Coach Carter 2005  PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, Ashanti, Texas Battle, Denise Dowse, Debbi Morgan, Mel Winkler, Carolina Garcia, Vincent Laresca, Octavia Spencer
This film is based on a true story that took place in 1999 when basketball team members signed a contract to maintain good grades at their high school. When they failed to live up to the commitment, Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) benched the undefeated team and insisted on a 2.5 grade point average for his players. The community was outraged.
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The Express 2008  PG, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Omar Benson Miller, Nelsan Ellis, Charles S. Dutton, Justin Martin, Nicole Beharie, Aunjanue Ellis, Justin Jones, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Shivers, Regina Hoyles, Chelcie Ross, Danny McCarthy
Young running back Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) is recruited by Syracuse University and its head football coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid). Davis excels at his sport, and in 1962, as a member of the Syracuse Orangemen, he becomes the first Black football player in college history to win the Heisman Trophy. Davis had accomplished his feat despite racism of teammates, officials, and the college football scene. But, tragedy lies ahead; Davis has leukemia and dies at age 23.
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Finding Forrester 2000 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Pitt, Michael Nouri, Richard Easton, Glenn Fitzgerald
Because Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) is very bright and an exceptional basketball player as well, he gains entrance to a private school in Manhattan. Once enrolled, Jamal meets the reclusive author William Forrester (Sean Connery). They form a bond, and the ensuing relationship proves beneficial to both.
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Stop-Loss 2008 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Victor Rasuk, Terry Quay, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Connett Brewer, Timothy Olyphant, Josef Sommer, Linda Emond, Ciaran Hinds, Mamie Gummer, Alex Frost, Abbie Cornish
Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) and his squad fight the war in Iraq, and now Brandon and his hometown group–Sgt. Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), PFC Tommy Burgess (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Isaac "Eyeball" Butler (Rob Brown)–are returning to Brazos, Texas. But, they do not leave the war behind and have problems settling back into the civilian world. It is time for Brandon to be discharged when he learns that he has been reenlisted as part of the "stop-loss" program to protect national security. Brandon does not want to return to war and, instead, goes AWOL. With Steve's girlfriend Michelle (Abbie Cornish) at the wheel, Brandon and Michelle set out for Washington, D.C., so that Brandon can make a plea to Senator Orton Worrell (Josef Sommer). Along the way, Brandon makes his choice between duty to country and his own sanity.
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 Take the Lead 2006 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Liz Friedlander
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, John Ortiz, Laura Benanti, Lauren Collins, Marcus T. Paulk, Jo Chin, Katya Virshilas, Jonathan Malen
After widower and former professional dancer Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) witnesses a teenager, Rock (Rob Brown), vandalizing the car owned by high-school principal Augustine James (Alfre Woodard), he talks to James and offers to teach dance lessons after school to bring some culture to disadvantaged students. James agrees to the plan, and a whole new style of dance is created by these New York public school students.
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| 1. Coach Carter (2005)
2. The Express (2008)
3. Finding Forrester (2000)
4. Stop-Loss (2008)
5. Take the Lead (2006)
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