Bad Boys 1983   R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry, Clancy Brown, Alan Ruck, Robert Lee Rush, John Zenda, Tony Mockus Jr., Erik Barefield, Dean Fortunato, Lawrence Mah, Jorge Noa
Juvenile delinquents–Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) and drug dealer Paco Moreno (Esai Morales)–from the streets of Chicago are forced to room together in a correctional institution. A showdown is inevitable when Nick seeks revenge against Paco for raping Nick's girlfriend J.C. (Ally Sheedy), and Paco wants to avenge the death of his young brother who Nick killed in a car accident. This film marks Ally Sheedy's first movie.
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 The Best Man 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa, Victoria Dillard, Regina Hall, Jarrod Bunch, Jim Moody, Lady Madonna, Stu "Large" Riley, Linis Crosse
Aspiring author Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) arrives in town for a wedding weekend just a few steps behind his newly published book. It seems everyone except the bride and groom–Mia (Monica Calhoun) and Lance (Morris Chestnut)–have read the snippets in which the thinly disguised character representing Mia enjoys hot sex with Harper's own counterpart in the novel.
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Fame 1980 R, 134 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Anne Meara, Barry Miller, Debbie Allen, Joanna Merlin, Eddie Barth, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Paul McCrane, Maureen Teefy, Jim Moody
This story focuses on students–Coco (Irene Cara), Doris (Maureen Teefy), Montgomery (Paul McCrane), Raul (Barry Miller), and Bruno (Lee Curreri)–at New York High School for the Performing Arts. From auditions through ensuing years at school, they cope with their teenage problems and keep up with academics in their own unique ways as they work through training that may lead to stardom. The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Song ("Fame").
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The Last Dragon 1985 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Julius Carry, Faith Prince, Mike Starr, Ernie Reyes Jr., Keshia Knight Pulliam, Jim Moody, William H. Macy
Although Leroy (Taimak) is a Black and lives in Harlem, he dresses and eats in the Chinese manner. He strives to become a kung fu master, but Sho'nuff (Julius Carry) shares those aspirations, and he stands in Leroy's way.
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Personal Best 1982  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Jim Moody, George De La Pena, Larry Pennell, Luana Anders, Robert Patten, Kari G. Peyton, Jodi Anderson, Martha Watson, Maren Seidler, Emily Dole
Female athletes Chris Cahill (Mariel Hemingway) and Tory Skinner (Patrice Donnelly) train for the Olympics and fall in love with each other in the process. Tory qualifies for the team and convinces her coach, Terry Tingloff (Scott Glenn), to help Chris also. But their competitive spirits create problems, and they break up while training for the pentathlon but continue on in their athletic world.
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| 1. Bad Boys (1983)
2. The Best Man (1999)
3. Fame (1980)
4. The Last Dragon (1985)
aka: Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon
5. Personal Best (1982)
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