The Lion King(1994)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble.



Field of Dreams(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.



Coming to America(1988)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 50

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.



Conan the Barbarian(1982)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his parents and his tribe whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his henchmen when he was a boy.



Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins(2008)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.



A Family Thing(1996)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Earl Pilcher, Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining ...



Cry, the Beloved Country(1995)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 36

A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.



Gimme Shelter(2013)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.



Matewan(1987)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.



Soul Man(1986)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.



Three Fugitives(1989)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.



Gardens of Stone(1987)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.



Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold(1986)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Allan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.



Best of the Best(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?



The Annihilation of Fish(1999)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 25

After years of living alone, an eccentric black and white couple find real companionship and romance. Lynn Redgrave and Jams Earl Jones are just wonderful.



The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings(1976)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 12

Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.



The Great White Hope(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.



Clean Slate(1994)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A private eye who suffers total amnesia every 24h is deeply entangled in a complicated murder/theft case.



Swashbuckler(1976)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.



Claudine(1974)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 6

In the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.




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