victor (Isaiah Washington), or someone else who committed the crime?
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Crooklyn 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams, Joie Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Spike Lee, Isaiah Washington, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Frances Foster
This film takes a look at the 1970s through the eyes of young Troy (Zelda Harris), and the struggles of an African American family are told.
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Dancing in September 2000   R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Cast: Nicole Ari Parker, Isaiah Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Jay Underwood, Marcia Cross, Michael Cavanaugh, Jenifer Lewis, Malinda Williams, Mel Jackson, Estelle Harris
Tommy (Nicole Ari Parker) is a TV writer who is looking for a new job after a run-in with her network management. She heads to a new, upstart network to sell her ideas and is interviewed by George (Isaiah Washington), a recently hired executive in the Programming Department. He likes Tommy's ideas and tries to sell them to upper management. Not the greatest show in town, but Parker is a highlight.
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Dead Birds 2004 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alex Turner
Cast: Henry Thomas, Nicki Aycox, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, Michael Shannon, Muse Watson, Mark Boone Junior, Donna Biscoe, Ted Manson, Danny Kamin, David Dwyer, Brian Bremer
During the Civil War, William (Henry Thomas) heads a gang that executes a bank heist to get Confederate gold. On their escape route from Alabama to Mexico, the gang holes up in a creepy mansion that–unknown to the gang–is possessed by supernatural powers. While gang members fight over the gold, angry ghosts manifest themselves in cruel, eerie ways.
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Exit Wounds 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Michael Jai White, Bill Duke, Jill Hennessy, Tom Arnold, Bruce McGill, Eva Mendes
Misfit cop Orin Boyd (Steven Seagal) and drug kingpin Latrell Walker (DMX) team up to uncover corruption in a Detroit precinct. Violence abounds.
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Get on the Bus 1996 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Harry Lennix, Isaiah Washington, Roger Guenveur Smith, De'aundre Bonds, Hill Harper, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Bernie Mac, Steve White, Joie Lee
A group of African-American men board a bus in Los Angeles and head for Minister Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March in Washington, D.C., during October 1995. Along the way, conversations reveal the complex racial problems that exist in the United States as the men strive for unity and understanding.
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Ghost Ship 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Steve Beck
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, Karl Urban, Emily Browning, Francesca Rettondini, Boris Brkic, Bob Ruggiero, Iain Gardiner, Adam Bieshaar, Jamie Giddens, Cameron Watt
A salvage crew aboard the tugboat Arctic Warrior, led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), gets more than its members bargained for when they find the abandoned ocean liner, Antonia Graza, off the coast of Labrador. Spooky moments occur during the attempt to tow the haunted ship to shore, and the crew members must fight for their lives when they get trapped inside the ship.
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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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 Hollywood Homicide 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Keith David, Master P, Dwight Yoakam, Martin Landau, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gladys Knight
Not-so-bright, LAPD cops–Joe Gavilan and K.C. Calden (Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett)–moonlight as a realtor and yoga instructor/inspiring actor. They happen to be on the spot when a rap group is brutally slain, look for clues, go on with their other interests, and finally participate in an indescribable chase scene.
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 Love Jones 1997 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Theodore Witcher
Cast: Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Bill Bellamy, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson, Leonard Roberts, Bernadette L. Clarke, Khalil Kain, Cerall Duncan, David Nisbet, Simon James, Oona Hart, Jaqueline Fleming, Manao DeMuth, Marie-Francoise Theodore
Chicago's Black Bohemia is the setting for this film. Nina (Nia Long) is coming off a broken engagement, and Darius (Larenz Tate) is looking for a meaningful relationship when they meet.
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Out of Sight 1998 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina, Isaiah Washington, Don Cheadle, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen, Jim Robinson, Mike Malone, Donna Frenzel, Keith Hudson, James Blank
Although Jack Foley (George Clooney) just cannot get bank robberies down pat, he excels at escaping from his inevitable imprisonments. Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez)–one smart, sexy, law-enforcement officer–is on the trail following Foley's latest escape, but she is seduced by Foley and is not so sure she really wants to bring him in.
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 Romeo Must Die 2000 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX, Delroy Lindo, Jon Kit Lee, D.B. Woodside, Edoardo Ballerini, Henry O
Ex-cop Han Sing (Jet Li) becomes involved with the Chinese Mafia in San Francisco. Problems accelerate when he falls in love with the beautiful Trish O'Day (Aaliyah) who just happens to be the daughter of the rival mob leader. This kung fu film teems with action from beginning to end.
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Stonewall 1995 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Nigel Finch
Cast: Guillermo Diaz, Fred Weller, Brendan Corbalis, Duane Boutte, Bruce MacVittie, John Doman, Luis Guzman, Isaiah Washington, Dwight Ewell, Matthew Faber, Peter Ratray, Michael McElroy, Nicole Ari Parker, Jose Zuniga, John Ventimiglia
In 1969, patrons of the Stonewall bar in Greenwich Village decided to fight off police bashing, and that began the gay liberation movement. This docudrama recreates that era through the eyes of Matty Dean (Fred Weller). This is an interesting film that provides a contrast as well as a reminder of feelings about homosexuals–then and now.
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A Texas Funeral 1999 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W. Blake Herron
Cast: Robert Patrick, Joanne Whalley, Isaiah Washington, Jane Adams, Grace Zabriskie, Martin Sheen, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Noth, Quinton Jones, Jackie Belvin
The family gathers to attend the funeral of their patriarch, and at the ceremony the grieving widow removes one of the ears of the deceased. Thus begins the story, told in flashbacks, of this bizarre family's secrets.
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 True Crime 1999 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael Jeter, Mary McCormack
Hotshot reporter Steve Everett–"Ev"–(Clint Eastwood) may be a reformed alcoholic, but he hasn't changed enough to stop cheating on his wife–a trait that has ruined his career. When given another reporter's assignment to interview condemned killer Frank Beachum (Isaiah Washington), Ev believes his story and is convinced of his innocence but has only 12 hours to find the proof.
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 Welcome to Collinwood 2002 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, Luis Guzman, George Clooney, John Buck Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Esposito, Andrew Davoli
In this remake of "The Big Deal on Madonna Street" (1958), the scene shifts to Cleveland where a prison inmate, Cosimo (Luis Guzman), thinks he has the means for a perfect heist. He sends his girlfriend, Rosalind (Patricia Clarkson), on a search for someone willing to play the patsy for a price. But her search leads to a bunch of loose-lipped bums who all want in on the heist.
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Wild Things 2 2004  R, 94 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jack Perez
Cast: Susan Ward, Leila Arcieri, Isaiah Washington, Joe Michael Burke, Anthony John Denison, Linden Ashby, Katie Stuart, Dorit Wolf, Brett Gilbert, Michael Chieffo, Dylan Kussman, Chad Gordon
More of a remake than a sequel to the popular "Wild Things," this direct-to-video/DVD effort follows Brittney (Susan Ward), a rich girl by virtue of her mother having married a wealthy man. After her mother commits suicide and her stepfather dies in an auto accident, Brittany finds that she is essentially cut out of the will. Another complication results when Maya (Leila Arcieri) arrives in town claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of the dead man. Enter insurance investigator Terence (Isaiah Washington) who begins to question whether the crash was really an accident. Could the two girls be involved in an insurance scam?
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| 1. Always Outnumbered (1998)
2. Bulworth (1998)
3. Clockers (1995)
4. Crooklyn (1994)
5. Dancing in September (2000)
6. Dead Birds (2004)
7. Exit Wounds (2001)
8. Get on the Bus (1996)
9. Ghost Ship (2002)
10. Girl 6 (1996)
11. Hollywood Homicide (2003)
12. Love Jones (1997)
13. Out of Sight (1998)
14. Romeo Must Die (2000)
15. Stonewall (1995)
16. A Texas Funeral (1999)
17. True Crime (1999)
18. Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
19. Wild Things 2 (2004)
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