Brother John 1971  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd, Paul Winfield, Ramon Bieri, Warren J. Kemmerling, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Richard Ward, Lois Smith
John Kane (Sidney Poitier) returns to his small Southern town where he appears as a Messiah, stirs up the gentry, and is an enigma to his old friends.
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Carbon Copy 1981  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Denzel Washington, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Dick Martin, Tom Poston, Macon McCalman, Parley Baer, Edward Marshall, Vicky Dawson, Vernon Weddle, Ed Call, Angelina Estrada, Carmen Filpi
Years after Jewish business executive Walter Whitney's (George Segal) affair with an African-American woman, their 17-year-old son, Roger (Denzel Washington), comes knocking on the door. When Walter confesses to his wife Vivian (Susan Saint James) that Roger is his son, his life changes. Walter loses Vivian, his job, and place in society and must resort to doing blue-collar work. With his change in lifestyle, Walter begins to understand the obstacles of prejudice that Roger endures. This comedy attempts to blend humor with racial prejudice.
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce 2000  PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chi Muoi Lo
Cast: Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Chi Muoi Lo, Lauren Tom, Kieu Chinh, Sanaa Lathan, Tyler Christopher, Tzi Ma, George(2) Wallace, Wing Chen
When Saigon fell at the close of the Vietnam War, a brother and sister–Dwayne (Chi Muoi Lo) and Mai (Lauren Tom)–were separated from their parents and, subsequently, adopted in the U.S. by an African American family: Harold (Paul Winfield) and Dolores Williams (Mary Alice). The story takes place years later when Mai tracks down their birth mother, Vinh (Tzi Ma), and brings her home. Inevitable problems ensue.
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 Cliffhanger 1993  R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rooker, John Lithgow, Janine Turner, Rex Linn, Leon, Max Perlich, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, Caroline Goodall, Craig Fairbrass, Gregory Scott Cummins, Denis Forest, Michelle Joyner, Trey Brownell
Treasury Department officers, along with $100 million, are skyjacked and crash in the mountains. Along come Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) out of retirement and his ex-partner Hal Tucker (Michael Rooker) as guides. They are ready to save the day. Unfortunately, they end up captured by a gang, led by Qualen (John Lithgow), whose intention is to find the crash site first and plan to use Gabe as their guide. Good photography, stunts, and action.
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Conrack 1974  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Hume Cronyn, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway, James O'Rear, MacArthur Nelson, William Hunter III, Kathy Turner, LaCrisia Hardee
Based on Pat Conroy's book "The River is Wide," this story involves young Pat Conroy's (Jon Voight) experiences when he goes to an isolated island off the South Carolina Coast where he is assigned a teaching job in 1967. Conroy soon discovers that most of his Black students are either illiterate or retarded, but, unlike his fellow teachers, he steps up to the plate and teaches his students useful lessons that will help them in life.
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Death Before Dishonor 1987  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Terry Leonard
Cast: Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joanna Pacula, Paul Winfield, Kasey Walker, Rockne Tarkington, Joseph Gian, Sasha Mitchell, Peter Parros, Dan Chodos, Chaim Girafi, Tuvia Tavi, Mohammed Bakri, Yossi Werzansky, Katya Bishoff
This violent film is about a Marine Corps non-com (Fred Dryer) and his wartime tactics in the Mid-East. Good stunts keep it from bombing out entirely.
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Dennis the Menace 1993 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Robert(2) Stanton, Paul Winfield, Arnold Stang, Amy Sakasitz
Dennis comes to the big screen, and Walter Matthau plays Mr. Wilson with Mason Gamble taking on the role of Dennis. Dennis never changes; however, this time around he is kidnapped. It IS possible to pity the kidnapper (Christopher Lloyd).
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Go Tell It on the Mountain 1985 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Paul Winfield, Rosalind Cash, James Bond III, Roderick Wimberly, Olivia Cole, Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, CCH Pounder, Linda Hopkins, Kadeem Hardison, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito
This made-for-TV version of James Baldwin's novel features Paul Winfield in the role of a young Black man who struggles against his Southern Baptist roots and takes out his anger on his own family.
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The Greatest 1977 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Muhammad Ali, John Marley, Robert Duvall, David Huddleston, Ben Johnson, James Earl Jones, Lloyd Haynes, Paul Winfield, Dina Merrill, Roger E. Mosley, Annazette Chase, Lucille Benson, Skip Homeier
This is the biography of boxer Muhammad Ali who plays himself–beginning as 18-year-old boxer Cassius Clay who wins a Gold medal at the Olympic Games. Later, he trains under Angelo Dundee (Ernest Borgnine) and wins the World Heavyweight title from Sonny Liston (Roger E. Mosley). Now, he converts to Islam, refuses to join the Army, and goes through a three-and-a-half year court battle before returning to the ring to retake the World Heavyweight title. Throughout the film, Muhammad Ali's actual fight sequences are inter-cut into the story.
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1978 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn Turman, David Groh, Kevin Hooks, Harold Sylvester, Bill Cobbs, Kenneth Green, Erin Blunt, Claire Brenner, Arthur French, Sheila Wills, Arnold Johnson
The focus of this film is Benjie (Larry B. Scott), a 16-year-old boy who becomes addicted to drugs. After Benjie's ghetto parents, Butler and Sweets (Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson), and his grandmother (Helen Martin) become alienated from him, Benjie relies on a social worker (Claire Brenner) for help in dealing with his addiction.
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In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King 1995 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: In the Kingdom of the Blind
Director: Nick Vallelonga
Cast: William Petersen, Michael Biehn, Leo Rossi, Paul Winfield, Kristian Alfonso, Nick Vallelonga, Tony DiBenedetto, Khalil Kain, Tony Lip, Michael Cavalieri, James Quattrochi, Jesse Corti
After the brother of a mob boss is killed, police officer Al Scarano (Nick Vallelonga) learns that his own brother, Rudy (James Quattrochi), is the prime suspect. Now, mobster Tony C. (William Petersen) summons Al to Little Italy and makes a deal that will lead to Al risking his own life in an effort to save Rudy.
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King 1978 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
Director: Abby Mann
Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lonny Chapman, Ossie Davis, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman Jr., Clu Gulager, Dick Anthony Williams, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
This TV miniseries is a good chronicle of Martin Luther King's (Paul Winfield) early peaceful protests against segregation through his assassination in 1968.
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Knockout 2000  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lorenzo Doumani
Cast: Sophia Adella Hernandez, Eduardo Yanez, Tony Plana, William McNamara, Paul Winfield, Maria Conchita Alonso, Lorenzo Doumani, Tony Burton, Gina La Piana, Erick Vasquez
Isabelle Alvarado (Sophia Adella Hernandez) finds a manager (William McNamara) and a trainer (Eduardo Yanez) and prepares to enter the world of female boxing.
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The Lost Man 1969 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Alan Arthur
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr., Leon Bibb, Richard Dysart, David Steinberg, Paul Winfield, Michael Tolan, Beverly Todd, Bernie Hamilton
This remake of "Odd Man Out" is about criminal Jason Higgs (Sidney Poitier) who gets involved with social worker Cathy Ellis (Joanna Shimkus) and civil rights leader Dennis (Al Freeman Jr.). Higgs finds unorthodox means to take care of children of jailed activists.
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Mike's Murder 1984 R, 109 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Paul Winfield, Darrell Larson, Brooke Alderson, William Ostrander, Dan Shor, Robert Crosson, Gregory Hormel, Mark Brandon
A bank employee (Debra Winger) becomes enamored with a professional tennis player (Mark Keyloun). She is unaware of his drug dealings until after his death when she begins to investigate his murder. Not at all good, at least for most people.
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Presumed Innocent 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Joe Grifasi, John Spencer, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Tom Mardirosian, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Madison Arnold
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a deputy prosecutor forced to investigate the murder of a woman with whom he once had an affair. After a few twists and turns, Sabich becomes the accused killer who must go on trial for his life. The ending is a shocker.
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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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R.P.M. 1970 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Ann - Margret, Gary Lockwood, Paul Winfield, Graham Jarvis, Alan Hewitt, Ramon Bieri, John McLiam, Don Keefer, Donald Moffat
Perez (Anthony Quinn) is a popular professor who deals with a group of student radicals.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings, Conrad Roberts, Badja Djola, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gough, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Dey Young, Aleta Mitchell, Jaime Pina Gautier, William Newman, Evencio Mosquera Slaco
It appears that zombies really do exist, and scientist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti by a drug company to find the drug that may used in creating zombies. Teaming up with a local "good" voodoo priest (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), Alan finds that, as he gets closer to the answers, the resistance from the "bad" voodoo priest becomes greater, and he is in jeopardy of becoming a zombie himself. Based on a book by Wade Davis who actually looked for the drug. Good special effects.
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Sounder 1972  G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Teddy Airhart, Richard Durham, Myrl Sharkey, Inez Dunham, William T. Bennett
Set during 1933 in Louisiana, this is an uplifting story about a Black sharecropper, Nathan Morgan (Paul Winfield), who is sent to jail on a false charge. His wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), manages to keep the family together until Nathan's return. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Winfield) and Actress (Tyson).
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Sounder 2003 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lake, Paul Winfield, Marcus Johnson, Ashley Archer, Joshua Watkis, Eugene Clark
This made-for-TV Disney presentation is a remake of the excellent 1972 film based on William H. Armstrong's novel. It is the story of David (known as "Boy") (Daniel Lee Robertson, III), a black youngster who is the son of a sharecropper. When his father is jailed for stealing food to feed his family, Boy sets off with his dog Sounder to find his father, meeting challenges and successes along the way. Director Kevin Hooks played Boy in the original film.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Kirstie Alley, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, John Winston
Newly promoted Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) joins Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) aboard the Enterprise for a space mission and crosses paths with his nemesis, the extraordinary villain Khan (Ricardo Montalban). Khan is seeking revenge against Kirk for having been exiled on a desolate planet and steals the Genesis device that can transform long-dead planets. Khan plots to use the device for his own evil purpose, and while Kirk battles him, Spock sacrifices himself to save his shipmates on the Enterprise.
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The Terminator 1984 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Winfield, Rick Rossovich, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Bill Paxton, Brian Thompson, Bess Motta, Shawn Schepps, Franco Columbu, Brad Rearden
A Cyborg Terminator (part machine/part man) is played to a tee by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator is sent from the future back in time to present-day Los Angeles with orders to murder Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and prevent the birth of her unborn son who is destined to have an impact on the Terminator's world of the future. In close pursuit is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) who is determined to stop the Terminator in his tracks. Nonstop action. Schwarzenegger: "I'll be back."
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Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 R, 146 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Joseph Cotten, Vera Miles, Richard Jaeckel, Leif Erickson
As his anti-Vietnam War statement, a deranged U.S. Air Force officer, Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster), takes over a nuclear missile base and blackmails U.S. government officials.
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White Dog 1982 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Trained to Kill
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker, Lynne Moody, Marshall Thompson, Bob Minor, Vernon Weddle, Christa Lang, Tony Brubaker, Samuel Fuller, Paul Bartel
Julie (Kristy McNichol) has adopted a dog that, unknown to her, has been trained to kill Blacks. Once she discovers what her dog is capable of, she asks for help from Black animal-trainer Keys (Paul Winfield) who takes on the challenge.
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The Women of Brewster Place 1989  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Jackee, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Olivia Cole, Lonette McKee, Mary Alice, Leon, Paula Kelly, Paul Winfield
The inner-city tenements are the setting of this story of the lives of black women and how they cope with life.
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| 1. The Assassination File (1996)
2. Brother John (1971)
3. Carbon Copy (1981)
4. Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000)
5. Cliffhanger (1993)
6. Conrack (1974)
7. Damnation Alley (1977)
8. Death Before Dishonor (1987)
9. Dennis the Menace (1993)
10. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
11. The Greatest (1977)
12. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
13. Huckleberry Finn (1974)
14. Hustle (1975)
15. In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
aka: In the Kingdom of the Blind
16. King (1978)
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
17. Knockout (2000)
18. The Lost Man (1969)
19. Mike's Murder (1984)
20. Presumed Innocent (1990)
21. Queen (1993)
aka: Alex Haley's Queen
22. R.P.M. (1970)
23. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
24. Sounder (1972)
25. Sounder (2003)
26. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
27. The Terminator (1984)
28. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
29. White Dog (1982)
aka: Trained to Kill
30. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
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