Above the Rim 1994  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Pollack
Cast: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, David Dailey, Tonya Pinkins, Marlon Wayans, Bernie Mac, Byron Minns, Shawn Michael Howard, Henry Simmons
Kyle-Lee (Duane Martin) is a high-school basketball star faced with a dilemma: take the easy way out with crime or struggle to make it honestly on his own.
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Gang Related 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Kouf
Cast: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones, David Paymer, Wendy Crewson, Gary Cole, Brad Greenquist, James Handy
Crooked cops Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) have been selling drugs to dealers and, in the process, have killed an undercover DEA agent by mistake. To hide their mistake they frame a homeless alcoholic, William (Dennis Quaid). But, when William decides to sober up, problems accelerate. Shakur's promising career was cut short when he was murdered just prior to this film's release.
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Gridlock'd 1997  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cast: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Charles Fleischer, Howard Hesseman, Lucy Liu, James Pickens Jr., John Sayles, Tom Towles
After admitting Spoon's (Tupac Shakur) girlfriend, Cookie (Thandie Newton), to the hospital following her drug overdose, musicians Spoon and his friend Stretch (Tim Roth) search for a rehab center for themselves and encounter a myriad of absurd bureaucratic barriers standing in the way of help for their problem.
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 Juice 1992 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Cindy Herron, Vincent Laresca, Samuel L. Jackson, George Gore II, Grace Garland, Queen Latifah, Bruklin Harris, Victor Campos
Four friends–Q (Omar Epps), Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Raheem (Khalil Kain, and Steel (Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins)–spend their time in the violent ghetto skipping school, getting involved in gang fights, and hanging out. When the most violent of the group, Bishop, wants to rob a store, Q is reluctant but finally agrees. During the robbery, a clerk is shot and things go downhill from there.
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 Poetic Justice 1993  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Tyra Ferrell, Regina King, Joe Torry, Roger Guenveur Smith, Billy Zane, Khandi Alexander, Maya Angelou, Lori Petty, Michael Rapaport, Tone Loc
After her boyfriend is murdered, young Justice (Janet Jackson) becomes an L.A. hairdresser and retreats into the world of poetry. Later, she meets postal worker Lucky (Tupac Shakur) and must decide if she is ready to fall in love again. The poetry in this film is that of Maya Angelou who assumes the role in this film of Aunt Jane.
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 Tupac: Resurrection 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lauren Lazin
Cast: Tupac Shakur
This documentary–a tribute to rapper Tupac Shakur who was murdered in 1996–tells Shakur's story via his own home movies, TV and radio shows, and photographs. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.
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| 1. Above the Rim (1994)
2. Bullet (1996)
3. Gang Related (1997)
4. Gridlock'd (1997)
5. Juice (1992)
6. Poetic Justice (1993)
7. Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
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